Faces Of Independence Day

“I am free, no matter what rules surround me.
If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them;
If I find them too obnoxious, I break them.
I am free because I know that
I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”

– Robert A. Heinlein

Politically Sick and Dumbfounded

Just some of the many sickness that proliferates within the government establishments and the halls of the Senate and Congress.

1. Narcissistic Personality Disorder 

A mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance and a deep need for admiration. Those with narcissistic personality disorder believe that they’re superior to others and have little regard for other people’s feelings. They would often berate people whom they think is inferior and less educated and will call them names like “gago”.

How many brilliant people, with fancy degrees and titles after their names, have we met with no heart, no conscience, and no moral values? I know one and she likes to shout “Wha!”

Synoym: Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Bakit Nga Ba Gusto Nating Pumuti?

Bakit ang mga Pinoy, nagagalit sa lumabas na Bayo ads dahil racist daw, pero panay naman ang bili ng “whitening” products?

In the same way that foreigners like to be tan so that they’ll look wealthy enough to regularly go on vacation to exotic locales/beaches, (Coco Chanel started the tanning trend in the 20′s when she came home sunburnt after a vacay at the French Riviera).

Filipinos wanting to be white has less to do with colonial mentality and more to do with being associated with the upper class. (Leisure class/doing jobs that don’t require toiling under the hot sun). I remember Glutamax using Gretchen Baretto as an image model, with the slogan “Kutis Mayaman”.

Aanhin naman ang kutis mayaman kung astang matrona naman like her sister Claudine Baretto? (Remember the Claudine Barreto, Raymart Santiago and Mon Tulfo brawl at the NAIA Terminal 3?)

Emerging Influential Blogs For 2012

Influential Blogger (http://www.influentialblogger.net) has just announced the start of another search for the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2012 Writing Project. 

Its the 6th year of  the writing project started by Ms. Janette Toral of http://digitalfilipinoclub.blogspot.com/.

Her group seeks to identify new and emerging blogs who are making an impact to its readers.

“These are blogs that started anytime from June 1, 2011 to the present. These blogs are gradually gaining a considerable amount of readership, following, influence and fascinating the reader in various ways. The bloggers behind them established the blog for various reasons such as expression of thoughts, sharing of knowledge and insight, building a movement, events reporting or coverage, and some for profit.”

Hhmmmm….Why not, ….I could join !, and maybe learn a few things out of the experience. My blog may not be a masterpiece work of a pro or even a newbie writer, but it’s posts directly comes from my hearth and soul.

To my fellow new and emerging bloggers out there. Please include me in your choice for the Top Ten Emerging Influential Blog for 2012 Writing Project. It would be a real threat – I mean treat.

Just read the instructions from here:

http://www.influentialblogger.net/2012/06/join-top-10-emerging-influential-blogs.html