Category: Culture

Krisel Mallari’s pathetic tantrum marred an otherwise memorable occasion!

March 26, 2015 Kate Natividad 73 Comments

A spoiled brat raised by helicopter parents. That’s really all that Krisel Mallari is. Krisel failed a very fundamental people skill that makes all of us social beings — an ability to be self-aware and respectful. She has shown that she is incapable of applying a mature perspective towards balancing her personal grievances with the…

Civics, Culture, Education

Power, Pride, Typical Pinoys and What Results

March 26, 2015 Grimwald 3 Comments

In my previous article, I pointed out how pride and power doesn’t really mix that well with typical Pinoys. Now, in case you’re not convinced, I’m going to show you a few examples of just how this combination actually comes out: The Anti-Prophet The Anti-Prophet is the word I use to describe the people who,…

Crime, Culture, Government, Lifestyle, Society

Power, Pride and Typical Pinoys: A Disastrous Combination

March 25, 2015March 25, 2015 Grimwald 3 Comments

After reading the Lord of the Rings and watching the film adaptations, one of the clearest messages of the franchise is how absolute power corrupts absolutely. While Smeagol, the halfling that would one day become the ghoulish creature known as Gollum, started off as an unpleasant but not inherently evil being, the One Ring and the power…

Crime, Culture, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

An Apathetic Society, A Doomed Nation

March 24, 2015 Grimwald 17 Comments

When I was 3 years old, a time when I was simply too young to understand a lot of mature concepts, I watched a lot of Care Bears. Not the more recent incarnation, mind you. This was probably the pioneers of the show and it was something I loved as a boy. However, unlike children’s shows…

Culture, Lifestyle, Society

Power and authority misuse in the micro level: Building block of cultural dysfunction

March 24, 2015 rsurtida 15 Comments

Some time a few weeks ago I got into a heated argument with a FX driver going the MRT North Station route. I was transferred to the graveyard shift and I was aware that despite the popularity of the late shift—thanks in no small part to the call center industry—most of your co-passengers will most…

Culture, Development, Society

Common Excuses Pinoys Make That Prolong Stagnation and Stupidity

March 23, 2015March 23, 2015 Grimwald 22 Comments

I think that one of the reasons our country and our countrymen aren’t getting anywhere in terms of intellectual, economic and artistic development is because of our tendency to resort to excuses. Well, I’m not saying that I’m immune to this either. I can easily admit to the fact that I tend to make a…

Crime, Culture, Development, Education, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Society

A Look Back into the Abyss: The Rwandan Genocide

March 22, 2015 Grimwald 12 Comments

There has been much talk about the Aquino family’s “achievements” with some going on and on about how the EDSA Revolution, the so-called “Bloodless Revolution” given power through “People Power”. Well let me tell you now that the more I think about it and compare it with the history of the rest of the world,…

Crime, Culture, Politics, Society

Mental health awareness in the Philippines

March 22, 2015 rsurtida 21 Comments

There was news about an apparent suicide floating around the office the past week. A relatively healthy employee, dead at thirty. It would have been more shocking had this instance been the victim’s first attempt but I believe it wasn’t. According to people who knew him well this was the third and, unfortunately, successful time…

Culture, Education, Science, Society