Year: 2015

Why are you so negative? And other frequently asked questions answered

October 30, 2015November 22, 2022 Ilda 77 Comments

Every now and then, I get asked the same questions I have answered so many times before. I understand that not everyone will see my responses so I have compiled the frequently asked questions with my corresponding answers for everyone’s convenience: 1. When you highlight what is wrong in Philippine society, aren’t you being negative?…

Culture, Society

Denial Syndrome: The Biggest Filipino Big Problem

October 28, 2015 Grimwald 17 Comments

The Philippines has always been saddled with many problems ever since its inception. Of course, just about every country does after all. However, it becomes more than a little frustrating when so few of our problems have been addressed let alone solve. True enough, modern technology has come to the Philippines in full force, helping…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Religion, Society

3 More Big Reasons Why Filipinos Will Always Be Stupid

October 28, 2015October 28, 2015 Grimwald 64 Comments

I’ve already written a similar article like this one. However, I’ve decided to add more because, apparently, there are more than just three factors that keep the Philippines today in a state of idiotic apathy. Truth be told, I know a lot of people will once again react negatively and probably miss the point entirely…

Culture, Education, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society

What Digong Duterte Could Teach Mar Roxas About Being A Presidential Candidate (Part Two)

October 27, 2015October 27, 2015 P. Farol 19 Comments

Before going through the couple hundred words on what Digong Duterte could teach Mar Roxas about being a Presidential candidate, I feel I have to ground the discussion on the words of David Deida from his book “The Way Of The Superior Man”: “Without a conscious life-purpose a man is totally lost, drifting, adapting to…

Government, Politics

Noon-Time Horror Show

October 26, 2015October 26, 2015 Grimwald 14 Comments

Hello again everyone, Thaddeus Grimwald here. To be honest, I never really expected my last story to be read much, let alone receive any kind of praise. When it turned out that there were more than a few people who not only read but fully appreciated what The Santo Nino of Innocencia was really about, I was…

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Culture, Fiction, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society

Why Filipinos are no longer inspired by their future

October 26, 2015October 27, 2015 benign0 77 Comments

One sure sign that you are lost is when you suddenly realise in the course of a journey that you have ended up back in the same place where you had started off. It means that whilst you had expended valuable energy taking steps, those steps had not taken you any further from where you…

Culture, Development, Media, Politics, Society

The Filipino’s Self-destructive Appetite for Junk

October 25, 2015October 25, 2015 zaxx 102 Comments

The age-old adage “garbage in, garbage out” rings out in every Introductory Computer Programming class across the nation. Yet the Filipino, narrow-minded as he is, is unable to apply the same logic to his very own everyday life. There is a covert conspiracy with the major players of the economy in cahoots to siphon from the common…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Society

5 Typical Pinoy Political Tricks To Watch Out For

October 24, 2015 Grimwald 18 Comments

It’s really sad that there’s barely any intellectual debate when it comes to Pinoy politics. Truth be told, in more developed countries, the primary strategy in politics involves promising a good strategy for the improvement of the country as a whole but here in the Philippines, it’s more about entertaining the people and distracting them from…

Crime, Culture, Development, Government, Media, Politics, Religion