Blog Posts on social commentary

Slow by Going against the current on May 8, 2012Today was cold. We lunched on reheated food from dishes of two nights ago. Lunch reminded me of those lunches I had back in the Philippines when I never really had to enjoy food, as the sole object of the act of eating is satiation of hunger. I didn&...

On old posts by Going against the current on Apr 30, 2012I do not disown them, but as you reread old posts written three years ago, let me give you a disclaimer: they were my thoughts years ago. Then. Some are kept as they are aspects of my core that years gone by simply cannot erase; most, however, were a...

Visita iglesia by Going against the current on Apr 21, 2012I asked a Mexican student here how the letter ‘s’ in words like ‘iglesia’ is enunciated. Is it like how my History teacher in college would as in /iglethia/ which I still find funny? Or the more phonetic /iglesya/? I breathed...

What Makes You Pinoy by Istoryadista on Feb 27, 2012We think we know who we are but there are many things we don't realize - good and bad things about being Pinoy. Whether we have certain things of doing things right and getting above the law, we have certain traits and characteristics that makes us F...

Rabid by Going against the current on Feb 4, 2012I would have gone on blaming poverty for what happened: If that area of Mandaluyong had been more affluent, if the houses had been gated, if the dogs in these houses had been vaccinated against rabies, or at least fed well to keep them from being rab...

Congratulations! by Dexterification on Jan 30, 2012One morning, I woke up to a text message saying that my SIM number has just made me a millionaire. Then, the sender put his name and an instruction to deposit 150grand for the processing of the whopping prize! This is ridiculous! This is so 1997. The...

15 Days by Dexterification on Jan 27, 2012I have just learned that a government employee is only given fifteen days to answer to queries of clients and customers. It is stated in the Section 5 of Republic Act 6713 that “All public officials and employees shall, within fifteen (15) work...

Today* by Going against the current on Jan 4, 2012We begin to think about the future more, incessantly, when the present becomes shaky, that not even the certainty of the past can ensure that what will be tomorrow is the same as how yesterday’s tomorrow became moments ago. I knew it was meant to b...

The commonplace and the routine by Going against the current on Sep 1, 2011When one is confronted with the commonplace and the routine, he is also faced with a blandness so trivial it discourages him from writing. Boredom dominates our existence. Only in movies does life exhibit that ‘life-likeness’; in reality...

Alamat ng Sta. Mesa by Lambingin Bridge on Aug 16, 2011The following is a retelling of a writing assignment I did in high school: The story begins when all of the old Filipino legends force-fed to gullible students begin: the time of Spanish Subjugation. In this case, Manila was already Christianized, bu...