A Pinoy Blog About Nothing

I love the sentiment expressed in this commercial by Smart Communications. There are just some things that are uniquely Christmas for Filipinos. But (you knew there was a 'but' coming) I don't agree on two points. Una, bakit may mga puti dyan sa ad? Kung pinapauwi nyo yung mga Pilipino galing sa abroad, bakit may mga turistang 'Kano? Pangalawa, yung secretary ng tourism - tatakbo yan sa senado ...

While reactionaries in the Phil. government brought the fire and brimstone on that non-issue* from a stupid show like Desperate Housewives, a Filipina in Chicago gets insulted for her ethnicity. That's an insult directed right to her face and barely a peep. Kahit harap-harapan na yung insulto, mahirap talaga pag hindi showbiz yung involved. Di napag-uusapan. * I have to clarify my stance regarding this: We (meaning Pinoys) need to ...

Happy Earth Day, you resource-hogging humans. I'm sure there's a ton of reuse, recycle, reduce retread articles and posts out there. I'd like to point out about one other problem facing the Philippines and other developing countries. While researching on a project, I discovered a dark secret by some organizations that solicit your used electronics. Some companies profit by purporting to "recycle" and then dumping it on countries ...

Venting before coffee: 1. Idiot people driving and talking on their cell phones. You're not that great a driver and you're not that important. 2. Drivers not using their turn signals. 3. Fiddling with your wireless earpiece while letting your phone ring. JUST PICK THE DAMN THING UP -- YOU"RE JUST WALKING! 4. Blogs with freaking redirects to ads before serving content (like Adbrite's interstitial ads). It's just as annoying as ...

Sorry for the pun but it seems like most Pinoy bloggers have taken most of the headline about Reming. Watching the devastation of Reming on Albay on TV is harrowing. People dying from the cold, from drowning, from being buried in mud and not to mention being hit debris coming loose from the typhoon. The blogs however, at least a cursory glance on Technorati, mentions nothing but 'relief'. Enh? ...

"Pop culture rolled over and died some time ago. Some people actually think Marilyn Manson is scary, that Kurt Cobain had something to do with rebellion, that Bret Easton Ellis is a dangerous writer, that it's a good thing that you can buy McDonalds in Prague, that movies are somehow relevant to our lives. Television is our stage and our anaesthetic. Real life happens on television in preference to ...

And to think this is only my second American Idol post. We watched Idol last night only because the Idol-aters were asked to sing Queen songs. We went straight to the performances and just skipped Seacrest's blathering and the judges contrived disagreements. Thank you, DVR.