Category: Culture

We are all still waiting for technology to make our lives better

September 17, 2014 benign0 5 Comments

You gotta give credit to those who cheer on the inroads technology is relentlessly making into people’s personal lives. Technology, they say, is “making lives better” by “empowering” ordinary people to take greater “control over their lives”. The nebulous banter seems to resonate with consumers who remain wide-eyed in anticipation for the coming of the…

Crime, Culture, Development, Government, Lifestyle, Society, Tech Talk

Celeb couple ‘Jamich’ in hot water over ‘ipon para sa iPhone 6’ plug

September 15, 2014September 15, 2014 Kate Natividad 27 Comments

Yikes! Celebrity couple Jamvhille ‘Jam’ Sebastian and Paolinne Michelle ‘Mich’ Liggayu a.k.a. “Jamich” are in hot water with some of their fans over an update they posted on their hugely popular Facebook page… Excited na ako mga pareee!! iPhone 6 plus! Tagal ko na hinhintay na maglabas ang Apple ng malaking screen ng iPhone. Ayaw…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Philippines mulls creation of Islamic state in its backyard as US prepares to bomb ISIS

September 12, 2014September 12, 2014 benign0 37 Comments

United States President Barack Obama announced on national television the other night that the US will be stepping up its military involvement in the Middle East to crush the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) — specifically “degrade and ultimately destroy” it. “I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who…

Culture, Government, Politics, Religion

Robin Padilla sickened by the Philippines, may leave for good!

September 12, 2014 benign0 25 Comments

A-List Filipino actor Robin Padilla has reportedly expressed a desire to leave the Philippines for good. “Ayoko na sa Pilipinas, tol! Ayoko na dito. Sawang-sawa na ako sa Pilipinas. Saksakan na ng maraming sinungaling dito sa Pilipinas,” (“I’ve given up on the Philippines! I’m sick and tired of it. The country is crawling with liars”)…

Civics, Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Society

iPhone 6 and iWatch debut: Apple back to its Jobs-less style of thinking

September 11, 2014 benign0 16 Comments

Apple product announcements used to command a wide-eyed audience across the spectrum of tech savviness. But from my own personal take on what just happened yesterday and some of the stuff people wrote following the hoo-ha around the debut of the iPhone 6 and the Apple Watch, it seems to me Apple has just turned…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Tech Talk

Wendy’s Salad Bar is back, Pinoy lamon mentality along with it!

September 11, 2014September 11, 2014 Kate Natividad 7 Comments

I know I’m a bit slow to the news but I heard that Wendy’s infamous salad bar has returned. Yeah that was a relic of the 1990s reincarnated! I remember as high school kids pigging on that and the occasional all-you-can-eat offering Pizza Hut would come out with every now and then. Unfortunately I wasn’t…

Culture, Education, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle

Continued loss suffered by Gilas Pilipinas in the 2014 FIBA Wold Cup mirrors Philippine history

September 4, 2014 benign0 73 Comments

Regard for sport mirrors society. And nowhere is this more evident than in the Philippines. Last night, Gilas Pilipinas was handily beaten by Puerto Rico in the FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain after literally dropping the ball — losing an early lead it enjoyed over the first half of the game. The game was…

Culture, Development, Economy, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Liar’s poker #FamousSinungalingLines

September 3, 2014 Kate Natividad No Comments

Been seeing this hashtag (which literally means “famous lying lines”) on Twitter and even on Facebook lately. How timely! These are days marked by much lying. In politics, specially. But we won’t go into that. Lying in politics, after all, is such a banality. It’s a wonder people still go out and vote. Filipino voters…

Civics, Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media, Society