Tag: pinoy pride

Human Rights advocacy is the latest fashion statement in Imperial Manila

July 28, 2016 benign0 25 Comments

Whose side are Filipino “activists” on nowadays? From all the chest-thumping and fist-waving we are seeing all over social media and mainstream media nowadays, it would seem that the Philippines’ chattering classes are on the side of the crooks! That is exactly how both President Rodrigo Duterte’s massive base of voters and the broader swathe…

Crime, Culture, Society

Maid in the Philippines: Should Filipinos Abolish Brown Slavery?

May 29, 2016 zaxx 44 Comments

In many countries in the developed world, families get by without any need of domestic helpers (katulong). A typical family in the US or Japan will not have a stay-in maid doing the dishes, cooking, and laundry. And yet they are far more advanced, efficient and productive than Filipinos. Only in poverty-infested demographically skewed countries…

Culture, Society

Positive should never be used to cover the Negative up

May 25, 2016May 25, 2016 ChinoF 21 Comments

In the recent elections, supporters from the sides of the Marcos and Aquino (Mar-Leni camp) camps traded barbs using one very typical argument: achievements. People defend Marcos saying, despite the father’s corruption and Martial Law abuse, he has achievements, such as infrastructure, 13th month, and more. The same is used by Aquino supporters, that despite…

Culture

My views about Music (And how commercialism ruined it)

April 28, 2016May 30, 2016 ChinoF 26 Comments

Filipino music became a topic in the GRP Facebook group some time ago. The argument was about what is real OPM (Arche’s post already discussed it, and I prefer the term be dropped), so some say only native or indigenous music is “original,” while others insist modern music is original even if it copies or…

Glitz and Glamour

Why Do Pinoys Hate Discipline So Much?

April 16, 2016 Grimwald 57 Comments

Before I begin, I’d like to share a few of my experiences… Mardi Gras It was Mardi Gras in Olongapo and I was standing in line with some of my friends at the entrance. It was getting kinda late and I was getting sleepy. Unfortunately, I’m not really big on city-wide parties and I usually tag…

Crime, Culture, Lifestyle, Society

Pinoy Fairy-Tale Mindset: The Real Reason China Is Encroaching On Our Territories With Impunity…

March 3, 2016 Grimwald 29 Comments

I suppose most of you here already know the news that yet another sizable chunk of Philippine territory has been seized by the People’s Republic of China. They took it without any kind of resistance and, from the look of it, they’re likely to take more if we, the common people, don’t take it upon…

Development, Government

The rock we keep smashing our heads with

February 19, 2016 rsurtida 9 Comments

So much for “Pinoy Pride”. The real surprise was that a lot of people were actually caught off-guard and were taken aback by what Manny Pacquiao said. You’d think people expected some suave, smooth-talking sophisto who can weasel himself out of a relatively difficult question on national TV. He may be a good boxer, but…

Culture, Media, Religion, Society

‘Pinoy Pride’ loses a key pillar as Manny Pacquiao crashes and burns

February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 benign0 8 Comments

For years I’ve seen friends celebrate Manny Pacquiao on social media as a ‘hero’ of ‘Pinoy Pride’. They cheer his every victory and lament his every loss on the ring in ‘solidarity’ with the nation he has been thrust into symbolising. That was Pacquiao, the boxing champ. What about Pacquiao the congressman? That question evidently…

Culture, Education, Government, Politics