Tag: respect

Why Filipinos should complain about inconveniences caused by #APEC2015

November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 benign0 21 Comments

Horror traffic gridlock stories juxtaposed with VIP lanes through which APEC bigwigs zip by smoothly have been flooding social media timelines over the last couple of days. Accompanying the images, memes, and footage depicting this horror are ordinary Filipinos’ complaints. And they are pouring in by the bucket loads. The key argument used by people…

Civics, Culture, Government, Society

Filipinos welcome Australia’s Telstra like Jesus’s second coming!

November 2, 2015November 2, 2015 benign0 29 Comments

I switched my entire household’s telecommunication needs to Telstra back in 2007. Today we enjoy about 300 GB of home internet data piped in by cable (not DSL) that is channeled to all our computing and home entertainment devices using a WiFI router provided as part of the package. We also have several mobile devices…

Culture, Development, Lifestyle, Tech Talk

On Humility: Are Filipinos humble for the right reasons?

August 21, 2015 Grimwald 15 Comments

Humility. Pagpapakumbaba in Tagalog. Such a long word for something that is supposed to signify being “humble”. It has always baffled me the way majority of Pinoys seem to define the word “humility”. The more traditional definition of humility is learning to lower one’s self in society. It means putting others ahead of oneself even if one is…

Culture, Society

Ang Kakulangan ng Respeto sa Lipunang Pilipino

July 24, 2015July 25, 2015 Grimwald 9 Comments

This is a translation and expansion of this previous article… Hindi na talaga kagulat-gulat kung maraming ibang lahi na walang respeto para sa mga Pilipino. Kung hindi ninyo nakakalimutan, sa bansa ng Greece, ang tingin lang sa atin nila doon ay mga katulong tayo. Hindi rin natin maitatanggi na merong mga bansa na ang tingin lang…

Culture, Development, Education, Environment, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Pinoys Really Need to Learn the Meaning of Respect

July 22, 2015 Grimwald 15 Comments

Once, while sitting down with a young friend, I was asked why other nationalities have so little respect for Filipinos. He went on to note how sad he was that the Philippines has become a laughing stock of the international community. Foreigners only see Filipinos as either thieves or whores and won’t accept a person’s…

Culture, Development, Environment, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Society

The hollowness and hypocrisy with which Filipinos regard foreign entities

June 19, 2015June 19, 2015 FallenAngel 20 Comments

Fact is, the Philippines is tremendously dependent on foreign entities to prop itself up. Not only do Filipinos rely on importing foreign goods into the country, they have a constant need to seek validation from foreign entities that they have good qualities. Up to a certain point, Filipinos could be excused for saying that as…

Culture, Development, Lifestyle, Society

Dinner At McDonalds With Jarheads: What Filipinos need to understand about respect

June 3, 2015June 3, 2015 Grimwald 18 Comments

This article is written in tribute to Fallen Angel’s latest article as well as this old article by Benign0… “U.S. Marine” or “U.S. Military”, what do those words mean to most of us? For the typical Pinoy at least, those words either refer to a group of soldiers or military men who are probably some…

Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society

Appreciating the Silence: A Lost Art in the Philippines

April 8, 2015 Grimwald 17 Comments

I was never a big fan of Holy Week and its festivities. Being raised Christian, I was always told by my mother to learn to appreciate the silence during Good Friday and Black Saturday. When I grew up, I called bullshit on the idea and decided that it was probably just my mom finding a…

Crime, Culture, Development, Economy, Education, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Society