No amount of testing will change the reality that the only way out of the sticky situation the world—or the Philippines for that matter—has found itself to be stuck in is through a cure or a vaccine. So it’s confounding that a large sector of society’s wokes have been caterwauling to kingdom come about “mass testing” for…
Totally agree on public servants being criticized. But unlike the previous admin that was always critized for 1) using public funds to bribe congress into persecuting the president’s political enemies 2) for sleeping on the job 3) and overall indifference to whatever issue is at hand, you can clearly see it was a clearcut…
The annoying sound of the 蝉 (semi – cicada) was all I heard while waiting for my colleagues at work, I’m at fault for arriving too early at our rendezvous point. The humid-hot summer and this annoying sound are one of the things which come into the mind of the Japanese folks during this time…
Our beautiful and photogenic VP Leni Robredo’s net satisfaction rating has collapsed from +42 rating in March 2019 to +28 of last month June 2019 from a survey from Philippine’s very accurate social research institution SWS. According to critics and supporters, this is due to the numerous photos of her being used in certain mainstream…
Looks like our people’s champ still got those power punches after all or maybe Thurman wasn’t really that smart, unlike Floyd who adopted the hit-and-run strategy, oh well let’s leave it to the experts. So what now? after his victory, I guess it’s time to go back to violating traffic rules, defecating in public areas,…
It’s not worth it, live a happy married life raise a family and die of old age. The Filipinos will never learn from their mistakes, They will put inept leaders to govern and ask why they live in misery, they will litter the streets, destroy the country’s beauty, and praise leaders as saints, then vote…
I’ve been roaming around social media and I stumbled upon some opinions about the characteristics of the electorate. Primarily I wanted to just laugh on how bitter these “concerned citizens” are but in the end, I came to realize how contagious and disastrous these people can be in the nation-building and having those characteristics we…
It’s almost a decade now since I left the country, I had many reasons but one of the most important is how dysfunctional our countrymen is when they choose their leaders. “One man’s leader can be another man’s despot” I quoted this from one of the veteran writers of GRP group. You could identify me…
A few days ago before we started our much awaited 10 day holiday also known as “Golden Week” our union in the company had a small meeting, we talked about how we have reached our targets, some areas where we need to improve, etc. After the meeting we all stood up and raised our fist…
June 15, 1991, Mt. Pinatubo eruption one of the terrifying memories of the people of my hometown. Ashfall, darkness, and grief this was some of the vivid memories I had when Mt. Pinatubo erupted food was being rationed, it was dark for days, my grandmother and her sisters kept praying out of fear they keep…