Here Is Our Stand: Fire Malu!
It seems there are some who would condemn the firing of Malu Fernandez, but I’m sorry, this is the stand I am taking, and I am happy to say, many of our dear readers are taking that stand with me. We refuse to back down, and we refuse to give way to bigotry. Why is this so important? I’ll tell you why.
In a month where Speaker of The House Jose De Venecia is moving to undertake a bill that would grant an all encompassing Amnesty for all, which means it may include President Arroyo herself, I am asking, when will we finally have the spine and prosecute these individuals who have done our nation wrong?
For decades, it is not that we have lacked in forgiveness that our nation has been slow to grow, but it is simply the fact that we have given too much leniency and not enough justice. Amnesty for Gringo Honasan, after he literally played soldier in our own backyard and contributed to the deaths of many soldiers. Having the top officials and businessmen of the Marcos regime still in power and having them never see a day in prison, some of whom have become Senators. And now they want us to turn a blind eye to all those who have done the nation wrong, in the name of reconciliation and moving our nation forward?
As I have written, Amnesty is not the answer, because in the end, we are again moving forward, but it is still forward in the wrong direction.
There needs to be consequences. Accountability is the key. We teach our children the same lesson of taking responsibility for their actions and owning up to their mistakes, but then we become hypocrites when it comes to the adults that have gone in the wrong direction. Teach them all a lesson, and our nation will be better for it.
And when I mean everyone should pay the price, I’m literally talking about everyone. Whether it’s former President Estrada, if indeed he is guilty of the crimes against our nation, or if its Gloria herself, because under her regime, we have seen a rise in extra-judicial killings.
When we see politicians talking tough against piracy, and yet all we get is the arrests of the smaller groups of dealers, when do we finally wise up, and ask our dear public servants, where have all the big fishes gone? And where is the accountability?
So, in the end, it is not just about Malu Fernandez, but it is about a greater, and I mean this, a greater theme for our nation to rally behind. And it is a theme about doing what is right, it is about consequences, about accountability, and it is about bringing justice to everyone who deserves it.
Because when you talk about firing, I really don’t believe that it is too extreme.
Let’s grow some spine and act on what is right. This is the right thing to do. And hopefully this will serve notice, that our nation is moving forward in the right direction, because we are finally ready to bring some accountability to those who deserve it.
We are paving way towards a more enlightened, and just nation. And in this nation, businesses can grow, transparency is practiced, government will truly be working for the people, and accountability in all aspects of society is practiced.
But when we talk about making a half-ass stand such as declaring the person wrong, but not calling for any action, what we are really talking about is having individuals get away with murder.
What is the cut off limit, when we finally say, that this person deserves punishment. I mean, it is said that if a person can get away with smaller crimes or misdeeds, that somewhere in the future lies an even greater crime than what was committed. Then let’s nip this in the bud, and show to the rest of the world, that indeed we are ready to move forward, and we are ready to take those wrongs and make them right. Shall we have the death of another Rizal or Aquino, before we must again rise up?
There has been no accountability in the past decades. The fact is that maybe we are too quick to move on, not wanting to cause upheaval, before justice is served, and before the individual has actually learned his or her lesson. We can certainly move forward in the right direction if only we have some semblance of real accountability.
OFWS, BIGOTRY, and RESPECT
Why such fury?
For one, it’s bigotry, and everyone should be up in arms. Second, because I recently wrote an ongoing story about the alleged plight of 51 Kidnapped Filipinos who were forced to work in Iraq. It’s exactly this situation where we as a nation, sometimes forget the sacrifices that OFWs make in order for their family to survive. As I watched with my family, when they re-ran the Congressional Hearings, there were shifts of mood, from anger to sadness.
It is not just about Filipinos, OFWs, or The Philippines. It’s about humanity, and giving respect to everyone, including the least among us. As I tend to do, I will quote, a more famous versus in the bible, Matthew, 25: Inasmuch as you have done for the least of your brothers, so also you have done unto me.
Being a religious man, I will tell you, I see the face of God in the faces of the poor and my fellow man, and I will not hesitate to defend the honor and respect of these individuals.
If we cannot give to them all the wealth of the world, the least we can give them is their respect. Sometimes, walking past a homeless person, something that is even more valuable is acknowledging these individuals as fellow human beings and giving them their due respect.
For Malu and her editor, this was something totally lacking. If she thinks that we need a bitch like her to make our world more interesting, I’d rather live in total dullness, than put up with such discrimination. But the fact of the matter is, is that we do live in an interesting world, and that it doesn’t need to be filled with discrimination and bigotry to have it be interesting. The fact, that she makes her fantasy world the only interesting world to live in, is an aspect that totally defines bigotry in action.
And so, I say, that it is not enough for us to speak with indignation and revulsion, but if we go past this issue, without standing up, then this will truly be the day, when I feel deep sorrow for our beloved homeland.
Is This Hypocrisy?
And no, it’s not hypocrisy. Because we have the capacity to commit this sin, but we don’t actually commit it. We all have this capacity, but we try our hardest not to commit them. Action, that is the key difference, and entertaining these thoughts and actually believing them, that is also the difference. In the end, I don’t believe, there’s an elitist in all of us.
As those who have read my earlier post regarding Pedro and Some Corned Beef will realize, the only way to truly combat such discrimination is to truly EMPATHIZE with those who have less than us. To feel their hunger, and to feel their pain. Don’t eat for a whole day, and you will feel hunger, multiply that by everyday for the rest of your life, and you will truly understand the plight of the poor. It’s not enough to understand, but to truly empathize is to realize their pain.
And out of this empathy, I can honestly say, and I am confident, that the statement that there are a little bit of elitist in all of us, is of false pretense. There is the capacity but not the state of being an elitist.
To empathize with the OFW community is to truly think about their hardships and feel their sorrow for the homeland that they miss so dearly.
SETTING A DANGEROUS PRECEDENCE?
This is not setting a dangerous precedence.
I value freedom of speech, but there are limits to what can be said in certain environments. It’s called responsibility. Let’s use it shall we? We certainly don’t promote racism in newspaper articles, why should we promote class discrimination in these same articles? The answer to that, is that we simply don’t promote or make such standards acceptable. Are we making a precedence here? I hope so. The precedence of doing what is right.
We hold newspapers to a higher level of responsibility because it is a form of Free Speech that should be responsible to its readers.
People Asia, being a magazine, still has the same responsibility, albeit with a little more fluff.
There certainly can be a place for such discriminatory words, but it is not the newspapers and broadsheets that we read, or the magazines that are also in circulation. When we print such articles, we tell people that the article has passed through the editing and screening process, thereby legitimizing the article itself and the inherent ideas contained therein.
The Ku Klux Klan for example is free to go on a rally and profess their superiority to blacks and all other races, but there are restrictions as to where these rallies can take place. There is an inherent responsibility in all our actions. Because a moral society dictates that we are responsible in all our actions, and this includes what we print in the magazines as well.
It is not about freedom of speech, it is about responsibility and about the issue of discrimination passing off as legitimate journalism. Malu has the freedom to say most anything she wants without legal ramifications, but that doesn’t mean she shouldn’t face consequences. We should hold newspapers, to a higher moral ground simply because they are a resource for information for the Filipino people including the youth. In theory The Wall Street Journal has the freedom to write up a white supremacist article, they wouldn’t do it because it’s just not responsible journalism.
In the same sense, Malu Fernandez has the right to write the article, People Asia Magazine has the right to publish the article, and Manila Standard Today has the right to keep her as a columnist, but we can’t say that any of these three things are responsible.
The fact is, that other journalists may not want to rock the boat, because they consider Free Speech their right, and indeed, it is their right, it’s everyone’s right. But, they shouldn’t be scared, because as this issue shows, it is only the weakest and most damning of articles that will be scrutinized and lambasted for its discrimination. Other journalist need not worry that this will set precedence, because certainly the public knows responsible writing when it sees it, even when one disagrees with the viewpoint, it is still considered responsible. Even a pro Gloria article will see the light of day, and still be considered responsible, because in todays world, and in todays media, the issue is not about Freedom of Speech it is about responsibility and most importantly, discrimination.
And being responsible demands that discrimination against an entire class be struck down with such vengeance and scrutiny that no one in their right mind would dare write such a horrible article.
We are not curtailing the right of anyone’s Freedom of Speech, but considerations such as the place in where these words are written and to what audience they will reach should always be considered. We have editors, not only because of grammar and maybe even spelling mistakes, but to look at the overall content and decide if it makes it through or not. Certainly, we can find better literature than what was published in People Asia Magazine right?
Again, discrimination should have no role in media today. None whatsoever. If discrimination should hind behind Freedom of Speech, then maybe some will feel that there is still hope for sexism and racism to go mainstream once again.
The Weight Issue
I certainly don’t condone the use of or the focus on weight issue such as calling Malu a pig as a means in which we should get our point across in a serious manner. To the commentators and bloggers, it is their right to make such comments. But let us treat Malu Fernandez with civility, something which she clearly lacked in writing her article. To stoop down to her level is by no means the way we should be moving forward.
And Lastly
As suggested, there should be more focus on any action that should bring this story mainstream. This is an excellent suggestion, one that I will be looking into, as well as the mechanics of how to set up something of this nature. I consider that running an ad on the print edition of The Philippine Daily Inquirer is the way to go since the internet is pretty much covered. I’m waiting for a reply from the Advertisement department of the Inquirer to see the pricing of their ads, and I will relay this information to our readers. We can therefore, run a nationwide ad regarding this issue.
If there are any OFW organizations who would like to take up this challenge in setting up a fund, let me know so that we can relay the information to our readers.
Again, this may not be needed if only someone in mainstream would pick it up and run with it. But, let’s wait and see, some journalists have already reacted, one has replied to me in an email with a simple answer:
I find Malu Fernandez’ attitude despicable. The article reveals the ugly person that she is. I won’t waste my time on her.
But aside from Manuel, who agrees with everything except on the issue of getting Malu fired, no other journalist has made public their opinion on the matter.
tags: malu fernandez, manila standard today, people asia magazine
Nick,
I could have believe more in regard to your crusade if you come out into open rather than hiding. I come across your site as they were mentioning you concerning your crusade regarding this Malu Fernandez. I personally sympathize with your crusade and that of others comment including your suggested proposals. You could have, however, earned more respect in bringing about the crusade by coming out into open.
Roy R. Luga
But Nick…er…I am a journalist, however i do cover a different beat nowadays.
And lest we forget, bloggers are a new form of journalists.
Like you, i have also written a few posts on this issue, originally taken with anger, I may have been harsh at my initial reactionary posts.
I am also out for her head, so to speak, I do not wish to see Malu Fernandez writing ever. Fire her or force her to quit really is not something I am particular with, getting her out of Media is more of a concern for me.
Like you i am also hurt, i am hurt because i am a part of the OFW sector which she has harshly judged by her statements.
I understand where you are coming from (in this post) and wish some people could open their eyes and see the realities. There will be other Malu’s, and other From Greece to Boracay pieces, but this one is the one that is rocking the present. This is the piece that has offended us.
I totally agree that this issue should go mainstream.
Has anyone heard back from the publications about this Malu concern? Have they actually released any statements? Is there anything cooking from the media grapevine there in the Philippines? Or is this deafening silence their tactic to support Malu and their lack of judgment in publishing that article?
No news is bad news.
Getting her fired or not, the public wants a response from People Asia Magazine. Ignoring this is simply unprofessional and irresponsible.
Roy, I need no respect only that which is given to me by friends and family. What I would hope to convey with this issue, and this site, is the idea, and the message. The respect is to the idea, I need none. If the thoughts and ideas here written, are worthy of discussion, then I will have considered my work as having made a difference. I need not be public, for the ideas to be legitimate, nor does my “hiding” essentially diminish the truth of the issues and ideas written here.
malu mentioned in her rationalization of her thoughtless article, the have-nots, haves and wannabees. i’d like to say that by the flavor and tone of her article, she belongs to the wannabees segment. people who are confident of who they are and what they have don’t have to brage about it, much less put other people to feel good about themselves. i agree that the publishers should take accountability for this offensive article. there is press freedom and there is responsible journalism. i have copied my email-opinion/reply on this issue to my friends in the media, hopefully they will not let this type of writing (unprovoked insult to other persons and/or their lifestyles) go without consequences.
This politically incorrect - prejudiced and degrading remarks from Ms. Fernandez - probably won’t get all the attention if said remarks were written by a foreigner. Pathetic as it is…it is from our own…brown skin race that have the guts to say such remarks. It hurts more when you pinch yourself than others would have done it. She deserves to be put down…with what she said and wrote, so others will learn. True, freedom of the press is alive - but mind you there is always a prize to pay. Sure, the pen is mighty but not to your own personal advantage and to solicit popularity at other’s peoples reputation or even the whole nation!
Hello Malu…open a can of sardines and wake up to reality!
my first suggestion on how to deal with this controversy is for the publicaction itself to deal with it. It is imcumbent upon the Publisher to entertain the complaints of its readers and all the parties concerned who felt being injured by her libelous articles..
as i mentioned in my previous comments, it could have been better if Media entity has their own internal Ombudsman to deal with this matter. the next step is for the group or affected party to study a possibility of class action suit, but then again in a very “strange” justice system in the country where the Elitists usually have the upper hands (if indeed ms fernandez is an elitists) then the outcome is predictable. the third is an effective boycott of the Advertisers’ product…
after firing malou..
there should be a sensitivity training for every editors and journalists.
Copy of the letter we have sent to Manila Standard, the diplomatic corps, the local OFW community and our business associates in the Philippines, which clearly states our position.
As a team laboring so hard to uplift the confidence and image of Pinoys out here in the Gulf, we couldn’t allow such a negligent act to pass without so much as a just comment.
We haven’t been able to find the contact details of People Asia yet. Should you have access to their e-mail or tel. nos., do share that with us so me may do the needful.
To the Editors of Manila Standard and People Asia –
This is regarding the articles ‘From Boracay to Greece’ (People Asia, June 2007) and ‘Am I being a diva? Or do you lack common sense?’ (Manila Standard Online, 30th July 2007), written by your columnist Malu Fernandez.
We are among the over 2M Filipinos who are based here in the Middle East, and to say that we were shocked to have read the above articles that you deemed fit for publishing, is a gross understatement.
We will save our comments about your columnist who is so obviously lacking in knowledge, understanding and finesse, but the real question here is how your publication (with your team of educated and qualified editors), known for its ‘fairness and objectivity’, allow such ignorant and putrid display of bigotry.
That you allowed your publications to be a dumping ground of ‘personal garbage ’ mocks true freedom of the press and has truly degraded, not only your paper, but also your entire staff.
Just in case you don’t know - there are over 2M Filipino expatriates in the Middle East region. Apart from facilitating the billions of dollars in remittances that help keep our country afloat, this community also represents a huge potential market for Philippine-based industries.
Furthermore, Filipinos have contributed greatly to the growth of the region – just a small example is the phenomenal infrastructural development in cosmopolitan Dubai – the New York of the Middle East, which was largely the work of great Filipino architects, engineers and planners. We have senior executives, managers and directors in different business fields, as well as educators and entrepreneurs. And our compatriots who work in blue-collared jobs (comprising only 17% the UAE Filipino segment) are some of the most well-educated and sought-after workers (as compared to other nationalities) in that category.
A lot of us here are trying very hard to uplift the plight of our kababayans who have sacrificed their lives to earn a decent living outside the homeland, but it is irresponsible articles like these which perpetuate the Filipino stereotype - that we are all uncouth, uneducated victims of our own circumstances – and yes that we cannot be united even if our lives depended on it.
While we squabble amongst ourselves in an ugly discussion started by such a negligent act, the rest of the world looks on shaking its head in consternation, at yet another ‘onli in da Pilipins’ episode. And because perception is reality, we OFWs out here have to contend with another kind of discrimination – thanks to our very own people.
It is tough enough to compete and earn respect within the international community, without such actions weighing us down even further.
These are very sad times, not only for OFWs but for Philippine journalism…
With regards to People Asia, where the original article was published, you can address it to PhilStar.com, here is the url: http://www.philstar.com/index.php?p=58
Tell me where and when to donate? Give-up ko na pera ko for Jo Malone!
Dear Nick, you have written and expressed what my heart has been bursting to say but cannot find the peoper words for. Intelligent, well written, well reasoned. I’m behind you 100%. You can count on my support.
Dear Nick, you have written and expressed what my heart has been bursting to say but cannot find the proper words for. Intelligent, well written, well reasoned. I’m behind you 100%. You can count on my support.
firing her would be meaningless. the damage has been done, so what? we are all at fault in here. why do we let BITCHES who claims that they’re helping “our world to shake up”? was it because she has the money? that’s bullshit! its not the BITCHES who shakes up our world, its them that PUTS OTHERS FIRST. they’re our doctors, nurses, soldiers, etc, that shakes up our world. MANINDIGAN TAYO. para kasi tayong mga gago din naman eh. pag pinoy ang nagkasala, galit tayo. pag mga dayuhan na, pinapabayaan natin. wag tayong mamili kung sino gagago sa atin. kahit pinoy o dayuhan, pag ganito ang ginawa, sabihan natin. wag tayong pagago sa mga to.
Just an update:
Philippine Press Council responded and no less than its Chairman forwarded my letter to the concerned officers of The Manila Standard Today. I was told to let PPC know should I get no feedback from MST. “We’ll take it from there,” PPC says.
A top-level officer of The Filipino Channel also responded to my letter and news of this is going around the network (ABS-CBN Global). I can only hope it breaks open to mainstream media.
I guess to give this matter some weight, placing an open letter n a broadsheet will do the job indeed. I’m willing to contribute.
Kudos!
I am also a journalist and an OFW who is deeply hurt by the insensitive comments of Malu Fernandez. I understand the humor she wanted to inject with in her article. But as a responsible journalist, she should know the limitations in expressing her ideas. However, her editors could have also been more responsible in editing what can and cannot be said by their writers. I think the entire publication must apologize publicly in order to help sort this issue out.
Just inform us what to do, if there is a need to raise fund to finance any action against this BOAR, I AM VERY MUCH WILLING TO SHARE WHAT I EARNED AS AN OFW, just tell me how, when and where! I won’t allow a PIG WHO CAMOUFLAGED as A HUMAN BEING, demean the dignity of the OFWs.
PAGING: M. ZUBIRI!!! linisin mo ang lahi mo!!!
Who has the August issue of People Asia? I was told the editorial tackles the Malu Fernandez issue.
Kaya naman pala 17 kgs ang laging dala-dalang handcarry, e puro mud pack pala ang laman. Ginagamit nya ang mud pack sa buong body to absorb the oil, macholesterol kasi siya. At least, beauty siya pag nasa gitna ng mesa na may golden apple sa mouth. (Miss Malu, na jetsetter daw, golden apple is the most expensive apple sa mundo, kaya it will certainly blend with your explicit taste.) Pasalamat ka’t may OFW, marami ka tuloy napalit na dollars at nabili, dahil ang OFW ang nagpapababa ng palitan, ke tanggaping mo man o hindi ang facts.
This PIG-LOOKING creature does not deserve to be called human and should be deprived of human food but rather thrown the place where animals lived. Be given PIGs food in particular and does not deserve to live anylonger.
Malu, Ang katuald mong baboy ay hindi dapat manirahan sa magarang bahay o manamit ng mga braded brands ang dapat sa iyo ay sa KURAL ng baboy kung saan ka nababagay.
mabuti ng nangyari ito para mapansin din natin yung iba pang “malu” na hindi nakakintindi sa mga OFW tulad ng mga pinay stewardess na parang diring-diri sa mga maids at construction workers dahil sobrang excited at medyo magulo sa eroplano. ang hindi nila naiintindihan, 2 taon bago makauwi ang mga ito at sabik sa mga kakwentuhan at masarap na pagkain lalo na yung mga maid. mas ok pang mag SERVE ang ibang nationalities. syempre hindi naman lahat pero kung papansinin nyo, madami sa kanila ang “diva”…just to think na OFW din sila.
This lady is so pathetic.Do you know her? I dont know her.
She hates a lot of things..esp the BEACHES eh? tsk! I could just imagine her look while spraying baygun everywhere she goes.I could die out laughing.Hahah!
No wonder ,like she just said God had sent her to her own private hell! She deserves nothing but the Hell!
And I’m sure she will experience more of it real soon! hahah!
I am an OFW too. If we smell like axe and charlie cologne–who cares? (What’s wrong the brand??better than smelling like a s***T you know, .)
we should all work for the responsible parties take accountability for this irresponsible article and not let up until they do the approriate thing, which is to issue a public apology particularly to the OFW communitya and their relative and friends, and to sacntion this Malu Fernandez creature who doesn’t deserve to wield a pen. i have tried to search the net for the contact details of people asia so i can copy them my email that i have forwarde to as many people as i can, including my media friends. i agree to the comment that this is a sad day for the journalims industry. why can’t this Malu shake our worlds with a POSITIVE act rather than a derogatory move? lady, movers and shakers are those who MAKE A DIFFERENCE and uplift the lives of others!
I am amazed and very proud of the domino-effect reactions that the derogatory remarks from Malu Fernandez has triggered from all our “kabayans” at home and abroard. This only proves that the Filipino people will get together - when the need arises - no political machinery or strategy is needed, no comedian-turned-politician to lead us what to say or write. It is right from the heart - that patriotic in-born feeling in us. Who needs politicians - when the people will speak for themselves to defend their culture, their nationality, their brown skin, their citizenship and what they stand for - pride in being a Filipino! Mabuhay…good job mga Kababayans! Let no one tramp on us…or put us down be they - the filthy rich, those who are in power or social climbers who think are above us - especially those who are dying to work so hard overseas, away from their families and loved ones, saving every bit of what they earned - to fullfill their dreams and build a better tomorrow for their families. Again, Mabuhay!
Malu Fernandez, I hope this reaches you. I am seething. I am fuming.
I have sisters who are work abroad to give their families a decent life. I have friends from Kindergarten and schoolmates who are OFWs. Some of my friends’ moms, dads, siblings or spouses are OFWs.
I know that was YOUR column and YOUR opinion. But you have no right to use it to assert bigotry and an acerbic sense of humor (which was not funny in any way) at the expense of other people’s self-esteem. you are one irresponsible journalist. that’s why I am mad.
Ms. Fernandez, you owe me and all of them BIG (pun intended)time!
Ms. Porcine Fernandez,
My mother is an ofw, she left 20 years ago so that myself and my younger brother could finish school. Maybe you are luckier than us because your parents did not need to go away so you could finish whatever course you took in college to become what you are now. But as a former OFW myself and son of one, we did not deserve to be degraded and scorned as you have. You are a disgrace to your profession and a blight to humanity. I did not even read a single thread of artristry in your writing, and it wasn’t even funny either. Your writing was nothing more than a deluded sense of self aggrandizement and promotion. Maybe we could not afford your Channels, your Kenzos and your Armanis, but that does not give you an iota of right to promote your bigotry and your narrow-mindedness and degrade OFWs who probably gave more to this country in a single day than you ever could in your entire meaningless life. If you have any sense of humility, hell, if you have any sense at all, you would apologize and never write again. You can take all your designer clothes and perfumes and shove it in your big and I mean BIG, fat and I mean FAT ass. SHAME ON YOU!
It is pathetic. You should look at yourselves before you put one person into a guillotine.
Ku Klux Klan kills, Malu probably afraid to kill head lice.
You blab about the big fish here, and you put a lifestyle writer who cannot even afford to upgrade to a business class.
What makes you think you can change Malu, and most incredible the Philippines.
Here is a link to a personal blog by a certain Connie Veneracion.Her article,”Where humor ends” also appears on Manila Standard Today.On the last paragraph of that article,she said this,”No, I didn’t find the People Asia article funny. I thought it was insensitive and insulting and bordering on libelous. But neither am I amused nor impressed at some of the reactions in the Philippine blogging community—some are nothing short of libelous either.”
Also,some of the comments on her blog are very insensitive with regards to what the OFW community feels.Please check this:http://www.sassylawyer.com/2007/08/23/where-humor-ends/
Oh yeah we should treat her fairly, at least give her respect so here goes:
She is so fat she cannot fit into an economy class seat, (I thought you’re classy, how come you cannot afford to upgrade your seat)
She is so ugly she thinks she can hide in her classy signature brands.
She is a pig who thinks an expensive perfume will cover her pig smell.
I am one of the many who share the stand… This She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named… (because she is so disgusting that i cannot find myself typing her name)… is aptly described in our lingo as “KAHILAS!!!”… pastilan nimo!
I read from an ABS-CBN news advisory that Malu Fernandez quit her jobs at People Asia and MST Today and apparently issued an apology letter (not sure though where it was published), but refused an interview. She really has nothing else to say anyway, save her apologies. I don’t know if the magazine and its publishers have issued a public apology, I read somewhere it should be in People Asia’s August issue. Am still trying to find a copy!
Pure IGNORANCE– FOR A FILIPINO– this one is really ignorant. An emabarrassment to our race–to our nation..
Malu– I’m surprised you have never been to Boracay– and yet could speak with such callous, condescending manner.. you have never toured your own country–your own soil!
Gawd, if only… Im fying off to IAD tomorrow for a short layover..by the way, IAD stands for the airport in Washington, DC. — I have so many things to tell u– to educate u…inform you…well, guess what, Im an OFW– working in a speeding metal tube..and AM PROUD of it.
Malu, are you sure you are one of us? Or a breed of the lowest of all creatures? A mutt of insects..ohhh wait I dont want to insult the insects… Who knows what you are made of…
You said, ‘this may sound pretentious,” Well, you don’t sound pretentious..YOU ARE PRETENTIOUS…. A living monument of —– I dont even have a word for you…and am very sure, “FILIPINO” won’t be suitable.
don’t want to be associated with you being a Filipino,
Cheska
Nick, after reading all the posts on your Malu proposal, I add this second comment to my earlier post. Many of the OFWs brought up the relative dishonesty issue of corruption, one of which I reproduced below. A follow-up crusade on corruption backed up by OFW persuasive powers might be in order.
Author: George Sun 8/26/07 7:19 PM
Comment:
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.
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in response to nitesoul…..
i am one of those who hate foreigners who hate pinoys…..