Category: Culture

Introducing Modern Filipino (Taglish): A Mixed Language Befitting a Mixed-Race Nation

April 9, 2016 zaxx 48 Comments

It’s about time we give Taglish, the bastardized version of Filipino/Tagalog, its rightful place and recognition in our society. Taglish (once perceived as a virus, and treated as if it were some kadiring cockroach) has now pervaded every nook of our existence. We use it practically everywhere – in offices, schools, pulpits, talk shows, live…

Culture, Education, Society

5 Big Reasons Why President Aquino Will Always Be A Loser

April 9, 2016April 9, 2016 Grimwald 32 Comments

Before I begin, I’d like to say that I don’t really enjoy making personal attacks. I mean c’mon, it’s petty and unfair in a number of ways. Unfortunately, with the way things are, I think I’m going to have to resort to more brutal methods of verbal combat. Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you…

Culture, Government, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

Philippine Elections: Feudal “Democracy” At Its Most Spectacular

April 9, 2016April 9, 2016 MidwayHaven 8 Comments

With more or less a month to go before the May 2016 Philippine general elections, it’s sincerely hoped that we Filipinos would now on an individual level have some sort of idea of how we want our so-called nation to be run and by whom. In the long run, however, the results would more likely…

Culture, Government, Media, Politics, Religion

3 Reasons Why I Don’t Trust Grace Poe

April 7, 2016 Grimwald 31 Comments

Okay, I know I’ve already established myself clearly as an opponent against a Mar Roxas presidency but now, it’s time to move on to another candidate to bash. Granted, I really hate Mar Roxas for his association with the Aquino family but Grace Poe has earned quite a bit of suspicion due to a good…

Culture, Media, Politics, Society

The folly in Pag May Laya May Nilaga

April 7, 2016 benign0 11 Comments

The trouble with the Philippines is that it hinged all of its aspirations on one thing: being a “free” and “democratic” society. Thus, on that idea, was built the flawed notion that freedom under a democracy was the one and only key to national prosperity. And so out of that was bred the ideas that…

Culture, Education, Politics, Society

Word Power (Not People Power) is the Cure to Filipino Dysfunction

April 7, 2016 zaxx 24 Comments

Language is one of the most basic elements that define a culture or nation. For many countries, it is the unifying factor of their people and the key distinctive that sets them apart from other societies around them. Much has been discussed and even debated on the Philippine’s pursuit and cultivation of a national language….

Culture, Development, Education, Society

Paradise Lost: Redefining the Filipino Concept of Ownership

April 3, 2016 zaxx 33 Comments

Paradise Lost, by 17th-century English poet John Milton, is a poetic rendition of the fall of man and his eventual eviction from the Garden of Eden. The character responsible for the entire debacle is Satan (formerly Lucifer, fairest of the angels in Heaven) who chose to rebel against his Creator with his claim to notoriety…

Culture, Development, Environment, Religion

Proof of how hopeless Mar Roxas’s campaign and messaging team REALLY is!

April 1, 2016April 1, 2016 Kate Natividad 6 Comments

Mar-tards just don’t get it. In their efforts to mount a last-ditch effort to shore up Mar Roxas’s stats (showing photos of him surrounded by hakot crowds in various stadiums and all that), they are showing just how disogranised they are and just how incoherent their messaging strategy is. In fact, the more they publish,…

Culture, Media, Politics