We beg to differ.
Last weekend, while having dinner with my wife, I asked her this question: You know, at some point in the future, we will be led by the youth we now consider as ‘millenials.’ It’s inevitable. How do you feel about that? Her response was… well, I can tell that she was scared. The following Monday,…
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There seems to be a key human virtue missing in the Philippines’ collective psyche and this is the virtue of empathy. Why would I consider Filipinos lacking in empathy? Simple. Because, as a people, Filipinos do not seem to care enough about anyone outside of their immediate social and family circles. For proof of this,…
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Warning: This contains a lot of aggressive statements born out of frustration and anger from the writer’s experiences, snowflakes and overly sensitive individuals are warned that there will be a lot of butt-hurt. “WHY I STOPPED BELIEVING IN THE ‘FILIPINO RACE’ AND THE PHILIPPINES” OR “HOW BONG REVILLA MADE ME QUIT REFERRING TO MYSELF AS…
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Filipinos demand respect. Trouble is, they don’t know how to earn it. This dynamic is clearly evident in the relationship between China and the Philippines. The Philippines has all the paperwork to substantiate its entitlement to respect. It has, for one thing, a ruling from an international tribunal to wave at China when engaged in…
It’s that time of the year again when “Indepedence Day” becomes a “trending” topic. Yet, year in and year out we continue to wonder whether or not Filipinos really understand what it means to be truly independent. This is because the facts surrounding this debate are quite confronting. The Philippines lacks any real means to…
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The word “bakla” is a derogatory term. When I was in grade school in an all-boys school, we called school mates who exhibited effeminate behaviour bakla. However, though we liberally threw the term around in the school yard, the notion of being a male person who is sexually-attracted to another male person was completely alien…
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There are two key things Americans learned from the unexpected victory of Donald Trump in 2016: (1) traditional pre-election polling is no longer reliable and (2) Google search activity provides better insight into voter preferences than social media engagement. That these lessons were mainly learned in hindsight accounts for much of the shock everyone felt…
Back to business as usual after Elections 2019. Like the end of the Christmas season, it is a letdown to realise that all the festivities have come to an end. The question, is are all the “issues” brought to the fore over more than a year of election fever which ended this month relevant when…