Tag: manners

Facebook etiquette fail: Are Singaporeans getting fed up with Filipino guest workers?

January 14, 2015January 14, 2015 benign0 23 Comments

So while the French are stuck with 5 million Muslims, Singaporeans are stuck with almost 200,000 Filipinos. France, of course, has bigger problems. The Muslim population there is proportionately bigger at 7.5 percent of the population. Filipinos “guests” in Singapore, on the other hand, make up less than 4 percent. Many French Muslims are citizens….

Culture, Development, Economy, Education, Lifestyle, Society, Technology

Should parents be bragging about their kids’ academic achievements on Facebook?

January 13, 2015 Kate Natividad 37 Comments

Ok, so I’m one of those sheeple whose first activity after getting out of bed in the morning is to check their social media timelines. That shameful admission out of the way, I’ll get to the point of this piece. Today, I discovered just now, is obviously the day after the announcement of the results…

Culture, Education, Lifestyle, Society

Rubbish at the Manila International Airport: Nakakahiya sa mga Kano!

October 27, 2014 benign0 28 Comments

When I posted that photo tweeted by former Bureau of Customs chief Ruffy Biazon of the rubbish mess left by passengers in a lounge at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3, I didn’t realise what a big wave it was going to make. Indeed it was interesting to note how deeply-revolted many Filipinos…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Education, Lifestyle, Society

People constantly fiddling with their phones are such eyesores!

August 6, 2014 benign0 8 Comments

Considering that only the creme de la creme of Philippine society was invited to grace the 5th State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered by Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III, it remains quite remarkable that bad manners continued to baldly manifest itself in this chi chi occasion. Too bad for all those who…

Civics, Culture, Lifestyle, Tech Talk

Do Filipinos speak too loudly and in an annoying manner in public spaces?

March 8, 2014March 8, 2014 benign0 117 Comments

A letter posted by a disgruntled Singaporean frustrated over being unable to get a bit of peace and quiet in a public bus singled out Filipinos in a post on the site The Real Singapore. The author of the letter who signed off as “H” described the “nightmare” of finding himself in a bus full…

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