Category: Lifestyle

This is why woke “influencers” aren’t credible socio-political commentators

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 benign0 5 Comments

After that big shrill spate of ululations coming from a lynch mob of screeching “influencers” that catapulted the hashtag #JusticeForChristineDacera onto their hallowed Church of Trending Hashtags, it seems certain “thought leaders” are now in the midst of some painful personal reflection. One of the ringleaders, social media “icon” Frank Baraan was one among many…

Crime, Lifestyle

Tricia and Aika Robredo are a couple of spoilt brats

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 benign0 21 Comments

Have Tricia and Aika, daughters of “vice president” Leni Robredo, owned up to the now-infamous tweet conversation that started a fire? It seems not, seeing that no less than the Inquirer Editor himself insults his readers’ intelligence by playing dumb and insisting that said tweets “make no mention of the President, that particular hashtag [#NasaanAngPangulo],…

Lifestyle, Politics

Philippine “activism” is in a PR crisis and the Baby River “issue” worsened it

October 19, 2020 benign0 1 Comment

They keep trying and trying to no avail. Today’s Filipino “activists” suffer from a crisis of public perception. They keep screeching about being “red tagged” yet continue flying red flags during their rallies. They insist they are not terrorists yet seem to choke on any words to denounce the Communist Party of the Philippines’ (CPP’s)…

Lifestyle, Society

WHO is Baby River’s FATHER??

October 17, 2020 benign0 3 Comments

One of the big “issues” spun around the “plight” of KADAMAY “activist” Reina Mae Nasino is that her child “Baby River” was taken from her by the state presumably deeming that a person who is in prison is not fit to be carer of young children. Nasino was “charged with the illegal possession of firearms…

Lifestyle, Society

REAL gay people don’t deceive prospective partners

September 12, 2020 benign0 7 Comments

We keep being told that the Gay Movement is all about everyone’s right to be accepted for who they are. The movement has been successful because gay people are now recognised not just for their achievements but, more importantly, also for their identity. The latter is important because we now supposedly live in a society…

Lifestyle, Society

Poor little rich Kakie Pangilinan

July 10, 2020July 11, 2020 benign0 5 Comments

Kakie Pangilinan used to be a revered social media star of wokedom. She was a “hero” who championed the “cause” of “victim blaming”. She launched the hashtag “HijaAko” after she felt offended when referred to as hija (Spanish for female child) — a common term used by elder Filipinos when addressing young women. Pangilinan was…

Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Society

The curious cases of “activist” entertainers like Lea Salonga

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 benign0 8 Comments

Much recent buzz surrounds a bevy of celebrities and the social commentary they issue on social media. One would normally dismiss trite words that pander to typical activist advocacies like “love for country” and “helping the poor” fielded by these entertainers as mere brain farts if not for the “fandom” they command. Indeed, even their…

Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle

The best solution to combat COVID-19 is to NOT be poor

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 benign0 36 Comments

I used to hate the term “bahala na”. This single two-word term encapsulates the whole trouble with the Philippines — a society of people who habitually hope for the best without doing their best. On the other hand, bahala na as a national philosophy makes some sort of perverse sense in a time when everything…

Lifestyle, Society