Category: Culture

Deus ex machina: The Filipino’s Simplistic Mindset

May 11, 2012May 12, 2012 a 48 Comments

Looking back to the events that transpired in the course of Chief Justice Renato Coronaâ€™s impeachment trial, it could be said that major highlights concerned envelopes. First, we had witnessed the amusing incident involving a certain â€œsmall ladyâ€ who, according to prosecutor Reynaldo Umaliâ€™s story, gave him an envelope which contained Coronaâ€™s bank records, and…

Culture, Government, Society

The edukadong palengkero: a standout among Pinoy oxymorons

May 10, 2012 FallenAngel 25 Comments

Have you ever met a Pinoy who seems to be well-dressed, well-educated, yet at the same time berates and humiliates other people, especially those in the service industry, loudly and seemingly without remorse? How about a Pinoy in a position of fame, celebrity, and star quality, but cusses and hurls invectives like a machine gun?…

Culture, Lifestyle, Society

Thrilla in NAIA: was the Tulfo-Raymart-Claudine brawl really all about inadequate airport security?

May 9, 2012 benign0 17 Comments

It is quite ironic that in a police state such as the Philippines where around every corner and at every doorway, armed security forces stand ready to fire high-powered shotguns and assault rifles at any suspicious-looking loser, one or the other politician is now weighing in with their opinion of how slack security had recently…

Culture, Education, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Sign of the times: The Filipinos™ tease Times Square video, and how it relates to the modern Pinoy Zeitgeist

May 5, 2012August 12, 2013 FallenAngel 17 Comments

Zeitgeist is a German-derived word which can be translated as “spirit of the times” or “spirit of the age”. For this discourse, I intend to use the definition “the sign of the times”. Basically, this word depicts the prevailing climate in a society. Whether this refers to a moral, intellectual, social, economical, political, or cultural…

Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society

Did Catholic school STC Cebu fail to teach Christian values to the bikini girls?

May 4, 2012October 24, 2014 Ilda 24 Comments

Everyone makes mistakes. Most of us learn from them, become better persons as a result, and then move on. As the saying goes, “Good judgment comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment”. In fact, we’ll make more mistakes than we can ever remember and in between being born and…

Culture, Education, Religion, Society

Walls to hide poor from ADB are temporary, but walls that ring the enclaves of the Philippine elite are permanent

May 4, 2012 benign0 39 Comments

Most Filipinos are Third Class citizens in their own country. Consider this: Makati City and its prosperous cousins, Ortigas, Alabang, Greenhills, Fort Bonifacio, and Rockwell among others are world-class reality suspensions. If only we could put all of them in an island and make like another Singapore with the rest of the country treated as…

Culture, Development, Government, Lifestyle, Society

STC Cebu and the bikini girls – a laughably pointless situation comedy

May 3, 2012October 24, 2014 benign0 55 Comments

In a country where the “word” and “will” of the Roman Catholic God are popular buzzwords and points of deference that transcend profession and social and economic class, it has always been one of modern societies’ biggest ironies that gigantic billboards exhibiting scantily clad models pitching skin whiteners, body sprays colognes, and mobile devices stand…

Culture, Education, Religion

Bloggers stifling freedom of expression? Not what it seems

May 2, 2012August 12, 2013 FallenAngel 16 Comments

Picture this: you’re a moderator/participant in a round table discussion. Someone has just brought up a very controversial point. Another person takes offense at this in one way or another, and rebuts. As the rebuttals go back and forth, you notice that they have strayed off topic, and it has become a contest of whose…

Culture, Society, Tech Talk

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