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Paradise Lost: Redefining the Filipino Concept of Ownership

April 3, 2016 - by zaxx - 33 Comments.

Paradise Lost, by 17th-century English poet John Milton, is a poetic rendition of the fall of man and his eventual eviction from the Garden of Eden. The character responsible for …

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Why potentially beneficial foreign ideas and influence have not worked in the Philippines

August 17, 2015January 17, 2016 - by FallenAngel - 49 Comments.

While writing “The hollowness and hypocrisy with which Filipinos regard foreign entities” (henceforth known as Hollowness) almost two months ago, it seems I had completely overlooked one striking manner in …

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The challenge of being a good role model in the Philippines

July 21, 2015July 21, 2015 - by FallenAngel - 6 Comments.

A role model is someone other people look up to and want to emulate, whether it is for that person’s behavior, skills, or example. Typically, people look up to those …

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A Nation Divided, A People in Danger

April 10, 2015 - by Grimwald - 6 Comments.

After the hullabaloo about the Yaya Meal incident (all credit goes to the author of said articles, Willyn Trabajador and Kate Natividad, respectively), I think it’s time we look at the …

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Walking a fine line betwen critic and crab

April 15, 2012August 22, 2013 - by FallenAngel - 11 Comments.

A familiar concept to us Filipinos is the utak-talangka, or crab mentality. Explaining it in the simplest terms possible, I define it as the “if I can’t have it, neither …

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Twilight on Leaders are overrated; “Henchmen” are the problemThere can be this sense of "unwieldiness" if entities become
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