Category: Culture

Are Filipinos ready to face Typhoon Pablo (international code name ‘Bopha’)?

December 3, 2012 benign0 22 Comments

Are the increasingly devastating effects of storms and rising oceans really the ‘environmental issue’ everybody thinks they are? Perhaps the term environmental issue is a misnomer. There is an issue to do with climate change and its effects, alright — but they are all human issues. After all, how serious is the impact of climate…

Culture, Environment, Government, Media

Redefining the concept of rival: strive, and thrive!

December 1, 2012August 22, 2013 FallenAngel 9 Comments

If you look around in dictionaries for a definition of the noun “rival”, more often than not there are a few recurring themes: 1) A person or thing competing with another for the same objective or for superiority in the same field of activity; 2) A person or thing that is in a position to…

Culture

Do women make bad managers?

November 30, 2012 Kate Natividad 35 Comments

I don’t know if anybody’s noticed yet, but it seems most people I know — including women — prefer male bosses. In my own personal space, my worst bosses have mostly always been female. Why do you think that is? For all the talk about women being more “people-friendly” than men and of men supposedly…

Culture, Lifestyle, Money Talks

Why we fall for the charms of psychopaths and narcissists

November 28, 2012 Kate Natividad 8 Comments

Many of us have been wondering about the appeal of those morose characters in the Twilight series of movies. For that matter, I’ve often wondered what is the allure behind vampires? Not only have the mythology of vampires been behind the success of the Twilight films, they seem to have endured as cultural artefacts since…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media

George Anikow murder: Violence is a broad and profound cultural condition in Philippine society

November 26, 2012 benign0 216 Comments

Again we encounter another instance of the violent nature of Filipinos — a people expats have for so long warned one shouldn’t cross as they (1) don’t fight fair and (2) hold deadly unshakable grudges. Last night saw the murder of George Anikow, a former US Marine officer and spouse of a US Embassy staff…

Crime, Culture, Society

Why Pinoys need Pride Deflators

November 26, 2012July 3, 2013 ChinoF 23 Comments

I have already written much on the point that Da Pinoy’s attempt at projecting Pinoy Pride has only served to shoot oneself in the foot. The more Da Pinoy tries to project pride, the more Da Pinoy actually earns shame. Da Pinoys are probably saying, “enough of the shame already, please!” They’re probably sick of…

Civics, Culture

Filipinos – is there a link between being emotional and being ‘free’?

November 23, 2012August 8, 2013 FallenAngel 18 Comments

Fellow GRP writer Ilda nailed it quite succinctly: Filipinos are overly emotional. Emotions are known to drive people to do irrational things, and Filipinos are no exception to this rule. Whenever people let their emotions guide their decision-making, they display a lack of ability to think things through logically. On the other hand, Filipinos pride…

Culture, Society

This Thanksgiving Day, let’s be thankful for Uncle Sam’s continued warm military embrace

November 22, 2012November 22, 2012 benign0 15 Comments

To the compelling arguments for the welcoming back of American GIs back to the Philippine Islands, the usual suspects can only hark back to the “bad” old days of boom boom town Olongapo City for a counterargument. Never mind the simple truth that Filipinas flocking to GIs in droves merely highlights the dismal failure of…

Culture, Development, Lifestyle, Politics