Fire Malu Fernandez, Boycott Manila Standard Today and People Asia Magazine
To think that the paper itself is titled the Manila Standard Today, begs the question as to what kind of standards they are upholding. Indeed with such an article that was written by Malu Fernandez, The Manila Standard Today should have stepped up to the plate and fired Malu Fernandez. People Asia Magazine should never have ran that article as well.
In what will turn out to be yet another defining moment in this blogger’s short-lived career, I will again take another stand. This time, I hope that many of our readers will take this to task and spread the word. Just like the spreading of Malu Fernandez’s hateful article has occurred, let us spread one voice to combat such bigotry and intolerance in our nation.
I am proposing, effective immediately, the forced resignation of Malu Fernandez, a worthy apology from her, as well The Manila Standard Today and People Asia, and until this occurs, we should all move for a boycott on The Manila Standard Today as well as People Asia Magazine.
(Note: this specific post is going to act as a temporary signature campaign, all those who wish to take part, leave a simple comment, with your name and email, and consider yourself as having made a stand.)
Email your friends, leave a comment in this section, tell family members, write a blog post, and spread the word, that this boycott is to be nationwide, and that no one should buy The Manila Standard Today until they fire Malu Fernandez and make a proper statement of apology.
Just as Senator Ninoy Aquino died in order for our country to prosper against such intolerance and oppression, we too should not let our guard down even to a wannabe writer such as Malu Fernandez.
I hope you join me, spread the word, let’s enact the ban today.
Specific Actions We Can Take
1. Email the Newspaper and request the resignation or firing of Malu Fernandez
2. Write a blog post about your stand as well as regarding the ban and campaign to fire Malu Fernandez (I will link to your blog in this post once you comment and give me the url)
3. Don’t buy Manila Standard Today until the matter is reconciled
4. Email your friends and family about this issue
5. Spread the issue through word of mouth
6. Write or call local and national newspapers regarding this issue, and our stand to have Malu Fernandez fired
Keep on fighting bigotry, intolerance, and any form of discrimination which leads to oppression. Because in the end, such an act of discrimination is in the league of sexism and even racism itself. I bet the negros didn’t find it all too funny when called hateful names such as the N word, neither should we stand for such discrimination when it comes to the social and economic classes we find today. In a year where we saw the firing of Don Imus for his racially charged comments, I think it is high time, we show the same fierce combativeness against our own homegrown discrimination.
The measure of a persons worth is not the size of his wallet, but by the size of his heart, the meaningful relationships made throughout his or her lifetime, and how much that person gives back to the world. By this definition, it seems that Malu Fernandez is one of the poorest individuals on the face of the Earth.
Whether she truly feels that expensive perfume and shoes make her rich, is up to her, but let me ask one final question of Malu:
What good does it do a person that they inherit the world, but lose their soul in the process?
And Lastly, this is not an all out assault on The Manila Standard or People Asia, I have deep respect and admiration for the many talented writers, columnist, and editors who work for the paper, but this, I believe, must be undertaken, to remind the editor, that this kind of bigotry, whether implicit, or explicit, should not be condoned.
Count me in! I will not buy the paper and the magazine from this day forward until Malu Fernandez writes her public apology and resigns from the column.
Sorry I didn’t see the past entries. Her article is very insensitive. I wonder why a fellow columnist/top blogger didn’t pick this story in her blog. I will see what I can do.
I don’t read Manila standard. Maybe I will email them as well.
Oh what an oxymoron, A Diva that has to fly economy. Hmmm. I’ll join as well. NO TO MANILA STANDARD TODAY and PEOPLE ASIA
Ayoko talaga mga feeling above the rest. Mga matapobre katulad ni Malu Fernandez ay bakit ayoko sa Pinas. Ganyan talaga, akala niya, mga mahalin ng mga bagay ay sapat para tawagan siya Diva at chaka high class. Eh, baboy pala.
Sama ako sa boycott!!!!!!!! Sabihin ko sa mga pamilya at mga kaibigan ko.
Thanks Nick for going all-out on this. Her side comments were uncalled for. She should have kept them to herself. This is bigotry at its purest. What’s worst is she did it to her fellow Filipinos.
The bad part is her pathetic attempt to justify what she wrote.
I’m already spreading the word about the write up she made. Lang kwenta yang tao na yan dapat ma nationwide na ma censor sya or better yet gawing Persona Non Grata.
Go Fire
I support this! I actually read Manila Standard on our school library.
Umm, off with her head!
MALU FERNANDEZ IS AN INSENSITIVE FOOL!!! NO TO MANILA STANDARD AND PEOPLE ASIA MAGAZINE!!!
thanks for this effort, bro!
already blogged about it at my ”manila boy” blog “,
count me in.
she should be ashamed of herself. and her “acerbic wit” was absolutely not funny.
UDC
I’m also an OFW! Darn that bitch!!! i was shocked upon reading her articles. We (Overseas Filipino Workers) deserve a sincere apology coming from that PIG!!! MF start praying that our paths will not cross..
To Manila Standard Today and People Asia: we want her OUT immediately!!! FIRE that pig!!!!
To our fellow OFW’s: pls help disseminate this information.
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=contact_us
log on to the link above to make MALU feel some pain…..
and here too, the contact page of people asia magazine
c/o the philippine star “,
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?p=58
Racists or bigotry content in the media and entertainment should be eradicated.
1. Like Malu’s attempt at “acidic” wit article.
2. Bisayan, Muslims, or Indian ACCENTual discriminations should be stopped especially in the entertainment. This is a racist content that has been accepted as normal.
3. Ridiculing the african race or any person with dark skin.
Spam them ’til they fire Malu!!!
General Information
mst@manilastandardtoday.com
Business Section
business@manilastandardtoday.com
Sports Section
sports@manilastandardtoday.com
Good Life Section
glshowbiz@manilastandardtoday.com
HR Department:
hrddept@manilastandardtoday.com
Advertising Department:
adv@manilastandardtoday.com
Circulation Department
circ@manilastandardtoday.com
KPPI
kppi@manilastandardtoday.com
spanx, spamming is not the answer. Two wrongs don’t make a right, but yes, if we can write to them our indignation and take a stand against this discrimination, I think that will be more productive.
I read her reaction entitled “Am I a diva? Or do you lack common sense?” http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife1_july30_2007
Hindi pala marunong mag-apologize ang Malu Fernandez na ito. she writes, “Just recently, I wrote a funny article in my magazine column and my friends thought it was hilarious.” Just who actually are her friends? are they as insensitive and as discriminating as her? Stop assuming that the rich share your narrow minded opinions, Malu. It’s the people from the higher strata of society that probably started reacting to your article, because they don’t find it hilarious. You’re alone in this, girl, and you better apologize publicly TO ALL FILIPINOS. Yan and problema sa iyo e, marunong kang magsulat ng offensive, dapat marunong ka ring mag-apologize. Pero kung close-minded ka na, I bet you won’t even understand what I’m saying. I wonder if you ever have common sense. Because the sense of the common is reacting strongly against you, and you’re too insensitive to realize it.
In support of your campaign. For chrissakes, that woman is stupid. I’m sure all Filipinos have at least 1 family member or friend working overseas. Howdappak does she expect the public to react? Doh.
I think it’s time for a writing project, Nick.
[...] Fire Malu Fernandez, Boycott Manila Standard Today and People Asia Magazine [...]
Filipinos everywhere should unite if we want to see action taken on Ms. Fernandez. Not only OFWs were degraded by her “acerbic” commentary, but the whole nation. We have to rid the nation of the likes of Ms. Fernandez or at least show that we will not let such denigration pass without a fight.
I will support the ban on Manila Standard and People Asia magazine. Will ask everyone I know to support it too.
This person must be taught a lesson.
Malu Fernandez’s overall attitude in the article smacks of playground bullying, where all the popular and rich little girls roll their eyes and cast condescending looks at everyone else who doesn’t dress like them or come from the right families.
Her tacky name-dropping unfortunately pulls her “buddies” into the same insensitive and childish little clique. If all these people remain her friends, then they all just reinforce that sad stereotype that most of us have already outgrown.
She’s not being witty by any means. She’s plain and simply being a Mean Girl.
I wouldn’t let her comments affect me. She doesn’t have my permission to do that.
if it comes from a foreigner we still can forgive her, but knowing she is a Filipino, its unforgivable!!!! Her articles speak of her personality, may konting pera lang nagmalaki na, tinatapakan na ang kapwa pilipino nya. She’s the best candidate for the abu sayaff kidnappingi might say so. Takot magasgasan ang kutis? takot sa lamok? para namang may konting ganda siya e kahit kapiraso wala e
count me IN!
parusahan na yan. bitayin kung kelangan! lethal injection ang nararapat sa kanya! grrr!
I have blogged about my stand.
http://whizkidd17.multiply.com/journal/item/240
Fire Malu Fernandez, Boycott Manila Standard Today…
“…To think that the paper itself is titled the Manila Standard Today, begs the question as to what kind of standards they are upholding. Indeed with such an article that was written by Malu Fernandez, The Manila Standard Today should have stepped u….
I don’t savor pork of any variety, whether Congressional or porcine meal. I think you may be tangling with a pig and defying the admonition that wrestling with pigs get you dirty (and they like it). I do not read the Standard and never heard of this person before your blog, but after reading her article it is obvious she is so full of herself and hubris, that medics label a narcissist. A word of caution, the campaign might boost her notoriety and establish her as an icon of the nation’s bigots.
Malu opened her article with,
“I had serious trepidations about going to the beach about going to the beacj. You see, I hate the sand, the bugs and the mosquitos…”
And most of all she hates swimsuits!
The best thing, wag nalang bumili ng any magazine kung saan mayroon laging article si Baboy (MALU FERNANDEZ). Hayaan malugi yung mga company na nag hire sa kanya para matauhan. Ang tagal ng issue ng article na yan pero wala pa rin aksyon ang may kinauukulan.
nick,
tama ka, no need to spam those addresses;
i’d rather find malu’s friendster page. hahaha!
sa totoo lang, that remorseless ingrate
has offended me to the very core of my Pinoy Soul.
here’s some more about her from my buddy, Herb d Perv:
THE TOP 7 THINGS TO SAY TO MALU
IN CASE YOU RUN INTO (or over) HER:
1. Please kill yourself now while the prices of PORK are high.
2. Since you travel a lot, why not go to Iraq and wear a T–shirt with the word “INFIDEL†on it.
3. Yuck! FOOT & MOUTH disease!
4. Magkano KILO?
5. Ang tapang ng bunganga mo ha! Eh kung lagyan ko kaya ng MANSANAS?!
6. You’re BACON, Bitch!
7. Hoy! Ikaw pala yan. Kamusta na si MANG TOMAS?
http://www.spankyenriquez.blogspot.com
This obnoxious abomination’s bank account couldn’t possibly be empty after her trip from Greece, if you notice all her product endorsements in her article, maybe they should sue her for mentioning their brand.
Sobrang isa siyang kakaibang nilalang. I don’t know if she has the knowledge that OFW is termed as the ‘bagong bayani’ of our country. Kawawa naman siya at masyado lang siyang confined sa sheltered life niya at di niya alam ang katotohanan. Mukhang ang daming insecurities sa katawan ng babaeng yan ah. tsk tsk tsk…
You do know she is the aunt of Miguel Zubiri. Joe Zubiri’s wife, Vicky, is her sister.
I’m one of many who have blogged about this issue:
http://sillingtonhouse.blogspot.com/2007/08/abominable-snob-woman.html
Furthermore, I’ve emailed both People Asia and Manila Standard, PLUS the Philippine Daily Inquirer for good measure, in case the other 2 publications refuse to acknowledge this backlash against their “divalicious” columnist. I’ve also emailed the POEA, since they’re responsible for defending the dignity and honor of our OFWs, which Malu Fernandez has spit in the face of. I’m hoping somehow this all comes back to bite her in the ass. Maybe we can arrange for an OFW lynch mob in an airport somewhere…
Today, I wrote a feeback letter to the editors of People Asia Magazine and The Manila Standard. Here’s a copy of what I wrote.
I also wrote to Administrator Baldoz of POEA, Administrator Roque of OWWA, and Department of Tourism Secretary Durano.
I also enlisted the help of The Filipino Channel (ABS-CBN Global Limited).
Yes, when she dies her hell will be exactly how she described it – cramped economy class cabin with balikbayan co-passengers in all size, color, shape and dialect! BUT they will intentionally harass her and keep her from sleeping, not even a hundred and six bottles of dormicum could send her to lala land. Oh, and God will make sure that all the Filipinos she’s with in this flight from hell would be the impierno’s cream of the crop.
And how’d she get to be a writer anyway? Seriously, does having money, jet-setting and having all the expensive accessory and make-up enough to merit anyone a column in a national broadsheet and two pages in People Asia? I am disappointed with People Asia and Manila Standard Today! The whole damn article is so sophomoric she might as well have started with “Dear Diary, for Summer break I went to Boracay with my friends and there were so many flies! I couldn’t swat all of them away from my precious precious skin! (sad face inserted), it was a good thing I brought Bygon with me! (happy face inserted) Then we went to Greece and ate in an American café and it was so funny because we were in Greece and we were in an American café! …blah, blah, yaditty, yaditty, yap, yap!†There’s nothing even slightly humorous about it, if she thought that sneering at other Filipinos who do not smell like her will add some spice to her article, she was right because it made her sound even more pathetic.
She needs to go back to grade school for English Composition 101… or 100, they taught this sometime in Grade 3, because she has completely forgotten that an article has to have a point – a reason for being – my professor would have called her article verbal diarrhea. And then she can go take up Civics 1 again, just to remind her than when she is slighting her kababayan, she is also slighting herself. She defended herself in her MST article against all the bad breath she got from that People Asia article saying she really was just an in-your-face type of person especially in the face of stupidity, really? So, greeting a fellow kababayan inside a plane cabin or smelling of Axe and Charlie cologne is stupidity????
apparently, Malu has been writing in this style for quite some time now…
check this out : “I, on the other hand, am just perennially stressed just by living in this godforsaken place in the Third World.” from “”THE DIVA GOES TO GREECE” @ http://www.yehey.com/travel/articles.aspx?id=158737
here’s my take:
http://kengkay.wordpress.com/2007/08/17/panawagan-patalsikin-boykotin/
My latest. To Malu Fernandez….hala lagot ka….
i know some people she mentioned on her previous articles. they’re ashamed of what this fecal matter had to say about OFWs. even her colleagues think she was way out of line.
People Asia can be reached at peopleasia@gmail.com. I’ve sent them a letter already, but have received no reply yet.
How the editors have allowed that article to see the light of day is completely beyond me.
I have already written about this here.
Is this her?
http://livingafterwls.blogspot.com/2005/09/malu-fernandez-wls-in-philippines.html
My entry
http://aboutmyrecovery.com/2007/08/17/fire-malu-fernandez-boycott-manila-standard-and-people-asia-magazine/
I also emailed a journalist in Daily Inquirer who edits global pinoy and other contacts that my friend and I know of.
napaka feeling high class naman ito si Malu. Join ako sa pag boycott at sasabihin ko sa mga friends and family ko. Just want to add na balikbayan ako, and not only was I angered, but my heart was also pierced. The OFW is the symbol of The Filipino’s drive and sacrifice, sana huwag nalang si Malu magsulat kahit saan. Yan mga newspapers at magazines, dapat mag take note sa saying ng ABS-CBN, “in the service of The Filipino People”. This article was a total disservice, and frankly I’m ashamed that she’s Filipino.
Count me in! I have actually written The Manila Standard telling them the same: get rid of Malu Fernandez. Her kind does not deserve the space in their newspaper. Let me repeat it here, once they get rid of her, I hope a mob of OFWs and their families would be outside the Manila Standard offices para tuhugin siya ng buhay sa kawayan. Her squeals and yells would definitely be music to the ears of the OFWs that she just insulted.
Count me in!!! Don’t buy Manila Standard. To hell with this Malu Fernandez…pwe!!!!!
count me in.
Boycott!!!
I’ll be blogging about this tomorrow.
ito ay isang diretsong panlalait at pagwalang bahala sa moralidad ng isang OFW. Labis ko na ikinalulungkot ang paghintulot na ipamahayag ang ganitong klaseng artikulo ng isang mamamayan na turing nya sa kanyang sarili ay nasa pedestal.
It is sad, really sad and I think the Manila Standard and People Magazine should do something about this atrocity. I also think that we should take this opportunity to show the world why we are fierce at being proudly Pinoy. Here’s my post – http://aileenapolo.blogspot.com/2007/08/i-am-filipino-and-proud-to-be-one.html
Is she for real?????????????? Nakakainis siya.
Who the hell is she? I may not be an OFW but many of my relatives are, and I know for a fact that most of us have a relative who is an OFW working his/her guts just to feed his/her family and keeping our economy afloat. Konting respeto na lang para sa mga OFW. I may be a stinky linky, but not a divine divalicious babe… errr like the pig in the “babe movie” a few years back.
I don’t read The Manila Standard Today at all! It’s so cheap noh?!
I love Bryanboy’s response to all this hoopla…
http://www.bryanboy.com/bryanboy_le_superstar_fab/2007/08/malu-fernandez-.html
Join din ako. People like Malu should not awarded. She looks down on her own country man who strive to death in another nations leaving behind her love one para lang mabuhay. Shame on you Malu! I think you should go back to school and not just learned all the designer label but actually learn not to be ignorant about the world.
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Well, she and her friends were amused of her article, and can be compared to white racists racial jokes targeting blacks and asians amusing too.
Pwede ba i-declare ng pamahalaan na “PERSONA NON GRATA” si Malu Fernandez? Kung yung mga foreigners na nagsasabi nang masama laban sa bansa, pinatatalsik ng bansa, ganoon din sana si MALU FERNANDEZ. She spoke rudely about Boracay and insulted not only the OFW Heroes but the entire FILIPINO people because of her rude words about us in the Third World. Her reactions insulted even the schooled employees of fastfood chains, and she keeps on insulting the readers because they haven’t read thick books.
The government can also charge her with TREASON for endangering the economic stability of our country.
Patalsikin natin si MALU FERNANDEZ, and I don’t care where she will go.
Sunugin, sunugin, sunugin! LOL!
Maayong Buntag, gikan sa San Francisco!
I’ve sent an e-mail to my friends in my press club, Riyadh, London, and other Filipino global leadership who are focused on helping OFWs, informing them about this latest Filipino blogosphere’s fracas.
I totally believe in the empowerment of Overseas Filipino Workers and Overseas Filipinos worldwide — that this outrage about a columnist being accused of bigotry (re: OFWs) got my attention. Truly, I think Malu Fernandez doesn’t know what it’s like to be living in a foreign land as a contract worker or a visiting tourist where the sight of any Filipino is a welcome antidote to homesickness.
What if I were to tell you that some OFWs and nurses in Europe told me last year (during my visit to London) that they have problems with nurses having an arrogant attitude toward the domestic helpers who had arrived before they did (in the early 1970’s). “Social class” discrimination is probably unique to the Philippines and similar developing countries.
There is a shared truth among ethnic journalists and other media professionals here in the US: that we represent the VOICES of our communities, when mainstream media oftentimes doesn’t look at our in-language, in-culture news as “news” — because we’re considered minority populations. That’s precisely why ethnic media umbrella organizations such as New America Media exist.
I’m mentioning this perspective because Malu Fernandez needs to understand that, with her supposedly insouciant observations about OFWs, she comes out being perceived as shallow-minded, ignorant, and disempowering. Malu, you’re also making our work in helping promote and implement Filipino empowerment worldwide a lot harder. With your flippant comments, you seem to be saying that OFWs are not important, thus they don’t need to be honored. Many of us who live overseas want to be sure that OFWs know their rights in any foreign soil that they consider home for a contracted time or permanently.
My call to action for Malu Fernandez would be a public apology and a writing assignment for her: To work as an OFW (a domestic helper would be good!) — and who goes through the process of being recruited, going to the CFO offices, etcetera. The whole enchilada!
People are calling for her resignation BUT I think if her newspaper sends her out on this kind of writing assignment for three months, and evaluates her article as publishing-worthy or not, then that resignation would be a more potent solution by then — and who knows, her credibility could still be restored!
Inasmuch as I deplore Malu Fernandez’s excuse of using “dry wit” to keep her audience entertained with her “Louis Vuitton” eyes(“eyebags”), and understanding the uproar among media colleagues and bloggers, I would rather practise compassion and ASK MALU FERNANDEZ TO LIVE THE LIFE OF AN OVERSEAS FILIPINO CONTRACT WORKER FOR THREE MONTHS AND WRITE ABOUT IT.
Then, and only then, maybe we will know if Malu Fernandez understands why we treat OFWs as our modern-day heroes. That is, if her gold, open-toed sandals will survive her personal OFW journey.
In peace,
Lorna
Filipino Community Publicist
sama ako dito.this woman does not deserve a writing gig.
I agree that Malu Fernandez, in all her wannabe-glory (Socioeconomic background notwithstanding, her clear lack of delicadeza proves one thing: she has no class), needs to get her comeuppance, preferably by getting her ass fired by People Asia and the Manila Standard.
However, this part of your stance bothered me:
“Just as Senator Ninoy Aquino died in order for our country to prosper against such intolerance and oppression, we too should not let our guard down even to a wannabe writer such as Malu Fernandez.”
Although making a stand against people like Malu Fernandez is generally a good thing, to compare that to what happened to Ninoy Aquino is a bit disingenuous. I seriously doubt that you think her comments are equal in scope and effect to the Martial Law years, so using it in this context is just slightly offensive to his memory, and the memory of all the other people who’ve sacrificed their lives for something much greater.
Just my two cents.
Umiinit ang ulo ko sa Malu na yan, she doesn’t even know what she’s talking about.
BOYCOTT MANILA STANDARD…..
BOYCOTT PEOPLE ASIA MAGAZINE…..
BOYCOTT her LUSCIOUS Boutique @ the malls….. (she owns that)…..
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This Cebuana joins the fight against Malu Fernandez’s bigotry:
http://www.fubargenre.com/2007/08/18/malu-fernandez-whats-economy-class/
paka-uwaw lang ning bayhana!
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http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=5282975
Send Malu your sweetest friendster message! I know she’ll be delighted to hear from all of you!
Aberbic Wit? Did she really think she was funny? WHO IS LAUGHING?
My 7 year old son can write about his summer vacation so much better than this oinker.
She has no journalistic skills, she stinks (that’s why she needs to cover her stench with Jo Malone- pang spray ko lang yan sa linens and pillows ko)
Louis Vuitton? Lagayan ko lang yan ng diapers and wipes ng baby ko–I bought mine from Beverly Hills. I bought it for it’s size.
Yabang! I came here to the states as part of The Nurse relief Act by the older Bush, so I went through OWWA, so technically I am an OFW.
The cramped plane was due to your size, porker!!! At ang amoy was COMING from YOU! That was your body oil melting!!!
WHY oh WHY is The Manila Standard SILENT about this blatant
discrimination?
Do they really think this STINKER is an asset? Thank God I don’t read their publications.
I’ll start e-mailing my friends in the PI to boycott her Boutique, the paper and the magazine (they don’t interest me anyway!)
SHE SHOULD BE FIRED!!!
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appalled cebuana based in manila here. i’ve written about this in my two blogs.
http://rugbygurl.multiply.com/journal/item/18/BOYCOTT_THE_MANILA_STANDARD_UNTIL_THEY_FIRE_MALU_FERNANDEZ
http://rugbygurl.blogs.friendster.com/rubys_world/2007/08/boycott_the_man.html#comments
a boycott for manila standard and people asia is definitely in order. acerbic wit, my ass. if you’re as rich as you claim to be, how come Vicky Belo is not part of your so-called VIP list??? have u ever looked at yourself in the mirror lately???
this f*****g porker of a writer needs to have her head examined. seriously.
fire this good-for nothing pig!!!
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I find it incredibly ironic that she considers herself one of the “jetset” yet she flew economy. Obviously, she doesn’t not even know the true meaning of “jetset”.
send malu a message! http://www.friendster.com/5282975
let her know how we alll adore her. hahaha!
http://www.friendster.com/5282975
post a comment, leave a testimony…
this time let her hear what we say!
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i tried to look for her article pero mukhang they took it down na. pero after reading bits and pieces of it in your website, feeling ko na-transplant ako nung panahon nila Dona Victorina at Padre Damaso. there is nothing witty nor humorous in her article. her pathetic attempt at “apologizing” by way of her response to the outrage brought by her ignorance and stupidity only proves she doesn’t know the meaning of wit and humor. lest she forgets that if not for the OFWs, baka matagal ng bagsak ang economy at gobyerno ng Pilipinas. so she can shove her “apology” up her arse. the least that Manila Standard should do is to come out with a full page apology AND fire this poor excuse of a human being named Malu Fernandez. she is a disgrace to our country and our culture.
She should have brought her own PIG PEN!!!:)when she boarded the plane, by then she will be comfortable in her own place. Check this out:
http://www.gobicol.com/index.cfm?action=forum.message&thread_id=8078§ion=default
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Come on everyone, can we be sober about some things? First of all, have any of you (non OFW pinoy travellers) ever travelled to another country for a tour and did not encounter obnoxious pinoy OFWs? Believe me, sobrang nakakahiya talaga karamihan ng OFWs pag nagsamasama. Puro pasaway and asal kalye! And please stop portraying OFWs as heroes! They are compensated handsomely for their decision to work away from home and their loved ones. Heroes are volunteer workers who are not paid any premiums at all(like missionaries and volunteer doctors and nurses). Heroes are also those who chose to stay out of pure dedication even with meager pay. Stop romanticizing the OFWs!
This Malu Fernandez should have brought her PIG PEN when she boarded the place, so that she should have had her own private place.:)
Please check this out, a website of Bicolanos, planning to make a lechon out of her!:)
http://www.gobicol.com/index.cfm?action=forum.message&thread_id=8078§ion=default
Here are the concerned agencies and institutions we can write to. Konting pigil muna tayo ng galit at umiwas sa mga maaanghang na salita, kapag sinulatan natin sila, EXCEPT TO THE EDITORS OF PEOPLE ASIA MAG & THE MANILA STANDARD.
People Asia Mag
peopleasia@gmail.com
The Manila Standard Today
Managing Editor Mon Tomeldan
mon.tomeldan@manilastandardtoday.com
Dept. of Tourism Secretary Hon. Joseph H. Durano
adurano@tourism.gov.ph
Philippine Press Institute
ppi@pressinstitute.ph
ppc@pressinstitute.ph
POEA Administrator Hon. Rosalinda Baldoz
info@poea.gov.ph
OWWA Administrator Hon. Marianito Roque
opcenter@owwa.gov.ph / owwa_opcenter@yahoo.com
DFA Secretary Hon. Alberto Gatmaitan Romulo
webmaster@dfa.gov.ph
Vice President Hon. Noli “Kabayan” de Castro
Presidential Adviser on OFWs
vp@ovp.gov.ph
Si Malu Fernande4z, ano ba ang claim to fame nya? Ang pumutak? What’s her net worth? She’s the biggest social climber! Ang balita ko maiitim ang singgit nya sa sobrang taba niya Maasim pa! Litsunin yang putangnang baboy na yan!
She needs a brain transplant. Elistist bitch. Yan yung mga taong ang sarap ipakidnap sa mga masasamang loob kasi siguradong babayaran pa natin ung mga kidnappers na WAG NANG PAKAWALAN. salot amf
[...] to tingog.com, I discovered Malu Fernandez. She is the wicked witch of Southeast Asia. Let me explain. She wrote a colummn on a magazine that [...]
Hindi ko naman bumibili yung paper na yan at tsaka yung magazine na yan. Pero, baka meron bumili sa mga kaibigan ko. Sali ako sa pag boycott, count me in!
Grrrrr….nanginginig pa ako sa galit sa tabachiching na ito! feeling class daw wala naman sa hitsura!!!!!!
May kasabihan po tayong mga Pilipino:
“Ang baboy, bihisan mo man, bigyan ng trabaho, dalhin sa Boracay, bigyan ng LOUIS VUITTON bag, pasakayin sa Emirates, eh mananatiling BABOY PA RIN! ”
Malu Fernandez = what a freaking biatch!
I don’t know Malu Fernandez and I don’t buy the paper as well. I’m just too glad that I left before the merger of the two papers (Manila Standard and TODAY, owned then by Rep. Teddy Locsin Jr.). If Teddy Boy was at the helm, she would have fired that bitch at the quick blink of an eye.
But then again, my sincerest apologies to you. I noticed the second to the last paragraph, “What good does it do a person that they inherit the world, but loose their soul in the process?”
I just think it should have been “lose.”
Thanks.
Rory, thank you for pointing out the spelling error.
To everyone who has commented, joined the boycott, wrote about the issue, those who have written to the parties concerned, as well as those who are currently contacting other journalists and papers, thank you for stepping up and taking a stand against the discrimination…
nakapag-aral na naturingan ngunit alang alam.
Malu Fernandez’ article: what a waste of space.
My Entry
http://jeangr3y.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/ang-pagsikat-sa-maling-paraan-the-malu-fernandez-controversy/
Malu just jumped from a nobody to a stupid nobody. Congrats Malu.
Count me in…this woman or should I say this PIG!! has a big problem. She does not realize the consequences of her rubbish writings. Millions of OFWs around the world will uproar against you Ms Malu Fernandez!!
here is my say on this idiotic woman:
http://www.xanga.com/fallenbutflying/610772063/item.html
I am wondering why I couldn’t find my earlier post. But out of my intention to make a stand against this bigotry, I am recapturing what I have just written.
I am truly wondering how a Journalist like her came up with such kind of an article. The more that I am wondering why her publishers have accepted her write-up and had it gone to the press.
First point, does she ever read the Economics or Finance section of the papers? Is she in the dark abuot the recent strengthening of the power of Philippine peso due in part to the contribution of the OFWs?
Second point, what have we, OFWs, done to you Malu Fernandez to receive such ire? What have we done to you to make you feel like slashing your wrist rather than share a plane with our kind? Are we some sort of a disease that you have to get away from?
The cliche – the PEN is mightier than the Sword is an eternal universal truth. What ever happened to Manila Standard to forget this – you being the Beacon of Truth? What ever happened to you to lose good taste? Yes, there is FREDDOM OF SPEECH but there is also such a thing as RESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM. You are at the helm of this. How come an article like Malu Fernandez’s was given space? How can such a convoluted mind warped by 17 kgs of make up and accessories be made worthy of pages of insults to OFWs? Being journalists, you should use the power of the Pen with sensibility and sense of responsibility. Where are you coming from?
Have you forgotten your race, Malu Fernandez? Have you forgotten the tenets of your faith – regardless of whatever religion you are embracing? Has glitter and pomp already deaden your sense of compassion?
You may feel as if you are not answerable to each of us. However, there is a Supreme Power to Whom you shall be answerable.
Yield your power as Journalists to become catalysts of change! You have used the power of the pen irresponsibly. You have pierced a sword in each of us not to mention the hearts of our loved ones whom we left back home.
You have wounded us with your sword of snobbery. You have degraded us and the outcome of our concerted effort to contribute to the Philippine economy. I do not think that a million pages of apology will be enough to compensate for your bigotry.
titoadam…rich people can be annoying too, though, can’t they? the problem is not with people being OFWs. the problem is with people being obnoxious. at least when those OFWs were being “annoying” to her, they were just trying to be friendly. she, on the other hand, was being too high-and-mighty for the throng. please. we’re all human beings. who is she (and who are you) to say who is and isn’t deemed good enough to breathe the same air?
then again, that is just the way snobs, bigots and elitists think. i doubt any of this will ever change the way they are, but maybe if people make enough noise, they’ll think twice before opening their yap traps.
I join in this campaign. Something should be done to curtail such mentality.
Everyone, if you could please scroll up and read titoadam’s entry…
Some bloggers seem to think we’re being hypocrites for being outraged over all this. Isn’t there an elitist in all of us? What’s the difference between MF and us? A lot.
Fry that pig!!!
I just received a mail with attachments of those articles. Oo nga diva siya, diva bavoy ang mukha niya? Kahit gaaano kamahal yung perfumes niya, amoy bavoy parin.O, diva vavoy talaga siya.
Yes, try reading again the entry of titoadam, I guess they [he and Malu the Pig] came from similar tribe], I wonder what we [OFWs] have done to titoadam and to Malu to deserve such treatment, or is it pure insecurities or maybe jealousy???
titoadam’ posting:
titoadam on August 18th, 2007 at 11:28 am
Come on everyone, can we be sober about some things? First of all, have any of you (non OFW pinoy travellers) ever travelled to another country for a tour and did not encounter obnoxious pinoy OFWs? Believe me, sobrang nakakahiya talaga karamihan ng OFWs pag nagsamasama. Puro pasaway and asal kalye! And please stop portraying OFWs as heroes! They are compensated handsomely for their decision to work away from home and their loved ones. Heroes are volunteer workers who are not paid any premiums at all(like missionaries and volunteer doctors and nurses). Heroes are also those who chose to stay out of pure dedication even with meager pay. Stop romanticizing the OFWs!
TRY REMOVING OFW’s in the economic scene of the Philippines, tignan natin kung hindi naging parang kastilyong buhangin ang Pilipinas, so you better stop romanticising about Philippines surviving without us, the OFWs!!! get real will you!!!!!
LUSCIOUS, a fashion boutique in Glorietta and Gateway malls, is partially owned by the “mahaderang matapobre”- Malu Fernandez. I hope this bit of info that my husband informed me about is also spread, then let’s see what sort of karma strikes her.
Maturity, both emotional and intellectual, doesn’t come with age. It seems Malu has a soft spot on both. I like the suggestion of letting Malu live in a foreign country without Pinoys or even Asians for at least three months. Might be helpful if Manila Standard and People’s Asia finance this “activity” for Malu.
Another point is the mention of those names; my Adidas all terrain, my Louis Vuitton, etc. What’s in a name? Nasa likod po ng mga pangalan na yan ay mga paslit (child labor) na nakatali (nakababad) sa kanilang upuan. I suggest Malu to ponder on this, “Ilang kamay ba ang pinagdaanan ng Adidas all terrain nya bago nya naisuot? o ilang ordinaryong tao ba, mapalokal o international man, ang pinagdaanan ng mga produktong kinain nya doon sa American restaurant?”
Count me in, kaibigan.
Macky
Brattleboro, Vermont
05301 USA
FIRE HER.. I just found out who she is and she makes me sick.. She’s a fat swine w/ no class whatsoever..
Malu Fernandez
You made a lot of people hate you with your harsh words and your horrible perspective on us OFWs. I hope you’re happy if this was what you were expecting. But if you’re concerned that you hurt a lot of people… I suggest you apologize sincerely because you made enemies within the OFW community not only in Dubai but the whole world for that matter.
Being part of the “elite†social class, you should obviously be a well educated person; you would not be in media if you weren’t, so I don’t have to point out our importance as OFWs to the country. But our importance should not be a reason to NOT belittle us. You should not deride us or, any other social class for that matter, because it is basically a very insensitive thing to do. Its something we Filipinos find very immoral. It is something that is just plain bad.
You just don’t say those things for whatever reasons you may have. Whether you’re just staying true to your “media persona/attitude†or for an agenda that only you may know. But if you said them because it’s your character and the way you were educated and brought up, then clearly your morals are very appalling.
You made the world so much harsher and much more difficult to live in.
…what someone who read your column would not give to be on the same plane with you to show you what a “little private hell†really means.
Lomar (an OFW in Dubai… no I don’t wear axe colognes)
Someone said, “isn’t there an elitist in all of us”. NO. THERE’S A CAPACITY MAYBE, BUT NOT THE CONDITION OF BEING.
[...] sinimulang kampanya sa Tingog.com upang patalsikin sa kanyang posisyon bilang kolumnista sa Manila Standard Today ang balasubas walang kasing kitid ng isip at matapobreng [...]
count me in too! she’s so full of herself and even though, it’s partly true that sometimes it’s really funny or awkward how some OFW’s sounds like what Malu have just described, but they way she told it- its definitely so degrading. Those things happen not only with our national citizens but others too. She is so “matapobre” kailangan bang ipagkalat sa buong mundo gaano ka refine ang taste mo and ur perspective about things? Hala, sige na- sosi at elite ka na..pero wag mo ng ipaglantaran. Hay-ano ba yan!
Filipino’s should lift his co-Filipinos and not degrade or belittle them. It’s so disappointing that there are writer’s out there who wrote so nasty about their countrymen. Instead, People like Malu should write something nice to help ease the pain and suffering of the people taken over by the hardship his country had brought them. I am not a Filipino but my wife is one.Filipino’s are kind, hard-working and caring people. They go out of their country because of the downfall of the government and the almost zero benefits it had left of his country men. We live abroad holding of the promise of a farer life but she is and I am proud of her native land. I’ve enjoyed dealing with Filipinos and I’ve had lots of friends there.Yes, the Philippines should be wary as well because most of the smart ones and really good ones are going out of the country. Who will stay and will say long live the Philippines?
Oh my… who is this insensitive fool??? I’ve never even heard of her but I felt like kicking her big fat ass!!! How dare she criticize OFW’s!!! Girl… unfortunately, we the “smelly OFW’s” are the savior of our dear country’s economy. And it really breaks my heart to hear “social climbers – like this person name Malu” degrade all the hardship we had to make an honest living. I support every move you guys can do to send this damned person to “hell” where she belongs.
I’m so mad and like Miriam Defensor Santiago, I am frothing in the mouth! get this lady some education!
Shame on The Manila Standard and People Asia!!!
MALOU, YOU HAVE JUST INSULTED EVERY OFW TO THE VERY BONE…AND THIS IS THE PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY…CALL THAT PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT…ARAY…ANG SAKIT NG GANTI..!!!..BOMBARDED BY INSULTS, LEFT AND RIGHT FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD…TSK TSK TSK…CAN YOU TAKE IT…??…I GUESS YOU CAN, SA KAPAL BA NAMAN NG MUKHA MO…
SO, WHERE ARE YOUR SO CALLED BEST BUDDIES NOW TO DEFEND YOU..??..WOULD YOU STILL CALL THEM FRIENDS..??..INIWAN KA NILA SA ERE..IF THEY CONSIDER YOU A FRIEND, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE COME OUT TO DEFEND YOU…POOR PIGGY..!!!..NOT ONE OF THEM DID THAT FOR YOU…FOR SURE, IKINAKAHIYA KA NA NILA…HAHAHA…
MALOU, AS YOU READ THESE REACTIONS & INSULTS , YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO HAVE A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP…AT SA TABA MONG YAN, BAKA BANGUNGOT ANG ABUTIN MO…
SHAME ON YOU…..!!!!..
SO, WHO HAS THE LAST LAUGH..????..HAHAHAHA….
LASTLY MALOU, DONT MESS WITH OFW’s…THEY FIGHT BACK WITH A STING…
Sorry po sa nagsasabi na i boycott ang LUSCIOUS dito ako di agree yes we are right to be upset at her and what she writes. We should be upset only HER i personally believe na di na dapat ba madamay yung employees nya.. kawawa naman di ba they have families to feed din naman. Should we let them pay for the mistakes of their boss. Di naman nila kasalanan yung ginawa ng boss nila.
Saka wag naman laiitin yung weight nung tao.. Im plus sized too so parang people are now generalizing us.. Wag naman
malu fernandez whoever she is.. i agree with all those comments about her.. can we stone her to death..? wait.. that’s not too harsh chop her into pieces.. oops! anyways, the things being said to her are just fair enough to ler her feel how stupid of her to write such an article.. (if she does feel bad about it i bet she’s partying for her triumph to catch our attention..ryt.?)
it’s ok to be proud of what you have and what you’ve reached but don’t discriminate others just to make you feel a little higher..
I have cast my vote above and can now kibitz. Jonathan, your sympathy for Filipino sensibilities indicate a remarkable talent of your Filipino wife – taming her non-Filipino husband. May I suggest, however, that your nose ring not be displayed in public places in her homeland (to preclude hen-pecked derision?)Just kidding.
What a complete and utter vapid ignoramus. Ang kapal ng mukha niya. Hindi pa marunong magsulat. Kung diring-diri siya sa kapwa niya, dapat pala ay hinulog na siya ng eroplano sa gitna ng Aegean Sea. That bullshit of this caliber was printed in two major, supposedly reputable publications is unacceptable. As people of an already divided country, we must speak out against bigotry and oppression in whatever form they manifest.
By the way, why are we calling her a journalist or a writer??? She’s neither, she’s just a sorry excuse for a human being, malungkot siguro childhood niya kaya ganyan siya manglait, no?!
Hi Nick, I’m joining this movement to teach Ms. Fernandez a lesson!
I made a video about it in my blog. I hope this hits the spot. Boycott!
WATCH: http://cokskiblue.blogspot.com/2007/08/episode-18-paglipas.html
Pag ako nakauwi at makita kita, lelechonin kita. Do you think bagay sa’yo ang magpasocy2x? Mukha mo!
Here from Neomi’s blog. Yep…some insentive comments she made! An insult to the Filipino Overseas workers. She may feel that way and she has the right to, but for it to be published is lack of tact.
[...] Tingog.com – Fire Malu Fernandez, Boycott Manila Standard Today [...]
she’s just trying to prove the world how uneducated she is.
Ms. Piggy-Piggy Oink-Oink is nothing but a second grade, trying hard, copycat. She is so self centered and ignorant that she should stay in the tin can of sardines until she learn to live the life in the real world. Puro ka-plastikan that not even her 17kg of make-up and accessories can do something to make her just a little bit cute. I guess Vicky Belo and Dr. Calayan rejects her unrepairable image. The best that MS and People Magazine can do to make things right, at least even a great damage has already been done, is to kick that big fat ass of Ms. Porky and send her back to her pig-pen until she is re-educated, or send her to La-Loma to roast. I don’t see anything funny on her article, and if her friends think that sort of writing is funny, ang bababaw naman ng kaligayahan ng mga friends nya.
We OFWs do not need a big fat ass bitch to shake our world, we already have a lot of politicians, including some in Ms. Porky’s family, doing a lot of funny circus, tumbling here and there, making magics in our economy, trying to entertain us, so why bother pork and beans.
count me in as well, hope the F%$#@% gets fired! [she has a filthy mouth]
BOYCOTT!
BOYCOTT!
BOYCOTT!
MANILA STANDARD and PEOPLE ASIA MAGAZINE!
hope you can send us updates on what happens..
Note to everyone, I make it a point to never censor the comments. Your comments are of your own, but let’s keep the profanity down, and remember the focus is on the bigotry and discrimination that occurred. Comments that are essentially profanity and that does not have substance to it, may have to be deleted or edited. Much thanks, as well, to Arbet for his compilation, Coy for the video, Noemi for the support, and to all the OFWs as well as bloggers who have joined the boycott.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZWfnYomTJA
MALOU IS NAMEDROPPING SEN MIGS ZUBIRI AS HER NEPHEW BUT, SINCE HE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, CAN ANYONE HERE SEND OUR MESSAGE/PROTEST TO THE OPPOSITION…???…SEN MIRRIAM SANTIAGO WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD CHOICE…BEING SHARP TOUNGED…but she belongs now to the administraion…cant think of anyone from the opposition as tough as her…WOW, REALLY, I WOULD LOVE SEEING SEN SANTIAGO ON TV , LAMBASTING THIS SELF PROCLAIMED DIVA MALOU…
Ms. Malu diva-divahan, you are an obnoxious horrible person! and you have the nerve of asking if people around you are lacking common sense? there’s is nothing funny about a mother who suffers being away from his family just to be able to raise her kids in a good way. My mom is an OFW, how dare you insult her. How dare you make fun of people who tried to make a decent living by being out of the country!
frankly, i don’t see wit or even a strain of so-called intelligence in your article. Shouldn’t all writers know about responsible journalism??? Bago ka manlait ng ibang tao, tingnan mo nga sarili mo! You are the living proof of being “HYPROCRITE”! As a diva and jet-setter as you are claiming to be, why would you even dare to fly economy? on a budget??? errr…kala ko ba rich ka?
Hay pray ko lang walang OFW na makakilala sayo on a plane next time you try to fly out of the country.
Sana lang maforward sa kanya lahat ng nagpost dito!
BOYCOTT PEOPLE ASIA AND MANILA STANDARD!
Hey nick,
I am appalled by the write up of Ms. Fernandez. I have posted about it in my blog and set you as a reference point for the boycott.
I hope you can come and visit.
anton
I strongly support this great effort. Hindi dapat pinagbibigyan ang mga taong walang pagmamahal sa sariling bayan.
FIRE HER ASAP!!!!
This full-of-insescurities-one-ton-walking-cholesterol needs to learn her lesson.
BOYCOTT MANILA STANDARD…..
BOYCOTT PEOPLE ASIA MAGAZINE…..
WE need an apology…..
Nakalulungkot na malaman na may ganitong klaseng nilalang. Haaaay. Narito ang aking kwento:
http://angloloniyo.blogspot.com/2007/08/gigil.html
I condemn the article of Fernandez. I hold People Asia Magazine and Manila Standard Today responsible for allowing such article to see the light of day.
I am a graduate student in a foreign country taking up Public Administtation. This early, I have seen how our country has been so left behind and why, and how we have missed a lot. It is a painful truth that I and my other Filipino classmates sometimes just sit on the ground of our campus and rant against our collective misfortune. And what is even more painful is that we have the talent pool, that there is so much hope in our people and in our country.
The article of Fernandez, yet again, highlights, no emphasizes, why our country is what it is today.
One is that that the Philippine “elite” has done nothing for the good of our country. They have milked us, abused us, exploited our resources, corrupted our government. And they never cared less. Philippine history is replete with cases of how Emilio Aguinaldo had Andres Bonifacio killed, of how the ilustrados of post-colonial times connived with new colonial masters to protect their business interests, of how Cory Aquino bungled the agrarian reform program which could have been a solution to our poor, hapless farmers, of how only a few control over billions of pesos in our government, of how the “elites” who entered government have only further enriched themselves. I can go on and on. The list is endless.
Another is how Philippine media have greatly contributed to the miseducation of the Filipino people. The media is a very powerful tool, as shown in the recent elections. But, what do our countrymen hear, see and read from our media? Crap, really. Except for an exceptional few, mainstream media are full of trash – things that idiotize our masses. Soap operas, variety shows, articles such as the one by Fernandez.
And why is this? Because media and the elite reinforce each other. That by keeping our people ignorant and uninformed, they continue their hold on to society. They continue to win elections (like the relatives of Fernandez). They can continue robbing our country and getting rich at our expense. In the end, the elite is the biggest beneficiary of the miseducation and ignorance of the Filipino people.
I think in the end, what we need is to define what, as a country, is good for us. What is our common agenda for nation-building. What is good for the country. And maybe, by then, Fernandez may find her role and what she can do best for the nation and rise abover her petty, limited, and convoluted world.
First & foremost, napaka-arte nya eh di naman sya kagandahan! Hinde nya ba nakikita ang sarili nya?!?! if you are not used to Economy seats even in Best plane in the world eh di mag business class or first class seat ka! tutal mayaman ka naman! mayabang ka pa!
Lagi nya pang binabanggit ang pangalan ng diyos sa kaartehan nya! sana nga nasama sya sa lumubog na barko para mabawasan mga maarte sa mundo!
Hinde na kailangan ipaglandakan ang mga louis vuitton bag o jo malone perfume o mga accessories na mas pipiliin nya pang i-save kesa sa sarili nya…and that’s what you called insanity!
hay…i realized kakaawa naman itong dabyaniang ito!
SHE DESERVES TO BE FIRE & MAYBE SHE WOULD CONSIDER WORKING ABROAD
BOYCOTT MANILA STANDARD…..
BOYCOTT PEOPLE ASIA MAGAZINE…..
To give more teeth to our actions, let us boycott not only these papers but all products that advertize in them as well.
I worked in a regional newspaper before and we don’t care about our circulation as long as we have advertizers.
please email/send message to possible venues
like the senate and major broadsheets.. just googled them guys.
Her tongue-in-cheek comments about the OFW’s are totally inappropriate considering her article was for public consumption. They are not funny at all, and her statements reflect bigotry – she insists she is above the rest. What gobsmacked me most was her response to this melee. She just did not get it? Perhaps she thinks her articles are mere blogs that represent her stuck-up opinion and elitist predisposition. Perhaps she thinks that writing for the public does not carry any responsibility to the audience. For her to believe this is plain idiocy.
And who is her editor? Why did the magazine publish this article anyway? They are also to be blamed and be held responsibility for because they are the institution/s that tolerate and approve this.
But, just a side note, while reading her article I can’t help but feel very ashamed for her. She sounded like she is a full of herself teenager writing for her diary at home. Dropping names of people, her obsession of the high and mighty lifestyle, telling the world how utterly picky-hard to please she is, defending the high standards she holds on to, the out-and-out self masturbation of her image as a modern-day worldly woman, and she thinks all these are witty and cool to be published for public consumption. No – it’s pathetic. This is not travel and lifestyle journalism. This is shameful.
I find her not humorous after all. I blog about this on my blogsite.
However, we should not also fail to see her point. Filipinos working abroad should also not forget the ethics of a good citizen. Knowing this, I blog about the solution of what seems to be her point said anyways, in a very provocative way.
I wrote in tagalog: PAALALA sa mga PINOY ABROAD in my blogsite…
http://karenkyaw.blogspot.com/2007/08/para-sa-pinoy-abroad.html
I find her not humorous after all. I blog about this on my blogsite.
My definition of humorous and the NOT!
http://karenkyaw.blogspot.com/2007/08/entertainment-and-not.html
However, we should not also fail to see her point. Filipinos working abroad should also not forget the ethics of a good citizen. Knowing this, I blog about the solution of what seems to be her point told anyways, in a very provocative way.
I wrote in tagalog: PAALALA sa mga PINOY ABROAD in my blogsite…
http://karenkyaw.blogspot.com/2007/08/para-sa-pinoy-abroad.html
count me in! it’s with people like this that i wish, martial law is in force in the Philippines.. Firing squad for people who badmouth the Philippines.. hehehe..
this malu fernandez should be given her own doses of medicine. 1. let her go back to school 2. let her learned the values of being a true filipino 3. let her employers fire her 4. (incase they will not fire her) let her feel being an OFW, the heartache to be working far from our loved ones 5. or let her hide coz we really dont know when she can encounter an OFW who knew about her article and will be fuming mad to roast her, lechon style…
I would definitely recommend an immediate termination for this self-proclaimed DIVA! I am just wondering why you opted for economy class though…maybe you have maxed out your credit card?
I will boycott People Asia and Manila Standard and so will my family.
She deserves to be persona non Grata.
She is pig and nothing more
http://z3.invisionfree.com/HCP/index.php?showtopic=30452&st=0
LITSUNIN YANG BABOY NA YAN.. KALA MO KAGANDAHAN… HOY BABOY KA.. KAHIT ANONG ISUOT MO .. SA BURAK KA PA DIN BABAGSAK..
Yes a Public apology is in order.
Conceited, egoistic bitch. The hell does she thinks she is. Fire her now. We demand an apology!!!!!!!!!!!
I am outraged with her comments specially when she reitariated when she flew using Emirates Airlines at puro daw pinoy ang nasa Dubai International Airport nagbebenta ng electronics at pabango…so what is wrong with that…She is so FULL OF HERSELF! Napaka discriminatory yung comments nya sa mga OFW.
I agree she should be reprimanded for her irresponsible article and derogatory comments against OFW’s.
Just a sweet regards to Ms. Malu Fernandez…
You are a F-U-#-*-@-N-G Bitch!!!!
From:
Oman-OFW’s with Love
malu really need to have a take a good look at herself.
some of those if not all of those domestic helper look better
and far more intelligent than. that fat piece of shit. this is for all my pilipino out there if you seen her (KILL HER) and stop buying and stop supporting that so call manila standard paper.
trash anything manila standard today.
GUYS,
NAPADALA KO NA YANG MGA REKLAMO NA NATIN KAY MALU “FOOT & MOUTH” FERNANDEZ SA MGA SS:
‘jlavsm@praize.com’; ‘mst@manilastandardtoday.com’; ‘business@manilastandardtoday.com’; ‘glshowbiz@manilastandardtoday.com’; ‘hrddept@manilastandardtoday.com’; ‘adv@manilastandardtoday.com’; ‘circ@manilastandardtoday.com’; ‘kppi@manilastandardtoday.com’; ‘newsfeedback@abs-cbn.com’; ‘feedback@gmanews.tv’; ‘cocktales@cocktales.biz’; ‘advertise@inquirer.net’; ‘usads@inquirer.net’; ‘advertising@igma.tv’; ‘peopleasia@gmail.com’; ‘peopleasia@gmail.com’; ‘adurano@tourism.gov.ph’; ‘ppi@pressinstitute.ph’; ‘ppc@pressinstitute.ph’; ‘info@poea.gov.ph’; ‘vp@ovp.gov.ph’
MAG SEND DIN KAU NG EMAIL PARA MARAMI TAU …AT MAPUNO NG REKLAMO ANG MANILA STANDARD …
LITSUNIN ANG BABOY
people asia already received my email.. balitaan ko kayo..
Sunugin ang baboy…
ito po pala number ng People Asia Mag 892 1854.
send nyo lahat ang reklamo nyo kay Malu “Baboy” Fernandez sa mga email na ito :
‘jlavsm@praize.com’; ‘mst@manilastandardtoday.com’; ‘business@manilastandardtoday.com’; ‘glshowbiz@manilastandardtoday.com’; ‘hrddept@manilastandardtoday.com’; ‘adv@manilastandardtoday.com’; ‘circ@manilastandardtoday.com’; ‘kppi@manilastandardtoday.com’; ‘newsfeedback@abs-cbn.com’; ‘feedback@gmanews.tv’; ‘cocktales@cocktales.biz’; ‘advertise@inquirer.net’; ‘usads@inquirer.net’; ‘advertising@igma.tv’; ‘peopleasia@gmail.com’; ‘peopleasia@gmail.com’; ‘adurano@tourism.gov.ph’; ‘ppi@pressinstitute.ph’; ‘ppc@pressinstitute.ph’; ‘info@poea.gov.ph’; ‘vp@ovp.gov.ph’
Trash that bitch! She is a persona non grata and should be revoked of her Filipino citizenship. She’s a disgust to the beauty of the Philippines. I wonder how she became a columnist in a newspaper? Perhaps because of her “rich” connections? or that she can speak English? I don’t see the “talent”. Is this the situation nowadays in the industry. Oh yeah, I forgot, the “talented” have already left the country to be OFWs. Lucky her, she should be thanking OFWs for doing her a favor. Otherwise, she would just be a plain fat-dripping ingrate. Why don’t she just write about herself and her pathetic life for cryin out loud and please don’t include respected individuals in your article because you are so not in their level.
C’mon guys, don’t be too harsh on the pi…, er, woman. Let’s be considerate – she’s 41 and still single, you know, when she should already be raising a family of her own! Do you imagine what she must be going through when alone specially during cold nights? She must be a very lonely and bitter person.
Anyway, to show her that we, the OFWs of Riyadh, do not hold a grudge towards her “witty” remarks, we are inviting her to visit us here and we will shower her with lots of hugs, kisses and much more.
There’s just a small hitch: the Saudi government does not allow entry of pork, much less a whole pig, into the Kingdom!
Malu Fernandez, shame on you!!! We don’t deserve such kind of discrimination from you.
Have you ever done your part for the sake of our country? Well, we, the OFWs who you are ashamed of, are proud to say we are doing a great sacrifice for our family and country as well. The growth of the Philippine economy is credited for every OFW (regardless of job or work) and not to you or or to your politician-relatives.
With your discriminatory remarks on us, I think your smell (even you will bathe with a thousand gallons of Jo Malone) is more stinging than the smell of a camel in the desert. Your family must be ashamed of your poor upbringing.
Your life style also suggests how meaningless your life. Why don’t you invest your time and money for spiritual and behavioral overhaul? Your physique/appearance seem to be hopeless, and will definitely cost your family’s fortune if you will try to improve it……Bwakanang Baboy Ka(di ka mukhang socialite, mukha kang social climber na stand-up comedianne)!!!!!
I was stupefied and infuriated by everything she has said in that article.
If she feels so humiliated being associated with the
OFWs , why is she holding on to her
Filipino citizenship? She’s rich (at least that’s what she wants us to
understand), her jet setter self can just migrate somewhere else and acquire
a new citizenship for all we care!
Yes, that broadsheet ought to be boycotted for allowing that insulting article to be published.
she hates sand..beach??? eh hindi siya bagay doon. can u imagine how she looks in a bikini????????? (i wanna puke!) she should be hanged upside down! leche niya!!! fat and ugly….grrrrrrrrrr!
TO ASK THE PUBLISHER,MANILA STANDARD TO FIRE MALOU FOR THAT DEROGATORY ARTICLE AIMED AGAINST OFWs WILL ONLY FALL ON DEAF EARS…BELIEVE ME..FOR SURE, MALAKAS ANG KAPIT NYA…
WHAT IF, WE THE OFWs, WILL RAISE A FUND, AND PUBLISH IN A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OUR COLLECTIVE CONDMENATION OF THIS SELF PRONOUNCED DIVA…ONE(1) DOLLAR FOR EVERY OFW…??..I CAN CONTRIBUTE FIVE DOLLARS MYSELF….
IF WE CONTINUE THIS THREAD, JUST VOICING OUR DISGUST , WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING, THEN , MALOU WOULD STILL HAVE A GREAT TIME INSULTING US…
WITH MALOU’s FACE ON THE NEWSPAPER, TOGETHER WITH HER ARTICLE THAT DEGRADED THE OFW’s, ALL OF HER FRIENDS , HER FAMILY , WILL THEN BE ABLE TO SEE THE EFFECT OF HER WRITE UP….
JUST A SUGGESTION…
Malu Fernandez. I wonder how this poor excuse of a woman can even sleep at night after insulting so many millions of hardworking Filipinos? Can she even stand looking at herself in the mirror, with a face that wouldn’t even pass for human excrement, and say with conviction that she was merely brandishing her elitist humor without meaning to trample on other people’s dignity?
But seriously, I find it amazing that such a creature with barely an iota of intelligence could rouse indignation in the sensibilities of the hardworking middle class, let alone become a celebrated columnist for a major broadsheet and a purported lifestyle magazine. Simply amazing.
Malu Fernadez,
You are such a FATTTTT VERY UGGLLLLLLYYYY BITCH!!!!!
So are your employer/s….
Look at your self. Even if you put all the branded accessories and etc, you are still have a look of a cheapy SHTTTTT! So damm, you have no shame to pose at UGLY and FAT as that!!! Ggrrrrrrrr….para ka namang BABOYYYYYYYYYYYY na malaswa!
[...] disagree with Tingog.com and his otherwise worthy anti-Malu campaign, on one, single, point of principle: I’m not for [...]
eto ang blog post ko.
http://moslemenjr.macarambon.com/ang-ofw-at-malu-fernandez-isang-elitistang-manunulat/
hmmm…nabasa ko lang yung article just now and MALU-WANG hehehehe is telling that she’s just stating the fact and its not all about whining and complaining…e anu pagkakaintindi nya dito? >>>> “While I was on the plane (where the seats were so small I had bruises on my legs), my only consolation was the entertainment on the small flat screen in front of me. But it was busted, so I heaved a sigh, popped my sleeping pills and dozed off to the sounds of gum chewing and endless yelling of “HOY! Kumusta ka na? At taga sann ka? Domestic helper ka rin ba?†Translation: “Hey there? Where are you from? Are you a domestic helper as well?†I though I had died and God had sent me to my very own private hell.”
Alam mo MALU-WANG, i seldom read articles from a magazine because for me some magazines contains articles that are full of crap like the one the you just wrote. i only read books that are related to my profession. cant you just wrote about more interesting topic rather than teling us everything about you, your escapades and all, because basically no one cares about you, until now when you started trashing OFW’s. First of all you have nothing to be proud off, you are fat, ugly even make up cant cover that, no matter how much you put on, and most of all you’re dumb as i can see. Not because you’re fluent in english that doesnt make you intelligent. So before trashing other people, better look first in the mirror and see how you really look like. ako mas gusto ko na may itsura ko kesa mayaman nga ko mukha naman akong baboy.
nag-post din ako sa blog ko.
http://akosibjie.blogspot.com
hehehe….
http://jobert.blogspot.com/2007/08/homage-to-malu-fernandez.html
Correction:
1. She’s not that fluent. Duh!! Her write-up needs more editing especially her apology letter which wasn’t really what it was (even had wrong spelling).
2. There’s hardly any Axe or Charlie colognes abroad. OFWs can easily afford expensive perfumes considering they earn more than most Filipinos back in the Philippines. In fact, they don’t even have to limit themselves to just 1 perfume.
Come to think of it, I don’t even know how those colognes she’s belittling smells like..so for her to know that.. errr.. is she sure she’s a diva? lol (maybe div-yana)
3. I live abroad and even if I’m not an OFW, I can’t help but respect them for their self-sacrifice.
See, abroad, when they know you’re a fellow Filipino, they open up to you and tell you about their work and family. Everytime, I listen to them, I feel bad that they work so hard, and yet back home…either their other half is philandering or the children spend as if money grows on trees. But for the lucky ones, I’m glad that they’re able to build better homes, better lives for themselves and their family. In fact, most OFWs live simply but have more money in the banks than most people back in the Philippines who pretend to be rich but haveh measly savings (like Malu who worries about what’s left in her acct..) She said that there are only 3 kinds of people in the people..have, have nots and wannabes..so if she acts like a diva but has to check her money and economize..that makes her a wannabe.
Gosh! KSP lang ang swangit na yan! huwag nyo pansinin!
She just wanted to become famous and popular by writing negative articles against her kababayans-OFW’s. and she did it! she succeed! I’m pretty sure she’s so happy now that we’re all talking about her. I myself doesn’t know who is Malu Fernandez till this day, when i got email from a friend about this issue:)
She does know that she looks like a fatty pig and obviously lack attentions from the public? Or she was probably left by her partner for a certain DH! LoL!
To you fatty ugly pig…., you’re a real a$$hol (_!_)….biatcha!
This is for you.. _|_
My dad would always remind me, when opposing an argument, to always stick to the issue instead of hitting the person below the belt. But dahling, that goes only for intellectual people and intelligent and responsible journalism… not some absurd article like yours trying so hard to sound like you belong to the elite circle. Nagkataon lang na galing ka sa isang kilalang pamilya… your name didn’t even ring a bell when I first heard it. An apology may probably have made things better, kaso nagmalaki ka pa at pinapalabas that we are stupid by making it seem like WE MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR “ACERBIC WIT”. At ibang klase pala ang sense of humor mo… tell me dahling, how does it feel now being the object of everyone’s sarcasm and sense of humor? Pinagtatawanan ka ngayon ng maraming tao not only because you resemble a FABULOUS (sarcasm) Lechon-Cebu biting an apple freshly picked from the U.S. but also, your article bluntly tells us how stupid and obnoxious you are… walang kaclass-class. Dahling, ipaubaya mo na lang ang pagsusulat sa mga columnists/journalists na talagang nagpakadalubhasa sa ganitong aspeto, dahil kahit talent sa pagsusulat, wala ka. I believe in Karma…
Malu Fernandez’s article was forwarded by a friend from work and has quickly stirred negative reactions from my coleagues who have received the link. Obviously, us too didn’t like what she wrote. But what really blew my top off was when she tried to justify her
“opinion” despite negative response from people who have read her article. Your article, dahling, was not even worth reading… I wonder why it was even published. Para akong nagbasa ng essay ng isang babaeng trying hard maging “in” sa social limelight with all the name droppings, claiming these people your “friends”. They may be YOUR friends, but are you THEIRS? Of course, I can’t call you a “social-climber”, since, I believe you come (and just happened to come) from a prominent family, you should thank your ancestors for the reputation which, unfortunately, you have just disgraced.
But then, if you are what you claim to be (the elitista) how come not one of the social gatherings I’ve read in Maurice Arcache’s articles nor Tessa Prieto-Valdez’s (my all time fave sea-princess) had your name in it? I’ve read Gov. Joe and Vicky Zubiri’s names a time or two. Your favorite pamangkin, Sen. Miguel Zubiri and his wife, your “BFFs” Crickette Tantoco and Marites Alvarez… but no Malu Fernandez in the “Altas” namelist… tsk, tsk, tsk. Is this your way of creating a name to get an exclusive invite in the next elite-only party? You may be rich dahling, but not rich and famous enough to make it to the list. So you had to drop names of these known people. You took an economy flight to save for a ticket, when Tessa Prieto-Valdez doesn’t give a damn about throwing 1M Pesos to charitable institutions… some rich DIVA you are!
[...] I end up with a bad case of high blood this early. Instead, I’m enjoining everyone to support the Tingong.com campaign to exorcize Malu Fernandz from the papers she works for. Also, here’s a fitting rejoinder of the self-proclaimed diva from the same blog: The People Asia [...]
Hi Nick,
This one’s a laudable campaign. Let’s exorcise the Manila Standard and People Asia of her evil presence! (Though I don’t need to boycott the two publications since I don’t read them in the first place.) Here’s my blog post on the said topic:
http://postcardheadlines.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/km-144/
Thanks for this. All I can say is I pity the b*tch. From having a need for sleeping pills to flying (que horror!) economy to resorting to having to proclaim herself a diva (wala ba syang friends to do this for her?!), she sounds really messed up. She may have had the right to write what she did, but there’s no defending her lack of tact & her utter disdain for people who know how to earn an honest day’s work. Ditto her editors for allowing the release of this.
Quid pro quo, the sectors she has managed to offend have a right to react and demand an apology too.
That’s why i don’t like being with some Elite people that are very discriminating. I have elite friends but they are not like Malu Fernandez. And some of them want a more simple life rather than being a member of the elite circle that only cares for being glamourous, fashionista, pa-sosyal, boastful. Only few Elites have a genuine heart for sharing their blessings for charities sad to say. And most Elites are insensitive and cares only for their wealth. I give thumbs up for my elite friends who always hangs out in some of our outreach programs for the poor. Yeah, my elite friends have actually volunteered for it.
I rememer a line made by Christopher De Leon in a classic movie:
[i]“KAHIT SA BASURA MAKAKAKITA KA RIN NG GINTO”. [/i]Or something like that. (taken from the movie Bituing Walang Nining) Call it cheap or jologs, I don’t care.
Yeah, Malu Fernandez is not a article writer genius. just a wannabe. makes me wonder why she needs to write articles like that considering she’s that a filthy rich pig. I can see thru her writings that she has no Degree (college, masters or even doctorate) for literature or any writing-related courses.
To be a respected & credible writer, he or she needs to be tackless of the topic to be written but at the same time be sensitive for the readers. Cautious should i say. And don’t forget about ETHICS in writing. Right?
Maybe she can’t write and submit an article in a said deadline that’s why she wrote such poor article just for the sake of meeting deadlines. Yeah, POOR ARTICLE indeed. And if you can’t submit a good article in the said deadline, better leave your post and resign from the job.
[i]“The measure of a persons worth is not the size of his wallet, but by the size of his heart, the meaningful relationships made throughout his or her lifetime, and how much that person gives back to the world. By this definition, it seems that Malu Fernandez is one of the poorest individuals on the face of the Earth.” [/i](quoted from the wriiten Blog itself)
Well people, make your judgements now….
Fire her…we don’t need pseudo journalists in the world…
such a big women with a small heart….
[...] For the blog that solicits the dismissal of Malu Fernandez from Manila Standard, check out: http://www.tingog.com/social-concerns/fire-malu-fernandez-boycott-manila-standard-today-and-people-a... [...]
there are opinions worthy of respect and awe — and there simply are stupid opinions. malu fernandez’s was clearly a case for the latter. and it was even more stupid — utterly irresponsible journalism — for people asia and the manila standard to be keeping a b*tch of a wannabe writer like her.
i’m glad to see the news is spreading far and wide.
[...] http://www.tingog.com/social-concerns/fire-malu-fernandez-boycott-manila-standard-today-and-people-a... [...]
Sa Mga Kababayan Ko Dito at Sa Ibayong Dagat:
Ganun din ang galit ko nang mabasa ko ang sinulat ni Malu Fernandez. Kung may mga matitigas na salita tayong nasabi dahil dito, naiintindihan ko po kayo. Hindi po ito maiiwasan.
Sa isang banda, panahon na po para gumawa tayo ng mga hakbang para hindi maulit ang ganitong uri ng panunulat. Kapag medyo humupa na po ang galit natin, sumulat po tayo sa mga kinauukulan na aking inilista noong August 18th, 2007 ng 11:34 am.
Isa rin po akong manunulat at editor (sa isang NGO). Naniniwala po akong mas higit na dapat managot ang mga editors. Kung baga kasi, sila yung “first and last line of defense against enemies of jounalism,†like bigotry and irresponsilible writing.
Sumagot na po sa akin ang The Filipino Channel at Philippine Press Council. Mas may bigat po siguro yung mga sinabi ko kung mas marami pa po sa atin ang susulat sa kanila.
Or, invoke the higher power. Sumulat po tayo kay Vice President “Kabayan†Noli de Castro, vp@ovp.gov.ph. Siya po ang Presidential Adviser on OFWs. Sinulatan ko na po siya.
Mabuhay po kayong lahat.
Fire! Fire! Fire! ‘Nuf said.
count me in!
I watched Joey Velasco’s docu film, “Sa Kambas ng Lipunan” (on society’s canvas) right after reading Malu Fernandez’s insensitive articles. The film is based on his book “They Have Jesus: The Stories of the Children of Hapag”. You can view it at http://youtube.com/watch?v=bzYgSJCPEtY. I highly encourage everyone reading the things here to watch that very powerful film to put things back in perspective, and to avoid getting infected with Malu Fernandez’s obvious lack of humanity. It is just quite dangerous what she did – the hatred she generated can just likewise cause us to lose some of our own dignity as human beings (well, that’s how the Devil works – turns you into an unwitting ally!).
The docu (and the book, I assume – I haven’t read it yet but I intend to get a copy at National Bookstore) goes back to the children whose pictures Joey Velasco, the businessman-painter, author, photographer and director, took much earlier, and whose images he painted on the scene of the Last Supper which, instead of the Apostles, had those poor, foul-smelling have-nots. Most of them have parents who could not even make it to Malu Fernandez’s hated OFW brood.
But it can remind us of why we abhor the insensitivity and lack of humanity of people like Malu F. Hopefully, watching the film (or reading the book) will motivate us to go beyond anger or beyond calling for the boycott of the Manila Standard or People Asia into doing our share to find ways to lessen, or solve altogether this social malady that we, as a nation, have long been suffering from. And I’m referring not just to the poor, but to the wretched rich as well who honestly think that God created them to laugh and squirm at those who have less(but we must include ourselves as well- we must admit that we do slide many times into insensitivity ourselves).
Jesus long ago has said that the poor will always be there. But it is also His point that the greatness of our humanity is found not in distinguishing ourselves from them, and much less, laughing at and loathing them (or hating their smell), but in finding in ourselves the strength to realize that we are all made in the image and likeness of God and therefore all deserving of dignity and respect. And we are called to seek not just our personal dignity, but those of the have-nots as well. And the more we acknowledge and respect, or work for the restoration of, the dignity of every person, the greater is our humanity.
Unfortunately, reading Malu Fernandez, I could not help but remember what Christ said about the rich and Malu’s kind and everything she aspires for – didn’t He liken them to the beautiful white-washed tombs, full of filth and decay inside?
Perhaps Malu has already found in her perfumes and her travels to her foreign places of salvation her earthly rewards. I hope she gets to salvage a bit more for what lies beyond.
We will all die someday.
She can keep her perfumes. But it’s sad to know that they will never be enough to drown out the filth from inside her. I do hope that she finds some soul inside her that she can do some searching on…
elitista!? what the heck! she doesnt look like one! what a bloody stingking animal mouth, you pig!!!!
I hope this writer learns her lesson. The Editor should also apologize for allowing this article and the irresponsible response to be printed. Sana mamulat sila kung sino at ano ang mga totoong tao dito sa Asya (People-Asia?) kasama na ang mga OFW’s natin. We will stop buying and reading Manila Standard/People Asia ’til we see this woman out of their paper/mag. Ika nga ni lola ” Nangato ti adal na, ngem awan sursuro na.”
hahaha! may delusion of grandeur ang babaeng e2. halatang mababa ang kanyang iq! akala nya siguro basta OFW eh basta basta lang, nakalimutan ata nya na madaming OFW eh mas mataas ang pinagaralan kesa sa kanya at mas malayo ang narating kesa sa kanya nagmukha tuloy syang tanga!
That was really irresponsible of her. If the MS should be more critical of their columnists’ contributions.
She makes it a point to imply that being elitist, sosyal, and “in” means having to be discriminatory.
http://assassinations.blogspot.com/2007/08/your-acerbic-wit-astounds-me.html
Hi Nick; after some thought and more than a few revisions, I’ve decided to join your campaign. http://farfromneutral.com/exodus/issues/we-have-feelings-too-you-know/
~ Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
http://www.paradisephilippines.morofocus.com/blog/fire-malu-fernandez-boycott-manila-standard-and-people-asia-mag.html
ang dami na nating nasabi!
ang tanong, may aksyon na bang ginawa ang manila standard?
lalo lang sumisikat ang tabatsoy na yan sa mga ginagawa nating blagista, baka naman takot ang manila standard kay sen. zubiri dahil tyahin nya si tabatsoy?
hmmm!!!!
sa tingin mo nick, will mainstream media pick up this malu story? or confined lang siya sa internets blogosphere?
sa mga nagnanais na magreklamo tungkol sa nakaka-insultong pagsusulat nitong Malu Fernandez na ito, go to the Manila Standard website — http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=homepage — and the People Asia Magazine site — http://peopleasia.multiply.com/
Bumanat na ako. Kayo naman!!
The Philippines with a “class†society? Elitist, warlords, sir, madame, senoritas, senor…hehe..
Back in l9l9 when this country, well of course I’m talking about Canada again, is still a baby, MP Nickel decided to slowly dismantle the so-called British “class†based society by a resolution introduced asking the crown not to grant Titular Titles to Her Canadian Subjects as it is against the Democratic Principles of the young Country (those dying for Lordship and Your Lady have to renounce their citizenship). Then comes the l960 Bill of Rights, followed by the l982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms to make Equality, pigs and horses and pretty white skins and ebony blacks, and little browns and yellow asians equal = = .. One may be a zillioner or a beggar, belong to the Yorkdale glitz or the Yonge St. Crowd (the rich and the poor) but call your self an elitist and there is one place every one will refer you to including ur family doc… 100l queen st, the mental institution… malu fernandez you are one lucky bitch….
Just a note why such insensitive piece of crap can’t go thru our mainsteam Media here, other that it could be considered under the “hate crime” every media entity has its own Ombudsman to monitor and keep an eye on those publications in any forms not to cross the threshold of Speech Freedom. And it is never beyond anyone to sincerely apologize for their mistakes not for reason of business expediency, but for personal or corporate Dignity…Never too late for Ms Fernandez to redeem Herself..comeonnn……
Nick,
May point si mmy-lei; wala pang aksyon ang MS and People Asia till now – either the management and editorial staff of both publications don’t have the balls to do what they have to do (probably because of her political connections?) or they are elitist neo-Nazis themselves.
And as John Marzan has insinuated, till mainstream media pick this story up we might just be howling in the wind.
I think it’s time we take this endeavor to another level. In this regard, I like budoy’s suggestion in an earlier comment (on Aug 19 @ 11.09 pm) to raise a fund for the purpose of publishing our collective disgust over this issue. I don’t know if it’s feasible and how to go about it (not to mention legal issues concerned, if there’s any) but if Nick can work out the mechanics/parameters on how to go about this thing I will surely help in soliciting donations from my fellow OFWs here in Riyadh. Donations do not have to be a fixed amount, only what a person can afford.
What say you, Nick?
who is this titoadam?, an ally???
as an ofw myself who’s working in an airline company,
yes admitted some ofw’s acted like that but you have to understand the situation, have u experienced living away ur loved ones for 2 yrs or more just to earn and give ur family a better life.have u seen the longing for home written on their faces once they board the plane bound for manila, if not then u don’t know what ur commenting.u say ofw’s r compensated handsomely, so if this malu can afford to buy this expensive things we could afford too. u don’t want us to be treated us modern day heroes, y??? do u think this ofw’s working as housemaids or construction workers r being paid as u have mentioned handsomely??? have u heard of so many cases pending in the overseas welfare office becoz of maltreatment, employers not giving monthly salaries, runaway workers???
have u seen those who where send home last month who where given amnesty??? now tell me can u blame them for their behavior
what this malu wrote is really something unacceptable. yes we do have different classes of people but u should know for a fact that these people reacting (like me) to ur article are those who fully understand whats happening around.if u want to brag about ur so called escapades and make fun of urself as well make sure ur not going to hurt other people.i think what one blogger suggested is good, u shud experienced life as an ofw, only then u’ll realize the biggest mistake u’ve done in ur life and that is degrading ur fellow filipinos. becoz of what u did for sure u’ll be afraid to board a plane,u’ll never know what will happen while u r sleeping while snoring out loud…har har har!!! ur face is all over the net, thinking of travelling first class or business class oooppsss most of us working in an airline company get free ticket and normally upgraded to a higher class, so think again… SABI NGA UMAYOS KA NG AYON SA HUGIS NG PAGMUMUKHA MO.
Being sn OFW.. count me in.. WHO is SHE anyway?
Hi Nick,
I’LL PITY HER……..SOMEDAY SHE WILL EXPERIENCED WHAT SHE’VE SAID….
Shame!!!!! Shame!!!!! Shame!!!!!
Fire Malu Fenandez, Boycott Manila Standard, and People Asia Magazine
I say kick her butt out as well as the Editor for printing it. I only way she should touch a newspaper is if her dead body is covered in it.
you’re all barking at the wrong tree…
she happens to be a columnist of Standard, but her article actually appeared on People Asia! Boycott the magazine and its publisher THE PHILIPPINE STAR!
ATTENTION, all bloggers:
Nick, perhaps we should create a BLOG ROADBLOCK?
A “Roadblock” is the placement strategy used by advertisers to create a big buzz when launching a new campaign. For example, at exactly 8pm on Easter Sunday, all channels, from ch.2-5-7-9-23 would show the same TV commercial at exactly the same time, hence creating a roadblock… no matter where they go, the viewers see the same thing. It cannot be IGNORED. Even by media.
We can do the same here, we of the thousand blogs!!!
I also suggest that all of us bloggers put up the same Title and include a graphic (something like a “Fire Malu!” logo, Ghosbusters style) that we can all put up on our blogs simultaneously.
Both the title and logo should show some restraint, as some of us are more reserved than the likes of myself, that put titles like “You’re Bacon, Bitch!!!” on my blog.
I think we can come to a concensus here. Ideas? Suggestions? Artwork? please send me an e-mail: spanxster@gmail.com, or drop a line at http://www.spankyenriquez.blogspot.com
NICK, whatcha think?
hataw!,
With due respect, I don’t think so.
Yes, the original article where the degrading comments on OFWs were mentioned appeared on People Asia mag, but her response (which was another manifestation of her “acerbic wit”) to criticisms of that article was published in Manila Standard, so both publications are answerable.
So, related pala ang tabatsoy na yan ke Migz Zubiri (the gentleman from Maguindanao). Kapal ng mukha nya….e di ba me doubt pa ung pagkapanalo ng pamangkin nya. Pang-gulo talaga lahi nila.
ATTENTION:
I have to change my stand on fully supporting Tingog.com’s campaign against Malu Fernandez. Let’s make my support partial.
I’m reposting my recent comment in MLQ3’s blog here to explain why my sudden change of heart:
hataw,
her original article in people asia and her remorseless justification in the manila standard are equally offensive.
hence, the campaign to get a reply from both publications.
Please count me in!!! I hope you’ve realize what you’ve done!!!! If you are really a columnist at least you have the heart or you have to think what you need to write on your column.
malou fernandez mukhang baboy kananga baboy pa ugali mo. katulad karin ng mga bwitre sa ating lipunan. sama ako and family ko, boycot manila standard and people asia magazine.
don’t read the paper online and ask your families not to support that newspaper – nagpapaka hostile para mabili!….we don’t need a trying hard good for nothing newspaper writer who writes about lipsticks, make-up and all that cheap mentality . freedom of speech entails responsibility of your actions. don’t step at poeple’s toes to get your message across and stop being like mo twister…pareho kayong bastos! surely you don’t fit in an economy class seat of emirates airlines – she fits in the cargo class – lying down…the pets area..at least dun katabi nya mga imported cats and dogs – rubbing elbows with animals with a birth certificate di ba? social climber!
oh before i forget…as a skywards member – frequent flyer of emirates airlines… i don’t mind sitting with my fellow OFW’s in economy class. ask malu fernandez to blame her travel agent for giving her a jump seat. i am always given a seat with leg room.
How stupid is the editor of Manila Standard. How could that foul and lame writing was published. If you are reading this MS. Malu Fernandez, your writing was so lame. It has no point at all. Its not informative to the public and you look like fat ass. You dont have ANY right to write those down. PARE PAREHO LANG TAYO NG HITSURA KUNG NAG-E-EEBS SA INIDORO. Kung meron kang reklamo sa buhay. You are OLD enough to rely the message on how to improve things. Not on that way. Thats the reason your are SO LAME. You such a lame writer.
I am fond of reading Manila Standard. Its one of option in buying newspaper. NOW ITS OUT OF MY LIST. (I USUALLY BUY TWO NEWSPAPER THOUGH).
Hope the editor of Manila Standard would be fired for such an act. He is stupid too. As in OMG..
count me in.
boycot people asia and manila standard until they get rid of that pretentious, elitist, social climbing bigot! people like her make me puke!
Count me in! here is a copy of my email to the manila standard. Although they haven’t replied yet, I hope they got my message.
The first paragraph completely detracted my interest to read the entire article! How dare you as a respected publication allow such an insult to the Filipino people be published! It’s an embarrassment! YOU are an embarrassment! After our government names our OFWs as modern heroes, you allow this writer of yours to humiliate them in front of millions of readers! Shame on you! This is indeed a great disappointment as numerous blogs, forums and the like all around the net have read this blasphemous article and have started to personally attack Ms. Fernandez. Who does she think she is??? My dad is an OFW and it pains me greatly that this person of no respect and understanding throws words of hurt to people like my dad who work blood and sweat just to send me and my brothers to school. The sweat she smells is the sweat that’s KEEPING OUR COUNTRY ALIVE. Again, shame on you and your entire publication. I certainly hope that action be done. Malu Fernandez does not deserve to be a Filipino. And if action is not done, then YOU don’t deserve to call yourselves THE MANILA STANDARD.
langhiya ka pig ka!…kapal naman ng pagmumukha mo..mukha ka namang pindangga…!
ah ganun…wag na wag syang magkakamali pumunta dito sa Dubai. since this is a Muslim dominated region, bawal ang baboy dito, na tulad nya. or else, mapapakain ng adobong baboy ng di oras ang mga Muslim dito.
I join the boycott. This is just way too much to let pass. This is downright irresponsible for Manila Standard Today (MST) to even publish. And for them to keep her in their roster is tantamount to rubbing insult in our faces. A publication who keeps faux writers like this bitch don’t deserve to be in circulation. UNLESS they fire this swine after she releases a public apology to OFWs and their families, I will not buy MST and I will keep asking friends and families to do the same. If any of you know any of the advertisers of MST please convince them to pull out their advertisements and stand up agaisnt a publication that glorifies bigotry and tasteless journalism.
We the OFWS in the UAE are dismayed and totally dissapointed with Malu Fernandez’ article “belittling” us OFWs. More so, we are disgusted about how her article was able to pass thru the editors of the said publication. Don’t they realize the risks or consequences of having passed the article for printing? Quoting Ms.
Francine Bustamante-Chamorro of New York, she said “This is an extremely irresponsible, self-serving, ignorant and ill-informed article that never deserved publication in the first place. Not even freedom of speech should have saved this article from an obviously much-need editing. She further continued and I quote: Someone with half her intelligence will know where to draw the line between journalism and the rantings of what appears to be a very unhappy and somewhat insane woman begging for attention.
This article is extremely irritating. Seriously, People Asia should have had more criteria in carrying this article. And this writer- she should apologize and be made to go through a seminar on informed, responsible, intelligent and fair reporting. It’s not all about wit and fancy- a report has responsibilities to its readers. Francine. end of quote.
She deserves to be fired and yes, do not buy Manila Standard and that Asia magazine. Katsara !!!
She underestimated the OFW’s. Dyan sya nagkamali. Sinabihan ko na pamilya ko na i-boycott ang Manila Standard. Baka sa susunod na mag out-of-country si malu ay magbabarko na yan. yari sya pag sumakay ulit yan ng eroplano.
To TitoAdam:
I am an OFW. While it it is true that some OFWs can display a lack of eloquence and sophistication, does that give any of you a right to belittle a certain group of people? Especially if they are greatly responsible for the country’s survival.
While it is true that SOME OFWs are paid highly, does that disqualify them to be called New Heroes in our land? You’d better study Macroeconomics and International Economics to know the impact of Income from overseas in a country with great socio-political instability.
Besides, a great number of OFWs are overworked, underpaid, and abused by the their employers. Not to mention the family they leave behind end up getting dysfunctional in their absence. THE LAST THING THEY NEED IS A CONDESCENDING REMARK FROM SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS NOTHING BUT TO SHOP AND RANT, EAT AND COMPLAIN, DRINK AND CRITICIZE.
We might exhausted all the bad words, name-calling for Malu Fernandez, but still we have not moved one step forward, it is high time to go to another level…. why don’t we start, somebody has to initiate… I am willing to contribute whatever the majority decides, just to finance any move to make this issue known to the public and be able to get the attention of the “not-so-good” government that we have, nasaan na sila ngayon… why no one from them is reacting to this issue of us [the OFW] being degraded by a PIG who camouflaged as a human being. Afterall this country owes a lot from us!! the government survives because of our sweat, not because of the FAT produced from the body of this OINKER.
[...] to be the most hated person by a whole nation? Insult them like the bitch, Malu [...]
FIRE Malu Fernandez! She’s a disgrace to be called Filipino. As I’ve told the Manila Standard, she might not be a Pinoy after all. Better tell Bureau of Immigration in the Philippines to deport her! Unfortunately, for her attitude and boastful personality, no country might accept her.
Tapon na lang siya sa Babuyan Islands!
She should be ashamed of herself.
Burn the bitch.
She doesn’t deserve to write. Her article is worthless, irrelevant, insensitive and hurtful.
Itapon siya sa IRAQ o kaya give her a vacation to Basilan
I’m in. I actually found her article funny…since she’s making a fool of herself. Her targeted readers probably read Tatler instead of People Asia anyway.
This issue should be taken to another level. the Government should do something about it if they are really concern and treat the OFWs the way they should be respected and treated. after all the phrase OFWs-bagong bayani came from them.
Let us not allow this issue to die down like any other issues that our own kababayans have faced in the past without justice given to those who are affected. in my opinion we are all affected by it otherwise, we would not be writing a comment here.
If we let this one go, it only means that we are letting anybody to write what they want to write regardless if it is hurtful or not. I do believe in freedom or speech and press but this one is unacceptable.
what an arrogant bitch! she should be deported to some unknown island and let her starve to death (survivor style).
I am working for Dubai Duty Free. I have worked 3 years as a Sales Assistant and now as an IT coordinator. I am an Industrial Engineer by profession but have opted to work in DDF since the pay was lucrative. I have first heard of this just a few hours ago. My friends, one is a beauty advisor for DKNY ( tindera ng pabango,inshort) and the other is in charge for the 1 MIllion dollar raffle (yes, we do have that in DDF), told me about this story. My reaction was that of ambivalence: confused and amused. I am amused by this lady who must be going through midlife crisis. but my raffle-in-charge friend had an interesting question: how did she know the smell of Charlie and Axe?I, personally, wouldn’t have an idea of how a Charlie perfume smells. How did she? I, a former tindera, use Hermes and Chanel. My sister, who is also a tindera ng pabango at Dubai Duty Free uses Penhaligon’s and Caron. But she, a self-proclaimed socialite, only uses Jo Malone?talo pa sia ng mga tindera!But Malou and her ilks are not new to us, duty free staff.Maraming Pilipino ang mga akala mo kung sino ang naeencounter namin. My friend encountered one time an elderly filipino lady who asked her how much she was getting.She replied:Tama lang po.BUt the lady will not stop bugging her, so,incensed, she retorted, showing off her accessories: Tama lang ho pambili ng omega watch, diamond rings, tsaka diamond earrings. That shut her up!My mom is a former OFW who worked as a maid in HongKong,but she has more dignity compared to this ageing lady. Maybe she thinks she is above everyone else because she goes to other countries on tour and not as an OFW. Malou is a pitiful,middle aged,over weight damsel who derives her self-worth from belittling the very people who keeps the country’s economy afloat. And damn, in hindsight, that is utterly pathetic..maybe she thinks her lifestyle is similar to that of the girls in Sex and the City.That’s why I tell my nephews not to watch too much TV because eventually, it will mess up your brain.
Malu, this is Paris Hilton again.
Whatever! Girl what is up with you? Why do you LIE to the world?
I read your article in People Magazine and you said “I hate going to the beach because of bugs and mosquitos and the sand…” And I was like, uh ah! she is straight up LYING! It’s not about mosquitos, it’s not about sand between your toes. It’s about you being grossly overweight! YUCK! Nicole Richie and I agreed that whether you admit it or not, you hate the beach because Donatella Versace or Gucci or Karl Lagerfeld or even Michael Kors does not have a Swimwear line for OBESE PEOPLE! Plus, I talk to Britney and Lindsay Lohan, yes, the famous FIRECROTCH, and we three agreed you will not look fabulous uncovered. Plus we all know mosquitos love munchin’ on the fatties, so you def need insect repelant, although, Star Jones think that may be bad for PIGS, check the label before you spay it on, if it’s made in CHINA and CONTAINS LEAD, go for it! It’s perfectly safe! It will not only protect your PIG SKIN, it will give you a slimming effect. Not to mention CANCER, that will hasten your weight LOSS, if you’re ever considering it!
Girl, being pasty is OUT, you as Fashionista should know that, spend some time in the sun will you? On second thought, maybe you don’t TAN, maybe you get SUNBURN, boy oh boy that will make you look like a ROASTED PIG, we don’t want that happening do we? So just go to the Tanning Salon and drop $700 for a perfect spray on!
I would have considered you an ICON in the leagues of your 3rd World Country’s Imelda Marcos and Baby Arenas until you spelled Marc Jacobs Mark Jacobs, Annick Goutard Anik Goutard, called Jo Malone a HE and wore an ADIDAS sneakers on the beach? Oh come on! Perish the thought! Posh Beckham will roll her eyeballs when she hears this! Forget about your pedicure my dear, it’s all about flaunting you JIMMY CHOO’s terry-cloth wedges!
Next time also, stay away from RUBY TUESDAYS, girl, you know that is a factory for TRANSFAT, go ask Angelina Jolie her diet secret, definitely no eating at American middle class chains. It is not only a FAT TRAP, plus PAPARAZZIs only hang out around The IVY.
Lastly, never ever fly COACH, for pete’s sake! Traveling for rich people is all about convenience my dear, A LISTERS like us would dare not think about saving a dime to compromise convenience and privacy, unless of course there’s photo-op… Other than that stay fab my dear. Tah tah!
Your girl,
Paris
P.S. I am sorry I have to re-write my first letter, I thought it’ll be more effective if I call on my Hollywood friends and drop their names. Guess I am not smart enough the first time, it’s from reading only 2 dollar tabloid mags I guess? Who has time to read a book anyway? When there is so little time partying in Vegas, or Miami or the South of France wouldn’t you agree? Love Paris.
Plus, I love your spoof of my Carl’s Jr. commercial!
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Although this make up suits you better
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And the NORBIT OUTFIT! HILARIOUS!
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Ok, guys – DA Queen of Mean is TIGBAK na! Chugi ever! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070820/ap_on_re_us/obit_helmsley
So, the coronation for da NEW BITCH is NOW! Siguro naksuksuk sa sulok nang kubeta nya’t di na maka-alpas takot nya lang batuhin nang nag-babagang tae!
NASAAN ANG MGA ABU-SAYAFF PAG KELANGAN MO?!
I just wonder what kind of oxygen or air this writer is inhaling, it might be a special kind of oxygen/air different from what we have inhaled?…
Nick I am avid readers of your even hard time onboard the ship i felt that your presence help us to realize that we need a filipino like you. Defender truth and true believer of faith. As i go and read you blogs & files. I now proud to say that you continue your effort & only i can share is my moral support & prayers. we are happy about you keep up the good work & be strong in all trials in life. Nobody love without faith and that’s why God always there to bless u & your family always. Bhong
[...] to Malu Fernandez’ article. Manolo Quezon recently writes about the issue: I disagree with Tingog.com and his otherwise worthy anti-Malu campaign, on one, single, point of principle: I’m not for [...]
Can i share my view on malu fernandez column what a fuck she is doing. Did she been work as a Domestic worker abroad it seems i felt it. She figure out only here feeling of what she doing to hurt others. I never buy manila standard anyway. But since i read the column it’s terrible. She might remorse at the end. I can forgive her & let her think even her publisher what the are doing. God bless them & punish theme there guilt feelings.
I cannot believe how this ignoramus gets her own space in a magazine much more, a broadsheet. There is a fine line between censorship and journalistic responsibility and I think Manila Standard does not know which is which. Shame. Shame.
the woman has not heard of responsible journalism. the right to freedom of speech does not give one the license to discriminate against other people. it is a pity that someone who is suppossedly as highly educated and cultured as ms. malu fernandez still does not have the wisdom to realize that the worth of a person is not measured by material things. it is said that “to whom much is given, much is expected”. i guess we can never really expect anything from ms. malu fernandez other than her dumb wit and pathetic talent. she is a disgrace not only to the media or to the elite crowd but to humankind. this is a call to the management of manila standard today and people asia along with its affiliates to take corrective steps on this matter. do you really want your newspaper/magazine to carry the name of this despicable woman on your pages? if you are an organization that espouses integrity, the answer should be no.
medyo late to nakarating sakin ah… any news yet on “that writer” yet??? … anyway, just a simple suggestion for “that writer”… since ikinahihiya mo na rin ang mga OFW, why not go to phil natl red cross and let them s*ck-out every chromosome from your blood that says “I’m a Filipino”… i’m pretty sure you’ll get enough money from that, so you don’t have to travel via economy class ever again! you might even get enough money to bring along your “friends” on your next trip! … and oh… i hope the plane crashes…
That BITCH she should be fireout and beheaded by the ABUSAYAF. She is not worthy to our country. I’m an ex-OFW for nearly 2 decares so I am voicing out to my co-OFW all over the world to take a move so this Malu Fernandez be FIREDOUT. SHAME ON YOU……….TO HELL WITH YOU……………PUT YOUR BUTT ON FIRE
Isa lang ang masasabi ko re Malu Fernandez’ column: HOGWASH! (PUN INTENDED)
she must look at herself first before critisizing other people specially those who works away from their own country….
i saw the article and someone approach her and asked if she’s an OFW too. Well, maybe SHE LOOKS LIKE ONE, ( i dont critisize the looks of our filipino workers, all i can say is mas magaganda pa din ang mga pinoy kesa sa ibang lahi, coz i’m also working here abroad and i do like the faces of the filipinas much more than any other asian blood like chinese or malays or indians, kahit sabihin ba n katulong lang sila.)
As a Filipino OFW working in Qatar, and having experienced riding a plane full of OFWs, I totally abhor her statements regarding Filipino OFWs. How could they give this woman the chance to write something for the public to see if all she does is generalize things (are all OWFs Dhs, and even so, is there any shame of being one) and even act as if she’s a diva? A diva riding on Economy? She probably didn’t see the other OFWs in the business class!
They shouldn’t let her write another article…ever!
xtian001
http://www.lifeonthespot.com
Grabe naman eto si Malu Fernandez magsalita sa atin mga OFW’s, di na nga tayo makapiling ang familya natin, manglait pa tong tabatsuy na eto. Parang hindi pinoy eto! sobrang sosi wala naman class. Ang masasabi ko lang sa kanya, sa susunot checkin mo yan perfume mo baka hinde yan tunay nabili mo kaya madali ma evaporate. If I know Asyara – asyara lang yan. Buti pa ang AXE and Charlie perfume tumatagal ang amoy. Kung gusto mo pa deliver ko pa sa tapat ng bahay mo ng isang container na yong sinasabi mong Jo Malone perfume mo. ha! Mrs. Malu Fernandez oiengk-oingk!!!
ano ang akala ni malou sa sarili niya dios, na puedi niyang laitin ang gusto niyang laitin para lang makasulat ng isang articulo?,,
may kagagahan din itong si malou,,dapat alam niya na iyong nilalait niya ang siyang tumutulong ng economiya sa bansang pinakinabangan niya,,,,
COUNT ME IN!
She should learn from this. I just want to let her know that she is an EVIL, a plague in our country. obviously, hindi sha ganun kdali matatanggal kasi malakas ang kapit nya, katulad na lang ng kapit ng taba nya sa katawan, ganun kadikit at patindi pa ng patindi.
You’re right, you offended pur socioeconomic background but not only that, you offended our whole personality. You may be one of the elite people in our country, rich girl, one of the “HAVES” as you were saying. but for the people who understand everything in what you wrote, YOU ARE ONE OF THE “HAVE NOTS AND WANNABES” know why? “HAVE-NOTS” YOU DONT HAVE A HEART, YOU DONT HAVE GOOD FRIENDS, YOU DONT HAVE TRUE PEOPLE AROUND YOU-COZ IT SHOWS THAT YOU’RE TOO BAD FOR THEM, YOU DONT HAVE FACE, YOU DONT HAVE BODY AS WELL, YOU DONT HAVE LOVE, YOU DONT HAVE RESPECT, ETC…. “WANNABES”… YOU ARE ONE OF THE PERSON WHO WANT TO BE VISE VERSA OF ALL THAT I MENTIONED BUT NEVER HAPPENS COZ YOU’RE SUCH A BITCH AT YOUR OWN FREEWILL. WANNA BE “ARTISTA” GUSTO MAPANSIN PERO PARA MAPANSIN KAILANGAN MANAKIT MUNA NG KAPWA TAO! WHAT AN ATTITUDE.
BITCH BABOY! YOU HAVE TO BE FIRED!
AND FOR STANDARD TODAY AND PEOPLE ASIA MAGAZINE…. GANYAN BA TALAGA KAYO, PARA LANG SUMIKAT NANG TODO-TODO ANG MAGAZINE NYO KAILNGAN MANGDOWN GRADE KAYO NG TAO… KAILANGAN BANG TANGGALIN NYO ANG RISPETO SA KATWAN NYO PARA LANG KUMITA… NAPAKAINSENSITIVE NYO! PARA KAYONG HINDI MGA NAKAPAG ARAL SA NAGYARING ‘TO. TO THINK KAPWA PILIPINO MINALIIT NYO, KOMO MAYAMAN KAYONG LAHAT AT MAY PERA MAY KARAPATAN NA KAYONG GAWIN YAN. IISA LANG TAYO AT KUNG MAY KUMIKITA NG MAS NORMAL AT MABUTING PARAAN KAMI YON, HINDI KAYO! KASI KAMI NAGTATARABHO KAMI NG MAY RISPETO AT HINDI NANAKIT NG KAPWA HINDI KATULAD NYO KAMING WALANG RISPETO AT KAPWA PILIPINO ANG INAAPI NYO!
WAKE-UP STANDARD TODAY AND PEOPLE ASIA MAGAZINE!
BEAUTIFUL KA TALAGA MALU F. SOBRANG HIYANG KA SA PIGROMIX!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
hoy malu F, nu ka ba… palitan mo na ang vitamins mo, masyado kang hiyang sa pigromix.
FIRE MALU NOW FOR HER CALLOUS COMMENTS ABOUT OUR COUNTRYMEN WHO ARE TOILING WITH THEIR SWEAT AND BLOOD OVERSEAS JUST TO FEED THEIR LOVED ONES BACK HOME!!!! ARROGANT PEOPLE WITH THE LIKES OF MALU FERNANDEZ ARE EXPENDABLE AND REPLACEBLE, I KNOW HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO COULD DO HER JOB 10 TIMES BETTER THAN HER WITHOUT BELITTLING OUR KABABAYANS, BUT THE DAMAGE SHE HAS DONE IS IRREPAIRABLE AND MUST BE DEALT WITH NOW, SHE IS A PRECEDENT OF UNPROFESSIONALISM AND MODERN BIGOTRY IN OUR COUNTRY.
Irresponsible journalism… MF, do you think that you really made a good article?
You think you did.. Most of the people are catching up on your article, and you earned more popularity through this. But MF, you ruined your dignity and credibility. Ooops..
Maybe it was already ruined even before you write that article. Wake up call to
Manila Standard…Do you really have some STANDARDS in your newspaper?
But what STANDARDS? To published an article that can only be sold out, and not thinking the consequences to have it fair to all? Maybe you earned more on that,
But CREDIBILITY cannot be paid off.
Why the F*%& is this pig still writing???
Have you read her latest reasoning? Not only has she NOT apologised but has justified in her feeble mind that she is the voice of reality in this country and as such insulted our Filipino brother’s and sister’s intelligence with such idiotic missives as the following:
Malu Fernandez:
“The bottom line was just that I had offended the reader’s socioeconomic background. [b]If any of these people actually read anything thicker then a magazine they would find it very funny. [/b]Most people don’t get the fact that they need bitches like me to shake up their world, otherwise their lives would be boring and mediocre. I obviously write for the a certain target audience and if what I write offends you, just stop reading.”
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife1_july30_2007
Good God help her!
Malu Fernandez who?? Don’t know her, nor do I read Manila Standard. But then she is in the spotlight and perhaps, if she reads this, maybe she’d learn a thing or two in being a “socialite” and being a “better columnist” by perusing articles by Tessa Prieto-Valdes and Maurice Arcache. Love them!
I recommend that she reads She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. Hopefully she’ll learn something valuable about social classes et al in this early 18th century comedic satire.
basically she does not have discipline in herself. just look at her she’s like porky pig ready to be cooked at anytime. she does not have control over her diet. yan b ang diva eh ang lakas kumain at matakaw p sa baboy??????? she only needs publicity. i doubt if she can speak of herself over a televion channel watched by millions of filipinos here and abroad without beeing booed or hurled by kamatis ng may bato sa loob. i doubt….really doubt it.
“While i was on the plane (where the seats were so small i had bruises on my legs)”
The seats are not small, it’s just that you are a BIG ASSED BITCH.
You trying to be a modern day Dona Buding? at least Nanette Inventor did it for fun and laughs, not like you Ms. Fernandez who does it to make fun of us OFW’s. like they say “It ain’t over until the Fat Lady sings” in this case, I’ll make a a new one just for for you.. “This ain’t over until the FAT ASSED BITCH resigns and issues a public apology”
Malu Fernandez lacked the “wittiness” as she claimed. Kick hes ass out and send that PORKY PIG to IWAHIG, NO to MANILA STANDARD and PEOPLE ASIA MAGAZINE”
Hahahahaaaaaa!!! hihihihi!!!
Di ako nagagalit sa kanya hahahhaaaaa!!!
Kwela nga e nakakatawa lahat yung sinulat nya well in fact I admire her kasi hahahahahaa!!Kasi ang talino nya at amazing ha, ang galing
nyang mag english, gifted! Nyahahahahaaaa!!
Sa totoo lang let’s support her kasi pambihira yan..at rare..bwahahahahaaa!! rare..sp..nyaAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
By the way, bakit sya nakakasulat?!
Anong HAYUP yan?!!………..NYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!
Kung sabagay kahit nga pala apat lang daliri mo bitch Piggy, e pwedeng..TULDOK System!! hurl!hurl!hurl!!
Nakakatawa nga!! hahaha!!
Isa pang nakakatawa sa sinulat mo, imagine, Adidas made a special shoes for you? Ano itsura? Para magkasya paa mo e ginawang parang lata ng
Ma-ling nyahahahahaa!! nakakatawa nga! hahahaha!!
Ang galeng! Tapos naka pedicure na bitch Piggy,lugi manicurista mo kasi ang la-laki ng kuko mo nyahahaha!! kakatawa!!
Asa ka pa mag Havaianas, e pano ba mag sinelas ang baboy? Ano yun bilog din?! bwahahahaaaaaaa!!! Naiiyak na ako hihihi!
Asa ka pang maging DIVA ha, oo tama ka, DIVA ka nga..
DIVA BABOY ka?! Nyhahahahhaaa!! Ang cute!
Alam mo honeycured, kwela ka talaga, napatawa mo ko ng husto hihihi imagine bitch Piggy,ayaw mo pa sa…nyahahahaa!! economy?! gusto mo pa sa business class e mangangamuy ka dun! hihihihi!!
Tama ka dapat bigger space para sa yo, imagine you have two fat asses, isa sa likod meron ka pa sa harap ahihihihi!!
I saw your pics..let me guess…you have 8 nipples no? 12 na ba anak mo?! Tubo ka na!! Benta mo yung iba hahahahaha!! Next time pakuha ka naka yuko naman para natural, bakit nakayuko? e nahihiya ka kasi, oink, oink ka! nyahahahaaaa!! Kwela! Kwela!
At pano naman nangyari yun bitch Piggy, na nagka bruises ang legs mo e, di ba mai-ikli yang apat na legs mo?! Di ka naman siguro kabayo no?!
Sobra naman mura nung ECONOMY na nakuha mo, ano yun, upuan nyo bangku?! Kaya ka nagka BOKEL-BOKEL nyhahahaha!!
Mas maganda pa kung sinabi mo na sumasabit ang mga bilbil mo sa muka ng mga OFW’s kaya.. it is you they’re talking about ..or baka amuy lechon paksiw ka na! nyahahahahaaaa!!Mas kwela di ba? hihihi!!
Sa Totoo lang bitch Piggy ang swerte mo, pasalamat ka sinakay ka ng EMIRATES…bakit?! E bawal ka sa Middle East no!! Bawal ang PORK!!
Nyahahaha!!
Ang galeng,galeng mo Ms. Piggy nasa ECONOMY ka…. baka ECONOMY PACK?! nyahahahahahaaa!! Kwela!
By the way, babaeng bacon, 7-9kgs. lang ang limit na carry-on’s baka mabisto ka ng mga OFW’s na engeng ka kasi well travelled ang mga yan.
Ikaw nga hangang make-up at borloloys ka lang, yung mga OFW’S kahit na karpentero lang yan pag uwi ng Pinas, dala nyan Laptop lang no.
Swerte ka malaki panty mo naisiksik mo lahat yung remaining 8kgs.
Mahirap naman the next time you fly ECONOMY, baka sa France ka mapunta e sa bigat ng hand-carries mo tanunging ka sa check-in counter ng Air France…. “fa Cebu ka?!”..
Piggy,”oui, fa cebu ku!” nyhahahahaaaa!! Dugay kana sa erpurt day, tunto ka la guihapon!!! bwahahhahahaaha!!
………..Bitch!! Hmp!!
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INFACT MALU IS NOT PROF. WRITER, BAGAY ANG WRITE UP NYA SA THEME NOTEBOOK LANG. HEY OINK-OINK…. GROW-UP! IS THAT THE WAY YOUR EARNING MONEY TO FEED YOUR FAMILY? ANYWAY… ANG BABOY IS ALWAYS BE A BABOY… SINGIT MO MAS MABAHU PA SA BULOG UGALI MO.
Paano na lang kaya kung naging saksakan ng ganda, yaman at sexy ang isang ‘to! Ano pa kaya ang kaya nyang sabihin? Haaaay! No wonder! God is really smart huh? He knows how to balance His creations well….
There is only one thing needs to be answered…why this biatch piggy wannabee diva was allowed to write such article in these papers??? So tama lang i-boycott ang MANILA STANDARD AND PEOPLE ASIA for a very irresponsible journalism. Don’t put the blame only to Malu-yang Baboy but also to their editors and all staffs of MANILA STANDARD & PEOPLE ASIA… I AM IN!!! I hope to hear “sooner” the outcome of this “little” request.
OFW Dubai, UAE
She’s a fugly bitch who can’t even write well! DIE WHALE!!
My apologies for the length of the response.
My Filipino partner has forwarded this article to me; I could tell she was a little angry at the attachment she had mailed to me. We both live and work in Dubai, and no she’s not a housemaid nor are her friends or colleagues.
At first I was not quite sure this was a real article, especially one published by a Manila Newspaper, though I use the description newspaper loosely. I will not go into the style of the writing or some of the grammatical errors in the article the subsequent responses at any length. It would be a waste of time.
Well where should I start, I appreciate as someone obviously not a sophisticated as Ms Malu Fernadez or as blessed with such a, now how does she put it, ‘acerbic wit’. I will comment on her article as stated in her response, which is stated as being based on fact. However as I am not a professional journalist I will endeavor to do my best,
I for my sins travel a lot through the Middle East, Africa, Europe and sometime to the USA. I travel economy most of the time to keep costs down for the company. I also travel on Emirates about 25,000 miles this year. Yes economy seats are smaller than business class or first class. Now I’m 6’ 2†strange I’ve never finished a flight with bruises on my knees, I can appreciate that this comment by Ms Fernadez may have meant to be humor. But in my opinion Emirates is one of the better airlines I have flown I think her one sided view is neither wit nor objective journalism.
As for comment about duty free being full of Filipinos selling mobile phones, is it? I’ve never really notice. Is it that it’s full of mobile phone shops, was that the point of this comment, well sorry Ms Fernadez welcome to the real world all shopping malls are full of mobile phone shops. I have notice that there are many Filipino’s here in Dubai working in a whole host of positions. I think that the reason there are so many Filipinos working in the service industries is due to their excellent command of the English language. If I also recollect Filipinos were voted the friendliest nation here in the Middle East.
I also note in Ms Fernadez’s (Please note Ms Fernadez the correct use of the apostrophe) response the comment on the have and have nots. I think given that the reason so many Filipino’s find themselves working overseas is to in fact provide for their families back home. Your publication should commend their sacrifice not try and make a cheap shot at their expense. The fact that Ms Fernandez may have been mistaken for a housemaid surprises me as well, obviously your not. To be honest I can’t imagine you doing any sort of housework, perhaps you have maids to do it for you.
I always find this particular nouveau riche attitude; the Louis Vitton, Gucci, Versace etc clad wearers a joke. I’m sorry to burst your little bubble but you are a clear example that no matter how much money you have, or try to get the world to perceive you have, it cannot buy you class. In fact I would go as far as to say that the Filipinos who deal with me on a day to day basis have more class in their little finger than you could possibly perceive.
So in summary:
• Who uses the word chagrin, slightly pretentious don’t you think.
• The Sahara desert is not actually located in the Middle East, it’s in North Africa
• I would not describe you as an acerbic wit, Oscar Wilde or George Bernard Shaw now these guys are wits.
• Now I’ve seen the photo’s and I can appreciate why you need seventeen kilo’s of make up.
• Filipino workers abroad are a credit to the Philippines not a slur on the countries integrity.
• I can also appreciate why you found the seat a little snug. Sorry not very constructive but this would appear given the evidence that has presented to be a fact.
Oh and yes I have read something thicker than a glossy magazine, and no I did not see the wit or factual content in your article.
Trevor Phillips OFW (Overseas Foreign Worker)
Panalo ka Boggart Chux! Funny nga sya!
katayiiiinnnnn…… i’ll advise her to go back to her stinking cesspool. baka high sya nung sinulat nya un at napagtripan ang OFW.it only shows the kind of breeding she has, she belongs in the pig pen.
gusto ko lang iparating kung sino man ang “MALOU HERNANDEZ” na ito, nung makita ko ang pics nya, at mabasa ang article… GOSH!!!! Eh, mas muka ka pa syang DOMESTIC HELPER na nalagyan lang ng make-up at alahas. Hey girl, you better check yourself in the MIRROR first, bago ka magsalita ng kung anik-anik!!!
MALU, YOU’RE FIRED…
Ingratang walang utang na luob sa sariling bayan, maninira ng kapwa Pilipino. Ano ang nagawa mo para sa baya?????????????MPAKTAK
bawal ang baboy sa saudi arabia, kaya di nakakarating ang sinusulat ng malu fernandez na yan dito… papunta ka pala ng athens di ka na lang nag-olympic airways…takot ka bang ma-lechon?
still no action has been taken out here….
unang una, wlang nakakatawa sa ga ginagawa ng mga OFW at lalung lalo na ang mga katulong na sinasabihan nya… di ba nya alam na sila ang isa sa mga pangunahing bumubuhay sa ekonomiya ng Pilipinas? mas agandang magpasalamat ka sa kanila kesa insultuhin mo sila….
sa sususnod na mag try kang magpatawa, yung talagang nakakatawa at hindi nakakainsulto…. magkaiba po ang maga salitang iyan…. kung ako yung kaibigang mong nabanggit, di ko maatim na matawag mong kaibigan….dahil ang mga taong katulad mo na feeling sosyal ngunit di naman halata (kahit gano kakapal na make up ilagay mo sa malapad mong muka) ay walang karapatang manginsulto ng kapwa mo lalung lalo na ang iyong kawpwa Filipino…..mabuhay ang mga overseas filipino worker… mabuhay ang mga domestic helper…..mga tunay na bayani ng bayan…
MALU TAKBO BILISSSSSSSS!!!!!!! NANDYAN NA ANG MGA KAWAYAN!!!!! TUTUHUGIN KA NA!!!
Go go go!!!
Even at the risk of making this poor excuse of a human being famous, please continue the fight!!!
I’ve been an OFW and soon to become one again so I support the cause. I don’t read her “rag” really, am a wide reader myself and read many genius writers of every genre, some are boring but never so self-rightious(help me describe her ego!) as this one(whatever planet she came from)! Even I who abhors foul language want to belt her some!!!!
This girl thinks she is the only one who understands the english language and tries to explain her offense by calling the OFW’s idiots? Where did you learn your brand of english girl? Shame on your sorry butt!!!!pweeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
I posted a message on Manila Standard before reading this.
Kaya di umaasenso Pinas dahil sa mga utak biya na kagaya ni Malu.
Elite pa naman daw siya o, ayaw ko ng maging elite, baka maging matapobreng hayup din ako.
ang dami nang galit sa iyo MF,,,if words could kill patay ka na,,,,
well you deserved it fat ass lady,,kasi ikaw nanlalait kana mali mali pa ang sagot mo,,,siguro taga bukidnon karin and if you are then it shows,,,kasi taga bukid lang ang may ganung attitude..
sana masagasaan ka nang kotse nang isang ofw para makabawi nanam kami
On behalf of the Proud filipino professionals in Dubai Duty Free, we would like to join you in asking this person to step down from her post in the said publications.
Join me as i say the most famous one liner of John Cage from the TV Series “Ally Mcbeal”….
P L E A S E!
anu-ano bang mga bansa ang narating ng baboy nato na para bang traveler ang dating sa sinulat niya? sa boracay pa lang, sana namatay (first death) na sya sa insecticide na ginamit nya (binayaran pa yata ang aswang nato just to mention brands in her article). obviously, this person is kuripot dahil she opted to take economy class ticket na pwede siyang maputulan ng paa from having bruises and poor circulation (obviously sa taba nya, i’m pretty sure hypertensive and diabetic to!). the heck kung ano mang work ang pasukan ng isang pinoy just to earn a decent living (di tulad mo, sa pangungutya mo nakukuha ang nilalamon mo!) you could have slashed your wrist (second death) while you were in the plane trapped with those filipinos para napaglamayan ka na nila and instead of talking about life abroad e nag-karaoke (uso ngayon sa lamayan) na lang sila while being serve by soda, coffee or tea by flight attendants. 17 kg of makeup and accessories? i’m sure doblehin mo man yan di parin kaya para takpan yang makapal mong mukha (baboy ka pa rin, in and out!!!).and your right, kung meron mang nangyaring masama sa flight mo, sana ikaw na lang ang nawala at hindi and luggage mo, marami pang makikinabang na mga isda at pating (baka di nila masikmura ang bulok mong laman/taba) or baka di ka naman pansinin ng mga wild animals ng sahara desert!!!. and by the way, sana sa mukha mo sumabog ang small flat screen para natuluyan ka na (third death) and, sana na-overdose ka na ng sleeping pills mo para nilibing ka na kasama ang mga roman empire sa greece (fourth death). subukan mong maging domestic helper (mas magaganda pa ang nakakausap kong mga domestic helpers kesa sayo) para mak-relate ka sa mga taong naksakay mo sa eroplano (hipo-crite!). and please, magsulat ka na lang in filipino, andaming typo/gammar error e! and will u please do’t use GOD in vain. kung di ka man napasama doon sa lumubog na ferry sa Aegean sea, itong mga emails./comments nato ang papatay sayo (kung tinatalaban ka pa ng hiya at konsensiya)….. ano pa ba ang pwede mong maipagmalaki about filipinos? maybe you could write about our national food (LECHON) na kahit baboy ring katulad mo e masarap pa rin and incomparable unlike u!!!!!
Anyone heard back from the publications about Malu? Have they released any statements? Anything from the media grapevine there in the Philippines?
Baliktarin ninyo ang pangalang Malu: ULAM. Kaya bagay sa kanya ang tawaging BABOY.
Sorry, but no offense meant for those with the same name. It only applies to our favorite menu: Malu “the PORK” Fernandez.
Malu’s general comment on OFWs is unkind. I agree that Manila Standard committed an error in publishing her article. She maybe rich but if what is being rich become an excuse to say whatever you want to say even in a decent newspaper like that, then all editor-in-chief in all newspapers be fired out. Therefore, Manila Standard must require Malu Fernandez of a public apology.
she probably hates the beach cause … she can’t fit in a damn swim suit cause she’s the size of an elephant.
the publishers of people asia and manila standard are equal fools to have approved to have her rancid politically incorrect articles published.
Stop comparing her to a pig.
Pigs are intelligent creatures; she’s not.
Please start writing to advertisers in People Asia and Manila Standard Today (and wherever else she writes). If these publications will not listen to a handlful of us, they will pay attention to their advertisers.
Stop comparing her to a pig.
Pigs are intelligent creatures; she’s not.
Please start writing to advertisers in Manila Standard Today and People Asia. They should ask for Malu Fernandez’ removal, because if these publications will not listen a handful of us, they will no doubt listen to their advertisers.
FIRE???? wag e fire.. patayin na!!!! hehehe.. joke lang.. fire nalang baka maging criminal pa ako.. hmmmmp!!! ang sama niya!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anong nakain nya?????? baka pinasukan ng masamang spirito?? o baka siya yung masamang spirito na pumasok sa kanyang sarili? bwahahaha! amf siya!! hmmp!!
yeah! akala mo kung sinong maganda, wala naman sa mukha nya ang mag-inarte kc baboy sya! shes just a lost piggy pork who wants attention from her stupid porky article…matabang dabianang pasosyal na di naman bagay sa kanya…tumutulo na sebo mo baboy!
hay naku! tigilan na natin sya! at least nasabi na natin gusto nating iparating sa kanya…baka sisikat pa sya….—-PAMBANSANG BABOY NG PILIPINAS! cute no? SARAP GAWING LECHONG PAKSIW ANG BABAENG ITO! taba mo malu! mag gym ka naman or magpalipo? di ba mayaman ka?….
Peste yan ah!!!
eto ang para sa kanya!!!
http://jemme.net/2007/08/21/sino-si-malu-fernandez/
who reads manila standard anyway?
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Ganito kasi ang nangyari sa flight kaya naimbyerna si Malu.
Pagkaupo nya sa economy seat nya, napagkamalan siyang DH (have nothing against DH po) kaya tinanong siya ng katabi nya “DH ka rin ba?” Hindi naman kasi siya mukhang sosyalada. At kung mayaman sya, bakit sya nagtyaga sa economy? Purita din kasi sya. Sabi nya 17kgs daw ang accessories nya. Kulang pa yun kasi naman kahit gamitin nya ang lahat ng 17kgs accessories sa buong katawan nya, hindi pa rin sya magmumukhang tao!
Alam nyo bang matagal ng wanted si Malu Fernandez kay Aling Mila at Aling Lydia? Isa pang naghahanap sa kanya ay si Mang Tomas!
MGA KABAYAN, WE CANNOT ASK MANILA STANDARD TO FIRE MALOU…SHE WROTE THE ARTICLE AND HAD IT PRINTED WITH ALL THE BLESSINGS OF HER BOSS…EVERY ARTICLE IS BEING SCRUTINIZED AND EDITED BY THE EDITOR…AND MALOU’s ARTICLE PASSED AND MADE IT TO THE NEWSTANDS…FOR NOW , MALOU JUST GOT A PAT ON THE SHOULDER FROM HER BOSS , WITH THE BOSS SAYING ” DONT MIND THESE OFW’s , MALOU….INGGIT LANG YAN SILA SAYO..”
Malu Fernandez have been getting a lot of bad press lately and I know perfectly the reason why.
There is no doubt that Malu’s article smacked of blatant elitism and discrimination. When I first read the article my reaction was that of amusement. I thought: How can this kind of writing land in a respectable magazine? The lady could not even qualify as a writer. Her license mainly to write was derived from her capacity to jet set to whatever country and rendezvous she fancies, nothing more. She obviously became a columnist because she had friends in the media. She had the money and the connections but admittedly, she severely lacked talent. And for an untalented lady to make comments about OFWs like that is plainly amusing, at least to me.
We, as OFWs, have already proven our worth. To our friends, to our family and to our compatriots. It will be redundant to defend ourselves from her ‘acerbic wit’ using the line that we keep the economy afloat through our remittances. That is just tired.
Obviously, Malu is still trapped in the kind of mentality that OFWs are but dirt poor Filipinos who are working abroad doing menial jobs getting meager salaries. That’s why the reference to Cahrlie perfume and Axe. She thinks that those are what we can only afford. It is surprising that she does not have an idea that OFWs at present also hold managerial positions in various prestigious companies. And that several OFWs in the middle east are white collar workers. They say that constant traveling liberates the mind. With Malu, it had the opposite effect. Traveling for her is an opportunity to condescend fellow Filipinos and make her feel elite. I could just imagine her going ‘aaargh’ at the site of Filipinos in other countries. She is in denial of being a third world citizen. That is why seeing Filipinos working abroad stirs resentment in her: damn these stupid, dirt poor Filipinos working here. Filipino DHs, construction workers, Sales Assistants. Why can’t they just disappear?
She is admittedly rich, but not filthy rich. Thinking that since she is rich, she deserves a different kind of treatment. Since she is rich, she is coming from a different league. A league that is way beyond that of common Filipinos. She does not want to be associated with them. And to differentiate herself from the common Filipino, she discredits them. But since she could not escape the fact that she is third world, that her passport is green and it says ‘Pilipinas’ the only way to cover up for the shame that she feels of being Filipino is to elevate herself by dropping brand names she thinks the common Filipino is not even aware of. She thinks that only the elite has access to the fine things that life has to offer. She is pegged to the upper echelon of the social triangle and anybody who does not belong there deserves her derision. For her, there are only two classes of people in Philippine society: The perfumed set and the great unwashed. But I don’t think the perfumed set flies economy. Oh yes I forgot, the pretenders in the middle.
In hindsight, her behavior is but a reflection of our present society. She herself, merely transcribed it. And what does she rightfully get? Flak for writing what was on her mind.
I am a former journalist myself and it surprised me that the editor of People Asia magazine published an undeserving article. It did not even have any journalistic merit. It read more of like a useless rambling of a teen age colegiala who traveled for the first time. People Asia magazine is a tryst for the intellectual gathering of the Philippines’ finest lifestyle writers. I did not expect them to stoop that low by publishing Ms. Fernandez’s article. I was disappointed with them. I am definitely discouraged from reading their publication again.
As for Ms. Fernandez, do not complain of the response you are getting from Filipinos. What were you expecting, that they laugh with you and your friends for your ‘acerbic wit’? It was not acerbic, it was thoughtless, irresponsible and downright ignorant. Just a caveat: from this day forth people will not remember you for whatever good deeds you have done and will be doing but by what you wrote in that magazine. And it will haunt you until you pass on. When Filipinos hear your name, all they will recall is your pretended elitism and nothing more.
More than being an OFW, I am Filipino. And you Ms.Fernandez is a Filipino no matter what brand of perfume you spray on, no matter what hand bag you are lugging, no matter where you go. You are third world and there is no escaping that.
MAUREEN TIAMSIC, August 21, 2007, 11:31 PM
It’s a shame that one of our own compatriot like Malu Fernandez could write such a callous and disrespectful article. OFW or any Filipino who works abroad and bring home the hard-earned money are our modern-day heroes. They keep our economy afloat. Her article should have not been published at all. BOYCOTT any newspaper of magazine that carries such articles!
She should have slashed her wrist…period.
Next time, she rides a plane, I would think twice if I were her, to fly economy or even fly at all with all the Filipinos that knows her now and “loves” her comments about them.
Obviously she wrote for a “targeted” audience – the people she was flying with…the hard-working Filipinos overseas trying to make their lives better and make their dreams come true.
Quote…”If what I write offends you, just stop reading!” Unquote. Same rules applies to you, if you are embarrassed to associate and ride in a economy class, stop buying an economy class ticket. Fly First Class, my princess or in reality, you can’t afford it…but at least pretend you could…use your Mastercard!
Nope, you are not being a “diva” (don’t have the looks of it..to say the least) but surely you got all the attention you want and needed…but not the attention I would ever want nor anyone who are proud of their skin, their culture, their citizenship!
If by now you don’t know and realize the difference between “notoriety” and “being popular”, you probably learn your lesson now that your English teacher didn’t tell you! (By the way, did your classmates smelled like sardines too… )
Also, people around you don’t lack common sense either…it is your sense of being a commoner that is lost in space…in your aspiration to be on top of that ladder…a social climber who can’t climb that decent way. Nope…has nothing to do with you being overweight…just your Pride and Prejudice plus your major case of Hypocrisy – Hypocrazy! (Sorry…I don’t know how to spell it but choose one!)
Yes, this is when “crab mentality” works best…pull you down of your crap opinions and selfish personal motives!
Good Luck and Happy Trip on your next flight… Economy or First Class?
and what would like for dinner M’am…
Sardines with white rice?
or
Fillet Mignon with mashed potatoes with sauteed mushrooms?
(and..if you chose the latter, I’m sorry M’am…they don’t exist in the real world of flight cuisine…just like you and your dreams – the 1st one does not exist either…Wake up to reality!)
Agree, she has the right to say and write what she wants and thinks. Conversely, people has also the right to respond and write of what they think about her, call her names, mocked her thinking, degrade her looks, her attitude just after reading her article in five minutes…to judge her…more likely misjudge her. She did it to herself…these responders are just reacting!
Does she deserve it! Heck yeah!
I wish she is reading all these domino-effect comments from myriad variations of Filipinos who are irate of her comments -her prejudicial views and opinions.
At least, she won’t smell me!
Do I smell like “a sardine in a sardine can” …
nope…I smell like a sardine inside an imported Spam!
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I aman OFW here in Abu Dhabi. I have a lot of OFW friends and family here. And most of them are very decent people. That’s why when I read this column I was really offended. You mentioned in your response that you’re just stating facts. Well, let me tell you the facts of life of some OFW’s who can only afford AXE and cheap colonges. They looked for jobs in the Philippines but with our government, no luck. They don’t have the privilage of having famous relatives who can back them up (unlike you, obviously, who wouldn’t have had that job have it not because of your family’s influence or money to back you up, you don’t have the talent and brains). So, they tried their luck abroad. They left their own family and country to serve other nationalities. They sleep in a room fit for two with other 5 people they don’t know just to save money. Even if they have the vacation to go in the Philippines to visit their loved ones, they sometimes prefered not to take that vacation to earn more money to send in the Philippines. OFW’s work very hard. They make everything and everyday count. Every fils (that’s centavo in Abu Dhabi) count. So instead of buying expensive perfume, we learn here to buy perfume samplers, it cheaper. And FYI, after not being able to go to your native country for more than 3 years and live with other nationalities in the same house where you work as a housemaid (like some of our kababayans here), it really feels good to see some of your kababayans and be able to talk them in your native tounge. So Ms. Malu, pardon the OFW’s who where on the same flight with you. They can’t help themselves. They can’t hold back the feelings that is so overwhelming that they have to talk to strangers just to ask them, kamusta or ask taga saan ka. It feels good that there’s somebody, someone that they can relate to, that they can have common with. Can you tell me how they bothered you???? And what gives you the rights to degrade people like that???? Nothing in that article is funny not even slight. What’s funny is how come Manila Standard alllowed this insults. Ms. Malu and her editor should step down. Step down with a little dignity like our OFW’s are showing.
Guys, People Asia Magazine is a Philippine Star Publication and the Chief Editor of that Magz is a certain Romualdez. I think we better start bugging The Philippine Star.
Stick to the topic which is irresposible journalism and not her weight issues. But wait, with all these hypertensions derived from her thoughtles ramblings, like the saying goes, laughter is the best medicine. So let’s see if she still finds our demeaning comments funny what with her acerbic wit. I’ve said my piece a few days ago, but still..thinking about her annoys me. It’s just weird though, when I asked my mom if she knows any Malu Fernandez and the answer was in the negative. So you mean newspapers back in the Philippines have ignored all of these things?
Anyway, I didn’t want to tar my blog with her name and give her the satisfaction of becoming popular. As the saying goes, news, good or bad is still news. But, but, I just have to give her 5mins of fame. lol
Tsk tsk, Malu, you really must be thick skinned if you can swallow all these negative publicity. Every action has a reaction thus gotta accept the consequences of what you just wrote. Geez, no wonder you need sleeping pills!
Fire her @$$!
http://www.philstar.com/
Dito po natin ipaabot ang ating PIG-hati kay Malu Fernandez and ang editor ng People Asia.
Eto naman link ng People Asia from philstar website. Meron po na button dun na email editor. Pag click mo meron window na mag open, then I think we know what we should do. Send you nasty email to the editor. The nastier the better. Fire away!
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Features&p=53&type=2&sec=133&aid=2007082147
Has Manila Standard Time reply yet? the OFW deserve an appology!
To all the Staff of Manila Standard and People Asia Magazine including the writer(ba yan?) Malu Fernandez…”You cannot soar like an eagle if you think like a MONKEY.”
By the way who is this Malu Fernandez???????????? ow she’s a bitch from hell!!!! ang yabang naman nya, my family are living here in the middle East for 10 years now, dito ko na pinanganak ang mga babies ko, kaya wag mo kaming mamatahin na mga OFW…just mind your own business, and besides ano ba yang article mo bakit pinapayagan yan, nagkukuwento ka lang ng mga kalokohan mo… Nag graduate ka lang ba para dyan??? at least ang mga Domestic Helper na sinasabi mo, ay ang mga tutoong tao na may pakialam sa tutoong buhay… hay naku, when I read my email about that article super gigil na talaga ako sayo, ang sarap mong kurutin na parang lechon… Alam mo ba na ang mga OFW sa middle east ay sabik kumain ng BABOY!!! kaya wag kang magpapakita sa amin…Pero siguro kung katulad mo ang baboy, dapat sayo “double dead”… Bakit kaya hindi ikaw ang ibala sa mga abbu sayyaf para naman yung mga tunay na bayani natin ay manatiling buhay…. Akala mo cute ka sa article mo with matching pictures ka pa… what ashamed on you!!!! Actually di naman kami galit sa sinulat mo kundi galit na galit kasi di mo alam kung ano ang tutoo sa buhay naming mga OFW or nagbubulag-bulagan ka lang.. To the Editor in chief of Manila Standard, please Sir/Mam, nananawagan po kami na wag naman po sana nyong palagpasin ang ganitong Ka-BABUYAN!!!!! Salamat po
ano malou hindi ka pa ba natorete,,,kunsabagay ang baboy na katulad mo ay makapal ang simod (bisaya sa nguso) i know she is cebuano speaking fat ass lady coz her native province is bukidnon,,,,,why dont you write an apology to those people whose intention is to earn a decent living so that they can help thier family back home,,,basin ra baya pasayluon ka nila,,,,,huwag ka nang magpasosyal, kasi kahit anong gawin mo,,,,,BABOY KA PA RIN
Fire that pig and let her slit her own wrist!!! Mas mabuti nga in front of us na na-offend sa mga pinagsasabi nya. Sumobra naman ang pagka-sosyal nya pati manlait ng ibang tao ginawa pa nyang katawa-tawa. Kahit yata c Bin Laden d matatawa s article nya e. Pakiusap lang po dun s kinauukulan ng Manila Standard, tanggalan nyo n ng trabaho yan at wag na sanang tanggapin p ng ibang publications at baka gayahin p ibang pa-sosyal kuno dyan. Salamat po ng marami!!!
HOY MALU-WAG!! BABOY!! PUTANGINA MO! BAGAY NGA SAYO ANG PANGALAN MO
MALU.. MALUWAG KASI ANG BUNGANGA MO TANGINA KA!
I just would like to share with you the email of Fr. Nick Lalog, a Mediaman turned Priest, to his cyber parishioners. He has quite a following already around the world as his friends forward his homilies and reflections. Being a true mediaman himself, I appealed to him last Monday, 20 August, for our healing – the OFWs, as we become victims of degradation by such bigotry.
22 August 2007
My dear relatives and friends,
I got this email last Monday and could not forward it right away because I wanted to forget being a priest or even a Christian for a day or two as I read the article of a creature called malu fernandez….
I don’t want to speak any further because it could really be sinful…just read her article and pity her.
I mentioned it in my homily this morning on the Queenship of Mary which is all about compassion and love…I used as example the imagery of the hen and her chicks to illustrate the Queenship of Mary that she as a mother leads us in our earthly pilgrimage, one with us in our sufferings and struggles. the creature malu fernandez exactly projects the kind of queenship the world knows—a feeling of superiority over others that makes them so insensitive with others, which actually turns them into lesser human beings. it is so funny that the more fernandez speaks, the more she degrades herself.
Let’s just pray for her and her editors at People Magazine…to my dear cyber parishioners of other nationalities, not all Filipinos are like malu fernandez…don’t believe her. and yes, have pity on her…
fr nick
Ang masasabi ko lang, di sya magkasaya sa economy seat dahil ANG LAKI nya! Litsunin ang babaeng ito!
Greetings All,
How rich one can be that he/she could speak against
any OFW?
Fellow OFWs, there is no such specific amount of
wealth that could command anyone to speak against
Overseas Filipino Workers because we are the richest
men God had ever created. Rich in FAITH-as OFWs
becomes more faithful to GOD while away from home and
family. Rich in LOVE-our love with God, our family and
to all mankind grows fonder and uncondtional while
abroad and that is proven by how Overseas Filipino
Workers around the globe endeavors to help fellow
distressed OFWs, supporting the BANTAY BATA
Foundation, The GAWAD KALINGA, ADOPT A HOMETOWN
PROJECT, THE SICK AND NEEDY, CALAMITY VICTIMS just to
name a few. Rich in LOVE FOR OUR COUNTRY-we are the
saviour of our ailing economy through our dollar
remmitances, that’s the reason why they called us as
BAGONG BAYANI. We don’t strive to be a hero, we are
doing this sacrifice for the betterment of our future
both families and the Philippine economy. Somehow,
selfish people uses us, overriding on our humble
undertakings, contributions and potential. We are the
most intelligent Filipinos- is the reason why we are
here in abroad. We are the only few who were chosen
among the millions aspirants. Being intelligent, we
react to all eventualities and this our weakness that
lures us to be used by selfish individuals, No.1
Example Malu Fernandez. Purposely she intimidated the
OFWs to irately react to her column and eventually to
monitor her column by regularly buying that magazine
and that’s what they call Marketing Approach-Target
Market OFWs. As of this moment Malu Fernandez is
laughing her heart out for her initial success…In
media personalties, the more they get involved into
controversies the more popularity they get which has
a lateral effect to the company they worked for,
Obviously that is now happening to Malu Fernandez. The
more we condemn this elephantiasis figure, the more
success she harvest. Put a smile on this issue, let
it die a natural death for this will dragged her
along. Pray for her success in God’s will the way you
pray for yourself and you loved ones.
Bong Magno
UPWARD, Qatar
malu fernandez..tao ka ba? gusto mo magic cream para gumanda ka pati pagsulat mo gumanda. palaman mo sa kuboz o pahid mo sa shwarma. wag ka nang mag jo malone, di cya bagay sa fatty acids na secrete ng balat mo. nag-aamoy ka lang lechong paksiw. tsaka wag mo na gamitin ang mga beauty products na endorse mo, wlang pagbabago sa hitsura mo unless di ka mukhang tao before. baka idemanda ka pa nila kasi nasa animal testing pa lang sila, advertise mo na. kasi ikaw ang guinea PIG nila. ateng malu, sa tutoo lang mas disente pa kami kesa sa iyo kasi kami nagtratrabaho, ikaw palaboy. tapos sinusulat mo ang paglalaboy mo. di ba nakakahiya, decent living ba yan? sinong na-aaliw sa mga sinusulat mo friends mo? natutuwa sila kasi ang guinea PIG marunong pala magsulat kahit walang sense. nakakarating sa ibang bansa dahil sa animal rights. malu fernandez, sa perya ka na lang ha? pero bago ka mag-perya padadalhan kita magic cream, laklakin mo para naman pumuti ang balat mong magaspang.
While we’re at it. I just sent the Tingog link, better than to explain everything and have my blood pressure rise to the following companies… REVLON (makers of Charlie), UNILEVER (makers of Axe) and requested that as thier social responsibility to pull thier ads from The Philippine Star, The Manila Standard and Asia Magazine! That’ll put pressure, cripple thier sales & standing and see that we mean business. They owe the OFWs and Filipinos who have patronised thier products and in turn do good for the moral of those maligned.
I’ve also emailed Jo Malone London for thier information as thier product is given an unfair light by bigots!
PLEASE DO SO, TOO!
Now that’s wit and irony for you! Let her (Malu) eat cake!!!
http://www.unilever.com.ph/resources/contactus.asp
http://www.revlon.com/Corporate/ContactUs.aspx
http://www.jomalone.co.uk/site.nsf/home/contact?OpenForm
Maybe we can use this PIG to trade some hostages in Afgan and Nigeria or if she wants a local exposure, we can send her to Basilan with here 17 kgs of make up and all her stash. I just wonder if its all makeup, maybe she brought with her some hog grower.
Greetings All,
How rich one can be that he/she could speak against any OFW?
Fellow OFWs, there is no such specific amount of wealth that could command anyone to speak against Overseas Filipino Workers because we are the richest men God had ever created. Rich in FAITH-as OFWs becomes more faithful to GOD while away from home and family. Rich in LOVE-our love with God, our family and to all mankind grows fonder and uncondtional while abroad and that is proven by how Overseas Filipino Workers around the globe endeavors to help fellow distressed OFWs, supporting the BANTAY BATA Foundation, The GAWAD KALINGA, ADOPT A HOMETOWN PROJECT, THE SICK AND NEEDY, CALAMITY VICTIMS just to name a few. Rich in LOVE FOR OUR COUNTRY-we are the saviour of our ailing economy through our dollar remmitances, that’s the reason why they called us as BAGONG BAYANI. We don’t strive to be a hero, we are doing this sacrifice for the betterment of our future both families and the Philippine economy. Somehow, selfish people uses us, overriding on our humble undertakings, contributions and potential. We are the most intelligent Filipinos- is the reason why we are here in abroad. We are the only few who were chosen among the millions aspirants. Being intelligent, we react to all eventualities and this our weakness that lures us to be used by selfish individuals, No.1 Example Malu Fernandez. Purposely she intimidated the OFWs to irately react to her column and eventually to monitor her column by regularly buying that magazine and that’s what they call Marketing Approach-Target Market OFWs. As of this moment Malu Fernandez is laughing her heart out for her initial success…In media personalties, the more they get involved into controversies the more popularity they get which has a lateral effect to the company they worked for, Obviously that is now happening to Malu Fernandez. The more we condemn this elephantiasis figure, the more success she harvest. Put a smile on this issue, let it die a natural death for this will dragged her along. Pray for her success in God’s will the way you pray for yourself and you loved ones.
Bong Magno
UPWARD, Qatar
Just pass around until this e-mail will reach Ms. Malu Fernandez!
Speaking of make-up. I just saw her on friendster and yup, the infamous Ron is there, too sans picture (so I guess he wasn’t imaginary bec. who would want to go on a vacation with her?) Her picture gives me the creeps. I mean , I for one, am not perfect, but I think she has to re-think her make-up choice whether it be expensive or not. Her use of uber-white foundation & ultra-red hooker lipstick makes me want to think she’s ashamed of Asian heritage as well.
I read the article she wrote. Geesh!!! She’s one of those “elitista” that give “elitistas” a bad name. For someone as educated as her, she sure can dish those words about her fellow Filipinos. I guess she’s one of those people who can go to sleep at night being the person that they are. But, hey!!!! That’s just my opinion. I don’t read the Manila Standard. But, I don’t take to those people who say stuff like that about other Filipinos. She’s an insecure person who just toughs it up with words and can’t really back it up when the going gets rough. I bet she can’t last 5 minutes without her “accessories”. Wait!!! I take that back, maybe she can’t last 5 seconds without her “accessories”. Hehehehe. She should be hanged, drawn and quartered, and my personal favorite, take her entrails out and burn them. All in view of the public. Particularly in front of the OFWs she just dished.
MALU FERNANDEZ DESERVES ALL THE CURSES FROM THE OFWs! HOW DARE U LOOK DOWN UPON US! WE KEEP THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY ALIVE!
DON’T U DARE RIDE ANY PLANE! I’M SURE U’LL GET DROPPED HUNDREDS OF FEET OFF THE GROUND!
You Suck Malu Fernandez!
sa susunod na magtatravel ang BABAENG BABOY na yan, camel na lang ang sasakyan nya kasi kung eroplano ang sasakyan nya YAYARIIN SYA SA MGA OFWs, OFWs are everywhere!! ULTIMO BULBUL NYA MAY LATAY!!!!
May I refer my readers to your site? I’d also like to copy the body of your message (with proper credit to Tingog.com of course).
I will not only boycott THE MANILA STANDARD and PEOPLE ASIA until they fire MALU FERNANDEZ. I will NEVER AGAIN and I mean NEVER EVER EVER again touch or even look at them.
The fact that said article made it in public makes me wonder, is everyone from Manila Standard and People Asia like her? Do they all act and think the same way? What in the world is wrong with you people? You all just WATCHED MALU FERNANDEZ rape JUAN DELA CRUZ (yes, a female (malu is female, right? her pic is a bit confusing) hog her size can actually rape a man the size of JUAN DELA CRUZ). They allowed this, hence, they all share the same sentiments. I will keep this thought until they can prove me wrong by MAKING A STAND. PEOPLE ASIA did you allow this to get some attention? Is it the “BAD PUBLICITY IS STILL PUBLICITY” idea that made you do this? Your materials must be too mundane that you guys resorted to this IDEA ( the old school of thought that bad publicity is still publicity). That approach is feckless nowadays if your anterior motive is to make people curious enough for them to buy your recycled paper with letters on it (trash).
TO THE OTHER WRITERS of MANILA STANDARD and PEOPLE ASIA:
If, by any chance, there is still a drop of Filipino blood in your veins you will MAKE A STAND and in your next article you will, ‘at least’, insert a simple line that says “I DO NOT SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENTS OF MALU FERNANDEZ REGARDING THE OFWs”. You can place it before or after your article but I’d salute anyone of you who would write an article all about this issue and be on the side of JUAN DELA CRUZ. Yes, journalists should not take sides when it comes to news and information but this…this is not your regular everyday news. This is about the entire Filipino people and when I say FILIPINO PEOPLE it does not include those who JUST HAPPENED to be residing in the Philippines and those who are disgusted by the MASA just like MALU FERNANDEZ. She is merely a resident and has no right, whatsoever, to be called a FILIPINO and take pride with what Filipinos can offer the world. This is a defining moment for all of you writers from the MANILA STANDARD and PEOPLE ASIA. This is JUAN DELA CRUZ under attack. Whose side will you take? JUAN DELA CRUZ needs to know and HE NEEDS TO KNOW NOW!!!
Annaise, you are welcome to do so, spread the word, email your friends a copy as well. A link back to this specific article would be best, since the the comments are very much important to this issue as well.
Malou who? Maybe MAHLOU-WANG ang topak niya sa utak niya! She is a big-fat bitch! She is nothing but a fly above the carabao…Well, whatever she says, surely it will return back to her. KARMA is always in the offing, even bad or good things you have done. Hope against hope that this fat-asshole deserves to receive the worst KARMA ever in her life….I agree for the fact she tells what she wants being a journalist, but, this one is not a big joke. IPADALA YAN SA IRAQ AT IBALA SA KANYON, O KAYA AY TADTARIN O PULBUSIN! Grrrrr!
Sino ba si Malu Fernandez?
Isa ba syang sikat na artista? Isa ba syang sikat na pambublikong simbolo? Siya ba ay isang sikat na personalidad sa pinilakang tabing? Siya ba ay isang sikat na manunulat? Sya ba ay me pangalan sa larangan ng journalismo? Sino nga ba itong si Malu Fernandez?
Hindi ko sya kilala, at malamang hindi marami ang taong nakakakilala sa kanya. Maugong ang pangalang Malu Fernandez kaya’t inaksaya at inabuso ko ang oras na bayad ng aking kumpanya at ginalugad ko kahapon ang internet… ayun, at ilang pahina sa makinang panggalugad (search engine) ng GOOGLE at MSN ang tumuturan ke Malu Fernandez… SYET NA MALAGKET! Sikat nga ang bruha!
Magbalik tanaw tayo sa panahon bago mag Hulyo, yung mga panahon na di pa nalathala ang artikulong yan sa magasin. Sigurado ako pag tinipa mo ang pangalang Malu Fernandez sa lahat ng makinang panggalugad sa internet, malamang iilang linya lang ang makukuha mo kundi kaya eh wala talaga. Pero ngayon, sikat na sya, bakit kaya? Ano at Sino kaya ang mga taong nagpasikat sa kanya? Mahusay ba ang kanyang mga konsehal na pangimahe? (Image Councilor yon) Ba’t kaya sya sumikat bigla?
Yun ang tanong. Nagsulat sya ng artikulo na patungkol sa mga OFW na maingay sa eroplano, ang mga stereo-type na OFW na sa kanyang paglalarawan ay amoy Axe o Charlie, mga OFW na nguya ng nguya ng chewing gum, mga OFW na di alintana ang mga taong nagnanais ng kapayapaan sa gitna ng kalawakan at sa ingay ng malalakas na ugong ng makina ng eroplano ay sumasabay pa na parang mga mangaawit na sumasabay sa orchestra ng nakakatulig na ngang ugong ng makina, mga OFW na ano pa? pero… ikaw nga ba iyon?
Matapos ang di naman masyadong kainte interes na artikulo, maraming tinamaan na nag alimpuyos ang mga damdamin, sa galit, sa inis, pero karamihan sa mga nagsalita at nagsasalita at magsasalita pa eh di naman talaga tinamaan bagkus nakikisakay na lang sa kausuhan at kainitan ng isyu.
Di ko kilala si Malu Fernandez, yon ang totoo…. pero ngayon kilala ko na sya dahil sa dami ng mga taong nagpapasikat sa kanya. Kayo yon! Siguro lang kung walang nagsalita, siguro lang kung walang pumansin, siguro lang kung di inumpisahan to, siguro lang kung di ginatungan ng marami, malamang si Malu Fernandez ay mananatiling parte lang ng isang ordinayong istatistiko at hindi sikat na pangalan. Pinasikat nyo sya at pagkatapos ano? Me mangyayari kaya? Palagay ko lang …WALA! Maliban na lang siguro kung ihahatag nyo ang kaso sa korte, pero anong kaso? Libel? Akusasyon na di lang me bahid ng katotohanan kundi nangyayari naman at nangyari naman talaga.
Bakit ba andaming “Urban Legends†patungkol sa mga Pilipino? Andyan yung tungkol ke Mariah Carey na tinuran daw nya sa isang konserto, andyan yung mga tinuran daw ni Tommy Hilfiger sa Oprah na di raw bagay sa mga Pinoy ang mga produkto nya (ganon nga ba yon, pakitama ako kung ako ay mali), tapos ano pa, yung sinabi raw ni Madonna na narinig kong pinagusapan pa ng pahapyaw sa ibat ibang programa sa telebisyon, at yung pinakasikat at nagpasikat ng husto sa internet ke Art Bell at ang walang pakundangan na pagalipusta sa mga Pilipino…. at malamang marami pang susunod na usapan at sa huli magiging urban legends lang naman. Bakit kaya? Kase pinauso nyo sila, pinalala ang tsismis, mga nagalimpuyos na damdamin, andaming nagalit, andaming nagsalita, andaming nagmura. Pero anong nangyari? Patay na lahat ng usapan ngayon, yung iba sinisimot na lang yung mga tira tirang isyu. Me napala ba ang pagkarami raming masasamang salita? Me maganda bang produkto ang usapin ng mga maiingay na nagbunganga? Wala. Maliban siguro sa lalo pa silang sumikat, lalong nabenta at nagmahal ang mga produkto ni Tommy, lola na si Madonna pero kumakana pa rin at umiindayog pa at di pa rin sya nagbalak man lang na pumunta sa Pinas. Ayos pa rin naman si Art Bell, nakakapunta pa nga sa Pinas eh, balita ko nga tumira pa ng matagal don. Nagkakaedad na si Mariah Carey pero humahataw pa rin sa Billboard chart.
Si Malu Fernandez kaya? Malamang mayaman pa rin sya bukas makalawa, Malamang susyal (o pasusyal) pa rin ang bru, malamang susulat at susulat pa rin sya sa magasin kundi man sya kunin ng isang pahayagang panginternasyonal (sikat na sya eh), malamang babyahe pa rin sya sa iba’t ibang bansa pero siguro me natutunan na sya sa pagsakay sa Economy klas at sa susunod eh mag bisnes klas na sya o kaya’y First klas, malamang isa pa rin syang bitch, sigurado mamamakyaw pa rin sya ng Jo Malone, ng mamahaling kulorete sa mataba pero makinis nyang balat, ng lahat ng kapritso nya sa katawan. Malamang isa pa rin syang Malu Fernanadez, ang diprensya nga lang eh, sikat na sya. Kase pinasikat nyo sya.
Tapos ano? Sa dami ng blogs patungkol sa isyu na to, malamang me mga ibang lahi na makakabasa nito, lalo pa’t karamihan sa mga nagngangalit na posts rito eh sa susyal(?) na linggwaheng ingles. Ano kaya ang iisipin nila? Hmmm… na di talaga magpapaapi ang mga Pinoy? Hindi. Magiisip sila kung ano or sino ba itong mga OFW, at magiging institusyon o maisasama sa listahan ng stero-type deskripsyon ang amoy ng Axe o Charle pag napagusapan nila ang Pinoy, ah yun yung mga maiingay sa eroplano? Mga pinoy yon? Pinoy? – sila yung mga OFW na inalipusta ni Malu F***ing ernandez na kapwa rin nilang Pinoy. Pero yun kase ang totoo, sa mga mata nila, tayo tayo ring mga Pilipino ang nagaalipustahan, tayo ang nagimbento ng konseptong utak talangka. Bakit ba nabigyan ng depinisyong domestic helper ang salitang Filipina sa diksyonaryo na kagagawan ng linggwaheng griyego? Dahil yon ang nakita nila sa atin, tayo ang nagimbento non, tayo ang gumawa ng di natin sinasadya at di intensyon bagkus dala ng kahirapan sa bansa.
Kaya di umaasenso ang Pinas dahil ke Malu Fernandez????? Iisa lang si Malu, kung me katulad man sya iilan lang sila kumpara sa mga taong nagbubunganga sa galit dahil sa mga tinuran nya. Sino nga kaya ang dahilan ng di pagasenso ng Pinas? Pag me ganitong isyu parati na lang nagiingay, parati na lang nadadawit ang ekonomiya ng bansa. Ibahin kaya natin ang anggulo ng kamera at itutok natin sa atring mga OFW na tinuran ni Malu F…. itama kaya natin (kung ito man eh mali) ang mga asal na tinuran ng Malu – ang walang katapusan at maingay na kwentuhang sumasabay sa nakatutulig na ugong ng makina ng mga pauwing mga OFW sa loob ng eroplano, ibulong na lang kaya ang mga katanungang “DH ka rin ba o Domestic Helper ka rin?†baka marinig na naman ng mga awtor ng mga diksyonaryo at makumpirma na naman ang depinisyon ng Filipina sa diksyonaryong griyego, at maragdagan ang paniniwala ng nakararaming ibang lahi na lahat ng mga Pilipino sa ibang bansa ay katulong pangdomestiko.
Di kaya mas me magandang kauuwian kung ito ang mabago at mabigyan ng magandang imahe ang mga OFW o ang mga Pilipino, lalo sa mga mata ng mga ibang lahi lalo sa loob ng eroplano? Kesa si Malu F ang punahin at baguhin (na malamang malayong mangyari), tingnan kaya muna ang sarili, lalo sa mga taong tinatamaan o tinamaan ng masasakit (?) na salita ni Malu, pero ikaw ba yon?
Kakasawa na mga isyu ke Malu, sa bandang huli, bebenta pa rin ang pahayagan na kung saan sumulat si Malu kase nakakasilaw ang ilaw na nakatutok sa kanila ngayon – sumikat si Malu, sumikat rin ang pahayagan.
Makakalimutan ng mga tao lahat ng mga nagbunganga rito, lahat ng mga pangalan, malamang yung iba di nga napansin, walang sisikat senyo, pero si Malu… matagal pa sya sa ere ng kasikatan.
Yun ang realidad ng buhay.
Selebrity ka na ngayon Malu, di na kita maabot, pasalamat ka sa kanilang lahat.
P.S. … Nyeta ka Malu, ako sana yon eh naunahan mo lang ako, ako sana sikat ngayon!
[...] and Jayvee Fernandez are not related. Of all scandals that got the local blogosphere fired up, Malu takes the cake. She ate it, and it shows. Happily, Jayvee moves [...]
I called up Manila Standard Today to check on the status of this Malu Fernandez… Is she even Filipina? If she is, is there a way to throw her out of our country?http://lyshiel.blogspot.com/2007/08/filipinos-unite-against-malu-fernandez.html
malu who?
One can never be lukewarm when it comes to issues on preservation of Human Dignity and the abolition of bigotry. This is a social malady that needs to be addressed at once. Hence, concrete moves shall be made.
I applaud all OFWs and sympathizers of OFWs who have bravely voiced out their anger over the demeaning comments of Malu Fernandez on her article.
I commend those who have bravely sent feelers and complaints to the proper channel and agencies like BBMA and also the others who are too many to mention in this space.
Let us not be derailed nor inhibited by comments discouraging us to make our noise and stand up for this issue.
“VOX POPULI, VOX DEI!” The VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IS THE VOICE OF GOD!
Let us use that Voice when social injustice is committed…let us project our Voice louder, when Human Dignity is trampled upon!
Agree ako ky OWEFDABOLYU….where not putting her down guys…tayo pa nga nagpapasikat sa kanya and she will have all the credit…gets?
How dare you say that…look at yourself..kagandahan ka ba? Please bare in mind na kaming mga OFW ang mas napapakinabangan ng bansa kaysa sa katulad mo na social climber at walang inisip kundi ang magpakasarap sa buhay..mukhang masarap ang buhay mo kasi sa laki ang katawan mo eh madami kang kinakain sa isang araw. Mabuti nga na tumira ka na lang sa ibang bansa kasi hindi ka naman pilipino.
I demand you to resign or MANILA STANDARD should terminate you, why? because you are not working for MANILA you are working for GREECE STANDARD.
FOR MANILA STANDARD- think of what this woman said to your “kababayans”
Regardless of the outcome, whether Malu Fernandez, becomes more popular because of our moves, what is important is that we have stood up not for ourselves but for our fellow OFWs who may be categorized by Fernandez according to her standards of the HAVE NOTs and WANNABEs.
I believe that most of the people who voiced out their ire here, voiced out not because each of us is thinking about our own selves, but because, our sensibility was vexed. We feel for our co-OFWs and we are standing up for those who have no access to the internet because they are doing menial jobs and on field under the scorching heat of the sun. We are doing this, for our fellow Filipinas, who are confined in the houses of their employers and who may not even know about this issue because they have no access to the internet and the blogging world. We are standing up for those who are currently serving their time inside prison cells, who may have killed or hurt a Local national, out of self-defense or vexation to wrongdoings done to them, but whose main reason of working abroad is to feed his family.
We are doing this not for popularity’s sake as the issue here is not for the gain of an invidual person but of the whole community of OFWs around the world!
It is no wonder why even those who are not working in the Middle East also commented strongly, for I believe that as long as there is a seed of human compassion in each of us, we shall feel anger, frustration, dismay and strong opposition to the bigotry of Fernandez.
Hence, I urge you to carry on! Spread the news like wildfire until we have somehow gained the support of the proper agencies and sectors.
May each of us discover our power within to become instruments of change. So that when it is time for us to leave this earth, we may look back to this point in our life, when we have voiced out and stuck it out with our convictions.
Woe to the man who shall die without doing anything for the upliftment of others. We are our Brothers’ Keepers.
malay mo tanga kayong lahat!!..
i think she sucks big time, and apparently the company allowed her irresponsibly written article get through. she is apparently a nobody who thinks she could get popular with her remarks on our fellow ofws.
well, id love to see her be a model for pigromix for sure.
Sa mga OFW sa Dubai: kawawa naman kayo at single-out kayo ni Malu! Open kasi diyan eh….
Dito sa Doha hindi siya puede kahit magstop-over ….. bawal ang BABOY dito!
Malu, baboy na nga itsura mo, baboy pa rin ang ugali mo! Ayusin mo buhay mo! Wag ka maglustay ng dollars sa ibang bansa… dun ka magliwaliw sa sarili nating bansa at ipagmalaki mo!
grabe tong tao na to. dapat dito pinapako sa krus.
It’s better for her to be my guinea pig for my retro-virus project. As if she’s the only one having a fortune. Where’s your humility huh?… common!! stop dreaming!
To Miss Malou Fernandez…
Hopefully you read this mail so that you will know how rude and bad you are upon making fun and insulting OFWS. Please look on yourself to the mirror and see the truth that you are not what you think you are. Yes you may be wearing all the imported and luxurious stuffs that most of the OFWS do not have, but try to remove them all, you will look like a one heck of an elephant!!! Dabyana! Balyena! Super Kapal!!! Kala mo kung sino kang kagandahan! Hoy! Kahit anong ilagay mong mamahalin sa katawan mo, di ka parin maganda. Buti sana kung maganda ang kalooban mo kahit mamahalin ang mga suot mo, gaganda ka rin kaso bulok at umaalingasaw na ang kaloob-looban mo! Kahit ano pang ilagay mong mamahaling pabango sa katawan mo. Mabaho ka parin!!! At alam mo… hindi maliit ang upuan sa ariplane, MALAKI KA LANG TALAGA!!! It is not that we cannot afford to buy whatever you have luxury in life, it is just that, we need to prioritze first the most important part of our lives, our families. Hindi kagaya mo na walang iniintindi kasi siguro WALANG NAGMAMAHAL!!! Just think before you say a word or two. Tiyak na tiyak na sa impyerno talaga ang bagsak mo. Kasi based sa mga stories mo, pinapafeel na sayo agad kung ano ang feeling ng nasa impyerno eh. Para siguro prepared ka sa ‘napakaganda’ mong patutunguhan na bagay na bagay sa mga demonyitang kagaya mo… Dapat kasama ka nalang dun sa lumubog na ferry… ay hindi pala… lulutang ka parin dahil DABYANA KA NGA PALA! Hahahahaha!!!
To the magazine who Publish this kind of article… People Asia
Sorry to say na nawalan na kami ng gana sa magazine nyo knowing na ineentertain nyo ang mga ganitong klaseng articles. You are an irresponsible media! May kinikilinginan kayo. Malamang most of you kagaya din ni Ms. Malou Fernandez kaya magsama sama kayo sa sinasabi nyong very own private hell!!! Exclusive only for all of you most especially to Ms. Malou Fernandez!…
To Ms. Malou again…
May God bless you with a pure, understanding, loving, giving, all the characteristics of a better human being kasi ni isa wala ka eh… kawawa ka naman…
Nakakapagod mag ingles lalo pa’t di naman to ang unang linggwahe ng bansa (pangalawa lang).
Isa pa lalo lang nabibigyan ng pagkakataon ang mga ibang lahi na maintindihan nila ang mga masasama nating salita na nabitiwan dito at ang walang humpay na bangayan ng magkakalahing Pinoy. Magbunganga man ako ng magbunganga maghapon hanggang bukas at sa makalawa ng walang humpay, ano naman kaya ang kahihinatnan?
QUOTE: “May each of us discover our power within to become instruments of change. So that when it is time for us to leave this earth, we may look back to this point in our life, when we have voiced out and stuck it out with our convictions. Woe to the man who shall die without doing anything for the upliftment of others.”
Ganda pakinggan habang binabasa ko ng malakas… parang mga katagang mamumutawi lamang at maririnig ke dating Madam Cory. Pero ano nga ba ang maibabahagi ng dami at lakas ng pangiingay (ng walang tunog), andaming nagsasalita, andaming, nagmumura, andaming lumalait, andami nyo, paulit ulit ulit ulit (nahawa na tuloy ako) naman ang mensahe (punta na lang kaya kayo sa harap ng gusali nung pahayagan) at don nyo dalhin ang reklamo).
Yung iba ang rito parang wala na lang magawa sa oras, yung iba naman sumasakay na lang, at marami dyan eh ginagawa behikulo itong isyu para rin sa ikasisikat nila, para sa paggawa ng sarili nilang pangalan, yun bang sabi nga nila eh ugali ng Pinoy na makisakay sa popularidad ng iba o paggamit ng kasalukuyang mainit na isyu para magkapangalan din. Eto yung totoo…. nagiging pulitika na to, at kayo ang me gawa.
Letse! magipon ipon na kayo sa harap ng Korte Suprema, tutal puro susyal tao rito, lahat ingles ang salita, sigurado lahat kayang bumili ng tiket pauwing Pinas!
OA-yan rin lang naman ang labanan eh, dalhin na to ron ng matapos na dakdakan. Tawagin na si Ka Pedro, lipulin lahat ng mga madre at panahon na naman mga kasama, ipakita ang lakas.
Pero teka, anong kaso? At saan na naman kaya muuwi to. Ke Tita Charo na baka mabigyan ang brung Malu ng kwento sa MMK? Sikat na sya eh. O kaya naman eh mabigyan ng break ang bru na mag host ng bagong gameshow? O ang ikamamatay nyong lahat sa inggit eh mabigyan ng break ang loka sa internasyonal na media – brodkast man o panulat.
Kainggit ka Malu…. kainis ka…ako sana yon eh!!! naunahan mo lang ako. Lekat!
Very well said Ms Luisa Bernabe. – OFW from Singapore to Norway
eto pa… yung iba nga dyan, tuwang tuwa lang na naipakikita nila ang husay nila sa pagsasalita ng ingles, para sakin wala na rin silang ipinagiba ke Malu, mayabang rin. Makapag ingles lang yung iba kahit na pilipit. Sige subukan mong basahin lahat ng posts rito at namnamin ang emosyon ng bawat kataga at ilarawan sa pagiisip ang tunay na damdamin ng mga sumusulat – merong galit, merong galit na galit, merong, naggagalit galitan lang, at maraming nagpapraktis ng husay nila sa salitang ingles.
Tantanan na kaya to, at imbes na magbunganga ng magbunganga, dalhin na to sa kinauukulan, masyado ng pinasikat nyo si Malu at bumibigat ang inggit ko.
Anak ka ng kulane Malu, naunahan mo lang ako, disin sanaya ako ang sikat ngayon!
is this malu- bitch friendster page?
http://www.friendster.com/5282975
crucify the bitch
As a OFW, I’m working for my family and lifting the economy & pride of our country. But this piggy bitch!!! I think has nothing to do but wants to be popular social climer by means of destroying the feelings of our people (OFW). I hope the government will do something to turn this piggy (Malu Fernandez) into burned barbecue.
I don’t know why media allowed irresponsible columnist like Malu Fernandez published non-sense articles like these that downgrades not only heroes like the OFWs but entire Filipinos.
She doesn’t deserve to be called a writer or columnist achievements wise OFWs are noble people like saints they deserve to be respected not to be laughed at with, a classy person like Malu are the laughing stack of the society pretending to be highly educated but don’t reflect on what they do. You are to be ashamed of yourself. What a shame.
Great writers and columnist ought not to have a colleague like Malu Fernandez.
ayoko ng baboy(malu fernandez)!!!!!!! she smells the same as her sister pigs!!!
Langya, OWEFDABOLYU, muntik mo na kong maimpress sa post mo. Sa haba ng pinagdadakdak mo, e, isang simpleng konklusyon lang ang kinabagsakan ng lahat: na ang laman ng utak mo … SYET NA MALAGKET!
Pa-impress ka pa sa mga translation mo, saliwa naman. Image Counselor yun, hindi Councilor. Ang Councilor gumagawa ng batas para sa city or municipality; yung Counselor, yun yung nagbibigay ng expert advice or opinion sa kliyente niya.
HIndi ko na sana papatulan ang baluktot mong pangangatwiran (twisted logic, in case lang di mo alam) at baka sumikat at matulad ka pa sa idol mong Porky Pig, kaso may isa diyan na siguro patay din ang utak (brain dead) na katulad mo, agree agad sa iyo. Baka dumami pa kayo, mabuti siguro I put in my two cents worth.
Kung ang ideya mo ng kasikatan ay katulad ng kay Porky Pig, sige sa iyo na lang ang lahat ng kasikatan sa mundo. Paalala ko lang sa iyo magkaiba ang ibig sabihin ng “fame” at “notoriety”, at sa huling kategorya maisasama si Porky. Ang “famous” ay ikinakabit sa pagalan ng mga sikat na taong may maayos at respetadong katauhan, samantalang ang “notorious” ay normally ikinakabit sa mga kilalang taong may masamang reputasyon. Ex: famous singer, famous artist, famous statesman, etc, as against, notorious murderer, notorious swindler, notorious liar, etc… but I think you get the drift.
Inihalintulad mo pa ang kontrobersiyang ito sa mga “urban legends” na binanggit mo, palpak naman ang comparison mo. Yung mga binanggit mong urban legends, yung lang talaga yun … urban legends, simply because no real authors were attributed to them – puro tsismis kumbaga. Kahit ako di ko pinatulan yun dahil kumalat lang by e-mail and word of mouth. Samantalang itong sinulat ni Malu-ka luka, e, my byline niya at na-publish sa isang magazine na may readership. Kumbaga, totoo ito at nariyan sa harapan mo ang hard evidence, complete with the face and figure (eeewww!) of the now infamous Porky Pig. If you insist in comparing this to the Art Bell hate letter (na napatunayang hindi si Art Bell ang sumulat), para mo na ring sinabi na hindi si Malu “Porky” Fernandez ang sumulat ng article na pinag-umpisahan ng kontrobersiyang ito. Illogical, di ba?
Eto pa, kung nagsasawa ka na sa isyung ito, di sana wag ka na lang dumalaw sa mga blogs na tumatalakay dito at hayaan mo na lang kami na concerned dito ang mag-usap-usap. Wala naman sigurong pumipilit sa iyo para dumalaw sa mga ganitong blog sites, di ba? Kaso hindi lang di ka dumalaw, nag-iwan ka pa ng walang katuturang post. Oh, I almost forgot, intensyon mo nga palang magpapansin. Oh, well.
the reason why i super hate social climbers..if i know, nde naman tlaga kayamanan yang malu fernandez na yan..nakulimbat lang niya yang mga branded na gamit niya sa mga freebies ng inaatenan niyang mga events o kaya super sipsip siya sa mga PR kaya siya maraming branded,,kala mu kung sino! puta siya!
dili ko sa baboy…sa baboy nga pareha ni malu fernandez…
dapat lang na magresign siya…baga-a pud niya ug nawong nga magsulti nga nagapakatawa lang siya…wla ko nakatawa,nagpanglagot gyud ko samtang nagabasa sa iyang article…usa pud ko ka OFW, naningkamot ko dinhi para sa akong pamilya ug maayong kaugmaon…kung siya wala kabalo unsa ang kalisod sa kinabuhi dili siya magtuga-tuga ug sulat ug ingon-ana…wala siya kabalo sa mga gidangatan sa mga OFW,wala cya kabalo kung unsa ang among pag-ampo nga makatrabaho sa laing lugar para sa pamong pamilya…gabaan unta siya…gabaan unta c Malu Fernandez…dapat wala nay mukuha niya as a writer…kung ingon-ana lang man sad nga article ang iyang masulat…dili na makatabang sa atong mga pilipino…boycott na siya…
gambatte OFW….
Ito nanaman ang mga Koreano sa Taal. Magsama sila ni Malu!
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view_article.php?article_id=84106
Patawid pa lang ako ng Central para umuwi galing UP ng naisipan kong bumili ng dyaryo. Sumagi pa nga sa isip ko na bumili ng Manila Standard dahil bihira lang ako makabasa ng ibang dyaryo bukod sa PDI, Philippine Star at Manila Bulletin. Buti na lang at may Philippine Star sila at yun ang binili ko.
Bilang estudyante ng isang state university, miyembro ng middle-class na pamilya at anak ng isang OFW ay na-insulto ako ng mabasa ko ang artikulong ito sa internet. Hindi ito maaaring palampasin ng Manila Standard at ng media dahil ang pagkibit-balikat sa isyung ito ay katumbas na rin ng pagsasabing ito ang “standard” na gusto nating kamulatan ng karamihan. Nakakahiyang pangalan. Hindi ko lubos maisip kung paano na-sikmura ng editor na ilathala ang artikulong ito upang mabasa ng nakakarami.
Hangga’t maari ay gusto kong isulat sa Tagalog ang aking tugon sa kanyang kamangmangan dahil na rin sa Anibersaryo ng Kamatayan ni Ninoy Aquino kahapon. “The Filipino is worth dying for…” Yan ang pinakasikat na ala-ala ng ating bayani. Bayaning handang i-alay ang kanyang buhay para sa ating lahat, kasama na rin ang isang Filipina na hindi karapat-dapat umani sa sakripisyong ibinigay ni Ninoy: ang ating kalayaan.
Malu Fernandez, sa tingin mo ba, saan ka pupulutin kung wala ng pag-asa ang Pilipinas? Malamang ay nasa diktadurya pa rin tayo at malamang ay hindi ka nag-ta-trabaho bilang isang kolumnista. Malamang ay hindi mo nagagamit ang iyong 18 degree C na kwarto at malamang ay wala kang kamag-anak sa pulitika na maaari nating ipag-malaki o baka naman hindi talaga sila karapat-dapat ipagmalaki?
Malaki ang sakripisyo na ibinibigay ng mga OFWs para kutyain mo sila ng ganun lang at para sabihin ko sa’yo, nakapag-basa na kami ng mga libro na kasing laki ng 15 patong-patong na magasin at hindi ko pa rin maintindihan kung anong “wit” ang iyong sinasabi. Oo, hindi kami kasing yaman mo pero sa tingin mo ba na isa kang mas magaling at mas mabuting tao dahil lang sa iyong estado sa buhay? Nagkakamali ka kahit pa isawalang-bahala mo ang sinasabi ng Bibliya ay hindi nararapat na maliitin mo ang ibang tao dahil lang mas marami kang naisusuot na alahas o palamuti sa mukha. Dalawa ang sinasabi ng iyong pangangailangan ng maraming palamuti sa katawan. Una ay ang kakayanan mong mag-bayad para sa mga ito at ang pangalawa ay ang kawalan mo ng angking ganda, sa panloob man o pisikal na anyo, na sa sobrang kakulangan ay kailangan mo pa itong “takpan”.
Kung kaya mo talagang magbayad para sa Economy o First Class, bakit hindi? Hindi mo kailangang tiisin ang presensiya ng nakararami. At kung kaya mo, bakit hindi ka manirahan sa ibang bansa dahil sa pag-sulat mo ng iyong artikulo at sa iyong tugon sa mga liham ng mga tumangkilik sa inyong pahayagan ay hindi ka nararapat tawagin na isang Filipino, Pinoy o kahit bilang isang mamamahayag? Wala kang respeto, kinukutya mo ang iyong responsibilidad at nakalimutan mo kung sino ang nag-papalamon sa’yo. Baka nga wala kang makain kung walang bumili ng Manila Standard ngayon kaya huwag kang mag-mataas. Oo, maaari kang umasa sa iyong mga kamag-anak pero paano ka naman magpapasasa sa iyong mga luho kung wala kang sariling pagkakakitaan?
Para sa lahat ng gustong mapatalsik si Malu, kasama niyo ako. Hindi ko mapapayagang magbigay siya ng masamang ehemplo sa ating kabataan.
-Ryan Suaco
Thank God you were not made filthy rich. Otherwise you will be wise cracking your way to your “bloody” (ARE YOU ENGLISH????) boring column. Ano ba ang tingin mo sa sarili mo?
I hate the way you look. I can just imagine a PIG holding a Louis Vuitton Bag and wearing an Adidas all terrain. Now, THAT IS FUNNY.
Ayaw ko sanang bumaba sa iyong level (RUBBISH LEVEL) pero kailangan maibalita ito at ma-tackle ang isyung ito ng ABS-CBN.
What matters you do it matters unto you…In her article marami na saktan lalo na kaming mga OFW. She praised herself and her “acerbic wit” …tsk, tsk, poor girl…I’m pretty sure na pinalaki ka ng magulang mo in good values at tinaguyod ng mabuti para makapag-aral at makatapos ng kolihiyo..Bagamat pagkatapos ng lahat yan lang pala ang inaasal mo…Kaming mga OFW ma driver , domestic helper, engineer, teacher, nurse at iba pa. Nagtiis kami sa lungkot na hindi namin matikman ang araw araw na pagkain na pinoy, ang amoy pinoy ay aming inaasam-asam na ma-amoy kahit nandito kami sa ibang bansa..Akoy isang engineer sa isang malaking companya dito sa Japan na ang sahod ay hindi kayang tapatan na kahit gaano kalaki companya dyan sa pinas. Mi mga pabango akong mamahalin pero nagpadeliver din ako ng mga momorahin na pabango gaya ng cologne natin dyan, jhonson baby powder at iba pa.Kumakain din ako dito ng galunggong, bagoong at tuyo.Hinahanap hanap namin ang wla.. Nakakatawa ano
..pero yan ang totoo sa buhay ng OFW, pag minakita akong kapwa pinoy ay parang ang saya-saya kahit hindi man nagbatian sapat na mapangiti ka at masabi mo sa sarili pinoy cya…Hindi natin ma-iwasan na meron talagang ugaling gaya sa sinasabi ni Malu (katulong ka rin or engineer ka rin). I travel a lot not only in Pinas pero gusto ko pa rin ang economy hindi dahil akoy makatipid or ang companya makatipid dahil gusto kung mi mataan akong pinoy sa mga byahi ko….
Malu or kung sino man ang kaibigan nya and Manila Standard (the editor approved her articles) Don’t be-little the OFW dahil kami ay may kanya kanya storya sa buhay didto sa ibang bansa. Dapat sa Manila standard sumulat ng article na “salamat sa OFW” dahil na paganda nila ang buhay ng kanilang kamag-anak, kaibigan at nakatulong pa sa pagbigay ng tulong kung mga sakuna man sa pinas kahit hindi namin kilala ang aming tinulungan..POOOR Malu nilalait ng kapwa niya pinoy…sana kinurot ka rin ng nanay mo ngayon…
KAWAWANG MALU ANG LAKI NG INSECURITIES NYA S BUHAY !!!!! SN MK PAG ISIP2 N CYA N MAG PUBLIC APOLOGY…..
Eto un mga tipong dinadala sa Subic at ginagamitan ng backhoe e. Loko itong elepanteng ito. Nanay ko ex-OFW. Kahit sabihin natin na totoo un maingay sila sa eroplano, at least un pera nila pinaghirapan nila at di kagaya nya na malamang di nakatikim ng kahirapan, o kung nakatikim man ay classic example ng kasabihang [b]“ang hindi lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay di makakarating sa paroroonan”[/b]. Because whatever trashy comments she makes ay babalik din sa kanya kasi hindi nya mapagtatakpan na lahing Pilipino pa din sya.
Dapat jan i-exile. PWE!
Sana napagisipan niyang mabuti na makakasagasa siya lalong lalo na ang mga OFW…. Hindi madali ang kalagayan naming mga OFW tapos parang ipinagmamalaki pa niya ang pagiging mayaman niya at elitista. Nag-mention pa siya ng mga kung sino sinong kaibigan at relatives niya na mayayaman din… Huwag sana niyang kalimutan na Pinoy din siya na kung di sa mga OFW matagal ng bagsak ang ekonomiya ng Pilipinas…. We are proud to be called as OFW, we, as they say are the new heroes of our country, the Philippines. We deserve a public apology from her and from the Manila Std Today!!!!
malu fernandez is a pathetic excuse for a human being. everything she said in that article was just plain crap! total nonsense! how that magazine ever let that trash of an article in their pages is just beyond me.
i’ve just read one of her articles sa Manila Standard, it’s the same idiotic bullshit! isn’t Manila Standard supposed to be a ‘real’ newspaper? then what the @#^%$ are they doing letting her get away with that kind of talk?
acerbic wit my ass! it was just downright panlalait! and for these people to even think of printing her shits, makes one wonder kung bakit. bakit nga ba?!
I am a son of an OFW who died working his ass off.
I have one word for her: KUPAL.
And you know how we deal people like them.
[...] Fernandez continues to attract negative attention. There’s the movement to push for her dismissal, and supposed motives behind her apparent elitism. But her ruined online reputation wasn’t [...]
What a PIG! ang kapal! sobra maliitin mga Filipino eh sya nga ang panget nya, and obviously napaka pretentious. Feeling sosyal halata namang nagtitipid. “endure an economy class” bakit sino ba sya? This kind of woman (although she doesnt look like one) is what puts shame to our country. What a poser. What a useless pig!
What a PIG! ang kapal! sobra maliitin mga Filipino eh sya nga ang panget nya, and obviously napaka pretentious. Feeling sosyal halata namang nagtitipid. “endure an economy class†bakit sino ba sya? This kind of woman (although she doesnt look like one) is what puts shame to our country. What a poser. What a useless pig!
malu fernadez – a worst case of a MALIGNANT MENTAL DISEASE.
any self respecting media who still have a sense
of responsibility towards the mental health of
the nation, should act to subject such patient
to the deepest pit of ISOLATION,”WITHOUT DELAY”,
……….otherwise, it would help to multiply
re-infection.
Malu Fernandez, day hwag ka nang magpaka bitch dahil isa lang ang ang tunay na Fernandez na bitch si LUZ FERNANDEZ yong kontrabida sa TV hahahahahahaha. Mag public apology kana sa lahat ng mga Filipino all over the world most especially to the OFW who by the way are considered the new heroes of our country. Mahiya ka naman sa sinabi mong among AXE ang mga OFW sa economy class at least sila amoy AXE if I know mas mabaho at ma-anghit ang singit mo kasi tabatsoy ka!!!! Sige manlait ka pa sa kapwa mo pinoy, is this your way to get your article noticed? Who’s your teacher? Siguro itinatanggi ka na nila noh? POOR MALU FERNANDEZ tsk tsk tsk….
Ok, So its Aug 22, 2007. Does the ignorant lady still work for this magazine? I was definitely appalled by this journal when my friends sent this to me. I have never heard of this lady in my life and she talks as though she belongs to the elite circle. I am actually a half bred filipina, and come from an elite well known family in the philippines (no need for everyone to know which family that is). Let’s just say, we are not politicians, but we own a few malls in manila. I have hung out with the elitest of the elite, and thank goodness, this lady is not one of the ones I consider as part of my group. I went to only the best schools and my parents told me to always keep my feet firmly on the ground. I’ve been to Hong Kong, and made a couple of OFW friends just from asking for directions! Every time I go there, I make sure to give them a ring so we can all enjoy the sites together. When they come home to Manila, they call me and we hang out as well! I’m not trying to sound like a saint, but to tell you honestly,last I checked OFW’s are humans too..I dont understand why the magazine would publish something like this. I have read her reply back on what people have said about her article, and I can only say that I am terribly dissappointed in what she had to say. The truth of the matter is, it has nothing to do with filipinos reading anything “thicker” than a magazine,its just common sense! Whether or not you are well bred, bottom line is, you my dear friend are a BIGGOT, no more no less..It was not at all humorous, nor was it tongue-in cheek. Oh and by the looks of it,the way this article is getting passed around, I am pretty sure weather or not the magazine fires you, you will soon be out of a job anyway. It certainly does not look like a lot of people will be buying these magazines anytime soon, and won’t be able to pay your measly author for an unknown magazine salary. Face reality sister, if you do lose your job, I can always ask my dad to get you a nice sales lady job at one of our stores. (that was my version of ACERBIC WIT)
Please count me in. San ba gumraduate ang taong ito? Nakapag-aral ba ito? May mga magulang ba ito? She has shamed herself, her family, her school, her professors, her friends and her employer. Sa lahat ng may kinalaman sa pagkakasulat ng article na ito — mula sa nag-alaga sa taong ito hanggang sa editor na nagbigay ng huling permiso na ilathala ang article na ito… ito’y isang malaking pagkakamali!!
ang nagagawa nga naman ng kayabanagn at konting me nalalaman sa pagsusulat..
kung wala pang aksyon ang Manila Standard sa nga susunod na araw, gumawa pa tayo ng mas malaki pang ingay.
kung kinakailangan magsama-samahin natin ang mga communities nating mga pinoy na nasa ibang bansa at magsaad tayo nang nagkakaisang pagkundina sa mga pahayg ni malu fernandez, yun ang gawin natin.
handa akong tumulong sa pagkundina sa ganitong klase ng pang-aapi at kawalng respeto sa ating mga kapwa-ofw.
at sa iyo Bb. Malu Fernandez, basbasan ka nawa ng Diyos ng pagpapakumbaba.
ook at this pages instead
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/9419/malufernandezspoofze7.jpg
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/3185/malufernandezspoof2cd0.jpg
vandalized pages of malu fernandez fatass whore
There is nothing in that article that Malu Fernandez could or should be proud of. Worse, her response has not justified her elitist and shameful writing.
Nick, I join in your stand to teach this wannabe a lesson. While I don’t quite appreciate the depreciative comments on her physical attributes, still I can’t help but laugh at the hilarity of it all.
Love your humor, Malu! The entire blogging world is laughing and making fun of you. That’s what you get for being a bigot.
This is the right way to bash Malu Fernandez
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/9419/malufernandezspoofze7.jpg
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/3185/malufernandezspoof2cd0.jpg
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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agree ako saq yo!!! Fire that Malu Fucking Fernandez!!!!! para naman ke acero… yabang mo!!! siguro kakampi ka ni Malu Fucking Fernandez!!!!
that PIG!! the guts na manlait eh ang itsura nga nya ang kalait-lait! obviously isa lang syang social climber!
FYI MF, do your research, maraming OFWs ang mga edukado so dont belittle us! at wag mong laitin ang mga DH, ipupusta ko ang lahat ng cholesterol sa katawan mo, im sure mas maraming DH na di hamak na mas maganda ang breeding compared to u. and most of all, mas beautiful & sexy sa yo ano?! kahit pa isuot mo lahat ang branded accessories mo….PANGET AT MUKHANG BALYENA KA PA RIN! KASING-KAPAL NG BILBIL MO ANG MUKHA MO!
go OFWS! put this MF back to pigsty where she belongs!
Her ‘head’s’ as big as her body.
..sayang… cute pa naman siya..
NOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!
Self-title diva, that’s what she is. I read the article, being an OFW myself I was offended. I think she needs to be reminded of who’s paying her – the readers who are buying Manila Standard. As an OFW I am contributing to the my beloved country’s economy, so beloved that I am having second thoughts on applying for a PR in my host country, so beloved that I know when I get a PR the next logical thing to do is to apply for a citizenship, and getting a new citizenship means swearing loyalty to your new country – how can I when I love my country! I bet she’ll grab without batting an eyelash the opportunity to change her citizenship, WILL SOMEONE PLEASE BE KIND ENOUGH TO ADOPT HER IN THEIR COUNTRY!
Paging ex-Pres Fidel Ramos – ikaw ang nagbansag sa aming mga OFW na kami ang mga bagong bayani, ikaw ang nagbigay pahalaga sa amin at tinawag kaming OFW, sa totoo lang nanahimik kami dito at ibinabaling sa paghahanap buhay ang aming lungkot sa pagkawalay sa aming mga mahal sa buhay…dahil alam kong ‘busy’ si Gloria sa pagharap sa mga problema ng bansa at problema nyang pansarili, maaari bang ipag tanggol mo kami sa babaing walang pagmamalasakit sa kapwa nya…hindi naman namin sya inaabala kung bakit naisipan nyang idamay kami sa kanyang pahina…eh kung ayaw nya kami maamoy mag ‘business class / first class’ sya..siguro kasi kulang pera nya pang ‘business class’ baka kailangan din nya maging OFW para madagdagan kita nya tapos saka nya subukan manlait ng OFW tingnan ko lang pag hindi litson ang inabot nya mwahahah!!!
Good heavens. If she’s so damn proud about her so-called social status, then there’s that little thing that matters more: education. Writing is a skill of the learned. However, when mixed with bigotry and “high-class humor”, one cannot be anything else but an idiot who’s parading around, pretending to be of a higher life form — a hermit crab, my dear, with all of its borrowed ornaments.
Ms. Fernandez, you and your accessories should have drowned.. regardless how much I doubt that you would sink any deeper than a foot from the surface. Stick your elitist humor up your huge ass. Common sense is for the majority’s collective, which I doubt you and your shallow peers are a part of. Oh and next time, don’t fly coach, regardless which airline it may be. Someone of *your* stature should be able to afford it, right?
Malu Fernandez…. I pity you… how dare you and how dare Manila Standard publish such a stupid and demeaning article. What does she think of herself?
You are a funny and pathetic bitch… go lose some weight and it might make you feel good about yourself and other people.
To Manila Standard…………. fire the bitch and redeem yourself……..
sa tinagal tagal kong nagtrabaho kasama ang ibang lahi hindi ko pa kailanman naramdaman ang ganitong simbuyo ng damdamin na lapastanganin ang pagiging filipino ko. maaring nakaranas ako ng diskriminasyon sa ibang lahi pero kaya kong patunayan sa kanila na ang lahi ko ay maaaring makipagsabayan sa kahit kanino pang lahi sa buong mundo. ngunit ng aking marinig at mabasa ang artikulong isinulat ni Bb. malou fernandez ay di maiiwasang umakyat ang dugo sa aking utak at sumilakbo ang poot na nadarama ko. siguro nga na kaming mga nagtratrabaho sa ibayong dagat ay salat sa yaman ay hindi naman yata yun maging dahilan upang yurakan ang aming dangal. sa katauhan mo ms malou fernandez na batid kong kinakahiya mo ang lahi mo! mangilabot ka! kahit balutan man ng ginto ang katawan mo mananatili pa ring bulok ang pagkatao mo..
She’s not even CONSISTENT. No one probably noticed her writing with this initial piece and went on to INVENT and tried to be funny (NOT) on the next.
http://www.yehey.com/travel/articles.aspx?pn=1&id=158003
Also, everyone BOYCOTT LUSCIOUS store/s as she owns it. Make her eat humble pie!
Her namedropping (Rustan’s scions) is embarrassingly ridiculous. She’s a cow, a social climbing wannabee cow!
P.S. Don’t forget to bombard complaints & boycott The Philippine Star, Manila Standard, Asia Magazine.
Write to the three Companies for thier help to pull out thier adverstisement from the said publication: UNLIEVER Philippines, REVLON.
UNTIL SHE & THOSE PUBLICATIONS APOLOGIZE PROPERLY!!!
If she’s really that rich bitch, then why the hell is she stuck in economy class? She could at least afford a business class seat. Another pretending wannabe rich bitch! Too much insecurities I guess given her pig face bitch, I can see now why.
lunurin natin sa reklamo ang site ng people asia
http://peopleasia.multiply.com/
ke sumikat pa siyang walanghiya siya… maiparamdam man lang natin sa mga nagbabayad ng sweldo niya na sila din ang mapeperwisyo kapag hindi nila sisantehin itong balyenang ito!
I think she needs to have a public apology in terms of what she said regarding the OFW. Ok lang sana kung ano mang masasama o masasakit na salita ang sabihin nya tungkol sa mga lugar dito sa pinas pero to single out those hard working filipinos and insult them, is a nimcompoop. And please don’t even use the word GOD to your article.
BOYCOTT!!!
She is an embarassment and a pariah to all well-educated and economically well-off people. She has showed neither class nor good breeding in what she wrote and which are supposed to be basic lessons even for a 3 year old. She tries so hard to copy Kitty Go’s prose but she lacks the finesse and manners even of a kanto boy. She shows her dysfunctionality like a badge to be worn proudly instead of trying to fix what is obviously broken. I do not know how rich she is if she is even rich. She obviously comes from a moneyed clan, whose obviously burning money to feed her superficial lifestyle. Perhaps they should instead invest on a good rhinoplasty surgeon, a full course at John Robert Powers, and a hardbound edition of Strunk & White’s book first. At a time when this country needs unity, this porcine brat spews hatred and gives the “haves” a bad name. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
nakakalungkot isipin na isang PILIPINO na katulad ni MALOU FERNANDEZ ang manlalait sa kapwa nya PILIPINO…. it is very very sad…. may we request from MANILA STANDARD FOR THE IMMEDIATE FIRE OF MALOU FERNANDEZ…. its so BAD VERY VERY BAD … nakakahiya ka MALOU FERNANDEZ
Below are two of the replies of those who were sent email to by Fr. Nick. I asked them to also visit this blogsite so they may personally post their comments.
From Art Cruz:
Hi there… I read the article of Malu Fernandez you sent to Fr. Nick Lalog. Fr. Nick is my friend from the seminary days. He was also my classmate during college, and from time to time we bump into each other when he was still a beat reporter with GMA 7. We lost contact when he became a priest. I went into law school and for sometime work with the POEA. Now i am connected with a recruitment agency.
Anyway enough of the introductions. As I go through the article of this Malu Fernandez, she really talks as if she has a lot of money to throw around, for sure what she spends are blood money which she collects because of her “journalistic” prowess… I have also been an OFW for 3 years. I was in Riyadh, KSA sometime 1995 to 1998. Going over her article, you can see that she clearly doesn’t knwo what she’s talking about, she made a general statement over something which she is not an authority, she cannot even be labeled as someone who is familiar with the subject matter.
In her reply, she mentioned that she is a bitch that the world need, or a diva to remind people like us what the world is about. I am not lifting my chair, but I came from a family of means, but I don’t want to be identified with someone like her. She is nothing more than a trying hard social climber, trying to project something of which she is not. She claims to have politicians in her family… I doubt… more of maybe a politician who owes her favors, and lines her pockets with cash. I don’t want to get personal with her because in the first place, i don’t even want to know her. She is not even pleasing to look at… in short “PANGIT” sya… that even the most expensive clothes, make-up and accessories and even the background could cover up… he he he…
Anyway, thank you for your time.
Art
From Mr. Rino Yatco
I can’t believe na may filipina na mang hahamak sa OFW. We are all good filipinos and after I read you column you just degraded yourself and I have more respect and love to those OFW than YOU. Filipino who are willing to work hard and sacrifice being away from their love ones and for you to think you are a better person than they are because you are an American citizen is just unbelievable.I wonder where you started from. My wife and I were been in Canada for 30 years and not for a second will say or think what you just commented in regards to our kababayan.
Hope you will find in your heart that we are all filipinos. We have a lot of good things and may be you should write those things someday.
just be thankful to GOD that you have a better life than them.
Rino Yatco
Edmonton, Alberta,Canada
P.S.
I recieved your column thru Fr. NICK.
Fr. Nick is right for saying that you just Degraded yourself.
where do i sign up for the “fire her fat a**” campagin?
What do you guys expect from malu. . tatatlo lang yung daliri nya sa paa . . dalawa yung malalaking kuko, and the other one ay sa bandang likuran. . but we dunno the usefullness ng isang daliring iyon sa paa nya. . Also, she’s having difficulties in using chop sticks kasi nga eh dadalawang daliri lang ang magagamit nya. . Likewise. . she is using Mang Tomas as her daily lotion eh. Oo nga pala. . I saw her sa edsa yesterday . . nakasakay po sa sa bandang likuran ng truck. . marami po silang magkakasama . . wala pong upuan yung vehicle nila . . parang free for all po. Hindi po enclose yung sasakyan nila, napapaligiran po ito ng iron grill . . as usual, hanggang pisngi po ang tenga nya. .
NAPAKAYABANG-BANG NA TAB-TSOY NA TO! ALA KA NAMAN PA LANG PANG “BUSINESS CLASS”!!! – F.U.!!
in the first place baket ba pinalagpas ng editor ng manila standard tong article ng baboy na si malu fernandez???!!!! i want to kill the editor..
eh yung article ni baboy pang blog lang yan eh… napakainsecure na tao.. halatang gusto maging maganda pero baboy siya kaya sige hala wala ng ginawa kundi ipagmalaki ang sarili niya…ibalik na nga sa gubat yan at baka ron eh makagawa pa siya ng accessories….leche!
I think that is the worst article I have read. Malu Fernandez just showed that being rich does not equate to being educated. Our OFW’s work hard to earn money for their families. They also contribute to our economies growth.Sila nagpapasok ng dollars sa bansa natin, while Malou is spending her money for those imported items na I think she is very proud of. I am sure iilan lang naman ang ganyan ang ugali na mga conio.
Bad for Manila Standard Today and Peoples Asia Magazine as they allowed such an article to be posted.
For all journalists, newspapers and magazine, sana piliin nyo mabuti ang mga articles bago nyo ilathala.
eto kaya ang nangyari kay malu fernandez sa dubai international airpoort? nung bumaba cya ng plane stopover enroute to athens, w/c am sure di cya sanay sa malalaking airport, naloka cya sa dubai international airport. akala nya nasa mega mall cya. sa dami ng tao at ang duty free shop ay walang kasing laki. first time nya siguro nakita ang ganun kalaking duty free shop sa airport. naisip nyang pumunta sa bentahan ng gold..nalula ang lola nyo kasi ang gold nya maputla, 10K lang, manipis at ga-buhok lang, wala pa atang 1 gram. so ask nya ang kabayan na OFW, “sister can i see this?” (nagpaka-british accent lola nyo kasi nga social climner, trying hard pa), so say ng kabayan na OFW, “Maam, that is 22K, gold filled, 10 grams, for Dirham XX,” naloka ang lola nyong pig, napa-”nyeta,” ay…buking na pinay pala cya. so natuwa ang kabayan na OFW at may kabayan na na-meet sa DDF. kaso ang lola malu nyo, as always deny to death, kasi nung nakipag-shake hands ang kabayan na OFW sa kaniya naloka ang malu sa relo – ROLEX! kaso nga inggitera ang lola malu nyo feeling rich kaya inisnub, “tse” sabi nya. so go ang lola malu nyo sa perfume, ay naku mas madaming kabayan na OFW dun, mga friendly and talagang aasikasuhin ka, pa-impress ang lola malu at look ng kaniyang favorite jo malone, kaso out of stock, lalong uminit ang ulo ng lola malu nyo, fly sa celfone ang piglet, look cya ng celfone, naloka cya kasi lahat ng latest model pati E90 meron na, kasi nung ask nya ang price at para pa-impress buy nya, give nya ang kaniyang credit card. bumalik ang kabayan na OFW sabi, “maam, (with a big smile) wala na ba kayong ibang card? kasi parang…(apprehensive pa)… (whispers) decline po card nyo.” ay naku ang lolang malu na trying hard, social climber, di makapaniwalang declined…kasi nga insufficient funds. at ito ang siste, yung 17kg nyang accesories, ay ibebenta pala niya sa mga kabayan na ofw sa Dubai Duty Free…kaya pala… eh ganun na nga since di naman nya mabenta, galit na galit ang lola nyo hanggang naumpog umpog ang kaniyang malalaking binti sa barrier sa may escalator, at natisod pa ang lola nyo sa approach ng escalator kasi nga bilog ang paa.
so nung pabalik na cya ng pilipinas, hindi na umikot lola malu nyo kasi nga buking na modus operandi nya. sit down na lang sya sa upuan sa harap ng gate ng flight nya. keber. nung nakapila na naag lola malu nyo para mag-board merong mga kabayan na nasa harap nya na sayang saya kasi pa-uwi. at nug nilabas ng 3 giddy na mga kabaya ang passport nila – UK passport na..ay naloka ang malu…na-inggit ang loka…kaya hayun ganun na lang ang nitngit niya…inggitera kasi.
Nick, someone posted this link on my blog. Do you think this is genuine?
http://www.geocities.com/fernandez_malu/
What I can’t really accept is how she look down to OFW’s as a whole, when in fact these OFW’s has been contributing a significant part in the country’s economy. The collective remittances of the OFW has made this country’s economy afloat for several years now. OFW’s has been recognize by our President as modern HERO’s, but this mindless ellitist of a BITCH doesn’t probably knows that. I wonder how her so called friends were able to think her article is hilarious. Those so called friend of MALU Fernandez come out now and lets see how you defend your friend “acerbic wit”. Let us see how you find it hilarious when we include you on our protest against your friend of a PIG (that’s a description of her, sa ugali at sa physical na itsura).
Lets boycott Manila Standard until they rectify this uncalled bigotry and discrimating words coming from their staff.
To MALU Fernandez, you just doomed yourself….
Ganito nga siguro ang buhay, parang pelikula, me bida at meron ding kontrabida or mga kontrabida – sa kasong ito – sino kaya ang lumalabas na kontrabida? Di ka naman nagmura, di ka naman nagbunganga ng masasamang salita, ipinahayag mo lang siguro ang sarili mong karanasan at opinyon at pinakita mo lang ang kulay mo. Ganon lang! Ngayon sikat ka na.
Kontrabida man, minsan sila pa yung nagmumukhang bida, sila pa tong maraming pelikula, sila pa tong matagal malaos. Tulad na nga lang sa kaso mo, SYET! Bida ka na Malu! Kasi tingnan mo – sa normal na takbo ng pelikula at karaniwan iisa lang ang bida at sandamakmak ng kontrabida. Kung ihahambing ko sa pelikula hindi na ikaw ang kontrabida kase iisa ka lang Malu, andami nilang kumokontra at galit sayo, sila na yung kontrabida sa sitwasyon na to. Pwede bang mangyari sa pelikula na daan daan o libo libo ang bida at iisa lang ang kontrabida? Negatibo man pero ni-glorify ka nila. SYET! Nakakaingit ka na!
Subalit di ito pelikula bagkus ito ay totoong buhay. Nyeta silang lahat, pinasikat ka nila ng husto, nagngangalit na mga panga ko sa inggit. At kahit pa kontrabida labas mo sa totoong buhay, andami nilang nagbibida bidahan na lumalabas tuloy na ikaw na tong api, ikaw na tong kaiinggitan. Ikaw na nga ang bida Malu!
Ang totoo nito napakaraming bunganga, napakaraming masasamang salita, di ko na mabilang ang mga pangalan at alyas na nakikita ko rito ng pahapyaw na di ko naman na matandaan silang lahat maliban sa iilan – tatlo o apat siguro – pero sa kalaunan makakalimutan din sila, pero ikaw Malu… matagal pa. Matagal pa ang sikat mo. Ang hirap eh malamang darami pa pelikula mo, darami pa raket mo. Kainis!
Pasensya na sa kanilang lahat, marunong man akong magsalita ng ingles, tagalog na muna sa ngayon kase baka mabasa pa ng marami kong kakilalang ibang lahi na magiisip ng di maganda lalo pa’t pare pareho namang mga Pilipino ang nagbabangayan.
Saan man mapunta ang usaping ito, duda ko iisa lang ang kahihinatnan. WALA! Sa nakikita kong takbo ng istorya – na lahat na yata ay talak ng talak, na lahat na yata ay panay ang drowing, na lahat na yata ay nagpadala raw ng sulat at babala sa kumpanya ng pahayagan, ng pabango, ng mga asosasyon – malamang mauwi sa WALA!
Nagiging behikulo na itong isyu na to para ng mga taong me sarili ring interes, dito yata tayo magaling talaga na mga Pilipino, ang manamantala sa sitwasyon para sa pansariling kapakanan at pagpapabango, dito yata talaga tayo mahusay na mga Pinoy, ang gawing usaping pulitika ang lahat ng mga usapin, maliit man o malaki. Tuloy nauuwi sa wala, maliban sa kabag at mataas na presyon ng dugo.
Bakit, palagay nyo ba lahat ng mga taong nagbubunganga rito eh sinsero ang layunin?
Maihahambing rin naman ito sa mga pulitiko sa Pinas, pag me sakuna, pag me delubyo, pag me naapi – di pipwedeng magbigay ng tulong o di maaaring makibahagi kung wala rin lang nakatutok na kamera, kung wala rin lang ekposyur sa mga programang pangtelibisyon o balita, maging sa pahayagan man. Yung iba nga rito malamang gusto lang mabasa ng marami ang husay nila sa pagsasalita ng tamang ingles, bat ba di kayo managalog, di ba kayo marunong magsalita ng Pilipino o Filipino? Sa sobra bang katagalan ng pananatili nyo sa ibang bansa eh nakalimutan na ninyo ang managalog? Yung iba naman rito, gusto lang makita ng tao ang kanilang mga sari-sariling pahina sa internet (blogs, pampersonal na pahina sa internet) ng makakuha ng magandang exposyur sa mga taong parating nakatutok sa internet, tingnan mo’t maraming “links†sa ibaba ng kanilang mga posts o sa pangalan mismo. Dami nga rito nakikisakay lang sa kainitan ng isyu. Meron pang nagsabi na nagbubunganga sila para sa kapakanan ng mga ibang OFW na walang akses sa internet o walang boses dahil daw mga pangkaraniwan lang silang trabahador sa arawan???? Malinaw na pangalipusta ito sa mga taong di mahilig sa internet. Di ibig sabihin ng kawalan ng akses sa internet eh mga ordinaryong trabahador lang, letse, andami dyang ayaw makisalo sa gulo dahil nabababawan sila sa isyu at siguro para sa kanila ay mas marami pang importanteng isyung pampersonal o pambansa na dapat nilang pinagkakaabalahan.
At kung ibig mo mang magsalita para sa kapakanan ng iba, sa palagay mo kaya ay gusto nung ibang mga tao na yan na magsalita ka para sa kanila? Kaipokritahan ito!
Ba’t kaya di kayo kumilos na lang ng walang maraming salita? Tutal naman puro kayo mga inglesero, tunog susyal, malamang me mga pambili kayo ng pamasahe pauwi ng Pilipinas, sugurin nyo ron si Malu, maglipon lipon kayo sa harap ng gusali ng pahayagan, magsampa ng kaso sa korte, magwelga kayo, isama nyo pa lahat ng mga madre at buong kaparian, sobrang reaksyon, sobrang dami ng salita, wala naman patutunguhan.
Pinasisikat nyo lang si Malu at ang nakakainis eh lumalabas tuloy na marami ng naiinggit ke Malu. Letse, pinasikat ka nila ng husto Malu. Nyeta, galit na lahat ng mga tindera ng litson sa Laloma, bumaba na ang benta ng Axe at Charlie, napabili tuloy ako ng Jo Malone at malamang darami pa ang bibili ng pabangong to, di ko kase alam na susyal pala yang pabango na yan kundi ko nabasa ang mga nagaalimpuyos na mga pagbubunganga rito ng marami. Darami rin ang sasakay ng Emirates, galit na naman ang PAL, kagagawan nyong lahat. Ano nga ba yang Adidas na yan, makabili nga nyan mamaya, napagiiwanan na yata ako ng uso. Salamat ke Malu dami kong natutunan, naapdeyt tuloy ako sa uso.
Eto pa ang maaaring mangyari – magbunganga pa kayo ng magbunganga pero malamang makakuha pa ng mga endorsements si Malu – ikamamatay nyo yan sa inggit. Baka makarating pa sa internasyonal ang isyu, puro ingles ang salita rito eh, malamang yon. Letse Malu pandaigdigan ka na! Malamang maraming internasyonal na network ang kakapanayam sayo, makakuha ka kaya ng oper sa BBC o kaya eh sa Fashion TV, magngangalit lalo sila sayo. Pero mamatay man sila sa inis, tumulo man ang laway nila sa inggit isa pa rin silang lahat na numero sa istatistiko…at ikaw Malu… Syet…. SIKAT KA NA! Matunog na pangalan mo. Ang siste pa eh baka kabugin mo si Paris Hilton sa dami ng hits sa mga panggalugad na makina tulad ng Google at Yahoo o MSN.
Bow down girl! At pasalamat ka sa kanilang lahat, nai-imagine ko yung senario na para bang nanalo ang bru ng best aktres award at naga speech ang lokah at nagpapasalamat sa … hulaan nyo kung kaninao? SA INYONG LAHAT! na nagpasikat sa kanya (sabay halakhak ng pagkalakas lakas ng nakakatulig!)
P.S…..atin atin lang Malu, maliban sa Jo Malone, ano pang nasa koleksyon mo ng pabango? Ano losyon mo ngayon? Ano shampoo mo? Anong t-shirt brands mo? Ibahagi mo nga sakin?
Punyeta ka talaga Malu sikat ka na, naunahan mo lang talaga ko bru!
I just saw the article today and I must say it is absolutely poor journalism. People Asia is a very reputable and respected magazine and they must take responsibility for this poor write up. I work as a Marketing Manager for one of the most respected media and publishing company here in Australia and this kind of content is utterly disgusting. Not to mention very badly written. This article should have been placed in the local tabloid papers.
I not only hold Ms. Fernandez responsible, I hold the Editor responsible for approving the story as well.
Being a Filipino, I am surprised that some “kapwa Pinoys†are still brainless on the value of the OFW’s. They are the unsung hero of our country and I believe every one of them should be placed on a pedestal.
Given that this material was created by a novice writer, I still believe we should not ridicule nor attack the character of a person based on one mistake or lapse in judgement. We should though concentrate and focus on the kind of work she has done and the repercussions of her actions towards what was written and published.
Professionally and diplomatically speaking, People Asia should really present a public apology. Unless such article stories are within their editorial policies. Being a responsible media publication, they should address this concern with the same professionalism we expect them to have.
Personally, I think the Editor, together with Ms. Fernandez should be sacked for pure, 100%, Unsaturated negligence and lack of common sense.
Mabuhay po ang lahat ng OFW’s!
Fire Malu Fernandez!!! Are you a filipino or what PIG!!!
Malu Fernandez, YOUR INSULTING OFW’S, FOR YOU TO KNOW PAPAYAT KA MUNA, LILITSUNIN KA NA EH… TARAN_ADO KA MINU-MINUTO, WALA KANG KWENTANG TAO, DAPAT SYO AY TINUTUHOG NG KAWAYAN AT ISALANG SA ULING AT IPAKAIN SA BUWAYA… WALANG KATAPAT ANG KAYABANGAN MO SA KATAWAN NAKIKITA NAMAN DAHIL SA PANGIT MONG PAGUUGALI… ALAM KO NA ANG PINAGMULAN MO BABOY DAMO…..
Just how bad dynasties are to the economy and the country can be gleaned from the amount of taxpayers’ money these people have access to.
Take the Senate.
There will be siblings – Pia and Alan Cayetano. In addition,Alan’ s wife, Laarni, took his old congressional seat from Taguig.
There will probably be a father-and-son senator – Nene Pimentel and Koko Pimentel.
The No.2 most popular senator, Chiz Escudero, has his father, Sonny, as congressman from Sorsogon, his son’s old turf.
Ed Angara is senator; his son and namesake is a congressman.
A senator draws P200 million in pork barrel; a congressman, P70 million.
Therefore, Pia, Alan and Laarni will rake in P470 million a year, or P1.4 billion in three years.
Nene and Koko will have P400 million between themselves yearly, or P1.3 billion in three years. Chiz and Sonny will enjoy P270 million per year, or P810 million in three years, just like the Angara father-and- son tandem. How much does the average poor make a day? A third of the 85 million population, or 25.5 million of the people of this country make less than $1 a day, or P365 (or P17,155) a year.
According to Ping Lacson, the P200-million pork barrel of a senator is just a starting figure. If a senator sponsors a Cabinet department during the budget hearings and sessions, he/she is given access to P350 million in the line budget of that department. So P200 million plus P350 million,
that’s P550 million.
What do the Filipino people get in return for electing these people? Very little, if any. In the last 100 years since Filipinos began electing their representatives, the Philippines degenerated from being the No. 1 economy, trading and commercial power in Asia to No. 73 least competitive country in the world.
Today, the Philippines is less free than it was a century ago. Did you know that the Philippines used to be Asia ’s industrial power?
As late as the 19th century, the Philippines was already one of Asia ’s premier industrialized countries and was the center of culture and education. The country was producing iron-ore sheets, refined iron ore, liquor from molasses using then unheard-of boilers, fine textiles for export, and was using steam engines and steamships. It established the first bank in Asia, made the first typhoon forecast in Asia , and set up the first European-style universities in Asia . Manila had a street car system, just like San
Francisco ; and had a ferrocarril line from the city to Dagupan in the north and from Manila to Batangas and Bicol in the south.
By 1895, Manila had an electric light system. The first taxi fleet, the first airline, the first modern newspapers, the first conglo-merate were established by Filipino tycoons. What happened after that? During the last 100 years, Japan became a military power and the world’s No. 2 economic power next to the United States . During the last 50 years, Taiwan , South Korea , Hong Kong and Singapore became economic miracles. Taiwan , Malaysia and Singapore became nation states (they used to be unknown islands while Filipinos were already conducting diplomatic relations with Europe and China ).
In fact, at one time, the Sultan of Sulu was a frequent visitor in China because he liked it there. He stayed there for three months, but died of syphilis. The Chinese erected a monument in his honor.
In the last 30 years, the Philippines became the slowest growing economy per capita in Asia , bar none. During that time, Congress produced 15,000 laws and law schools 30,000 lawyers, half of whom are active. So two lawyers for every one law. Yet, the Philippines has a very poor human rights and economic rights record.
We got our priorities wrong. We gave the people the power to vote even before the people and those they elect learned how to govern properly, or at the very least, prepare or educate themselves to have a modicum of competency and honesty.
These days, people kill people just to be able to serve the people. People bribe people just to be able to serve the people.
That is the meaning of a heated electoral contest. And of fraudulent elections. Should our politicians be blamed for the nadir we have fallen into? I will say No if those families mentioned in the first part of this column will return their pork barrel and declare, “from now on, I will truly serve the people.” C’mon, give the money to the 12-million school-age children who are out of school because of extreme poverty.
You don’t deserve so much money.
You didn’t earn it!!!
Dapat sa taong to sunugin ng buhay!!!
Please lang po,. kung may picture kayo ni Malou send nyo naman sa email ko, (johnrambotango@yahoo.com)
gusto ko lang makita mukha nya. di ko kasi kilala kung sino to..
Salamat po!!
Did she lie?
No, she did not lie. That is exactly how Filipinos travel. She was gracious enough to leave out all the bags of groceries they bring onto one of the nicest coach flights in the world and how the Pinoys tend towards having clan-like meetings in the aisles….just like being back on a bus headed to the provinces.
I have traveled between Dubai and here, (Boracay), many times and its always the same. No, she did not lie.
So the only thing left is perhaps you dont think she should be allowed to have those opinions? Or express them? Are you all now the morality police? Do you dare claim to know whats best? Perhaps you should get out of under the tag as one of the top sex-tourism locations before you get fired up over her telling the truth.
Yes, like Arbet, I would like to know if the news about the resignation and that apology letter is real. But from the likes of Malu Fernandez, one can even doubt that a letter as humble and as remorseful as that could ever come from her. So please do check.
Hi. i just recently heard about the article. I myself is am daughter of an OFW and i do certainly think that she had it all wrong! being a well educated journalist im sure she knows better than to generalise…if she thinks that she was just depicting the socioeconomic of the philippines and that she was just showing her humor then i absolutely think that she is nothing but a worthless airhead.opps wait did i generalise? or maybe its a fact! who knows. i havent heard about her till this article came up. I hope she and whoever allowed this article to be published know that we OFW’s contribute to bringing income to the country. WE work our asses off and wheter or not we smell, it shouldnt count. Every sunday my parents have fellowship with all the other ofw’s ,rich or poor, whatever, we all gather as a family to share with each other our problems and worries . Issues that are more important than worrying about insects in a villa. I am saddend and outraged for the fact that we are seen as a joke and talked about that way. Most of us work real hard to support our families back home.Some of us may not be as well off as she is but we are hardworking individuals who know better than to spend our money on some useless suitcase of makeup. Its not merely ‘tsimis’ or a column to laugh about over tea but its about degrading a persons’ morality. What if you were in our shoes? How would you feel? Let your concience think about that!
Seguro gustong mapansin ng loka lokang babaeng ito kaya sumulat ng ganitong artikulo. Well natagumpay siya pero sa maling paraan.OFW ba naman ang kinalaban ay isa sa pinakamalaking pwersa sa buong Pilipinas kaming mga OFW. Ngayon magsisi ka man sampo ng iyong mga magulang at kamag-anak hindi na maibabalik ang sakit na idinulot mo sa aming mga oFW. kapag maraming tao ang galit sa iyo mamalasin ka na sa buhay sampo ng iyong mga mahal sa buhay.You deserved what you are undergoing right now. Next time be careful sa iyong mga salita. Freedom of speech is not absolute my dear it is a privilege. Isa ka sa mga taong kinamumuhinaan naming mga oFW maybe because di ka tinuruan ng iyong pamilya ng kabutihang asal. Anyway may pagkakataon kang makabawi sa amin – kung magigiging domestic helper ka rin para maranasan mo ang hirap na dinaranas ang mga kababayan natin. To hell with you!!!!
wag kalimutang isama sa BOYCOTT ang LUSCIOUS na pag-aari ng baboy na yan!
Here’s good news to full-figured women! Now, you don’t have to hide your figure under dark-colored, shapeless pants and tops. There’s a new store that introduces a new definition of what “oversized” means fashion-wise. Simply called Luscious, the shop launches a new era of smart and sassy dressing exclusively for the “taba-ching-ching.”
A brainchild of Tara Santos and Malu Fernandez, Luscious answers the needs of full-figured women by coming up with daring tops, flirty skirts and funky pants that one can mix and match.
Luscious is located at the 2nd floor of Gold Crest bldg., Glorietta 2.
THIS IS ONLY THE START OF OUR ULTIMATE PLAN TO RULE THE WORLD!!!
OUR SPECIAL AGENT, MALUSOG (MALU FOR SHORT) WILL BE PUBLISHING MORE ARTICLES TO HUMILIATE PUNY HUMANS TO DESTROY PEACE AND ORDER TO CREATE HAVOC TO MANKIND.
PIGS RULE!!! MABUHAY ANG PUGAD BABOY!!!
I left the Philippines almost 3 decades ago to work as a Registered Nurse here in California. I don’t recall if “OFW” had been invented then but I was one, and proud of it. I sadly left my widowed mother and also my three brothers who were still in college at that time. I endured family separation, loneliness, and homesickness to have a much better future for my family in the Philippines, for myself, and for my future family as well. My personal experience is not unique, this is repeated millions of times as Filipinos have left the Philippines over the years for the sake of a brighter future for their respective families.
This travel writer, Malu Fernandez, who ridiculed her fellow Filipinos for wearing cheap colognes, for flying in the same economy-class section she was on, and for carrying overweight carry-on bags on board while she herself admitted that her carry-on bag was overweight as well. She thinks that being an OFW is something to be ashamed of. She thinks that she’s better than the rest of us. If a Filipino does an honest job for an honest buck, then we should be proud for that Filipino. This elitist writer did the opposite, that was uncalled for and shameful.
For her information, many OFW’s can afford to travel business class as I have the last time I visited the Philippines less than a year ago, and can afford to buy expensive perfumes, travel to far-flung exotic destinations, own houses, and drive luxury cars.
Malu Fernandez admitted herself that after traveling to Greece the balance in her bank account was much less, and that was just after one trip abroad. Guess what? She is not an elite, just elitist. She is a legend in her own mind.
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What a shame! This just illustrates how other “elitista” Filipinos feel towards other fellow Filipinos. She thinks she’s better than everybody else just because she was fortunate enough to have parents who can send her to a good school, and provide for things that she needed while growing up. This does not, however, give her the right to belittle anybody.
I work in Beverly Hills for a family based real estate firm, which, to date has multi-billion assets. My bosses constantly travel all over the world, but they would most of the time, fly coach. They would fly business class or first class, but only when they can use their american express points. They drive top of the line cars, but when they rent a car, they don’t mind driving the standard cars. I mean, these people have huge houses in Beverly Hills, and have multi million bank accounts, owns shopping centers, hotels, apartment buildings, office buildings and acres of lands all over United States, but they don’t ever brag about being better than anybody. We should be proud of the OFW’s. Their remittances help our country’s economy, and if not for them, their kids will not be able to go to school. We should honor them for sacrificing so much for giving their children a chance of a better future, and for coping with loneliness in a different land. TO ALL OFW’s, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SACRIFICES.
CV OF THE BROTHER OF MALU FERNANDEZ
here’s my blog regarding the issue
http://aliaskapopoy.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/2007/08/about_an_articl.html
It’s hard not to take a stand on an issue like this, especially when my Mother was once an OFW herself. Shame on you, Malu! I hope you realize by now that even the white sand of Boracay is groaning under the weight of your pathetic pretensions. And should these acerbic comments against you continue unabated–and I do hope so–know that you deserve each and every disparaging word and murderous thought. No wonder you bathe yourself in Jo Malone: I suspect you yourself smell the putrid scent of your soul.
The Manila Standard Today and People Asia magazine should never accept articles from bigots like Malu Fernandez. I’m all for boycotting those magazines until she resigns. I will also spread the feedback regarding her articles.
Malu’s Friendster profile: http://profiles.friendster.com/5282975
“Super bitch but with a heart of gold …. hahaha sometimes i’m not what I seem to be oooh thats a double edged sword…”
# Schools:
Archbishop John Carroll High S, Attended 1982 – 1983, Class of 1983
# College/University:
Moore College of Art & Design, Attended 1987 – 1991, Class of 1991, Bachelor’s Degree, Fashion design
let’s see here…
OFW’s are hardworking people who would do everything to provide for their families back home. And by everything, I mean even working as domestic helpers (as what have been explicitly mentioned by Malu Fernandez in her article) despite their having degrees because they cannot find jobs back home that pay as much as working abroad. If they cannot buy expensive perfumes or shoes just like Ms. Fernandez, it is because they are saving their hard earned money so they could send it to their families.
You might be lucky, Ms. Fernandez because you don’t need to work abroad as an OFW. But, just because you can buy a louie vuiton (oh, my spelling is wrong? you’re damn right it’s wrong. I know how to spell it. I did it intentionally.) luggage or an expensive perfume you have the right to look down on OFW’s. If you didn’t want to sit next to them, why didn’t you take a first class ticket? You can go shopping in Greece but you cannot buy a first class ticket? You had bruises while trying to squeeze yourself on an economy seat? That’s because you need exercise. Don’t blame it on the OFW’s, my dear. They have nothing to do with it.
Yes, there is freedom of expression. But, your article shows that you are an amateur and mediocre writer. With freedom, comes responsibility. I am not a writer, but, I know that a good writer exercises his/her freedom with tact and respect for other people.
To the Editors of Manila Standard, were you just trying to beat the deadline that you needed to post an article like that without thinking about it’s possible impact on the society? What happened to your “standards”?
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Mga Kababayan:
Lumabas na po sa primetime news noong August 23 (TV Patrol) ang balitang nag-resign na si Malu Fernandez sa MST at People Asia Mag. She also issued a written public apology, i.e., the one posted via geocities.
NO TO MANILA STANDARD TODAY and PEOPLE ASIA!!!
i know of people who are just like her. they all suck! they show off their LV bags and talk about frivolous things. yuck! elitists! i bet all her friends and family are just like her – social climbers, name-droppers, bigots!
yeah, i wonder what her friends and family (esp those she name-dropped in her column like the senator and those socialites we read about in other lifestyle mags) think now. they are probably scared to their wits and hiding out in their designer closets.
nobody reads Philippine Standard and People Asia (whatever that mag is) anyway so we wont have a hard time boycotting those loser publications!
My co-employee told me about how my husband react to a certain news item,when i got home & opened my e-mail, found it too, called my co-employee & told her I got it too from a friend in Australia. I got so humiliated again,if it came from another nationality, i’ll get really mad but from a countryman(?), very humiliating…OFW’s are now recognized as the highest dollar contributors to our economy, that’s why her peso can afford imported products, OFW’s brings out the best in our Filipino culture everywhere in the world not your garbage writings, you don’t deserve to be called a journalist, pang slum book lang ang laman ng utak mo. Nakakahiya kang naging Filipino.
Denson,I think, your comment is for OWEFDABOLYU not ACERO. Right?
To OWEFDABOLYU, I think by now you understand the power within. The comments on your posts also have referral to my posts. I am wondering what happened to you. Why is it that you always think that everything is just hypocrisy and done ut of ulterior motives? Are you that kind of person that’s why you think the same way for others?
Further, I am not in any way insulting those who do not have access to the internet. It is not an insult. In fact, while writing that part, I am thinking about all my friends who are really working on site and who do not really have internet access. Is it a sign of hypocrisy? Is it an insult if it is really the truth that in their site and camp they have no internet access that’s why they have to go to internet cafes every weekend? It’s not an insult but a fact.
As to the English language, I think we have to accept the fact that there are people who could better express themselves in this language but who do not consider themselves as SOSYAL. For other nationalities who may have read the posts in English, I believe it is also about right because Malu Fernandez’s article was written in English.
To ALL WHO HAVE POSTED HERE, TO ALL SUPPORTERS OF OFWs, CONGRATULATIONS! Our voice was heard.
It’s now time for healing. Let us also pray for Malu who has humbly accepted her wrongdoing. Let us also pray for Pinoys like OWEFDABOLYU who have lost his or her faith in the Voice of the People and in other people’s sincerity and cause-oriented moves.
OWEFDABOLYU, in case I have gained your ire,too, thinking that I am just a pretentious person. I am sorry to disappoint you. This is really how I am – a Person for others, just like those who have expressed their support to our OFWs. I hope that someday, God will restore your faith in pure intentions and heal you from whatever caused you to stop believing in other people’s sincerity.
TO OwEFDaBOLYU
sa lahat ng nag post dito, amg mga post mo ang walang ka kwenta kwenta. Proud kami sa lahat ng pinoy na nag voice out ng kanilang hinaing regarding MALU fernandez’ article.
at least dahil sa mga posts ng mga pinoy sa mga forums, blogs, and other sites all over the world, NAG-RESIGN si Malu, at na realise nya ang pagkakamali nya.
Parang EDSA 1 or DOs ito. Yun lang via internet. So mga kababayan, salamat sa lahat ng post ninyo. Nabigyan na ng katarungan ang mga OFW.
Ikaw naman Owefdabolyu, ano naman ang resulta ng mga walang kwenta mong post? WALA. Kasi wala ka namang kwenta eh. Tumigil ka na. Lahat ay nagsasaya na… ikaw na lang ang malungkot. Kawawa ka naman.
“Meron pang nagsabi na nagbubunganga sila para sa kapakanan ng mga ibang OFW na walang akses sa internet o walang boses dahil daw mga pangkaraniwan lang silang trabahador sa arawan???? Malinaw na pangalipusta ito sa mga taong di mahilig sa internet. Di ibig sabihin ng kawalan ng akses sa internet eh mga ordinaryong trabahador lang, letse, andami dyang ayaw makisalo sa gulo dahil nabababawan sila sa isyu at siguro para sa kanila ay mas marami pang importanteng isyung pampersonal o pambansa na dapat nilang pinagkakaabalahan.”
OWEFDABOLYU
Just in case you were referring to my earlier post let me post it here once more..
“We feel for our co-OFWs and we are standing up for those who have no access to the internet because they are doing menial jobs and on field under the scorching heat of the sun.â€
I don’t think I called them “pangkaraniwan langâ€. I only said they are doing menial jobs under the scorching heat of the sun. I feel for them. I even wrote that part with tears in my eyes. You know why? Because my father who is now in Saudi Arabia is like that. My boyfriend who is with me here in Qatar is like that. How could I dismiss them as ordinary? They are two of the most important men in my life!
I didn’t want to make a reference to my personal life here, but I think I have to to make you understand that what I posted here are not merely high falluting words. They come from the heart of one who has experienced how it is to be in poverty..who even resorted to begging to save the life of a mother…who felt how it was to be looked down at and dismissed as if a lesser creature. But I thank God for my past because it has moulded me as the person that I am now. My past has made me feel for others and stand up for the OPPRESSED and the ABUSED. My life has been a life full of battles for their Causes. I am not claiming praise for this, I repeat. I just want you to know that such persons still exist. In fact, I am nothing compared to the heroism of others.
Enough said. I wish you well, OWEFDABOLYU.
May God provide you with a fresher look at life.
TERRI,
I Love Your Post!!!
“…even the white sand of Boracay is groaning under the weight of your pathetic pretensions… no wonder you bathe yourself in Jo Malone: I suspect you yourself smell the putrid scent of your soul.”
Beautiful!
NAUGOT, NAINIT, NAPUNGUT GUID AKO SA IYA KAY GIN LABAWAN NYA GUID ANG PAGKATIKALON, PALASUGID SANG MGA ILONGGO. JOKE,JOKE,JOKE… OFWs ARE MORE DIGNIFIED THAN THIS SO CALLED… MALU FERNANDEZ KA BA?! KANAMI SA IMO IHIGOT SA TANGKAL KAG PASUBAYAN PAGKATAPOS E DELIVER KAY MANG TOMAS GALING BASI ANG MAKAKAON SA IMO MASUKA LANG KUNG INDI SILA MALIPONG TI… IBALA KA NALANG SA KANYON PARA SEGURADONG PATAY ANG KONTRA. YOU ARE A SHAME TO OUR COUNTRY. GO TO BABOYAN ISLAND. SHAME ON YOU MALU FERNANDEZ!!!!!!!
…pasalamat sya may konting pera sya…kung wala bka domestic helper din sya…count your blessings…
“Hayup ka Malu… isa kang social climber, nyeta ka masama ang ugali mo, ampangit mo mukha kang baboy, blah..blah…blah… etc…â€
Yan ba ang gusto ng lahat marinig? Yan ba ang dapat sabihin? Dapat bang padala sa agos ng mga nagngangalit na damdamin? HINDE! Di ako robot. Hindi ko sya mumurahin, di ko sya tatawagin sa lahat na ng deskripsyon na pwedeng itawag sa kanya. Hindi ko gagatungan ang mga masasamang desripsyon na nabanggit na kase wala namang magandang epekto sa kanya o sakin. Hindi ko sya pwedeng pintasan dahil di naman nya ako pinintasan.
OFW man ako pero wala sa mga deskripsyon na tinuran nya ang personalidad ko. Di ako maingay sa eroplano dahil ayoko rin ng maingay, di ako amoy Axe o Charlie dahil ..hmmm… ayoko, di ako yon. Kaya di ko sya pwedeng akusahan sa mga bagay na di ako ang tinuran. Kase hindi yon ang nararamdaman ko. Meron tayong malayang pagpapahayag at ito ang gusto ng damdamin kong ipahayag.
Hindi ako pwedeng padala sa agos dahil lamang sa lahat halos ng tao rito eh iisa ang daloy. Hindi ganon sa totoong buhay. Di ako madadala kundi rin lang ganon talaga ang saloobin ko. Magalit man ang marami dahil naiiba ang aking pananaw pero kanya kanya ang tao ng pananaw. Ang layunin ng Blog o usapin na katulad nito ay ang pagpapahayag ng malayang damdamin o opinyon, ito ang malaya kong opinyon. Di ako nakikisama sa mga pananaw nyo? Malamang gusto nyo akong sipain dito dahil salungat sa mga sinasabi ninyo ang sarili kong opinyon?
Tama lang siguro na lahat ng klase ng pananaw – kaliwa man o kanan, positibo man o negatibo, sangayon man o salungat – ay malayang ipahayag, yan ang palagay kong tama.
Pinasisikat nyo si Malu, nasan na ba ang usapin? Sikat na si Malu F, at lalo pang sumisikat dahil sa dami na ng hits nya sa internet, pero nasan na napunta ang walang hapyaw na pagbubunganga rito? Sabi ko nga malamang mauwi sa wala. Tao lang siguro si Malu (sabi ng iba baboy raw) na maaaring mali ang kanyang pananaw pero yun kase ang karanasan nya, yun ang pananaw nya, yun ang kulay nya, lahat naman tayo me mga sari sariling pananaw, me sariling kulay, tago man o lantad, kahit pa nga sa mga taong nakapaligid sayo malamang me mga di magandang pananaw ka.
Sa kahit saang bansa siguro na maraming Pilipino iisa ang parating maririnig, hindi naman to ang usapin pero me hawig ito sa isyu ke Malu at ang kanyang pagalipusta raw sa mga OFW. Marami akong mga kakilalang Pilipino na kung manlait ng patalikod o harapan man sa mga ibang lahi ay walang pakundangan – kesyo bobo silang lahat, di sila magaling sa lahat ng bagay, kesyo tamad sila, kesyo mababaho sila, di sila naliligo — tayo lang ang naliligo, tayo lang ang mabango, tayo lang ang malinis, tayo lang mga Pinoy ang magagaling….eh bat andito tayo? ba’t andito sila, ba’t marami pa sa kanila ang mas matataas ang sahod? ba’t marami sa kanila ang maganda ang pwesto? ba’t mahirap ang bansa natin kumpara sa kanila? Ba’t exporter sila ng sabon, shampoo etc. At marami pang bakit. Sa Dubai nga lang napakarami ng mga ibang asyano (indiano man o pakistano) matataas ang pwesto sa mga kumpanya, yung iba nga presidente pa, yung iba mga adbayser ng me ari ng kumpanya. Di man matanggap ng iba yan, pero yun ang totoo.
Halimbawa na lang nung kamakalawa lang na nakasakay ako sa subway train, me apat na pinoy (2 babae at 2 lalaki) ang nagkukwentuhan (akala siguro nila ay isa kong intsik o kureano at naulinigan ko ang usapan, mababango at malilinis daw tayong mga pinoy kumpara sa mga tao sa bansang iyon, mga mistiso’t mistisa lang naman daw sila, pero di raw sila mabango at mahusay manamit tulad ng mga Pilipino, UGH! Isa sa pinaka egocentric na komentong narinig ko…. napangiti na lang ako ng lihim…considering na isang fashion capital city yon.
Pero di ba natin naisip na maaari ring ganon din naman ang pananaw nila sa ating mga Pilipino? Di lang natin naririnig siguro dahil di sila tulad natin na…, pero paano kung magngalit din sila katulad ng ginagawa ke Malu ngayon, dapat ba?
Kanya kanyang perspektibo lang yan sa buhay, don ka sa kung saan ka nakatayo.
At dito ako nakatayo, at ito ang opinyon ko.
At yon siguro ang pakiramdam ni Malu. Eh sa ganon talaga ang tingin nya sa mga OFW, so be it! Nagkataon lang siguro na nagamit nya ang panulat sa pagpapahayag ng kanyang damdamin, o eh no ngayon kung di nya gustong makasabay ang mga maiingay na OFW sa eroplano, malamang marami rin sa kapwa OFW ang di naaaliw sa ingay ng iba at makarinig pa ng walang katapusang katanungang “DH ka rin ba?â€, di lang makapagsalita, di naman kase bawal eh.
O eh no kung ayaw nya ng amoy ng Axe o Charlie, sigurado meron ding mga OFW na nasasangsangan sa amoy nito di naman kase pwedeng magreklamo, di naman bawal eh. Kahit na nga mamahaling pabango pag sobra eh masangsang rin.
Syet! Mukhang takong ng sapatos si Britney Spears! Me artista sa Pinas ang nagsabi nyan, bakit, mas maganda ba sya ke Britney? Dyan din siguro tayong mga Pinoy mahusay, ang mamintas ng walang preno. Pintasera man si Malu, di nakapagtataka, kase Pinoy sya.
Kesa siguro maraming salita, kesa magmura, kesa pintasan ng walang katapusan si Malu Fernandez, eh kumilos na lang kaya at mas maganda siguro kung ang pagkilos eh walang maraming salita, yun bang katulad ng pagbibigay ng tulong ng walang pangalan at personal na interes – sabi nga eh, ang totoong pagtulong ay walang salita, walang pangalan, walang kamera, walang press releases, walang pinanggalingan. Yon ang sinseredad.
Pinasikat nyo lang si Malu at malamang lalong bumenta pa ang magasin na dati naman ay di ko kilala, san ba nakakabili nyan?
Sikat na si Malu at malamang susulat na sya sa mas sikat na magasin. Pinasikat nyo si Malu kaya malamang darami na raket nya.
Global ka na Malu, daig mo pa ang totoong global na OFW, sila nga walang pangalan basta OFW lang, istatistiko lang sa maramihan, pero ikaw meron. Sila ang gumawa sayo at sila rin ang lalong manggagaalaiti sa inis.
Syet! Mabango nga ang Jo Malone, makapamakyaw nga nyan mamaya baka maubusan ako, yung kakilala ko naamoy ko kahapon pare pareho na kami ng amoy, sikat na to ngayon eh. Mahusay na endorser si Malu, di kaya sya kuhanin ng Jo Malone para maging endorser? (LOL!)… pero mas mahusay kayo sa pageendorso ke Malu… ng di nyo sinasadya.
Sikat ka na nga Diva! Salamat sa kanilang lahat!
Yan ang dalawang sentimo ko!
Nagkamali ka ng binangga Senora Malu…para kang bumangga sa pader!!!
From; Dan-Dan of Doha
Humingi na pala ng paumanhin si Malu F, Nakakatuwa di po ba? Malaking panalo? Para sa… sabagay nga kanya kanyang kaligayahan, kanya kanyang opinyon…. at PAGKATAPOS? ….
Masaya na naman ang buhay ng mga nagbunganga na malamang nakaubos pa ng isang banig na pampakalma, magastos ang pagtaas ng presyon ng dugo! Buti na lang di ako apektado.
Pero sana lang me natutunan ang mga tao, sana naging wake-up call ang lahat ng mga pangyayari. Sana matutunan ng maraming “pasaway” na bakasyunista na ang eroplano eh sasakyang pampubliko at mahaba ang byahe na karamihan ng pasahero ay gustong magpahinga o matulog, na dapt eh irespeto ang pribadong espasyo ng iba hindi yung nakikipagpaligsahan pa ang iba sa lakas ng ugong ng makina ng eroplano.
Pero ang Axe at Charlie, kakatuwa pero mahihirapan yata akong makalimutan to… di ko mapigilang matawa sa twing maiisip ko.
Salamat naman at patay na ang isyu…. unless….
…parang EDSA DOS? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Kaaliw din ang kababawan ng marami.
Di ko kelangan ng paumanhin mo Malu.
Bagkus, mula sa puso ko… Salamat!
Malamang marami ang nagising sa katotohonan … at meron din sigurong natuto ng tama o nararapat na etiket habang nakasakay sa eroplano.
That whore should start to look at herself, meditate and go on a freaking DIET. Fat pig! That´s why our country is impoverished, because of that mentality she exemplifies.
Boycott Manila Standard Today & People Asia!!! They don’t deserve our cents to pay for their stupid articles.OFW’s are making lots of sacrifices to earn for a living and help their families, and yet these people who allowed this kind of article never realized that. Manila Standard shouldn’t be called Manila Standard at all, but MALU FERNANDEZ STANDARD (That BITCH!!!) OFW’s don’t need their opinions, we have more worth than them!
She put herself in disgrace and her family because it seems that, thats how she was brought up.
Our comments are not enough to describe the anger that we are feeling, apologies are not enough!!! Could they just be punished by paying 90% of their assets to the institutions/ needy people for them to realize that our country is poor and that people who are working abroad are working so hard to make a difference and provide better life for our families.
Being away from our loveones and missing out the fun in our own country is not that easy,spending years on a foreign country is harder than what they think it is!
Ms. Luisa Bernabe,
Thank you for taking the cudgels for me with regards the comment of denson. I was trying to post a reply to denson’s remarks but I’m unable to access the comments thread for the last couple of days.
denson,
If you’re reading this, I hope next time that you post a comment please ensure that you got the facts right, because innocent people could get hurt (or at least maligned) by baseless accusations, you know.
Whaaat? parang EDSA Rev???
*** Ang EDSA rev issue ay ang buong Pilipinas – Liderato, Ekonomiya, Pulitika – Isyu ng lahat ng tao, buong bansa at isyung malaki sa kahihinatnan ng bansa – which by the way – (ang spirit ng EDSA rev) ay naghihingalo na’t halos nakalimutan na ng marami.
*** Ang isyu ng Malu F — ay isyu ng Axe, Charlie, at hindi magandang etiket sa loob ng eroplano.
Go figure!
Salamat na rin at tatahimik na rin ang lahat… Shanawa!
Count me in! I will not buy the paper and the magazine from this day forward until Malu Fernandez writes her public apology. Hope the local Tv networks will produce news stories about this…
“Meron pang nagsabi na nagbubunganga sila para sa kapakanan ng mga ibang OFW na walang akses sa internet o walang boses dahil daw mga pangkaraniwan lang silang trabahador sa arawan???? Malinaw na pangalipusta ito sa mga taong di mahilig sa internet. Di ibig sabihin ng kawalan ng akses sa internet eh mga ordinaryong trabahador lang, letse, andami dyang ayaw makisalo sa gulo dahil nabababawan sila sa isyu at siguro para sa kanila ay mas marami pang importanteng isyung pampersonal o pambansa na dapat nilang pinagkakaabalahan.”
OWEFDABOLYU
Just in case you were referring to my earlier post let me post it here once more..
“We feel for our co-OFWs and we are standing up for those who have no access to the internet because they are doing menial jobs and on field under the scorching heat of the sun.â€
I don’t think I called them “pangkaraniwan langâ€. I only said they are doing menial jobs under the scorching heat of the sun. I feel for them. I even wrote that part with tears in my eyes. You know why? Because my father who is now in Saudi Arabia is like that. My boyfriend who is with me here in Qatar is like that. How could I dismiss them as ordinary? They are two of the most important men in my life!
I didn’t want to make a reference to my personal life here, but I think I have to to make you understand that what I posted here are not merely high falluting words. They come from the heart of one who has experienced how it is to be in poverty..who even resorted to begging to save the life of a mother…who felt how it was to be looked down at and dismissed as if a lesser creature. But I thank God for my past because it has moulded me as the person that I am now. My past has made me feel for others and stand up for the OPPRESSED and the ABUSED. My life has been a life full of battles for their Causes. I am not claiming praise for this, I repeat. I just want you to know that such persons still exist. In fact, I am nothing compared to the heroism of others.
Enough said. I wish you well, OWEFDABOLYU.
May God provide you with a fresher look at life.
YES! she already resigned. hope she learns a lesson.
OWEFDABOLYU
Masyado ka naman literal.
Ang ibig kong sabihin ay, ang PAGKAKAISA ng mga PINOY sa mga issues.
Haller.. ANong issue ng axe charlie at etiket sa eroplano ang sinasabi mo.
Kung mababaw ito, hindi ganitong reaction ang makukuha ng issue na ito.
Ikaw dapat ang tumahimik. In the first place, yung idilohiya mo ay di umaayan sa nakakarami.
Go figure out yourself.
Mga Kababayan! Tagumpay!
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/57424/Columnist-quits-after-courting-ire-of-droves-of-OFWs
Ngayon naman po ay pagalingin natin ang ating mga sugat upang magkaroon tayo ng reconciliation at muling magkabuklod buklod bilang mga filipino!
Mabuhay ang mga OFW! Mabuhay ang Lahing Filipino!
I’d like to echo the question on the gmanews.tv link just above this comment: Has the Manila Standard and People Asia ACCEPTED Malu Fernandez’ resignation?
MF!!!!! meaning Mouth and Foot Disease. Spread the virus…… hang her. probably at this very moment, she’s the most hated pinay ever…
That is very unacceptable for me as an OFW, to be insulted by a Filipino..
If there’s any form of reply to Malu “Miss Piggy” Fernandez’s article that’s more appropriate, I think it should be a plastic bag full of human piss and feces thrown at her bloated arrogant face. This would more graphically drive home the message to her, that her kind do not deserve a single iota of respect.
I am a lawyer by profession and currently based in Dubai,UAE working as Lawyer and a writer as well,in one of the oldest Law firm in the region. I have read the article and the sentiments of Dubai based OFW’s including myself. Was Ms.Fernandez fired? she doesnt deserve to be a writer at all. She crossed her limit and forgot the “code of ethics” or she may not know anything about it. selfish and nonsense write up. Please do not giver her a chance to write and publish her writing again. I wish she was leaving in UAe and feel the taste of lashes and jail terms plus deportation and lifetime banned in entering UAE, one of the riches HUB.
hindi lang OFW ang inaliputsa ng taong yan kundi ang mga pamilya nila at iba pa nilang natutulungan na kahit di nila kamag-anak… I-boycott ang taong yan… I-boycott din ang kanyang mga susulatin at kung saan man sya nagsusulat…
insecurities killed the pig… half human, half piggy piggy pig pig! nagkalat ng sebo sa boracay.. now i know why mamantika lahat ng puno dun…
Acero,
I haven’t talked to my brother,yet, but if I’m not mistaken, the Denson who posted his comment here is my brother unless he has a namesake.
I guess he was overwhelmed by what OWEFDABOLYU wrote because I forwarded part of this blog site and after OWEFDABOLYU’s comment is your comment. Being my brother, his protective side came out.
Hence, I would like to apologize on his behalf. I guess names got muddled up because he might have been affected strongly by OWEF’s comments.
As what OWEF said, to each his own and that is his side, which I understand,too, but because I was focused on the issue of collective support in all our endeavours, I remained firm on my stand and encouraged more people to voice out and not be derailed by such comments while I was making concrete steps in my own little way.
Yes, VICTORY is ours. This is the triumph of each of us who stood up to correct what could be a full-blown malady of our society which shall breed further discrimination and inequality.
Each has learned his and her lesson.
As what Fr. Nick says in his reflection for his tomorrow’s homily:
“……PS- May I invite you also to please pray and forgive Malu Fernandez for all the pains she had caused us, especially our beloved OFW’s who have to endure so much pains of living away from their loved ones? She had apologized already, and we hope, she had learned her lesson so well. Let’s pray for the healing of everyone and may we all become better persons, a better nation after this sad chapter in our history…
May we become BETTER PERSONS and not BITTER ONES!
MABUHAY ANG BAWAT ISANG MANGGAGAWANG FILIPINO SA LOOB AT LABAS NG BANSANG PILIPINAS!
MABUHAY ANG MASANG FILIPINO!
Paumanhin, sabi ko nga at uulitulitin ko ulit, kanya kanyang opinyon, kanya kanyang pananaw, kanya kanyang perspektibo.
Sakin lang, pwede ko namang palalimin kaya lang mababaw talaga ang isyu na pinalaki lamang – Axe – Charlie at etiket sa eroplano. Period!
Salamat na rin at namatay na ang isyu, katulad na rin ng inaasahan ko, simutin na lang ng iba ang latak na natitira.
Pero for now… maka stroll nga sa Brook street at makapamakyaw ng Jo Malone collections.
kung sosyal sha, kung rich girl man sha, fine…….she can write about her riches, her jetsetting escapades,her branded acceseories all she wants.she can write about them in her articles and i wouldnt even care. but to degrade her own countrymen and maliciously write about them is downright wrong. the people she hurt in her articles are the kind of people the should be honored and looked up to. those ofws are what they are because of their love for their families. they chose to be ofws to to help their loved ones. obviously her article was written in bad taste. pls send me the e-mail add of the newspaper so i can write to them too. to all the ofws who was hurt because of her, pls know that everything she has written about you is wrong. i do not have any ofw relative or friends but i feel for you. keep up the good work, God bless you all.
So, what are at least a couple of important lessons that can be learned from the Malu experience?
1). Don’t wear Jo Malone when travelling in economy class, or don’t wear Axe when you’re booked first class or business class:)
2). The overseas Filipino communities can make a significant change if they stand and speak together against an issue.
How I wish though, that the latter can be true as well, when some of our kababayans somewhere around the globe are abused, raped and exploited, by their foreign employers, in a more serious sense than just a victim of libel.
[...] Jeric and Benj were one of the first to comment on Nick’s call to action against the Malu Fernandez article. [...]
another article confirming malu fernandez’s resignation from manila standard
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=84544
I agreed on Fr. Nick comments, I hope this will heal the pain she caused to each and every millions of OFW’s and their families. May God touch our hearts to let us forgive and forget the poisonous words she release from her tougue that stricked in every hearts of her fellowmen (Millions OFW’s) & May she realize to learn the mistakes she committed and burried that un-human attitude she has. Though she didn’t show-up during her apology on TV Patrol, ABS-CBN. Ms. Malu you may count me, your apology accepted! God bless us all.
WHAT THE FUCK!!! I got super busy and wasn´t able to read online newspapers, so I didn´t know about this until now. Her column was full of shit..pa-coño effect..well, she´s truly a coño (coño by the way is pussy or CUNT in spanish!). She even has the nerve to say for the first time she was elated to go back to the Philippines…HOY MUKHANG MATRONANG BABOY…the Philippines doesn´t need you anyway, so better look for a better country (or piggery)and bring your sets of make-up (which doesn´t enhance your look anyway)with you!
I´ve never replied in a blog before but just reading this makes my blood boil..and sorry for some of the words..but I believe that pig needs to be skewered!
LESSON LEARNED FOR MALOU, ” MAGBIRO KA NA SA LASING , WAG LANG SA BAGONG GISING “….WE , THE OFW’s ARE LIVING A VERY QUIET LIFE AND WERE SHAKEN BY MALOU’S INSENSITIVE, NONSENSE “ASCERBIC WIT”….PERO , TAO LANG DIN SI MALOU, NAGKAKAMALI…I CAN FORGIVE YOU MALOU…FORGET..?…YEAH, TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS…AND IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO CHANGE ANYWAY…JUST DO EVERYTHING TO REDEEM YOURSELF…BUT YOU HAVE TO BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE NOBODY’s TO BLAME FOR THIS BUT YOU…AND YES, YOU LEARNED THE LESSON THE HARD WAY…I CAN SHAKE HANDS WITH YOU ANYTIME, ANYWHERE , MALOU…KAYA LANG, KUNG NAGSHA-SHOPPING KA SA SHANGRILA MALL, AKO , SA DIVISORIA LANG…DI RIN AKO TUMATAMBAY SA MGA “HANGOUTS” NG MGA MAYAYAMAN…DAHIL HINDI AKO BAGAY DUN, NANLILIIT AKO…ISANG LUGAR LANG ANG PWEDE TAYONG MAGTAGPO , SA ECONOMY CLASS NG EMIRATES..YUN NGA LANG MALOU, DI KO KAKAYANING PIGILIN ANG MGA NANGGAGALAITING OFW’s SAYO NA NASA ECONOMY CLASS..
ONE POSITIVE NOTE THAT HAPPENED HERE, THE OFW’s GOT EVEN MORE UNITED …YES , AND WE’RE MILES APART FROM EACH OTHER..
TO ERR IS HUMAN….TO FORGIVE IS DIVINE….
MABUHAY ANG MGA OFW’s…
I agree with OWEFDABOLYU. may kanya-kanya tayong pananaw. And we have a freedom of expression. But as a writer, as a professional writer, she should have chosen her words. One big mistake will take all what you have in your life. Malu’s friends maybe appreciate her writings but at least she should have considered that not only her friends are reading the said magazine. I hope this scandal should be a lesson to all our writers. We enjoyed our freedom of expression but please be descent on what you are expressing.
Mr. Nick mabuhay ka…at mabuhay ang mga OFW! kung nagawan natin ng katarungan ang ginawa ni MF bakit hindi natin subukan ang issue sa “Peg the peso-dollar exchange rate at P50:$1″.
nahihiya ako na may isang Malou Fernandez na naging isang Pilipino.
Malu Fernadez, you won’t fit in those seats in the economy class because you’re a fatso. Next time, take the business class (if you can afford it). If you don’t know already, in spite of the rampant corruption in our country, the OFWs keep the economy of the Philippines growing. There is a construction boom because more than half of the investors are OFWs. Malls have mushroomed throughout the country because of the patronage of OFWs. What about you? What do you contribute?
Whew! This girl! Why does she have to degrade her own countrymen just to get noticed by the public? I think it’s not just for attention which she lacks but also because she thinks that she doesn’t need those guys “OFW’s” who work their ass out just to earn a few bucks so that their families here may leave a decent or better yet a good life here in our country. Guess what! You think you became rich on your own? I guess not! The people around you and below you how about them? They did do the job for you so that you’re there where you are right now. OFW’s are smarter than you Malu Fernandez! You know why? Cause they know how to spend their money wisely not like you. Who’s cheap now? HAHA! To all the OFW’s out there, we are all proud of you! MABUHAY KAYO!
We live in a free and democratic country where we can say what we think. That’s our right. But every right comes with responsibility and consequence. In this free country, there is no law against me going up to someone inside a restaurant and farting on their food. So if I want to do so, there’s no law to stop me. But it’s irresponsible, insensitive and just plain rude. That’s Malu Fernandez. She broke no laws but she’s a bigot! A HUGE one, any which way you wanna look at it.
Ang pakikiging columnista ay may kasamang responsibilidad. At hindi lang sa tinutukoy niyang target audience niya kundi pati sa lahat ng maaaring makabasa nito. Kung taong kang nag-iisip, alam mong ang sinusulat mo ay ilalagay sa isang magazine o ano pa man na kahit saan, sa newsstands, bookstores, libreng babasahin sa coffee shops, at kung saan saan pa, maaaring mapulot at mabasa ng kahit sino, whether target audience mo o hindi, dapat alam mong liable ka sa lahat ng isusulat mo dun.
Kung nakakatanggap siya ng panlalait dahil sa sinulat niya, it is a reaction to bigotry not just against OFWs but against any self-respecting Filipino, or any self respecting person with values at that. Siya, ang panlalait niya ay ginawa niya para lang mang-apak ng mga taong nagsisikap at nagsasakrepisyo sa malalayong lugar. She put people down, insulted and belittled them just to feel good about herself because her expensive trips, clothes and perfumes are not enough to give her a healthy self esteem. She was given power by virtue of the medium with which she communicates. And she used that power in a corrupt, irresponsible and abusive way.
Dapat i-boycott pa rin natin ang Manila Standard Today at ang People Asia Magazine dahil pinalabas pa rin nila yung article na yun in the first place. As editors na dapat may say sila kung aling articles ang dapat o hindi dapat ilabas, dapat napigilan nila yan, ‘di ba? That’s why there are editors. O baka gusto rin nila yung mga sinasabi nung baboy. Baka may bigotry talaga mga tao dun. Dapat aside from accepting her resignation, which is a passive stance, dapat publicly i-condemn nila yung article na yun.
I don’t think she deserves for people to forget what she wrote. She shouldn’t get away that easily. She is disgusting. Her family should hide their faces in shame.
Akala ko sa mga teleserye lang me ganyang mga “character”, meron din pala in person. Kahit na nag resigned siya, pwede pa siyang pumasok as artista, Di na mahihirapan ang director kasi natural yung acting niya, (totoo pala). Give way Miss Bella Flores,Odette Khan,Cherrie Gil, the original, the one and only Ms. Malu F. Ang lakas talaga ng axe. natalo si jo malogne.
Malu, I’m glad that the likes of you are not many in Philippines.
I think that you should think a hundred or thousand times before you utter a word or pen anything. Your hypocrisy and incompassionate heart will one render you needing help. Believe in Karma. You may be up now – in this life, in this material world – but way down and burning in HELL when you live this life. So, while you can, CHANGE your ways, while there is still time to repent and cleanse your soul.
Malu, we the OFWs left home and family to help them because unlike you, born rich and had connections to get a high paying job, we had no chance to live your kind of life with the salary we could get in Philippines. Because even if we are well educated, sometimes there are no better opportunities for us in our homeland. So, despite the tears of living apart from our families, despite the fears of working and living with other people in a foreign land, we came all this way, sacrificing for our families and mind you, I have helped some charities too like the Bantay Bata, I have contributed to my alumni association to put high school and college students in school, my own brothers and sisters to finish their college degrees and now, I am happy to say, I have contributed a lot – my life is a lot better than yours in a way because at least I’ve done a little good to help our people and to help my Motherland.
We, the OFWs whom you belittled so much are not illiterates. If you only know, I feel for most of our kababayans who are working as domestic helpers when they are college graduates!!!- yes, for lack of opportunities in Philippines and even abroad, for want of helping their families, they are serving as domestic helpers or caregivers. Shouldn’t you instead feel more compassionate and proud and not demeaned by them??? I think it’s you who have the personality problem. It’s time you stop writing or if you want to continue, take your materials to the farthest end of the world or to place where your kind of people will read them……
RESIGN from being a columnist, lest you will distort the image of the Filipino journalist. RESIGN, lest you will influence the young Filipino minds. We all want the young generations to grow and be molded with good values – for the reason that schools teach GOOD MANNERS AND RIGHT CONDUCT….
Malu, I’m hope that the likes of you are not many in Philippines.
I think that you should think a hundred or a thousand times before you utter a word or pen anything. Your hypocrisy and incompassionate heart will one day render you needing help. Believe in karma. You may be UP now – in this life, in this material world -but if you will stay like this, you’ll soon find your way DOWN and burning in HELL when you live this life. So, while you can, CHANGE your ways, while there is still time to repent and cleanse your soul.
Malu, we the OFWs left our homes and families to help them because unlike you, born rich maybe and have family influence with good companies to get a high paying job, we had no chance to live your kind of life with the salary we could get in Philippines. Because even if we are well educated, sometimes there are no better opportunities for us in our homeland. Sometimes, the companies themselives will hire the sons, daughters and relatives of our politicians in exchange for favors. So, despite the tears of living apart from our families, despite the fears of working and living with other people in a foreign land, we came all this way, sacrificing for the betterment of our families and mind you, speaking for myself, I have helped some charities too like the Bantay Bata, I have contributed to my alumni association to put high school and college students in school, I have helped my own brothers and sisters to finish their college degrees and now, I am happy to say, I have contributed a lot – my life is a lot better than yours in a way because at least I’ve done a little good to help our people and to help my Motherland.
We, the OFWs whom you belittle so much are not illiterates. If you only know, I feel for most of our kababayans who are working as domestic helpers – some of them are college graduates – their parents sent them to college only to work as DHs abroad- yes, for lack of opportunities in Philippines and even abroad, for want of helping their families, they are serving as domestic helpers or caregivers. Shouldn’t you instead feel more compassionate and proud and not demean them??? I think it’s you who have the personality problem. It’s time you stop writing or if you want to continue, take your materials to the farthest end of the world or to a place where your kind of people will read them……
RESIGN from being a columnist, lest you will distort the image of the Filipino journalist. RESIGN, lest you will influence the young Filipino minds. We all want the young generations to grow and be molded with good values – that’s why schools teach
GOOD MANNERS AND RIGHT CONDUCT….
We do subscribe to Manila Standard and Philstar. I guess we’re one of the few. I was able to convince my aunt to no longer patronize Manila Standard. My mom by the way was a singer for nine years in Japan when the word Japayuki was not even coined. And I got through college in a premiere university because of that. Working as a bank manager now in the WORLD’s LOCAL BANK would have remained a dream if not for my OFW mom. And I was personally offended. We stopped receiving MANILA standard. Hope I made a difference…I would never touch that daily with a ten foot pole…ever.
hmmm..I´m sure mag.aabroad na nman yan, para makatakas sa eskandalo na kanyang ginawa, and I think in every airline,flight and airport, there´s a filipino…kaya dapat magpapayat at magpa.plastic surgery sya before umalis..para wlang makakilala sa kanya, at baka malitson pa sya ng walang oras.
Yes, I think we all should boycott those papers that published her article…hindi ba binasa ng editors, o kaya man lang sumagi sa isip nila na hindi kasosyalan ang laitin ang sariling bansa at kapwa filipino (she wrote to this effect: for the first time in my natural life i feel elated to go back to the Philippines)..it clearly showed how she hates the country. I´m interested on what the editors has to say about this.
and to those people living in manila boycott her boutique!
I have been very sick the last few weeks plus suffered a tremendous personal loss and have not really been able to read about the Malou Fernandez brouhaha. Pardon me everyone but how long have all of you been reading Malou Fernandez’s column. I think that I have read her witty, tongue-in-cheek comments almost from the beginning. Since the inception of her column, she has been writing as a “bored, very rich, ultra chi chi, prejudiced woman of the world.” I have always found her comments hilarious because they are so obviously very ironic and satirical in form.
Pardon Me No. 2 but Ms. Fernandez only verbalized what a lot of silly rich Pinays out there feel — hey some of the people who feel this way are not even in the class of rich. I have always perceived Ms. Fernandez to be a kind soul whose only mistake is probably saying it like it is….
I don ‘t think that the messenger should be shot. I think we should pick up from the article and make moves to correct it…. It looks like a few of those who jumped on the I hate Malou Fernandez Bandwagon are feeling some pie on their faces.
I neither know nor socialize with Ms. Fernandez but for heaven’s sake — don’t take one article out of context. Read all her colums and tell me that you do not see what she is endeavoring to show….
How frustrating to have arm chair critics. Please don’t forget that when one points a finger at someone else, you have three more facing back at you!
If by now she does not know know and realize the difference between “notoriety” and “being popular”, I hope she has learned her lesson what her English teacher didn’t tell tell her! (By the way, did your classmates smelled like sardines too… )
Also, people around you don’t lack common sense either…it is your sense of being a commoner that is lost in space…in your aspiration to be on top of that ladder…a social climber who can’t climb that decent way. Nope…has nothing to do with you be
g overweight…just your Pride and Prejudice plus your major case of Hypocrisy – Hypocrazy! (Sorry…I don’t know how to spell it but choose one!)
dito sa europe sama kami na iboycott ang manila standard and philippine star,nag email na kami sa mga pamilya namin sa pilipinas para hwag ng bumili ng newpaper na ito,hindi sila sensitive sa pakiramdam nating mga ofw siguro nararapat lang talaga na tuloy natin ang boycott hangang sa maparusahan ang gumawa nito,hindi sapat ang resignation lang kasi dapat maging halimbawa ito sa mga susunod pa kung meron man na magkakamaling sumulat ulit ng ganito.and to you malou fernandez burahin mo na sa mga bakasyon mo ang europe kasi pag nag check in ka sa hotel at pinoy ang nasa reception or nasa restaurant hindi namin masasabi kung ano ang pwede mangyari sayo na mabuti naka dikit ang litrato mo sa mga computer ng mga hinamak mo na ofw and for sure hindi ka namin pwede makalimutan tandaan mo yan.balak din namin na iparating sa owwa office dito sa spain ang tungkol sa sinulat mo kasi sabi namin paano kami rerespetuhin dito ng mga español kung mismong isang pinoy din na kagaya mo ang magsasalita ng ganon tungkol sa mga ofw.MABUHAY ANG OFW
…f@#$-out that Malu Fernandez…she does not deserved any inch of respect….napakayabang mo ms malu mabaho rin naman EBAK mo kahit sprayan mo pa ng pinagmamalaki mong pabango mabaho ka pa rin…you doesn’t have the “K” to mention the word “GOD” because certainly you didn’t know him….but yeah you’re right having known the word “HELL” because you really deserved to be in HELL…
Who is this creature? To all OFWorkers, be proud of yourselves and do not be humiliated by this uneducated, again, I say, egotistic creature. I can not even say that she is not a human being because even animals have caring hearts, she doesn’t have one. She can only survive among the group of hypocrites like her. I am a Filipino who worked in one of the top ten commercial banks in the Philippines from the late 60s for ten years and have not heard anything like this. I lived and worked in one of the top European banks in New York, USA for 27 years. I hob-nobbed with the educated/cultured people, yet,they did not discriminate me although they know for a fact that I do not belong to the cream of society in the Philippines and NY. Now I am retired and to date, I still have the respect of everybody including those of the higher echelon whenever I visit them at work. What counts is integrity and hard work. This uncivilized creature who thinks of herself as higher than OFWorkers is actually envious of yourselves because you are more deserving to be called Filipinos, than she is. She doesn’t exist in our planet. To all of you, keep up your faith, the good work, good luck, and GOD bless you. To the magazine/newspaper she was with, (I doubt if she is really out of the company), may you meet your waterloo.
What else is there to say? This unrepentant trying-hard diva is both stupidly insensitive and insensitively stupid, in other words, plain STUPID! She doesn’t deserve to be called a journalist.
to owefdabelyu:
Nabasa ko mga commento mo, kung pano mo binigyan ng katwiran ang ginawang pang aalispusta ni MF sa mga OFW. Sa isang banda eh tama ka na kanya kanya tayo ng opinyon, pero hindi lahat ng opinyon ay tama. Kung totoong sinasabi mong dika apektado kay Malu dahil hindi ka naman tinamaan sa pang aalipusta nya, EH BAKIT ANG LAKI NG EPEKTO SAYO ANG PAGKAKAISA NG MGA PILIPINONG OFW LABAN KAY MALU? Kung totoo ka sa iyong sarili, di sana indi ka na rin nagbibigay ng kumento at mamuhay ka ng tahimik at mag isa at di nagpapapaapekto sa issue namin mga OFW. Yung mga sunod sunod na comento mo eh nagpapatunay lang na epokrito ka at inggitera ka rin!!. Kung hindi ako nagkakamali kaya mo kinakampihan si Malu ay dahil sa inggit mo, gusto mong sakyan at sumalungat sa nakakarami para lahat kami mag react at pasikatin ka namin? Nakakatawa ka OWEF, nagmamagaling kang magsabi na indi kami sinsero sa aming pagkakaisa? Bakit? Ikaw ba sinsero sa mga pinagsasabi mo? Yan ba talaga eh opinyon mo? o isa lang paraan para pasikatin din ang sarili mo? Yung ganyang ugali at pag iisip ay makasarili..Kaya siguro nag iisa ka ring kumampi kay Malu, dahil sa mundong ginagalawan mo eh mag isa karin. Kaikwento mo na may nakasakay kang Pilipino sa Bus, indi ka na kamo umimik habang nag uusap sila? yan ay dahil indi mo maramdamang kalahi mo sila. At pati pagsasalita ng English dito sa blog napupuna mo? Eh ano kung mag English sila? Mali ba yun? Dahil ba sa pagsusulat ng English eh nababawasan pagka Pilipino? Galit ka sa nakakarami, sa pagkakaisa namin upang ipaglaban ang insensitibong paggamit ni Malu ng mga salitang pang aalipusta. Yan ay sa kadahilanang MAG ISA ka. Ikaw ay makasariling tao, ayaw mong makisama dahil hindi ka marunong. Mas pinapaboran mo ang kagaya ni MALU, alam mo kung bakit? dahil iisa ang balahibo nyo. Puro pansarili naiisip.
Kung totoong ala kang pakialam, wag ka makisali sa USAPAN!!!. Magsulat kang mag isamo!!! Mabuhay kang mag isa mo!!!at MANAHIMIK ka nalang sa kinalalagyan mo!!period
M. F. SHORT FOR MALU FERNANDEZ. SHORT FOR MADA FUKKAH.
I just read the article. Wow. I think her ranting, raving and whingeing and whining will gather respect if she was flying business or first class! Grabe. I know it can be loud kasi last year I was on a Melbourne-Singapore-Cebu flight. But I felt so
at home nga when all the people were noisy and so excited to go home. Walang pretentious-social-climbing-sh*t na you can hear around. I admit I cannot afford first class ticket so I buy economy but I refuse to justify it or rationalize it more than twice in an article. Talk about insecurity. Class less sya. Typical manifestations of a person suffering from severe hallucination due to confusion of weight or size. Feeling nya light sya and she can talk about hotness galore. Maghunos dili ka iha, you are not worth it.
She deserves nothing but foul words from us. She is nothing but a hypocrite individual who deserves to be in firing squad.
Sleep tight Malu after what you’ve done!
Many are talking about freedom of expression, so negative this may seem, but here’s my two cents worth of the whole thing, after all it’s already done and realizing the whole situation – though not much realization is required, just simple palpable veracity – I find it overrated. Said I – personal opinion.
This is exactly the kind of situation that impedes the nation from progressing. Here’s why, the people’s power of 1986 was a remarkable revolution, non-violent and, a winner emerged in all of us, yet the very essence is almost forgotten. 2001 came another uprising, created skepticism nevertheless patronized – another nation leader got sacked — again, momentous yet forgotten.
Now, this Malu Fernandez event – of course not a big thing as the people’s power revolution, but, the huge amount of fury, the rage, the irrepressible anger, the storm, and all the MADNESS that ensued out of an article from an ordinary “leisure travel†writer – not a journalist per se, not a journalist in the true sense of the profession, has exceeded by miles the cause. The enormous effect does not substantiate the cause.
With the advent of technology, let me consider the internet (blogs and the likes) as a street, an avenue, where people meet, mingle, congregate, exchange views and conduct other activities. So here goes the story – someone found the article forwarded to the concerned group of people and then many got offended, then all forms of internet media were utilized – emails, blogs, forums, etc… the spark proliferated into a blazing fire – again, considering the internet as a street – the people started to congregating with invisible huge placards and effigies (I am imagining the descriptions as pork, pig, boar, caricatures of creature with fangs, horrendous forms), chanting, shouting at the top of their lungs with all the dreadful adjectives one could throw at Malu Fernandez – in short – the whole scene was a pandemonium! Very much parallel to an EDSA revolution – minus the sound effects.
If someone peeks in virtually on the pandemonium that is – people’s power cyber edition – and asks what was it all about? Then you will say – a nameless leisure travel writer says this and says that – it may sound very marginal. He may gasp and say – OMFG! Is this what it is all about? With all the angst and tornado-like fury, the cause is just a …………?
That’s exactly what I feel.
If people will always react this way – so much energy, so much time, so much money wasted on a matter that is way secondary to lots of issue in the country or (let’s start with) the community, then I would retire to the fact that hope is getting lost beyond the horizon. Progress for the country is nowhere in sight.
With people betting all their much needed energy, time, resources in this kind of matter – rather than in more relevant, progress-related, developmental issues – then I would want to believe that here is where the bulk of attention is going – no wonder that the country’s economy is sinking. All the energies were flowing the other way – issues like these.
No longer am I wondering why the country is experiencing brain drain, the brains are all here – and they are all busy with issues like this.
Right now, I could only hum to the tune of Jose Corazon De Jesus’ “Bayan Ko†… in my mind.
To Jerome: A BIG AMEN to what you’ve said to owefdabelyu.
To owefdabelyu: To side with Malu is human, but to STFU is divine!
To Freddie A.
(No longer am I wondering why the country is experiencing brain drain, the brains are all here – and they are all busy with issues like this.)
And what have you done so far for the country that make’s you think what we are doing is a waste of energy and time? Have you done anything good for the country for you to deduct these enlightening opinions? Are you blaming the people in doing the right thing? be it in the EDSA 1 or 2 or these collective effort of our OFW kababayan uniting in one Big VOICE on what MALU did? Is it our fault, that the people we put in power hasn’t made true of their words and promises? Are we to be blame if we unite and fight for something we know is right? Or that you are just an observer? not participating, just waiting that something beneficial will come out from it? Isa ka bang nagmamagaling pero nagtatago lang sa isang tabi, at tumanggap lang ng benipisyo sa ginagawa ng iba? I’ll tell you these, it maybe an small issue to you, but as you can see it is not for us. And for your information, these same people who you think are wasting their energy on such a trivial matter is the best hope our country has got. Iniisip mo bang ala kaming ginawa kundi magtatalak? Who do you think are making the country’s economy trive? Aren’t we (OFW)? If that’s not enough proof to you that we, as a group of people called OFW is not making an effort to make our country survive and grow, then YOU ARE A VERY BLIND MAN indeed.
Malu Fernandez is just a trivial issue compared to what the corrupt politicians are doing to the Philippines, wish you can all unite and show the same indignation and contempt you are showing to Malu Fernandez ( the bitch deserves all of it by the way ). Let them know, shame these government officials concerned and hopefully they might resign as well or at least let the world know how you really feel about them.
that MALU..MALUbaboy naman akala mo kung sino…………tangalan mo ng make-up yan at magandang kasuotan….tignan lang natin kung ano itsura nya….
I am not pertaining more to the people – rather, I am speaking about the act, the action, the energies, the surges, the whole idea.
That’s exactly the BIG thing, we are all (hypothetically) the hope or maybe one of the country’s hopes, but such HUGE amount of energy diverted on issues like this one – there are more significant matters in hand. Don’t ask me to enumerate because if you are watching the news then you’ll know.
And by the way, we (as OFWs) as economy contributors – let’s be honest, we wanted this in the first place, we wanted jobs, we wanted to work for our family, we do not have much choices back home, we are getting paid mostly well paid than what we should have been earning back home and we are sending dollars not because we want to uplift the economy – but primarily because we have to, it’s customary, and we have to support the family. For short – either we wanted it or by reason of having no option – bottomline – we opt for this.
The economy contribution thingy is just “by default” – by coincidence, I guess I’ve read someone said that, am just not into dropping names like most do.
By the way, I need no introduction and blowing my whistle is not my style but just a small drop-off — I was in the EDSA revolution for 4 days, students almost at the frontline distributing food and other stuff.
“Prevention is better than cure”, as the saying goes….
I still believe, together with all those who posted their comments against what Malu Fernandez has done, that the issue is not as trivial or irrelevant as it may seem to appear. If left unattended to, it will become an infectious virus that shall corrode more our society that is already thriving in different forms of disease!
I remember what my old folks back in the province would comment if somebody is already skin and bones – “IISANG BULATE NA LANG ANG HINDI PA NAPIRMA” – meaning, the person is already dying because all his organs have failed except for a very thin vein that would finally give up making the body succomb to death.
And so it is the same thing here. We are not fighting with Malou because of how she looks like. If most of the comments pertain to her physical appearance, it is because she was just given a dose of her own medicine. The pain she had caused is overwhelming to the point that no words could contain the hurt hence the lashing to her appearance. This is not a justification for the adjectives used on Fernandez. This is merely an acceptance of the anger and the pain that her article caused. I am sure that after voicing out expletives, it made the persons who did so to feel good inside. Releasing the anguish is healthier than pretending that nothing happened at all.
It is understandable why we got mad. Precisely because, there is a provocation made. What is not understandable is why Fernandez incorporated the issue of the OFWs in her article. What have we done to her? But anyway, that is water under the bridge now. Malu Fernandez has already humbled herself. And in the deepest recesses of my heart, I am truly praying for her healing and for all of us here. I would like to believe that we shall rise from this as better persons and not bitter ones, as what I have written in one of my earlier posts.
What I am driving at here is, we cannot condone bigotry and discrimination. We cannot allow the categorization of HAVES, HAVE NOTS AND WANNABES become the basis of the social status in our beloved country.
As what I have also written, we cannot be lukewarm in matters and issues like this. Our country is already beset with so many cancers. Why should we allow another form to develop into its malignant stage?
“Iisang bulate na lang ang hindi pa napirma…”
TO: FREDDIE A.
You have said it crystall-clear.
That’s precisely the difference between IDEALISM and REALISM.
Lahat sila nabubuhay sa ideyalismo, tulog sa katotohanan ng buhay.
Puro sila overacting performers in a low-budget film…..like this one. But then they are not yet ready to participate in a big budget film.
If they know what I mean, and what you mean too.
Further, if taken literally, it may also mean that only one tiny worm is not giving the go signal to welcome our remains, morbid as this may sound.
So, why should we let that tiny worm write us off?
To Freddie A., I can see where you are coming from and I am accepting your stand on this matter.
I am looking at this act as an initial step – a baby step. It was like a training ground. We have tested the waters and we have won. If there’s anything that is glaringly clear here, it is this -
WE HAVEN’T LOST OUR TOUCH IN CAUSING A DOWNFALL. If we remain collectively firm with our convictions, victory is never far.
Hence, this cannot be considered a waste of energy, time and resources. To finish off a gargantuan enemy, take on the small ones first or his line of defence. In getting to the core, we have to go through a web of outer layers first. Like in any computer game – everything begins with a primary level . Though, I don’t consider the bigotry issue a trivial problem (because I am a warrior against social ills pertaining to discrimination), let’s safely say that this is Level 1. There shall be more levels to come.
Let the outcome of all our endeavours serve as a warning.
VOX POPULI, VOX DEI! The Voice of the People, is the Voice of God!
malu,
ganun na ba talaga kasama ang axe sa kilikili?
eh buti naman at napasakay ka sa economy fare ng emirates?
di ba nga elista ka,…
baka naman naubuisan kana ng pera…
kawawa ka naman at mas nagmukha kang kaawa-awa sa ginawa mo.
nakakalungkot isipin na isa ka pa naman pinay.
buti nga pinagreisgn ka lang.
sa fiesta ng Laloma, sa QC pasyal ka ng mabihisan kita.
ipaparada kita, sigurado patok ka ron, kaw ba naman magpabango ng jo malone nga ba yun?… im sure it would really evaporated in thin air.
hahaha…
wag na wag kang makakapunta ng riyadh, pagkat paskilado na mukha mo sa lahat ng kanto rito…
ingat ka…
baboy!!!
ay este babu…
…you dont have any common sense and heart for your Filipino Kabayan….. Damn you!! You dont know how we sacrifice our life here and being apart with our families, and then your teasing the OFW’s in what way you understand life.We are different from your’s but we are striving and working enough just to give a better future for our beloved families, and save the INANG BAYAN to survive,
though we are facing discrimination from other nationalities here in abroad. You know what Ms. Sumo Writer you are TRYING HARD to express your eliteness in life you had and result a shame for your KABAYAN in your VAGUE article. You must understand first the emotional feeling of the readers especially the OFW’s after they read your article. [portions of this comment have been edited, including the last part, suffice it to say, Dianne was pissed off]
WDF!!! why the hell our good Lord allow u to be born as FILIPINO…?!?! i think u don’t have a nationality at all! u should be on an island called LOST! lol!
wondering why the continuation to my earlier post was the one that got here..anyways, i am posting it here in one whole post:
“Prevention is better than cureâ€, as the saying goes…
I still believe, together with all those who posted their comments against what Malu Fernandez has done, that the issue is not as trivial or irrelevant as it may seem to appear. If left unattended to, it will become an infectious virus that shall corrode more our society that is already thriving in different forms of disease!
I remember what my old folks back in the province would comment if somebody is already skin and bones – “IISANG BULATE NA LANG ANG HINDI PA NAPIRMA†– meaning, the person is already dying because all his organs have failed except for a very thin vein that would finally give up making the body succomb to death.
And so it is the same thing here. We are not fighting with Malou because of how she looks like. If most of the comments pertain to her physical appearance, it is because she was just given a dose of her own medicine. The pain she had caused is overwhelming to the point that no words could contain the hurt hence the lashing to her appearance. This is not a justification for the adjectives used on Fernandez. This is merely an acceptance of the anger and the pain that her article caused. I am sure that after voicing out expletives, it made the persons who did so to feel good inside. Releasing the anguish is healthier than pretending that nothing happened at all.
It is understandable why we got mad. Precisely because, there is a provocation made. What is not understandable is why Fernandez incorporated the issue of the OFWs in her article. What have we done to her? But anyway, that is water under the bridge now. Malu Fernandez has already humbled herself. And in the deepest recesses of my heart, I am truly praying for her healing and for all of us here. I would like to believe that we shall rise from this as better persons and not bitter ones, as what I have written in one of my earlier posts.
What I am driving at here is, we cannot condone bigotry and discrimination. We cannot allow the categorization of HAVES, HAVE NOTS AND WANNABES become the basis of the social status in our beloved country.
As what I have also written, we cannot be lukewarm in matters and issues like this. Our country is already beset with so many cancers. Why should we allow another form to develop into its malignant stage?
“Iisang bulate na lang ang hindi pa napirma…â€
Further, if taken literally, it may also mean that only one tiny worm is not giving the go signal to welcome our remains, morbid as this may sound.
So, why should we let that tiny worm write us off?
To Freddie A., I can see where you are coming from and I am accepting your stand on this matter.
I am looking at this act as an initial step – a baby step. It was like a training ground. We have tested the waters and we have won. If there’s anything that is glaringly clear here, it is this -
WE HAVEN’T LOST OUR TOUCH IN CAUSING A DOWNFALL. If we remain collectively firm with our convictions, victory is never far.
Hence, this cannot be considered a waste of energy, time and resources. To finish off a gargantuan enemy, take on the small ones first or his line of defence. In getting to the core, we have to go through a web of outer layers first. Like in any computer game – everything begins with a primary level . Though, I don’t consider the bigotry issue a trivial problem (because I am a warrior against social ills pertaining to discrimination), let’s safely say that this is Level 1. There shall be more levels to come.
Let the outcome of all our endeavours serve as a warning.
VOX POPULI, VOX DEI! The Voice of the People, is the Voice of God!
[...] Just when the blog wars has finally died down, Malu Fernandez steps in and stirs up a sense of patriotism amongst those who believe in respect in one’s own race all thanks to her controversial article about OFWs. The said article caused quite an uproar over the past which led people calling for her resignation. [...]
Well, I guess you have tested the water, and you have won, but this issue is comparable to a water in a glass, how bout testing the ocean, let me see if you won’t drown.
Problem with “BABY STEPS” in the Pinoy concept – the baby had been dwarfed, the baby did grow up…at all. It was a training ground from beginning to end. The baby’s dead, 6 feet under the ground at 37 years old…yet still a baby.
Baby, Level 1 was the level where your folks started and you are still on the same level, so when will the second level be? Problem is before you could even finish level 1, pacman have already munched you in.
And if you are a warrior against social evils that you said you were… you should have started wearing your cape and the full superhero outfit long time ago, then the social and political evils that is looming all over the country has been plugged.
Dream on…. that’s where reality begins.
To Charice Constantino:
“Charice Constantino on August 26th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
TO: FREDDIE A.
You have said it crystall-clear.
That’s precisely the difference between IDEALISM and REALISM.
Lahat sila nabubuhay sa ideyalismo, tulog sa katotohanan ng buhay.
Puro sila overacting performers in a low-budget film…..like this one. But then they are not yet ready to participate in a big budget film.
If they know what I mean, and what you mean too.”
If all of this is purely Idealism, then Fernandez wouldn’t have made a public denouncement of herself.
How dare you call the people in this blog site as “overacting performers in a low budget film…”! How dare you generalize and become too judgmental! What have you and Freddie got over the people here?
You may never know it, but these same people whom you somehow degrade, are the very same people who have contributed much to the society much more than you do. These very same people are the people who are more vigilant than you.
If you could enumerate at least five major significant moves that you have done that could be categorized as part of the big budget film, then I rest my case.
But if, you haven’t begun yet, with at least one, then you have no right to categorize the people here as TULOG SA KATOTOHANAN NG BUHAY.
You don’t even have a right to post here. Rather, you should create your own blog. If you would read back to the purpose why this blog site is created, I hope you will realize where your place is. To make things simpler, let me quote it here:
“I am proposing, effective immediately, the forced resignation of Malu Fernandez, a worthy apology from her, as well The Manila Standard Today and People Asia, and until this occurs, we should all move for a boycott on The Manila Standard Today as well as People Asia Magazine.
(Note: this specific post is going to act as a temporary signature campaign, all those who wish to take part, leave a simple comment, with your name and email, and consider yourself as having made a stand.)
Email your friends, leave a comment in this section, tell family members, write a blog post, and spread the word, that this boycott is to be nationwide, and that no one should buy The Manila Standard Today until they fire Malu Fernandez and make a proper statement of apology.
Just as Senator Ninoy Aquino died in order for our country to prosper against such intolerance and oppression, we too should not let our guard down even to a wannabe writer such as Malu Fernandez.
I hope you join me, spread the word, let’s enact the ban today.”
Since you and Freddie A. and the likes of OWEF and the others, THIS IS NOT YOUR PLACE.
Create your own blog insulting the OFWs who globally participated in this issue.
To be degraded by Malu Fernandez is one thing. To be degraded by a co-OFW is another thing.
No matter where you go, no matter which side you take – if you are a Filipino working abroad you still carry the attribution OFW.
But then, this is REALISM. In a basket of tomatoes, there are always rotten ones. But no matter if they are rotten or not – they are still tomatoes.
Really, I hate to be a villain. But we are talking about the reality of life, not idealism.
You’re sounding like those Pinoy politicians already, dreaming and dancing, on a Bollywood produced B-movie.
Reality baby reality!
Oh Shoot! Kala ko tapos na to, dami pang naninimot ng tiratira sa isyu.
Gisiiiiiiiing mga kapatid! almost 50 pa rin ang palitan sa dolyar, dami pa ring magnanakaw sa gubyerno, dami pa ring nangangako ng pagbaba ng presyo ng pako, dami pa ring iskwater, marami pa rin gutom, dami pa ring mandarambong…. nasan na si Batgirl?
To Mco on August 17, 2007
Dapat lumabas itong article ni Malu bago nai-proklamang 12th senator si Miguel Zubiri, MCO – dahil sa information na ito ng pagkakamag-anak nila Malu Hernandez – sa susunod na eleksyon, huwag na rin nating IBOTO SI MIGUEL ZUBIRI!!! Tandaan ninyo yan mga kaibigan, ngayon nagsisisi akong ibinoto ko siya…..how I wish, hindi pa yan na-proproklama.
Porky, we will remove your all politician relatives from their posts next election. We, the OFWs will make sure that you will have not even one politician relative left in the government para wala ka ng maipagmalaking makakapitan.
Ang ganda mo pala pag may drawing ang picture mo…Biik, Bulog, whatever you are!
To Mco on August 17, 2007
Dapat lumabas itong article ni Malu bago nai-proklamang 12th senator si Miguel Zubiri, MCO – dahil sa information na ito ng pagkakamag-anak nila Malu Fernandez – sa susunod na eleksyon, huwag na rin nating IBOTO SI MIGUEL ZUBIRI!!! Tandaan ninyo yan mga kaibigan, ngayon nagsisisi akong ibinoto ko siya…..how I wish, hindi pa yan na-proproklama.
Porky, we will remove your all politician relatives from their posts next election. We, the OFWs will make sure that you will have not even one politician relative left in the government para wala ka ng maipagmalaking makakapitan.
Ang ganda mo pala pag may drawing ang picture mo…Biik, Bulog, whatever you are!
Totoo ba, 322 lbs siya dati? Tingnan niyo ito.
http://livingafterwls.blogspot.com/2005/09/malu-fernandez-wls-in-philippines.html
If it’s her, baka may insecurity talaga siya. Nevertheless, she shouldn’t take her frustration out on the OFWs.
I have nothing against people of certain size. We are all humans (though I’m not sure if SHE is….)
Ponyeta !!! ka Malu Fernandez… di mo alam ang hirap na nararamdaman namin d2 sa ibang bansa kung pano ka magtrabaho na malayo sa pamilya..at ang kung medya na mkakabasa n2 sana eh ulit-ulit ninyo ipalabas sa mga international channel kung pano laitin ang mga katulad namin OFW para maraming makapanood at ng maraming magmura syo shit ka!! bka sa dami ng magmura sayo eh ma stroke at sana huwag ka muna mamatay ng malaman mo ang ibig sabhn ng karma..
Alam kung masama magsabi ng masama sa kapwa mo tao pero dka naman tao kya ko nasabi ung isang halimaw na baboy. siguro wala kng magulang na gumabay sayo kya dmo natutunan ang GMRC…sana wag na dumami ang mga katulad mong tao..
Hindi ganon kadaling magpatawad sa mga taong “MATAPOBRE” na katulad ni malu “BABOY”FERNANDEZ, hindi sapat ang public apolOgy ng baboy na ito, dapat ding mag public apology ang MANILA STANDARD AT PEOPLE ASIA MAGAZINE. responsibilidad nilang magkaroon ng matinong entries sa kanilang babasahin, at responsibilidad ng kanilang editor ang tingnan kung karapat dapat bang ilabas ang isang artikulo o hindi, maging responsable sana sila sa kanilang trabaho, sa artikulong katulad nito, ang higit na dapat magbigay ang PUBLIC APOLOGY AY ANG MANILA STANDARD AT ANG PEOPLE ASIA MAGAZINE. maaring iisang uri sila ng “baboy”na si malu fernandez na isa DAKILANG MATAPOBRE. maaring ang editor ng dalawang walang kwentang babasahin ay mga “MATAPOBRE RIN” DI MALAYONG MANGAYARI YON.
At ang isa pang napapansin ko kung may ganitong mainit na usapin dati rati nag-uunahan ang mga pangunahing pahayagan na ilathala ang ganitong isyu bakit kaya ngayon parang limitado? dati ang abante at ang abante-tonite ang halos naglalathala ng mga maiinit na isyu bakit kaya ngayon parang umiiwas sila dahil kaya kauri nila ang INVOLVED? di malayong mag-isip ang ibang OFW’s sa mga ganitong sitwasyon. di nyo ba napapansin sa internet lang uminit ang usapin, i been searching through the internet sa lahat ng pahayagan pero wala akong napansin na sinulat nila ng pangyayaring ito. Bakit kaya mga kababayan?
DAPAT DING IPANAWAGAN NATING MGA OFW’S ANG PAGLABAS NG MANILA STANDARD AT PEOPLE ASIA MAGAZINE NG PUBLIC APOLOGY DAHIL NAGPABAYA SILANG MAILABAS ANG ISANG NAKAKAHINDIK NA PANLALAIT SA ATING MGA OFW’S.
After all has been said and done, Malu Fernandez is now out of a job. Need we rejoice? Perhaps not just yet.
8 million Filipinos are now scattered all over the world working their fingers off to send some money to their families back home. Money that puts food on their table, a roof over their heads, clothing on their backs, and education for their children. Money that had been propping up the economy for as long as anyone can remember.
Using an average of 5 people per household, it would be safe to say that 40 million Filipinos–or roughly half of our country’s population, have a relative working overseas! That’s 40 million Filipinos begging for righteous vindication. That’s more than enough votes to make or unmake the leaders of our country. And definitely, that’s more than enough market clout to bring down a fledgling publication.
If Malu Fernandez has genuine concern for the political career of the “politicians in her family” that she has flaunted in her equally offensive “apology,” she should refrain from dropping names because it could very well spell the end of her relatives’ political careers. And it would serve these well-meaning politicians well to keep an arm’s length away from such a relative who has been tagged as “bad news.”
If Malu Fernandez values whatever is left of her tattered name and image, she should just stay at home for the rest of her natural life and take care of her family, plants, pets, of whatever is necessary to keep her busy and useful. Journalism i