Category: Culture

Jeepney “modernisation” (or stopping it) is Filipinos’ top New Year’s resolution

December 30, 2023 benign0 60 Comments

Filipinos are ending the year — and starting a new one (duh!) — debating over a really big issue: jeepneys. What else, right? The jeepney after all is the quintessential Pinoy cultural icon. Why shouldn’t it be? It’s a perverted version of one of America’s greatest engineering achievements. Owing to their world-renowned Reverse Midas Touch…

Culture

The Philippines’ SISSY culture has no place in today’s world

December 15, 2023December 15, 2023 benign0 20 Comments

We should accept it. War shapes world history and, at the moment (for that matter, as with many moments in human history), armies are locked in battle — or rattling sabres — over differences in world view held by their respective heads of state and government. If Filipinos think that their personal belief in the…

Culture

Label yourself a DDS, BBM, or Yellowtard supporter and you lose all credibility as a writer

September 24, 2023September 24, 2023 benign0 152 Comments

So now we’re seeing another catfight raging between one camp of “bloggers” and another. Big fucking deal. It was all inevitable. These bozos were once best friends for life. Now they are sworn enemies. See, this is why we at GRP don’t make friends with fellow bloggers. The minute you do, the sooner your freedom…

Culture, Media, Society

I Guess Pinoys Consider Themselves A Football Nation Now

September 12, 2023September 12, 2023 Gogs 96 Comments

Like I said in a previous entry, pinoys are overjoyed over what they perceive as world football relevance. First appearance in the World Cup , first goal and first win. To quote my favorite singer/ songwriter. If I might intrude Just for a moment If only to inject a note of reality On this festive…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour

Chot Reyes Represents The Same People Booing Him

September 2, 2023September 2, 2023 Gogs 96 Comments

Yes Chot Reyes is at the receiving end of a lot of boos . Like I said many times before . Basketball is all we have . So in a way Chot is all we have. He really has no rival. He is an only child. Yes I am very aware of all you jumping…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour

Is #GilasPilipinas coach Chot Reyes cursed by his support for Leni Robredo?

August 26, 2023 benign0 2 Comments

Most basketball fans are a superstitious lot. Following an embarassing loss to the Dominican Republic in one of the first games of FIBA Basketball World Cup hosted in the Philippines this year, old questions regarding the competence of Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes are being raised again. Observes social media personality Mark Lopez, “it was…

Culture, Society

Is it even possible to “boycott” Chinese products?

August 13, 2023August 13, 2023 benign0 58 Comments

Sure, it’s possible to boycott Chinese products. But you’d first need to invent a time machine. You’d have to bring the Philippines back to a time when it had no more than a third of its current population. You’d need to find the sweet spot in its history over which it mined, grew, and made…

Business, Culture, Development

Inday Sara’s Cosplay and Snub By BBM

July 29, 2023July 29, 2023 Oman 3 Comments

Days after President Bongbong Marcos’ second State of the Nation Address, I still find myself gagging over the en faire tout un fromage over our political elite’s so-called red carpet pageantry. I don’t recall when traditional news media started featuring the fashion statements of this country’s politicians, but it should stop because it detracts from…

Culture, Politics