the rich (or pretending to be rich) UP kids being….mostly from econ and b.a.?

No they are really rich. They drive their own cars.so hindi ito yung pretending to be rich talaga silang rich and since birth are rich. Iba ang perception ng mga rich na pinoy sa mga middle and lower class.

I cant blame Malu for her perception. She has been surrounded by the rich since she was young. Its already ingrained in her system

“I cant blame Malu for her perception. She has been surrounded by the rich since she was young. Its already ingrained in her system ”

This is stupid reasoning. What she doesn’t have empathy? Doesn’t she see poor people in the streets, in the television, their maids? I don’t think she’s eternally unsurrounded by the poor even if she’s always in the company of rich people.

If we go by your reasoning, the poor will eternally be disdainful of the rich and the rich vice versa.

But this is not the case, because normal people have empathy. Empathy is putting yourself in other people’s shoes. It’s not that hard to have, just requires a little bit of imagination to put yourself in other people’s situation and imagine how it is like to live like them, even if you’ve never lived like them. So I’m sorry I don’t agree with you forgiving and excusing her abhorrent behavior.

It looks to me like her recent behavior is nothing more than attention seeking to perpetuate her imagined priviledge and celebrity status. Maybe she’s watched too much Paris Hilton in A Simple Life and emulates the air-headedness and faux celebrity and thinks she can have it too. But no she won’t because this is the Philippines not America and in here the rich better watch their place because those walls in their subdivisions won’t hold back angry, insulted, plebes who number by the tens of millions.

Yun nga eh wala siyang empathy, you cant teach empathy to people .They develop it through their involvement and interaction with people and how their parents,school and environment has influenced them.

You know what I mean. I am not defending her I am just telling that it exists and I would say that a lot of people dont have empathy for others kaya lang they dont have the chance to write it out and be lambasted by a lot of people.

A lot of rich people dont have that empathy for the poor if that is so then why do employers still exploit their helpers ,why do companies exploit their workers…

I have said that I cant blame her as much as I cant blame anyone for being who they are now. But it doesnt mean I support her attitude.

No one is totally blameless.I perceive so much anger there….

PEACE!

Because the gap exists (since time immemorial), you won’t do anything about it? A sector of our our society was maligned, and still its okay with you? Aren’t you being a defeatist? Let them vent their anger for chrissakes! What she did was plain irresponsible. Period.

Isobel:
I am not saying its OK? I had been around too long to realize that in the real world these things happen. Even in the 70’s we had been trying to fight things like this..we even go to jail for this…just to do something about this but eventually things like this still happen.

I cannot control what other people think.The only thing i can control is how I react to what is happening or how i can change my attitude towards these people.

Let us examine ourselves first and see whether we have no iota of bigotry or being matapobre in our lives .

Totally I am in agreement with all of you..Peace again!

I feel sad for Malu. Her so-called rich life didn’t give her the chance to be TRULY educated. She would have made it even bigger in this world (no pun intended), if she had become of the very few socially-aware rich people.

Just goes to show.. Money can’t buy you brains. But yeah, who needs brains when you’ve got truckloads of money to spend on superficial things?

Btw, I am from UP Diliman, too. And I totally agree with you, Betty. Although there are really a few socially-aware elitistas in UP that stand out above the rest.

The elitistas-who-got-in-UP-because-of-their-private-HS-education-worth-millions may be able to buy all the books and readings they need, but at the end of the day, UP is still UP.

Coco: I agree with all of you that it wasnt right for malou to write about her prejudices about OFWs.

But in cyberspace I see a lot of anger for her and being in my 50s I have learned to accept the faults of others(doesnt mean that I agree with them). I was idealistic once and through life I have learned a lot of lessons about peoples prejudices… it comes from their family, their education and their upbringing.

How may times have companies shown prejudices about selecting applicants from other schools outside UP,Ateneo etc. If you are rich and your daughter wants to marry a man whose family has nothing…wouldnt you be prejudiced to say something bad about the poor family.

That is what I mean when I say “I cant blame Malou” . Let us look inwards first, are we or have we once shown our prejudice in one way or the other. Speaking and writing about ones feelings for others is the same thing.

In her case she wrote about it and is now in the hot seat.

Whatever comes around goes around.

“He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.”
– Thomas Paine

sa school pa lang makikita mo na ang gap ng mayayaman at mahihirap, lalo na sa society matin. ganyan talaga sa pilipinas. unlike sa ibang bansa na mababa ang corruption hals pantay pantay mga tao.

Ako…Taga UP…UP Recto…Hehehe

John:
D ako nagyayabang, kasi sa UP mo lang makikita ang mga rich mingling with the poor.Sa ibang school halos same strata of society sila galing.
Kaya nga school ng bayan pero lately alam ko nagiging sosyal na rin ng UP

well wake up and smell the roses…you haves and have-not in metro manila are breathing in the same toxic, polluted air.

yes prejudice exists but that doesn’t make it right. instead of saying we understand it, why don’t we try and do something to eradicate it? It inhibits progress of an individual, of society and of the country in general. it doesn’t take genius or a UP degree for us to realize that!

philippine society is still hung up on class when the whole world is going class-blind. it’s not about where you come from or your upbringing or your relations’ namez…it’s about YOU…what can YOU offer your the world?

I’m sorry, I really hope you were not trying to justify her ignorance or her lack of compassion just because she grew up with “old money,” born rich, high and mighty. She may have been sheltered, but I don’t think she’s blind. I’m sure she’s educated so she should know the meaning of tact. I spent half of my childhood in P.I. and rest here in the U.S., although I’m not an OFW, I could understand their outrage. They might’ve already felt some prejudice and discrimination against them coming from other “race” but with this coming from their fellow Filipino…I’m not sure but you have to feel their pain. I hope the people who displayed their digust weren’t just joining the bandwagon but because they were really compelled to speak out against her blatant ignorance and bigotry. Being a journalist, although I didn’t go to college in P.I., she should have taken an ethics class or two.

“Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.”
- Goethe.

Ollie:

Of course I feel their pain, I am an OFW myself,my husband and I are working in Singapore and have not uprooted ourselves from the Philippines(even if we can be citizens here

As one writer has said,the OFWs wanted an apology but the bloggers who are joining the bandwagon are asking for her resignation.

But the furor over this issue is getting out of hand some calling her a pig or dambuhala or Miss Piggy . Dont misinterpret me, I am not defending her.

A lot of Pinoys (those who are rich) are like her. Except that she made a very nasty joke about it(and its not funny).

I wrote about who she is to give an idea of her background. People from Forbes are different from people living in Sampaloc or Dimasalang. however she went overboard by being so tactless about it.

Sa tingin mo if Donya Buding or Kris Aquino would talk about the same story(being taklesa and all) ,would it have elicited the same effect?

A lot of people are educated but they dont have the manners and the etiquette that goes with being educated. So what do we do???

Its incompetence of the newspaper that hired her. A lot of newspapers now in Manila are hiring writers from the elite, mga barkada nila. Maybe they think just because they are rich, they have the right to write anything and nobody will lift a finger to complain.

What I am saying is that the editor should have not given a go signal for its printing. Its just poor judgement on the newspapers part.

well for me, God should be the center of the lives of every people, rich or poor, para they would know their purpose…MAN CANNOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT IN THE WORDS OF GOD…
in heaven, you are not rich anymore…
REMEMBER
God didn’t put ME on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He’s more interested in what I am than what I do.
That’s why we’re called human beings, not human doings.
I HOPE THIS HELPS!

Are you really from UP Diliman? Strange, but I noticed that during my college days, the pretentious rich are concentrated only in a few equally pretentious courses, and certainly not in the technical courses that made UP UP. I had really rich — and even very pretty — classmates but elitism was not a big issue. As in a course like Mathematics or Engineering.

Try not to be an apologist for this uber-bitch, okay? Try also not to forget that this exactly is the kind of filthy rich people and their associates who sunk the Philippine economy in indebtedness precisely because they believed that the poor will pay eventually for all their stupid use of power. The same kind of people who orphaned Pinoy kids by sending their desperate parents away as OFWs. There are really nice people in Forbes, so what part of the area did she exactly came from? Hell? Well, I can buy several gallons of Jo Malone now. Wouldn’t it be nice to put it to creative drowning purposes….

Have a nice day!

Mokmok:

Why doubt my being from UP. Maybe you are very much younger hijo. My editor in Collegian when i was still with the paper was Alex Poblador. Why do u have to doubt.It is precisely that I had seen these scenario played over and over again that I look at this scene as a replay of the past.

During my time the Assumptionistas like Loren Legarda sat the at Lobby, The Upsilonians take their rule at the basement so how many years has passed .Is it still the same? I dnt know if there is still a bridge linking the Chem to the Zoo labs and its dominated by the San Beda guys.

I know practically all the tambayan of the frats and Sororities at AS(i dont know what its called ow but at that time its Arts and Sciences)

I am not a defeatist. I am trying my best to rear my children without any prejudices…thats my only contribution to the Philippines and humanity.

I am just a realist and I wish everyone peace.

As I said my husband and I are OFWs, we left Phil for economic reasons but despite our being away, my children love the Philippines and are one of the proudest Pinoys (they always say out loud that they are Pinoys among their friends and classmates here).

OFWs certainly deserve an apology. But if the apology is not coming I am one who believes in the law of KARMA. (does this sound defeatist?).

Maybe when you turn half a century and have witnessed more of these things you would understand what I mean.

Lets have peace in our hearts…let an apology suffice.Name calling from some sectors wouldnt really solve the problem.

I think she has heard enough.

I love replying to your comments.This post so far has given me more comments than previous posts.

I would guess that most of you are in your mid 20s-late 30s. Am I right. Its not in the age, but as you grow older you would know what I men.

Kulasa:

Thats a nice name. Yap I agree with u 100%. So I live to your hands the youngsters to do what we oldtimers were not able to do..eradicate prejudices.

I think the Phil educational system should start a values and ethics education revamp. Alam ko I never went to any Values formation class,di pa uso yon.Whatever values I have now I learned from my parents and from school.

I think the editors has greater responsibility in this matter, all of them should resign. Poor judgment?! (ang bobo naman nila) sorry for the term. Is it because of the publicity or sales? Who knows if they all share the same sentiment against OFWs. “No wonder some of them gets kidnapped and massacred” Having that article printed out and distributed like hot pandesal caused a great deal of damage to the morale of OFWs and their families.

i think whats happening in the blogsphere regarding kay malu F. is just a glimpse of what a people power looks like in the future… this is just an example… the more people got to know more about internet technology… the more potent they will become…. just think about millions of people who has access to internet… vent their anger to institutions… anger because of thier frustrations at merong gagatong like what malu has done… they could bring down even a govt… just think about bringing the whole internet and data network in philippines to a halt… banks, govt institutions, lahat ay hihinto… it could bring the economy down… then lastly the govt… just think about that… this is a virtual revolution at its best… no bullets no guns… only PCs w/ intrnt access around the world..

That prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination, against anyone for any reason, but especially concerning ethnic groups, races, or the sexes, are bad things is today a truth of public discourse that is never questioned by anyone considered socially, morally, or politically responsible.

Never questioned in public, that is; for the guilty secret of all, indeed even among the widely acknowledged victims of prejudice and stereotypes — is that, in private, prejudices and stereotypes are usually harbored about someone.

And virtually everyone, whether right or left, black or white, and whatever they think, feel, or say, practices some kind of discrimination about someone.

Perhaps the most irrepressible manifestation of that guilty secret maybe found in the ethnic, racial, or sexual jokes that regularly surface, like ERAP jokes to embarrass indiscreet politicians and to offend those at whose expense the jokes are made.

It is not surprising that we often hear, or hear of, repeated campaigns of moral exhortation against harboring or practicing such attitudes.

Certainly we don’t like the idea of being judged ourselves according to some stereotype of a group that we may belong to.

It is then easy to say that people should always be judged as individuals and never as members of a group. But we must consider carefully whether that noble determination is even possible, let alone whether it is a requirement of morality.

A children’s mantra blares out in sing-song fashion, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”

Words, in fact, can hurt; vicious language is part of the arsenal of the bigot and the bully alike.

Attitudes, however, by themselves, are more likely to hurt the holder than the target. If I avoid people who are different than myself, I stunt my own growth, and have little impact on the target of my disaffection.

But, each of us is likely to translate attitude into behaviors, whether they be sticks, stones, words, or things more subtle.

Unfortunately, prejudice is not simply an attitude that remains internal to its owner; it impacts behavior. When negative attitudes on the basis of differences translate into behavior, we have as a result, discrimination and the social inequity it produces.

Therefore, efforts to reduce prejudice are well advised to take the social context into consideration when focusing on the individuals’ attitudes.

WITH THIS I REST MY CASE. Sorry if I dont comment further.

amid this furor on the malu fernandez affair, i can’t help but express my sentiment on this matter.

setting aside her social status, being a journalist myself and one-time staff member of the very same paper she (used to be) associated with, what struck me most was the way her wrote her article. it was supposed to be what we, media practioners (that’s apt term rather than a ‘journalist’ which in her case, pardon me ms. malu, but i think you have yet to earn this title judging from the way you write which dealt mostly with social affairs) “travelogue.”

i’m quite familiar with it because i used to write the same things she “should have written”, in the first place. it means writing about the place you’ve been to, as assigned by your travel editor. i happen to have covered the tourism beat for quite sometime while i was still with the “then” The Manila Standard (with no Today in its “nameplate”) and did the same kind of piece or “article” as what we refer to, and sadly, it wasn’t supposed to be that way. if she’s supposed to be a “travel writer”, she should have talked about the places worth seeing, the culture, etc….something that would be of good use to tourists, whether positive or negative. in short, a review on the place she’s been to recently.

instead, what i read was an angst-filled article. i told myself, while i was reading her piece, that this article is more appropriate to be published/read in a blog site. it was somehow personal, something that readers unknown of her would not be able to relate to the author because of her personal circumstance.

judging from the head (or “title” as most would refer to) of her article “from boracay to greece”, i was expecting to read a comparison of places she’s been to in bora and greece. not only did she malign one of the country’s top tourist destination (in case ms. malu didn’t know, after the bali tsunami incident, RP’s tourism industry benefitted the most as the country played host to those who opted to divert their vacation plans to the Philippines and Bora happened to be the top-most destination to then Bali-bound tourists), she insulted her own friends for having her experience a stay that fell short of her expectations! for someone who projects herself a jetsetter, someone who doesn’t supposed to care about spending money on vacations here and abroad, why was she concerned about making the most out of her “share” in the Bora sojourn? just asking.

lastly, i can’t blame her for the situation she’s in right now because in the first place, if i were her editor, that piece would not see print, especially if it’s meant for a magazine of international circulation (people asia, right?) simply because it does not fall in any of the categories of feature writing.

her editors should have called the attention of someone who fails to realize the responsibilities and limitations of writers whose work are meant for public’s consumption. (please see http://www.nujp.org/the_journalist_code_of_ethics.htm).

obviously, ms. malu is lacking in this department. i, for one, had to suffer in her litany of vilification that only few, like her, find amusing.

indeed, her publishers should likewise be reprimanded because her kind of writing is something not worth printing, if the issue of objectivity would be taken into consideration, in the first place, as what should have been observed by her superiors.

i don’t know her from adam, even if im been with the industry for almost 15 years now, but just because you happen to be from an ultra-rich family earn you a right to claim a place in the industry, be it in print or broadcast media. most of the times, it really, really, helps a lot if someone has a background in journalism. being excellent in semantics is not enough license to be called a writer errr journalist?

“I cant blame Malu for her perception. She has been surrounded by the rich since she was young. Its already ingrained in her system ”

You would condone that crap?! That’s ignorance! Plain and simple! That’s not justification! They are rich! They can buy education to educate them about everything including sensitivity to the poor working class.

Granted that was her upbringing, heck! you grow up, you learn the basic right from wrong! Would it be fair to assume that all rich people in the Philippines are so dumb not to learn about simple things in life? This is just unbelievable! She’s full of crap, really in all honesty. If she’s a product of UP - what an idiot!

First of all, I would like to thank MALU FERNANDEZ for her article, lahat naman ng sinabi nya ay KATOTOHANAN. The TRUTH HURTS diba? At ano ang TOTOO? The TRUTH is ang KABULUKAN sa MUNDO. The struggle between “the HAVE” and “HAVE NOTS”, the poor “OFW’s” and the rich “SOB’s”, the “COMMON PEOPLE” and the “ELITISTAS”. The truth is most (not all) rich people are really insensitive and insulting to the poor or the middle class, believe me I know. I came from a middle class family, nag-aral ako sa isang maliit na school noong elementary and after graduating I transferred to an exclusive school sa makati, dito ko na naranasan ang DISCRIMINATION and INSULTS from this so-called ELITISTAS. I felt kung hindi mo sila kasing YAMAN, you don’t have the right to be there. Some of the RICH really seems to have NO HEARTS, walang awa talaga kung magbitiw ng salita. Parang they can get away with anything dahil MAYAMAN sila. Still I have no bitterness nor hatred, I just felt sorry that rich people are mostly like that, GOOD on the OUTSIDE and real BAD on the INSIDE. I just want to say that I know it is not easy to FORGET, but definitely we have to FORGIVE. Let’s pray that ALL of US CHANGE for the better and follow GOD’s commandments, not just a few, but ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS. Its time to let GO and let GOD decide…. Truly the LORD said “Blessed are they who are POOR for they shall inherit the land.” And “It is easier for a camel to enter the eye of a needle than for a RICH man to enter the KINGDOM of HEAVEN. AMEN

ewan ko pero mukhang kalokohan naman yata na ipagtanggol natin ang behavior ni malu fernandez. di ko pa rin maarok yung ginawa niya sa ating mga ofw. bakit kailangan natin mag classify sa society. excuse me pero sa UP din ako. meron akong mga naging kaibigan na mayayaman at mahihirap. ako ay galing sa hirap. at nagsikap at naging edukado. nakakahiya lang dahil sa ginagawa ni malu fernandez. normal sa tao ang manglait lalo na kapag may na encounter ka na mabaho sa kalye. halimbawa, may naghuhukay ng basura mo, natural lang na mag react ka na mabgahuan. pero si binibining fernandez siya ay mamahayag at ang iba ang inpluwensa ng medya sa kamalayqan ng tao. ang sa akin lang. tarantado ka malu fernandez. kahit mayaman ka, pareho pareho lang tayong mamatay at mabubulog sa lupa whether ilibing ka sa loyola or sa laloma.

It would be a disservice if you discontinue commenting on the Pinoy outrage that spilled all the way to your personal blog. I would never have found this blog without the bloodtrail of these comments. You are probably just one of those gentle souls that have not been fully exposed to the viciousness of the nasty rich — as in the faithful reproduction of Rizal’s de de Espadana by Malu F — and the nasty poor — the professional squatters and professional “urban poor” rallyists are good examples. Obviously, you enjoyed too much working on that nasty tabloid called the Collegian (he he he!), which had far better writers than the Manila Standard Yesterday of Malu F.

I just turned 50, and am not in my 20s and 30s. Capable like just about all UP alumni, my wife and I studied in Europe as scholars. There, we saw first hand that extreme wealth does not involve the same extremes that we see today. The Scandinavian, Dutch and generally the German super rich do not make a big deal of mingling with their less fortunate kin. It is not the same with the Britons and French, whose wealthy elite generally can behave as boorishly and irresponsibly as those in our country. It is no wonder then that the Scandinavians, Dutch and some Northern European nations enjoy the best environment for living. And yes, we had an awful time meeting the kids’ needs when we started out, due to forgettable salaries.

My nieces also studied in private schools that decidedly are more elitist and more expensive than the so-called exclusive Pinoy schools. Ateneo, La Salle, etc. are not considered as top Asian schools anyway unlike UP. My wife graduated valedictorian from an all-girls’ school too. But they never demonstrated the kind of obnoxious and distasteful temperament of THAT columnist.

I enjoyed raiding the Munchen suburbs during weekends to enjoy the excellent, custom food and beer in their “barangays”. But the most wonderful experience of all was to be greeted by surprise, and wished well, by Pinoy band players who jammed around Europe. I was very grateful to have met these OFW guys.

Oh, I also know the woody, Jo Malone perfume that was customized for Malu F. It’s called PIG & ASSES, but misspelled in the packaging as FIG & CASSIS.

BTW, UP Diliman is still just about the same as frats and soros go. The quadrangle traffic from entrance exams are just about as bad as it can get though. More troubling, of course, is that Diliman still churns out politicians; it is not as if a Marcos, Miriam and Migz (Malu F’s favorite nephew???) are not enough to be ashamed of a Diliman diploma.

Sige na, comment ka na ulit, pretty please. Maliit lang yang Singapore at mauubusan ka din ng blog materials, di ba. Libre kita lifetime IKOT trip per day kahit mahal na …

Pasensya na lang Ms. Betty kung may pahabol ako. Nakita at naamoy ko na itong Malu F na ito (alam mo naman ang mga peyupers, talagang evil na pagkatapos ng graduation at nabwisit sa mga matapobre …)

Palpak yung pananamit nya. She hasn’t been shopping obviously in Via Montenapoleone, Via della Spiga, Via Manzoni, and Via Sant’Andrea in Milan. This happens to be the place where true fashionistas — not fat fascistas — congregate for fitting in Armanis, Pradas, Dolce&Gabbanas, and so on. There are Pinay DHs prettier and better dressed than the infamous Columnist. I still know some of these DHs, who happen to be very nice and friendly like most Pinoys, and they can guide the Columnist to the backstreets where frumpy spinsters can get the extra-sized dresses. Kaya lang walang kasiguruhang di nila lagyan ng surot o garapata yung damit niya (he he he!).

Yong pinagmamalaki din niyang Karl Malone — este Jo Malone pala — na pabango e hindi naman ginagamit ng talagang mayaman na Pinoy sa Europe pag seryoso na affairs.

Clive Christian’s Imperial Majesty or No. 1, Caron’s Poivre, Chanel’s Chanel No. 5, Baccarat’s Les Larmes Sacrées de Thebes, Annick Goutal’s Eau d’Hadrien, o Hermès’ 24 Faubourg ang perfume of choice ng sosing Pinay. Pwede ding punta siya sa Guerlain boutique sa Champs Elysée para pasadya ng sariling pabango sa Le Parfum Sur Mesure na service nila. May kilala din akong mga OFW diyan para samahan siya at baka permanenteng iligaw siya ng mga Gypsies dyan (he he he!). Yan e kung hindi haluan ng aqua regia ng Pinay na OFW yung pabango niya (he he he!).

Oo nga pala, may kilala akong taga Forbes Park din. Yun bang sa pamilya na originally na may ari ng lupa diyan at nagtayo ng bahayan diyan. Mabait at magalang na mga tao yan, at maaaring bigyan siya uli ng refresher sa defunct na course sa peyups yung Social Orientation na tunay (he he he!).

I hope that your humor is still intact and that your kids are doing fine….

Silence is golden.

We have forgotten the true source of peace and contentment.’ There is one remedy: listening to each other’s stories, needs, fears and dreams, even to those we have come to call ‘the enemy’.

It is time we learned that history only repeats itself because nobody was listening the first time.

Listening heals. So sorry if I remain silent again. This is in response to Mokmok.

Pasensya na Ms. Betty at malakas lang ang baterya ko ngayon. Iba na talaga nakinabang sa 3-day weekend e. As I said, you’re one of the gentler souls from peyups so I really expect graceful silence from you. Again, my sincere apologies for the SABAKA-class comments here which in no way are meant to challenge your opinions. Feeling-college lang talaga ako lately dahil nagkaroon lang ako ng reminder na may taong galing talaga sa impyerno gaya ni you know who …

kulasa isn’t my real name, betty…it’s just how i want to be associated at this time.

i’ve worked with and associated with some very rich people myself. i can mingle in both the haves and have-nots but prefer to be a non-mingler (if there is such a word)…just me.

in the philippines, i’ve noticed this discrimination goes both ways. when i first witnessed it, i was very shocked and took the “persecutor” aside and spoke to him. it’s not pretty….it never is. if we think we are demeaning another group by listing their faults, we are dead wrong.

IMO, discrimination only serves to demean the people who show their discrimination. yes, we all have our biases but reason tells us it is not acceptable to scream them out in public because every individual has a different opinion.

discrimination is for the insecure and emotionally crippled. it’s a crutch the weak lean on to fulfill that very basic need for acceptance. if only we can all realize how destructive it is….

Interesting thoughts, Ms. Betty. What many Pinoys failed to see is that Malu is the product of our society. Now who are we to call her pig, bitch and the like?

Isn’t it that we are guilty of the same crime? Back in the 50’s and 60’s many locals made fun of the ethnic Chinese(but now look at where they are…they are the backbone of our economy), we disdainfully call the Indian nationals residing in thew Philippines as “five-six”, “mabaho”. We laugh at our Asian neighbors “inferior” English skills(as if ganun tayo kagaling sa Enlgish?). or those text messages makling fun of Manny Pacquiaos jokes?

This syndrome is not only the illness of the elites but Filipinos of any class(marami akong kilalang social climbers. Kunwari mayaman. Inuuna ang Starbucks kesa sa basic necessities.)

The angry mob maybe a dose of her own medicine but the arrogant Filipinos are taking in a more bitter dose of their own medicine. Because we are an arrogant peole, tayo ang napag-iiwanan sa Asya.

Don’t you find it funny how every Filipino frets over Malu’s OPINION when nobody seems to care about how the society is PROGRAMMED to look at the Igorots as inferior people, any person with dark skin as negro or aeta, or a muslim a “terrorist”? We complain how other people see all OFWs as dirty maids pero kapag sinabi mong “Indian” sa Pilipinas, ang isip agad eh “garapal na five six”.

Malu is our own dose of medicine.

I just stumbled on this big controversy by accident. Malu Fernandez may be rich, but she’s uneducated, empty-headed, mean-spirited and purpose-less..which is why she tries so hard to sound witty and smart. This is what happens when rich kids never really have to work for a living and rely mostly on daddy’s money — they become so inward-looking and self-absorbed, thinking that the whole world revolves around them. Her father may be someone, but she is a small insect in shark-infested Forbes Park.

Betty,

let me correct you. Yes, you have the right family, but Melissa Fernandez is not Malu’s sister but actually a niece.

so much is written but one fact remains clear - she wrote very insulting articles and banning her from writing seems to be a very ’soft’ punishment. people in the US say the darnest things (like the recent Jerry Lewis telethon ‘gaffe’) and they are very quick to say “I’m sorry.” to those they have offended.

here, the author WROTE, which is very different from saying something onstage or in front of a TV camera. writing needs thought and articles are thought over and edited. there should be no mistakes there. which means that she meant what she wrote and the putdown she wrote for her defense made it clear that she believed what she wrote.

now, the questions remains: should a person like that be allowed to write again? no one can stop blogging, but then, no one makes money blogging anyway

i’m filipino and i honestly can no longer stand many other pinoys. their arrogance is evident even before they say “hello.”

…to which they never do anyway.

fil-ams are always walking around with their high arched brows and flaunting whatever costs most in their wardrobe. when I go back to the philippines, the poor neighborhoods (which I grew up in) are welcoming to ANY social class. and I honestly can’t see WHY filipinos can’t look past the green. I only see them look past that when they find someone that makes more money than them…

:/

i think i’ll change my nationality to vietnamese or something.

i’ve been surrounded by wealth since i was born. I felt and experience the difference of people in its’ class. It’s easy to brag about being rich but when you look at it in deep perspective… Useless lang… unless a person realized that all of these earthly things are just temporary we won’t give a damn to care or empathize to other people. We’ll all die anyway and all these richness, we can’t take it to the other side of life…

I guess we just have to pray for people who lack empathy to be able to understand how other folks live.

Betty

BUT WHAT IS “RICH”? I’VE MET REALLY RICH PEOPLE SOMETIME IN MY LIFE. THEY’RE SO EUROPEAN RICH, THIS MALU GIRL CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE IT…….AND HELL, DO THEY LACK THE AIR SHE’S GOT. IN EUROPE, MOST OF THE RICH ARE MORE FOND OF SHOWING OFF THEIR INTELLIGENCE RATHER THAN THIER SHALLOWNESS. FOR THESE PEOPLE, TO SIT ON A PLANE WITH THE POORER ONES WOULD BE TAKEN AS AN EXHILARATING, BROADENING EXPERIENCE AND NOT AS TORTURE. SO MALU, GIRL, YOU’RE SO RIDICULOUSLY PETTY AND OBVIOUSLY TELLING YOURSELF YOU’RE RICH.

Malu Fernandez should be killed. Otherwise, she should stop being Filipino.

By the way, the UP I knew respected only one thing - brains. It was, and I hope still is, the great equalizer. Aside from death - and isaw.

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