We beg to differ.
Is it just me, or is there something iffy with the way respect and politeness have evolved in the Philippines? Respect and politeness are shown through both speech and actions. First off, let’s examine respectful and polite speech in the Philippines. Just to bring everyone up to speed, in Filipino/Tagalog, the so-called “national language”, the…
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I never thought I’d be writing this to be honest. In truth, I really believed for just a moment that there may be hope for the Filipino people. That perhaps, on some level, there was enough of God’s wisdom that existed within their hearts for them to think critically and make the right choice. That…
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Filipino society continues to have this fixation on bloodlines. For example, we are fixated on finding out whether famous people in other countries have Filipino blood, and vice versa. When someone is abusive or bad-habited, we assume that it is in the blood and that people who are related (like children) will absolutely be the…
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In many countries in the developed world, families get by without any need of domestic helpers (katulong). A typical family in the US or Japan will not have a stay-in maid doing the dishes, cooking, and laundry. And yet they are far more advanced, efficient and productive than Filipinos. Only in poverty-infested demographically skewed countries…
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“Principle.” A fairly simple word, isn’t it. Three syllables and about nine letters long. However, what’s sad is that it’s meaning is lost on a lot of us Filipinos. Thing is, it may sound simple but to put it into practice is something else entirely. So just what are “principles”? Well, to have principles means sticking to…
Congratulations are in order for “vice president” Leni Robredo. At least the billions Uncle Peping spent yielded a bit of return-on-investment (ROI). The real question is a bit more confronting, however: Do Filipinos deserve the same congratulations for Robredo’s “win”? Think about it. Filipinos elected a prayerful widow to a top executive office. Again. What…
Now, again, before I begin I would like to point out that that I am a practicing Catholic. This doesn’t mean I am a good person and that, on the contrary, I’m actually more than a little nasty. What it does mean is that I go to church on a weekly basis and pray as…
Why do smart people support vice presidential candidate Leni Robredo and proclaim her as “my VP”? Indeed, it is a mystery. Robredo’s only value-proposition to the Filipino voter is her being a widow and being an overall nice woman. Other than that, there seems to be no other basis to substantiate any conclusion that she…
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