Tag: pinoy pride

Filipinos have to WANT a better Philippines badly enough to abolish the pork barrel

October 7, 2013 benign0 15 Comments

I realise now after having read an amusing article recently published by one of the staunch apologists of President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III that there is a fundamental assumption that needs to be questioned — the notion that Filipinos actually want a “better country”. Indeed; Can Filipinos be considered to be a people who…

Crime, Government, Politics, Society

Megan Young won despite being, not because she was, Filipino

October 5, 2013December 17, 2018 ChinoF 159 Comments

That title above is only one of my thoughts about Megan Young being crowned the first Filipina Miss World. Perhaps it’s an obvious idea based on common sense. Of course, when you say Miss India won because she was Indian, or Miss Japan won because she was Japanese, that would sound funny. But there are…

Glitz and Glamour

Three recent events that could divert the Filipino’s attention from current government blunders

October 3, 2013October 5, 2013 FallenAngel 11 Comments

Even without external forces exerting much effort to do so, Filipinos can be easily distracted from whatever they are engaged in. When they manage to eke out some sort of civic responsibility or outrage against the ineptitude of their government is certainly no exception. Are they angry at the government? Just give them some feel-good…

Civics, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Why Pinoys Are Fixated On Superficial Beauty Contests

October 2, 2013October 15, 2018 Gogs 122 Comments

I don’t get beauty contests. I don’t look forward to them. I don’t watch them. I don’t revel in the victories and I don’t care to keep track of the history. I do get the pinoy obsession with them though. Maybe it takes one to know one and I have never been a…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Media

Filipinos stink

August 13, 2013August 14, 2013 FallenAngel 266 Comments

Something has been bothering me these past few days. Something smelled quite fishy, but I couldn’t quite put a bead on it. The words to describe it had been escaping me. Then it just hit me: Filipinos stink. In more ways than one. They showed this more than ever just recently, if you saw how…

Fan Reaction to Gilas Filipinas loss shows Utter Immaturity, ruins Filipino Image

August 12, 2013August 14, 2013 ChinoF 93 Comments

Just after Iran’s team prevailed over Gilas, Filipinos started coming out with hate comments. They posted these hate comments even on Iranian players’ pages. Even during the game, some used the hashtags #Puso and #Putok to describe the Filipino and Iranian teams. It is very racist. There were even people who called Iranians “terrorists” and…

Culture

Why a Smart Gilas win means everything to Filipinos

August 12, 2013 FallenAngel 41 Comments

Consider, first of all, the kind of responses that fellow GRP writer Gogs’ article “Why a Smart Gilas Win Means Nothing to Me” drew. They can be summarized with one simple phrase: Butthurt Pinoy pridesters are so predictable. “If you don’t ride on the bandwagon, why don’t you just keep your opinion to yourself?” “Why…

Culture, Lifestyle, Society

Hanging onto Gilas Pilipinas (and other famous Pinoys) will not uplift the country

August 12, 2013December 4, 2018 ChinoF 37 Comments

A slew of indignant comments raged over Gogs’ insightful article “Why A Smart Gilas Win Means Nothing To Me.” This is the same outrage fadism which flooded my own article “Why Pinoy Pride will not save the Philippines.” Instead of taking the lesson and doing better from it, or even just making some noteworthy and…

Glitz and Glamour