Tag: change

In order for Filipinos to change, they need to feel disgust for their shameful ways

July 10, 2014 benign0 23 Comments

I have often asserted that Filipinos are a people who are primarily driven by hiya (shame). Unmoved by any calls to higher purpose or noble pursuit, Filipinos continue to do the same thing over and over again while expecting different results. As such I remain convinced that any political solution pitched as a “cure” to…

Civics, Culture, Lifestyle, Society

Social media for social change? Think again, Philippines

March 13, 2014March 13, 2014 FallenAngel 12 Comments

The more I hear people say that social media is going to be a “game-changer” for social good, or however they want to say it, the more I get convinced that it’s actually not going to happen. Social media is commonly delineated in scope to refer to Facebook, Twitter and in some cases Youtube, no…

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Four questions for the call center and BPO industries that need to be asked

January 30, 2014January 30, 2014 FallenAngel 49 Comments

Let’s keep it simple. Certain members of the call center/business process outsourcing (BPO) industry took the “offending” lines from GMA-7’s drama series “The Borrowed Wife” way too personally. But why dwell on a perceived slight over something that may or may not be true when there are bigger things to worry about? Because these bigger…

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The Filipino call center and BPO industries need to learn how to demonstrate value

January 28, 2014January 28, 2014 FallenAngel 44 Comments

As expected, I ignited a small firestorm with the Filipino call center and business process outsourcing (BPO) communities with my previous article “Why the outrage over the call center agent ‘slur’ in ‘The Borrowed Wife’ fails to move me” (henceforth known as “Outrage”). Of course, I wish I could have provoked a more substantive reaction….

Development, Economy, Money Talks, Technology

I have mixed feelings about impeaching President Noynoy Aquino

January 23, 2014January 23, 2014 Kate Natividad 49 Comments

I hear a lot of talk about impeaching President Noynoy Aquino. Well, it’s not really surprising considering all the badness of his administration being highlighted lately. I mean, here’s a guy who promised the sky back in 2010 and all we get four years down the track is a yellow shirt and a bunch of…

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Is the solution to a socio-cultural problem a political one?

January 10, 2014January 11, 2014 FallenAngel 51 Comments

The socio-cultural problem, Filipinos need to be reminded, is comprised of the dysfunctions in Filipino culture that have kept them chained to a perpetual state of impoverishment. The political solution, Filipinos would like to think, is to merely focus on changing our leaders into those “different” from the corrupt bunch that currently infest government. Is…

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It is never too early to think about the next elections in the Philippines

January 6, 2014January 6, 2014 FallenAngel 27 Comments

It is never too early to think about the next elections, if you’re a politician. After you get into power and are in a position to either do the most good for your constituents or yourself, you have to think about keeping that streak of “doing good” going for as long as you can. You…

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What does the Filipino want?

January 21, 2013August 22, 2013 FallenAngel 126 Comments

The Filipino desperately declares to the rest of the world that he is the best among the lot, yet the current political, economic, and social states of his country, the mannerisms of his people, and the quality of his thinking prove otherwise. What does the Filipino want? The Filipino claims that being a colony for…

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