Malu Fernandez, Manila Standard Today, Bigotry In The Media
With the recent irresponsible, elitist, bigoted, and discriminating comments made by Manila Standard Today columnist Malu Fernandez in her People Asia magazine article “From Boracay to Greece” in which she makes many belittling comments about Overseas Filipino Workers and Filipinos in general, the response from Filipino bloggers have been overwhelming, and have not been light on the criticism. When do we say enough is enough and that we will no longer stand for the bigotry and discrimination that takes place, not only in this country but all around the world?
For her part, in her “apology”, Malu Fernandez addressed the emails responding to her article. However, the apology, was nothing more than another attempt to take a jab at Filipinos and to once again assert that she’s an elite that those in lower socioeconomic classes just fail to understand or comprehend her “wit”.
The People Asia Article
Key Statements In Malu Fernandez’s People Asia Article
However I forgot that the hub was in Dubai and the majority of the OFWs (overseas Filipino workers) were stationed there. The duty-free shop was overrun with Filipino workers selling cell phones and perfume. Meanwhile, I wanted to slash my wrist at the thought of being trapped in a plane with all of them.
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.
On my way back, I had to bravely take the economy flight once more. This time I had already resigned myself to being trapped like a sardine in a sardine can with all these OFWs smelling of AXE and Charlie cologne while Jo Malone evaporated into thin air.
All in all, it’s been a pretty good summer. Jetting from the Aegean Sea to the Pacific may sound a bit pretentious until you wake up in economy class smelling like air freshener.
Response By Malu Fernandez
Understandably, The Manila Standard Today, received a few emails of complaint, so Malu Fernandez decided to respond.
As I type this, I’d like you to know that it’s not about whining, complaining and bitching but just stating the facts. Just recently, I wrote a funny article in my magazine column and my friends thought it was hilarious. It was humorous and quite tongue-in-cheek, or at least I thought so, until the magazine got a few e-mails from people who didn’t get the meaning of my acerbic wit. The bottom line was just that I had offended the reader’s socioeconomic background. If any of these people actually read anything thicker then a magazine they would find it very funny. 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.
Although it may sound elitist to you the fact is this country is built on the foundation of haves, have-nots and wannabes. One group will never get the culture of the other. Although I could mention that it is easier to understand someone who has a lower socioeconomic background that would entail a whole other page and frankly I don’t want to be someone to bridge the gap between socioeconomic classes. I leave that to the politicians in my family who believe they can actually help. Now I seriously ask you, am I being a diva or are people around me just lacking in common sense? Perhaps it’s a little of both!
Response To The Response
First of all, there is nothing funny about bigotry, and tongue-in-cheek does not have to entail irresponsible and insensitive statements such as the statements made in her article.
Second, she mentions a few emails, but only mentions the offense of one reader’s socioeconomic background. Notice that reader’s is singular (is this an editing mistake, are there actual editors who edit this crap?). Or maybe, Malu meant that all the emails were complaints of readers having their socioeconomic background offended. But either way, the fact that Malu tries to deflect the actual complaint and goes on another rant in which she again lambastes lower social classes, making another strong statement that indeed she is an elite herself, is further proof of her worth as displayed by her perceived higher class status. In her illogical rant, she implicitly says that the poor have lost their reason to understand her discriminatory comments.
Let me make it clear, the offense is not based on a socioeconomic issue, the offense is based on her statements of bigotry, discrimination, and intolerance against her own countrymen. Politicians, I mean noteworthy and honorable politicians, certainly do believe that they can make a difference. Just because she feels that she can’t make a difference, doesn’t mean it’s a lost cause. The fact that people are actually trying is much more noble, than playing aristocrat and hinting that The Philippines is a lost cause. Yes, I do believe, we can make a difference. And this means, calling out horrible individuals like Malu Fernandez.
I wonder if these acerbic statements will be too harsh for Malu’s diva reality?
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wow, the response was even more dimwitted! hahaha
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She sounds to be like Bryanboy, but at least Bryan likes the brown monkeys unlike this most likely insecured racist human being.
Oh my! I thought at first she was just trying to exercise her freedom of expression, but it seems she confuses bigotry with humor. God, writing a lifestyle column is not all about “Oh, I’m so rich and high-almighty; Betcha you wallow in the mud while I sample these heavenly gourmet.” Blech!
Oh my gosh…she was worried about losing all those accessories…why??? does she really need to work super duper hard to look the way she does??? tsk tsk…
maybe somebody needs to publish an article on what some OFW feel when they are seated beside someone like this person…and being stuck with her on a flight for nine hours. that would be a pretty funny article to read. just imagine all the wit and sarcasm one could put. so many metaphores, character references to mention…
hmmm…not a bad idea.
This really gives Lifestyle writers a bad rap. I started off as a Lifestyle reporter and never in my wildest dreams would I ever say something as condescending as this. Nor would my editor or publisher tolerate it. First of all, Pilipino tayong lahat. Bakit ka mang-aapi ng kapwa mo? Secondly, you don’t have to flaunt your wealth to the world if you truly have it. Real wealth is not loud. Thirdly, your writing speaks so loudly of who you are, your values and what your heart is like, so one wonders about Malu F. Although newspaper columnists espouse individual opinions that are not reflective of the paper’s management, I think management needs to call the attention of their columnists when they write something that is in bad taste. Lastly, the response is clearly not an apology at all. It only even made her case way worse.
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there’s a big difference between bryanboy and malu – bryanboy is REALLY tongue in cheek. i love his divisoria article and malu is just plain old condescending. matapobre!
I’m a journalist myself and I do read “thicker” magazines but I find her response even more offensive.I hope a lot more people read about this so it teaches her and like-minded writers (bigots) the lesson they deserve.
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yes, thats a very acerbic response just like her soul is. ive got friends who are really rich and true people but not a racist like her. this woman of plus size doesnt know the meaning being sensitive. she is a filipino and even if she had a chance to jet around the world…she’s not that rich as she claims since she still pinch money on economy. its a good thing that she was mistakenly though for a domestic helper…then it means all those branded beauty supplies doesnt work for her…since with all the wealth she got…she could not change her looks..maybe her housemaids look a lot better than her….therefore, she take chances on being a racist because she could never falunt her looks….what a pity of a human being! someday, the wheel has to turn around..maybe her family of politicians…are just as greedy and corrupted like her. thats why if the philippine government is composed of people like her family..no wonder..there will be a lot more ofw’s in different part of the world that she will be suffocated to deal with.
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[...] 4. Since you’ve pretty much pissed off everyone, why not go all out by writing an apology condescending letter surprised at how these people with no knowledge of anything high and mighty not comprehend the “acerbic wit” and humorous way you wrote your article. I mean your rich friends understood and even laughed at it with you so pray-tell? “As I type this, I’d like you to know that it’s not about whining, complaining and bitching but just stating the facts. Just recently, I wrote a funny article in my magazine column and my friends thought it was hilarious. It was humorous and quite tongue-in-cheek, or at least I thought so, until the magazine got a few e-mails from people who didn’t get the meaning of my acerbic wit. The bottom line was just that I had offended the reader’s socioeconomic background. If any of these people actually read anything thicker then a magazine they would find it very funny. 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… More Here“ [...]
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elitist snobs. they’re all alike. what do you expect? they always think that they are better than everyone else, concerned about nothing but their precious belongings, their position in life, their luxuries. what do they know of real life? i bet SHE couldn’t survive a day without those domestic helpers that she’d slash her wrists over flying with. God forbid she should chip her nail polish over menial household tasks.
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OFWs are just showing their REAL SELF. Malu F is a plastic person. She needs more make up or accessories to hide her face.
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I’ve also blogged about this.
Here’s my post:
Show Malu Fernandez What ‘Wit’ Is: Be Intellectually Mean
http://tesstermulo.com/2007/08/18/show-malu-fernandez-what-wit-is-be-intellectually-mean/
fat bitch………. even bill gates doesn’t flaunt his wealth, he’s a pilanthropist, he donates his billions to AIDS research, why not emulate people like bill gates and waren buffet. they are rich and they have brains.
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Iba naman ng take ko sa writing nya. Maybe I expected it coming from her background. I would be infuriated more if it came from a foreigner but with Malu..my feeling is that I” Pitied her” rather than hated her.
She is so “high class” or maybe she has so much “inferiority complex” she has to flaunt her being in such level of high society and even taking a pick at people around her who earn honest and decent wages(OFWs).
Syempre, di naman natin basta pabayaan na laitin ng mga kapwa natin Pinoy ng isa ding kapwa Pinoy. But from her response I dont think she will get down from her throne and apologize. That is how she is and I think we should pity her more than crucify her. Maybe she thinks before sya lang ng nakakapagbyahe kasi mayaman nga siya pero ngayon everybody can travel…so bakit siya nag economy class?
she’s no diva, she’s a b*tch!!! divas think about their actions, b*tches don’t! I’ll write about her in my blog, thanks for Shari for pointing Tingog.com out.
Pwede po bang magmura?
Kasi iyon lang ang nababagay na mensahe na dapat ipa-abot sa taong ganyan (tao po ba yun? mukhang pig eh)
I’D LOVE TO BE ON THE SAME PLANE WITH HER. I’LL SHOW HER WHAT A LITTLE PRIVATE HELL REALLY MEANS.
a) I can’t call this wit. Wit requires at least some trickle of intellect and open-mindedness.
b) It’s pitiful that publications actually allow this type of writing.
how can malou be so idiotic?can’t she distinguish what she’s talking about? maybe her small brain is already in her big tummy.that’s the wit i have for her..know what?it’s a waste of time minding her.we absolutely know what OFW’s are and i am proud to be one.
I think somebody should show her article/s to a shrink.
guys! help me out! where can i find the original write up please??? send it to ofwcenter@gmail.com. I’d like to pick up the story. Thanks ladygadly! Thanks to tingog!
Ooops! sorry! what I mean by original article is that I can’t read the pic file.
It’s soo funny. i just read an article where she mentions how much she likeshow Jo Malone creates HIS scents. Hello… Jo Malone is a SHE!!!!! I’ve had her goods for like 5 years… how sosyal are you not to even know that Jo is a she?????? How jahe…
I think regarding her claims that it’s her acerbic wits, let’s give her some benefit of the doubt? But I agree that we should pity this kind of character, firstly she knows no character dahil “pig” sya eh! And again let’s not mind this kind of people and don’t give her enough attention because we are only helping her to make a name, I honestly don’t know her and even though she has a rich breeding as so she claims, it’s true dahil mukha syang inahing baboy!!! Even though she wears those branded items and perfumes as she needs it badly for her to get noticed, it’s the goodness in one person which is easily noticed and and not the trademark.
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…so trying hard lady just grabbing for public attention.
…just sad, she stepped on others just to be famed.
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Malu, you are really something! You, and your “friends” find your article hilarious and funny? Then, that only shows that you indeed belong in a psych ward. You are a kind of person who loves to hurt other people for their enjoyment… gush… you need to see a psychiatrist… and fast. You think of yourself rich… nah… a good guess is that you are just an empty, hallow individual trying to surround yourself with “accessories inorder to be recognize.” But the reality is, you’re gonna end up lost and alone because nobody can stand your sharp, tactless, insensitve tongue.
Kathy
Illimois, U.S.A.
I was browsing through the 2006 POEA Statistics about OFW’s. I wanted to help this bitch and possibly her friends to avoid OFW’s. The list of countries where OFW’s are – is endless. She’d have to fly to the North or South Pole and even avoid all the airports in the Philippines. Da bitch is a moron who have no clue the connection between an OFW and the reason why she’s enjoying her fkn good life in the Philippines.
she makes me laugh.
she just made an utter full out of herself. really.
I know of a person who has been traveling half of her life & I bet this person has been to places this Malu has never even been too, yet she never dared call herself a JET SETTER. A TRUE jet setter knows that REGARDLESS of the airline, the nationalities, and the SOCIOECONOMIC background of the passengers, economy class IS CRAMPED, NOISY & UNCOMFORTABLE! And if I am TRULY rich, IMPROMPTU trip or not I would NEVER sacrifice COMFORT for a few thousands. Oh well, come to think of it, with those few thousands I’ve saved, I could already drown myself in a tub of Jo Malone to cover my stench.
It is indeed amazing to know that somebody is brave enough to let others know her true nature by writing such a ridiculous crap. She is poisoning her own blood. Who is she referring to as “Filipinos”?Isn’t she one? Poor her. I don’t give a damn if she was born with a golden spoon on her mouth, she still smells trash .I salute the OFW’s for their courage to live their family and work abroad.I hope she’ll realized that writing something for public reading must be given utmost care.
the seats were so small for her coz she’s freaking huge! wtf?? lol
lechonin na yan!
KILL!
KILL!
KILL!
haha lol..
Ms. piggy is a lousy self centered and ignorant pork and beans who should really be in a “sardine can” and stay there until she knows how to live a life in a real world. We ofw’s do not need another bitch like her to shake our worlds, we have already enough of her family in politics doing a lot of funny circus and magics in the government so why bother. I believe MS should send back ms. porky to her “koral” and reeducate her or yet to La Loma to roast her.
By the way ms. porky we OFWs also do not use Havaianas in the beach, we use them in the house and in the bathroom for comfort, we normally walk in the beach barefooted with no regret scratching our pedicure, mura lang namang magpa-pedicure as compared to the thrill of playing barefooted in the white sand of boracay. Also, we do not bring 17kg of hand carry inside the plane kasi only 7 to 10 is allowed, lucky if you will be allowed to carry 15kg, hindi naman kami ignorante and a pain in the b__t just like what you are thinking.
And also for your information, so many OFWs have been in the places where you have already been just for holidays and not to work. Myself and my family have already toured as far as Rio in Brazil with my hard earned money being an OFW.
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Dear Sir/Ma’m,
It is important to let you know, life necessitates information. Information which is knowledge based. That is why books, newspapers, broadcast media, are all powerful. However Einstein claimed that, “imagination is better than knowledge.” I supposed you already perceived where I am leading to.
Could you please issues articles about the hardship, triumphs, and failures of our Filipino expats abroad, expats that includes domestic helpers and welders
to contradict what seems to be the standard today as promoted by the person mentioned in the title.
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“Although it may sound elitist to you the fact is this country is built on the foundation of haves, have-nots and wannabes.”–Malu Fernandez”
Please sir/ma’m proved her wrong. Maybe this is not an ideal society, but looking back at my History classes, it makes me proud to be Filipino.
One thing so good about the inconvenience she cause, most bloggers have shown what stuff they are made of–we may have used rude words and ungracious words about her writings, but at the end of the tunnel, the sense of being Filipino is there–intact.
dave
PS: “Do not think the youth has no force, because he cannot speak to you and me. Hark! in the next room his voice is sufficiently clear and emphatic. It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries. Bashful or bold, then, he will know how to make us seniors very unnecessary.–R.W. Emerson
Malu Fernandez – why not look at yourself before you look on others…if you have the money why did you go for an economy flight and didn’t go for a business or first class…i think the answer is that your only pretending your “SOSI” but you are not…you are so proud of your gold sandals and your Louis Vuitton, but you forgot that those OFW’s can buy more Louis Vuitton (Original Ones) and more gold open sandals…They just don’t buy because they think first before they buy (Is it necessary for us to buy those kind of nonsense stuffs? Buying for a very expensive stuff just because of the Brand Name….)
You Know Ms Malu Fernandez YOU SUCKS AND YOU STINKS MUKHA KA NA NGANG BABOY SA KATABAAN MO, UGALING BABOY KA PA…MAS MABAHO KA PA SA NABUBULOK NA ISDA..even you use A LOT OF JO MALONE PERFUME OR OTHER EXPENSIVE PERFUMES YOU STILL STINKS….YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE YO CAME FROM…..
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the senator’s pages have their contact emails.
How she demeans the OFW (and filipinos) is disgusting! The likes of Ayala, Zobel, Madrigal clans & some of the old rich don’t flaunt their wealth! But this MF is a nouveu riche and wants the whole world to know that she is “rich”, she has the “money”. But this does’nt mean she has to degrade us OFW’s!
Ano sabi nya as an excuse? Instead of making an apology? ” For the Select Readers” ba kamo? Meaning the elite group? How irresponsible one can get? As a journalist (ewan ko lang) she should know better.
Ipinagmalaki nya ba ang political connections nya? Sino mga Zubiri? Eh sampid lang naman sya dun! At ano naman ang ginawa ng mga iyon sa bayan. Naku Malungay, you dont really know what you are writing about. Mag research ka muna, mag interview ka sa aming mga OFW para malaman mo ang tunay na hangarin namin. We can well afford to fly via BUSINESS CLASS out of our own pocket. Hindi po kami mahilig sa FREEBIES kagaya mo.
How can the Manila Standard Today and People Asia Magazine tolerate this kind of article? Is / Are there no editor/s in this newspaper & magazine who read and think about the consequences of the write up of their contributor/s?
I’m an OFW and I fly business class everytime I go on vacation to Manila or anywhere else in the world. This self-proclaimed rich pig cannot even get a business class for a leisure trip? Poor…pig! What’s her name? I don’t think even the rich people in Manila know her. She’s not even worthy to be called a Filipino or even a human being. Let’s just ignore this creature, my beloved OFW’s, she just wanted to be noticed. But, at least we know that Filipinos could be proud of us than this kind of jerk. Long live the OFW’s!!!!
she is soooo bloody tacky! she got no class whatsoever!!! grrrrrrr…
Just a few words for this freaking Ms. Piggy… Please give us a favor… go and slash your wrist and get more excited by slashing your throat and if that is not exciting enough, you can slash your belly harakiri style… or do the most humane thing for us by throwing yourself inside a running grinder… maybe we can turn you into a useful fertilizer… ummmh not bad…
YOU WERE NOT NOT BORM WITH GOLDS…YOU ARE A SOCIAL CLIMBER…MALU FERNANDEZ…WATCH YOUR MOVE…IMPAKTA!
mga KAFATEEEDD! stop calling her by her name. let’s grant her HER wishes. she calls herself BITCH so be it – BITCH is her name!
at ang tarantadang yan has the nerve to suggest that we need bitches like her as if gratitude pa naten yon! ang pokpok na yan! i saw her picture! pucha kasuka-suka pala ang itsura! all these DIVA in her mind are hallucinations!
….Galit hindi halakhak ang namuo sa damdamin ko. Sa isang pilipino na tulad namin OFW na nagsisikap na itaas ang antas ng buhay ng aming pamilya kasama na ang bansa na sa amin ay kumalinga ay napakasakit na makabasa ng pangungutya na nagmumula sa isang kababayan (?) na pilit itinuturing ang sarili na mataas. Mga paalala lang sa iyo
1. “ang taong mataas ang lipad ay mas malakas ang lagapak”
2. Baka nakakalimot ka na ang mga maliliit na tulad namin na sa sandaling magbuklod ay nakakagawa ng bagay na hindi kaya ng Malaki na tulad mo
3. Mula kami sa malilit na manggagawa “ang mga NPA kaya san galing?
4. Ang “Kilusan ng Mamayang mapagpalaya sa Bansa” elitista kaya?
5. Ngayon pa lang ay dapat umalis ka na Malu Fernandez ng bansa at ang Manila Standard naman ay dapat mag palabas na ng Kalatas bago pa maging huli ang lahat.
6. Ang mga elitista pag nagalit nagdedemanda. Ang mga malilit pag nagalit …………….?????????
7. Kung akala mo ay dito ito matatapos, MAG ISIP KANG MABUTI.
8. OFW ang sinaktan mo sa iyong column, Ang pamilya, kamag anak, at kaibigan nila hindi kaya nasaktan?
9. Kung inaakala mong hindi namin naiintindihan ang mga ingles na binitawan, mali ka dun, nagpapakahirap kami sa ibang bansa para mapag aral namin ang aming mga anak. Na siyang aakay at gagabay sa amin.
10.Sabi nga ng mga anak ko na nag aaral sa Assumption at Ateneo de Manila(Wow ha OFW lang ako) Ikaw daw ay isang “Shit coming from the ass of a Pig while the Tit’s of the monkey is inside” Hindi ko yan alam pero parang bagay sa iyo..he he he he he he
Kaya ihanda mo na ang sarili mo sa digmaang sinimulan mo at tatapusin namin.
M.F.!! sa ating wika kita bibigyan ng komentaryo. naisip ko kasi na baka sakaling mas tumimo sa puso mo ang sasabihin ko kaysa kung salitang banyaga (english) ang gagamitin ko.
alam mo, awang-awa ako sa ‘yo. ba, di madaling mabuhay sa pangarap at pagkukunwari. magpakatotoo ka, para tunay na kaligayahan ang madama mo. kahit mga tanga ang bumasa ng sinulat mo (#@&%!) halata naman na “trying (very) hard” ka lang. anyway, kung totoo talaga sa yo ang mga isinulat mo, meron lang akong nais ipaalaala sa ‘yo na sana ay gawin mong panuntunan sa buhay m, para di ka makasakit ng damdamin ng kapuwa mo: IT’S NOT WHAT YOU SAY, BUT HOW YOU SAY IT THAT MATTERS.
at baka di mo alam, yang mga minamata mong OFW ang bumubuhay sa ating bansa ngayon.
puwede ka pa ring bumawi sa pagkakamali mo. kahit di mo direktang sinabi na mayaman ka, pinilit mo namang mag-read between the lines kami na belong ka sa ibang antas ng lipunan. so kung totoo yon, please-magtayo ka ng mga kumpanya at mga negosyo, na mapapasukan ng mga kababayan natin. sa ganyang paraan, pag nagbiyahe ka uli ng economy class, di mo na sila makakasabay at di na mahahaluan ng ibang amoy ang “jo malone perfume” mo. so, everybody happy, di ba?
again.. same comment, MALU FERNANDEZ – she truly fits the word -> BITCH!
isa siyang balyenang bagay lang sa burak!!! nakakaawa siya dahil ang kasihayan nya ay manglait lng ng kapwa pilipino. her accessories won’t make any difference about here personality, she still smell stinks when she fart. for malu, don’t do ever think of going back here in dubai, coz you will be beaten so hard by the so called “OFW”.
…so that is you in the picture eh, now I understand why you have to accessorize yourself with lots of fashionable items. Correct me if I am wrong but I have read somewhere over the mass emails I received that your relatives are “politicians” and where do you think their money came from? If you analyze the situation my dear, the politicians work for the masses, thus they get the food they feed to their mouth from the pocket of a hard-earning and “lowly” OFW you are humbly mocking and degrading. Don’t you think that by this, you are also mocking our government who can’t provide enough opportunities for their people? Common sense? Why? Is there anything sensible about your article? It is not witty, there’s nothing to it and it’s just humiliating to all Filipinos because unfortunately you are one and you don’t deserve the life and blood our ancestors lost to fight for equality, justice and freedom. Shame on you!!! That leaves you to becoming a diva right? Nah, you’re just a desperate low trashing bi**ch who craves for attention. Well, madamoisselle, be carefully what you wish for because you just might get it. One more thing, it’s also better if you not just accessorize and spritz yourself with Joe Malone perfume because it won’t be able to cover up your stench but I think your time will be better spent in going to the gym or scheduling appointments for liposuction.
We are not supposed to be upset. Everybody has a right to be who they are, and this person chose to be who she is – which is . . . . (I leave it unto you). We live for a different purposes and this person lives for us to have a complete definition of how to have a counter-attitude from hers. If Satan never existed then we will never know and will never have the word “ENEMY†or any opposing word to what is moral, noble and respectable.
She did say a lot of things which is true. First is that, we DO need B@#$%&* like her to shake our world. Have you seen her size lately? By the way, I almost thought that it is a bark of white tree that I’ve seen in one of her pictures but then I noticed the, somewhat, smiley face then it registered to my mind that it is a person (based on the picture over viewing the Aegean Sea).
I just suggest that if one the people, who left the above comments, saw her in person. Do not hate her nor criticize her. Just give this floor to her and try to understand her nature. It is obvious that this kind of individual had never experienced respect and emotions such as love.
We actually need to educate ourselves on how to distinguish the differences between her bottom and her façade. Because it is almost on the same size and appearance especially while she’s sitting.
I also expect her to be a wealthy person as well. I mean who could ever afford to buy a make-up and perfume that can accommodate the size of her skin and overcome the scent that emerges from her body?
If the kind of humor of what she has is the kind that she shares with her friends then we really know what humor is (Wowowee! is much better that hers).
Based on the book of Proverbs, “a foolish man displays his folly by running into trouble where a wise man overlooks an insultâ€. We should be wiser than her comments.
Instead, we should retaliate to the “Manila Standard Todayâ€. In fact, after they had published the article they do not deserve the name.
Let it be HE to be in the center of our decisions, motives, actions and words to be spoken.
Salute, roxy! Right on!
This is a brand-sucking elitist who knows nothing but travels and to spend her clan’s wealth. Totally disgusting! The way she wrote only speaks of her being a high-class social climber. Nasa taas na gusto pang tumaas kaya nagmamagandang kesyo hindi kaya ang atmosphere sa economy class. And to those of “your kind” who agree that your just being funny, magsama-sama kayo sa impyerno.
Don’t blame the seats for being narrow. Nasa umuupo ‘yan, boba!
kotsengkuba madaming ganyan. everyone you see on the society pages are like that.
even celine lopez. old rich as she is, she’s engaged to marcel crespo, anak ni jimenez. diba mj filed cases against his own son?
they’re all liars, frauds, tax cheats and scammers. kung sino pa ang rich sila ang nasa media.
i really don’t know how they can sleep at night.
it’s good that all their elitist ways are being exposed online. it’s about time people speak up and share their baho to the public
Her first article clearly shows that she has no class. She puts other people down to bring herself up. People who’ve been brought up properly will never do that.
Her second article shows that the only opinion that matters to her are of her and her friends. So long as they find her funny in her own “acerbic” way, then her world continues to spin. To her, all the hate mail is just validation of her existence, her newfound popularity is just empowering.
Let us stop giving this classless “diva” the attention that she does not deserve and move on with our respective “economy-class” lives.
[...] agree with everyone else: OFWs the world over deserve a public apology. Nick of Tingog.com has launched a campaign to get just that. Until then, Malu Fernandez better hope I don’t rin [...]
TO ASK THE PUBLISHER,MANILA STANDARD TO FIRE MALOU FOR THAT DEROGATORY ARTICLE AIMED AGAINST OFWs WILL ONLY FALL ON DEAF EARS…BELIEVE ME……MAIMPLUWENSYA SI MALOU AND FOR SURE, MALAKAS ANG KAPIT NYA…
THIS MADNESS SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE….
WHAT IF, WE THE OFWs, WILL RAISE SOME FUNDS, AND PUBLISH IN A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OUR COLLECTIVE CONDEMNATION OF THIS SELF PROCLAIMED DIVA…ONE(1) DOLLAR FOR EVERY OFW…??..I CAN CONTRIBUTE FIVE DOLLARS MYSELF OR MORE….
IF WE CONTINUE THIS THREAD, JUST VOICING OUR DISGUST , WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING, THEN , MALOU WOULD STILL HAVE A GREAT TIME INSULTING US…
WE CAN MAKE THIS THREAD A HUNDRED KILOMETERS LONG IN CONDEMNING MALOU…AND READING THIS , MALOU IS JUST LAUGHING HER WAY OUT…
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 ACTS….
REALLY, ASKING FOR HER RESIGNATION IS NOT ENOUGH…TO CONDEMN HER ACTS IN PUBLIC IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS LADY BECAUSE SHE DEGRADED US ALSO IN PUBLIC…SHE ATTACKED US IN HER ARTICLE , WE FIGHT BACK WITH A FULL PAGE CONDEMNATION THRU THEIR RIVAL NEWSPAPER…WHO KNOWS, THE ADVERTISERS FOR MANILA STANDARD WILL PULL OUT THEIR ADS AND CHANGE COURSE…
THIS WILL THEN BE A STAIN IN HER REPUTATION…IF SHE’S GOT ONE..
AND THIS WILL ALSO WARN SOME WRITERS NOT TO MESS WITH OFWS..NOT TO MAKE FUN WITH US…BECAUSE WE CAN COME IN FULL FORCE TO DEFEND OUR DIGNITY…
ONE FOR ALL….ALL FOR ONE..!!!…
JUST A SUGGESTION…
MABUHAY ANG MGA OFW’S……
oo nga tama ka dyan budoy.
di nyo ba napapansin jalos lahat ng lifestyle writers relatives ng pulitiko or anak ng mga businessmen na hindi nagbabayad ng tax? lahat yan mga yan may kapit kala mo kung sino. i agree. i’ll contribute din. dapat ilabas lahat ng mga baho ng mga balasubas at matapobre na mga hinayupak na yan. at least sa internet wala silang kapit. power of the people!
Let’s google bomb her with the handle “bitch” or other explitives
[...] no statute of limitations on outrage. So after finally catching up on my RSS reader, I came across this little tidbit about an article published in People Asia by a certain Malu Fernandez, who also [...]
she sucks big time, i remember her back in college she was almost a friend and guess what ?, i am working abroad now. and another thing, i hate her dellusional self now more than ever. shes like a sogging bigot cheap shot who suffers from the groucho marx syndrome ” I refuse to belong to a club who would have me as a member”
” it’s funny daw ” sabi ni malu F… okay gigil na gigil nga ako sa iyo malu F… gusto kitang kurutin, at sana lahat kaming mga ofw ay makakurot sa iyo. tingnan ko lang pag di natangal ang taba mo.
Some writer write to satirize or humour, but not this Ms Fernandez. And the worst thing she wrote was thanking God for not taking the first Ferry that sank and that was the most insensitive and hurtful things to say to the relatives of the victims of the Ferry that Sank and if I were one of the relatives, I’ll just gladly blow her Fat Ass so she can thank God personally on her Way to Hell…
Other than that, is there an Ombudsman within the Media entity to monitor the behaviour of its writers and staff if they cross the limit of Free Speech and thread that very sensitive line, we call here in Canada the “hate crimeâ€? No it’s not the case of libel or slander which is a civil case, a tort, but under the Criminal code which states that any publication written or by words or on line that promotes hatred to a particular groups or race or religious group or ethnic race is a crime…Under the limitations to our rights…and to humiliate a race, even if it is your own is a crime… so my advice, the next time you re-visit your Charter, please tell your lawmakers to include a provision that will states something like this:
“The Philippines Charter of Rights and Freedoms Guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.â€
And then enact a law specifically for Ms Fernandez to shut her trap..hehe..
ohh yes it seems shes an elite, she is just expressing her feelings that she don’t like to be with. Maybe its better for her to ride in her private plane. If she’s an elite why is that she stays at The Manila Standard as columnist instead run her own company. Ohhhh my “GOD” actually she is trapped in a sea of great tranquility of nowhere…ha.ha.ha…..
~Leave her like that. Whining or bitching, that’s her right. If she says that we are a poor country, made up with lousy and lame politicians, well then, look around and check if she’s wrong.
~So what if she’s being an elitist? It’s her right to feel and be that way. If you like being one, be sure you got the goods to back it up.
~On that particular plane scene, I just think that’s a horrible scenario. NO TO SOCIAL SUICIDE. Isnt that an eye-opener for the people? To behave appropriately especially in public places? Leave your bad manners to the wet market or worst, at home, where it must have came from.
~Social Mannerism should be practiced properly. Socioeconomic background shows no connection to as how one should behave properly. We have always been fighting againts foreign countries descriminating the Philippines, the Filipinos. For us to achieve that, we have to show them that they are wrong, not cry and pick fight over it.
~A change of perspective is what we need. A dire need. The filipino people in general is considered as a public figure. We are the frontliners of this country. Since it is a public figure, therefore, more often than not, it becomes an object issues used by Media. Malu is Media. Whining, bitching, she is the media. For me, it’s writing on a different kind of level. I like her style, she got some balls. I’ve had enough of articles gleaming with sugarcoats and endless hope is just too frustrating that sometimes I end up skipping the entire page and just flip to the next one.
~It is obviously shown on her piece that she is not proud of her countrymen. Neither I. Look at these sad souls, working for the terrorist-looking
arabs just to feed their families with great risks at stake ie. health and lives. A modern slave. Who would ever be so proud to be a slave? When we were small, did we ever dream of becoming a Domestic Helper? No. Being a slave is not a decent job and we know that. Scrap that mask. Forget about how “big” they are being paid. It is not a decent job.
~The manners, the manners. How can they not be stereotyped?
~This overwhelming response coming from the masses, that exact way of thinking is putting a great help for OUR country’s needs for DEPRECIATION. There is no other way but down. Down to starvation, down to poverty. Down to being slaves. The problem is not Media or anybody else. It’s our (Filipinos) way of thinking. It’s too canned, too limited, too pigeonholed, too dismal. And the foreigners are absolutely right. We are just made of Coconut trees, and nice beaches, and domestic helpers and a prey to an old and withered American.
~An apology is not necessary. Really, it’s not.
masyado cya mataba kaya d nagkasaya sa economy seats.
hayaan nyo na, minemenopause lng yan kya ganyan.
ganyan talga pag tumatanda na.
im just saying na tayo din mismo ang nagpapalakas ng apoy sa issue na to, kung hahayaan mo lng yan, mamamatay din kasi yan, yung tao i mean, me karma cya, at hindi naman tau ang nagdidikta ng karma, wag kau masyado paapekto dyan, kc ang mangyari pa e lalo lng sisikat yung tao/baboy. she/it did that “article” just to have a controversial issue. let her/it die.
It is also about class. She revels in her burgis diva-ness, as if that is a badge of honour, and that burgis sensibilities and wit are superior. But, really: divas are boring; the burgis are boring; their stories are boring; their odour is boring; their faces are boring. Malu Fernandez is boring. Its all so boring because she and her burgis wit and her burgis prejudices celebrate a tiny, tiny set of experiences bought by privilege and money, and is therefore not, and will never be, a celebration of the-rest-of-us authentic humanity — the stuff that truly great art and literature is about. She represents kankungan-ng-kasaysayan stuff.
Duuuh I’m a fat bigot bitch who can’t get any over here, so I try and hit up the foreigners for cash and secks, LOLOLOLOL. -Malu Fernandez
Malu Fernandez humorous (as she said) piece making fun of OFWs is a typical mentality displayed by a citizen in a colonized country. As a writer, I expect her to be liberal on her ideas concerning human beings and much more to her kababayans. We are now in 2007, and I guess socio-economic classification is a thing of the past. Nevertheless, it is not for this poor woman who want to be different being a “member” of the elite society. By the way, I never knew one of them flying an economy class despite the urging of the travel agency. Believe me, she is not hurting the pride of the “lower class” because first of all, they don’t read an elitist magazine like People Asia and surely they have no access in the internet.
What this piggy woman is hurting are the Filipinos in general !!!!
Firing her will only be a slap on the wrist. Heck, I don’t think she even needs to work at all — mayaman siya di ba? She’s writing just to have an outlet for her bigoted thoughts. Also, will Manila Standard have the balls to fire her in the first place? Pamangkin niya daw si Migs Zubiri di ba? Babanggain ba siya ng dyaryong ito?
nakakahiya sya as a filipino,,,in the truest sense of it!I am so ashamed to say that she is a filipino in every inch of it!So does that mean she is ashamed of herself too?!I have seen her once,,she talked in front of graduating HS students and i was amazed at how good she was.I thought she was good in speaking but too bad that now i disgust,,,i despiose,,,i abhor all the good thoughts i had of her!what a pity to be a low life disguised as a socialite…or should i say SOCIAL CLIMBER??????God, she was very offensive and her letter of apology was not enough to put back the pieces of the broken hearts of Filipinos who have read her article!she is such a low life form of a writer,,, i wonder does she still sleep soundly at night with all the filipinos or people feeling for filipinos who actually despise her? or she has developed such thich skin to acually not feel anything about it at all?
Inngit lang sya dahil di sya pwedeng maging OFW. Hindi sya papasa sa anumang categorya. ie; sa Mid east, they will immediately send that thing back home , doon pa lang sa immigration, because isa syang BABOY. They hate pigs in that place.
The Plane scenario: kung talagang elite itong baboy na ito, dapat ay doon sya sa cargo area, para pwede sya tumihaya ha!ha!ha!. Itong “it” na ito is not even worth boarding that plane. wala pala sya pambayad kahit na sa business class…. s***t talaga! To mention few, DH can afford the business class and even the first class and often given free by their well known employers. they’ve been to other places, especially europe. Beat that Ms. Malu Baboy! Wala kang sinabi.
PUNYETA KA MALOU.. KANINA PA KITA HINAHANAP.. ALIKA DITO NG MAKATAY KA NA..MARAMI NA ANG GUSTONG BUMULI SAYO.. HALIKA RITO BABOY KA.
I have worked from New York to Japan, not by choice, but mainly to live far from people like this self proclaim bitch, Malu Fernandez. Working abroad is a tough ordeal, being away from your family and all,so to be avictim of this social climing BABOY makes my blood boil so high. Her kind and her connections are the very reason why the Philippine economy and society is going nowhere. Mga clout nya na pagananakaw lang naman ang alam gawin sa pamahalaang Pilipinas.
I had a good education and I had a great job abroad, im not saying this para magyabang, gusto ko lang sabihin jan sa Malu na yan, na BABOY sya at nawawala ang edukasyon ko pag nakakarinig o nakakakita ako ng mga taong katulad nya. Mapanglait and mapang api, akala mo kung sino nagkaroon lang ng konting pera. Call me a coward but the Malu Fernandez of the Philippines is the major reason why I will never consider living in the Philippines for good. I mourn the sad plight of our society and teh elitist attitude have not changed since I left six years ago.
I hope justice will prevail in this situation. Lechonin na yang Malu Fernandez na yan at ipakain sa kapwa nya mga baboy.
Can we just call her a fat ignorant bitch and be done with it? She’s not the first elitist and certainly won’t be the last. She doesn’t need to be discussed as much as she seems to have been already. Honestly, how many people read Manila Standard, and her articles for that matter, anyway?
for the jerk and bitch MF; ang masasabi ko lang, sabi ng preacher sa’min “we are just steward of what we have now”. What we all possesses is from God, so why boast.. don’t use you’re talent (kung talent nga)to hurt your fellowmen, upon reading your article i can feel your sadness and just try to cover it with the “wealth” that you are saying… kawawa ka naman……….hay buhay….napakahirap talaga magpakabait kung may mga taong ganito kang makikilala… kawawa naman sya…
Nagpa retoke ba si malu? retoke ng utak?
This was the best example of a filipino na mayaman na yumayapa sa kapwa pinoy… She was very effective in making majority of those who read the article know that she is rich and make us feel that we are not like her… and pwede tayong tapak tapakan..
ganun pala yun… na being with OFWs in a plane is like hell?
sino-sino pa ba ang may “malu fernandez” syndrome?
i am challenging everyone to love people like Malu…let us be a good example to her…she needs to be loved so she will know how to love in return…OFW man or elitista…i will forever be proud to be an OFW in Dubai… and to be in Emirates economy class flight… proud to walk in Dubai Duty Free and mingle with our Kababayans…i will be forever be proud to be a Filipino…lets help Malu to see the other side of OFW’s lives for her to understand the meaning of appreciation and love. *** to malu – God bless you.
I’m one of those Filipino Workers who overrun Dubai Duty Free as what Malu F mentioned in her nonsense article.For your info ms piggy a number of us already travelled in some parts of Europe and U.S. enjoying the comfort of business class because we can afford to do so.I’m also collecting Chanel,Christian Dior,Thierry Mugler,Bulgari,Issey Miyake,Jean Paul Gaultier and Marc Jacobs perfumes.If you need more of your Jo Malone’s perfume just contact any Dubai Duty Free perfumes staff and we promise to donate some to you because it sounds like you are hungry of it.Furthermore,as a Beauty Advisor,i would like to take this opportunity to advise you to use Body Shaping Cream and Total Body Lift of Clarins.These products would be very perfect for ur fats and cellulites.Forget first about the expensive fashion accessories because i believe you need to prioritize your body so you deserve to be called a diva.Now,does this sound hilarious to you and your friends?
mga kabayan di po kami kumukuha ng ganyan klaseng baboy mataba masyado at walang nutrient. May standard po kami sa pag pili ng lilitsonin at si Malu ay di papasa sa standard namin.
Buti sana kung ang ganda ganda mo! Hayop ka! Malamang ang itim-itim ng kili kili mo? Bakit? Hindi? Kung manglait ka saming OFWs eh akala mo naman na may ginawa kaming masama sa’yo. You better watch yourself. Planning of travelling somewhere? Humanda ka! This issue has been heard around the world. You know how fast emails travel. Baka kung saan ka pupulutin! This isn’t a threat but i’m just telling you the facts. Do you think you’ll be safe? I don’t think so fatso! You are going to regret this… i swear to Allah!
Guys… nasabi na natin lahat ng dapat sabahin, pero sa sa tingin nyo ba naaapektuhan nito… i don’t think so, coz she’s a bitch wala syang paki alam sa mga sasabihin natin against her.
best thing to do is convince nalang natin lahat ng mga kakilala kamag anak at mga kaibigan natin na e-boycot ang Manila Standard Today at ang People Asia Magazine, we all know that nde naman sila directly involved dito pero dahil they allowed her na ma publish ang discirmaniting write up nya, kaya dapat din nilang maramdaman kung ano ang kaya rin nating gawin mga OFW.
BOYCOT MANILA STANDARD & PEOPLE ASIA MAGAZINE
mabuhay ang mga OFW.
People like her should be slapped and be shaken so hard that she wakes up to the reality that she is earning her living because of the Filipino people…including the “AXE and Charlie cologne” smelling OFWs. She writes in a Filipino paper and if she is not that stupid, she should realize that her paper is being read by Filipino families who were forced to be apart just to earn by working overseas in order to provide for the needs of their family. THE NERVE OF HER! Well whatever perfume she is wearing, I could still smell her stench from here…sorry missy but your brand does not suit you. I should know as I have worked previously in the Dubai Duty Free Perfume Section and I know a lot about perfumes. These sales people that you are referring to are good and hard working people who do not deserved to be insulted and discriminated. I have worked there for two years and believe me; the management has set high standards in recruiting people. Some of them might be better educated that you are! If I were the Manila Standard Today, I would fire her as what she has written is senseless and by keeping her, people may start to question the credibility of the entire paper.
Malu will be a hot name in the bloggers and forums in the internet and pinag uusapan ng mga pinoy at pinay na mahilig sa tsimis. The self proclaimed diva is pretentious enough to write things which she thought would be a good laughing matter to her socialite freinds. Well Malu sumakay ka sa Emirates under economy, hindi mo ba alam ang rating ng Emirates, to feed you with info, here goes:
Emirates Economy Class
Taking your Economy Class seat in the new Emirates A340, perhaps the first thing you’ll notice is the convenient new cabin layout. The seats are arranged in a 2-4-2 configuration (as opposed to the traditional 3-4-3 layout), which means more space and more privacy, particularly for couples travelling together (and also means the end of the dreaded ‘double excuse me’ when leaving a window seat). The seats themselves are wider and more comfortable, and come equipped with a personal 10-inch video screen on which you can enjoy more than 500 channels of entertainment (including movies-on-demand – another first for Emirates Economy Class).
In short maluwag ang sit, kaya sa sobrang taba mo hindi ka na kasya. So, nairita ka, uncomfortble sa pag upo, pasensya na day dahil kagawan mo rin yan, hindi ka nagdyeta. Kaya huwag mong sawayin ang kapwa mo.
The overall reaction of hatred to the original article and its author would probably be a whole lot different if Malu Fernandez had the looks and build of a fashion model, now wouldn’t it?
Why does it seem that everyone reacting angrily here, as well as the other related blog articles, just HAVE TO lash out about that Bitch (with a capital “B”) being heavy and calling out insults referring to overweight individuals?
Seems to me that everyone here looks down on overweight people in general, keeping it to themselves until he/she steps on your foot or gets on your nerves..
btw, I’m not overweight; and I think Malu Fernandez went a bit too far with that article, and therefore should re-think her writing style if she wants to stay a lifestyle writer.
“Meanwhile, I wanted to slash my wrist at the thought of being trapped in a plane with all of them.”
Then why didn’t she?
People like her obviously don’t deserve to live anyway.
[...] Bigot articles such as Malu Fernandez’s have caused raucous in the Philippine internet forums and discussion avenues. Though some may [...]
To write such an article is definitely not a filipino and a different breed. She belongs to a powerful family, an elite pedigree and seems related to a world famous and acclaimed actress…..miss PIGGY! She’s a pig! she looks like a pig writes like a pig and thinks like a pig…a talented pig…..oink! oink! oink!
i found nothing witty, acerbic or otherwise, in ms. fernandez’ article. at best, it seems to be the ramblings of an unequipped writer over a vacation trip. she is her own punishment.
anti-socialite on August 19th, 2007 at 11:52 pm
…they’re all liars, frauds, tax cheats and scammers. kung sino pa ang rich sila ang nasa media. i really don’t know how they can sleep at night.
malou gave an answer to that:
MF: I…popped my sleeping pills…
****
Regarding Malu as portrayed in her own article:
That’s her. There’s nothing I can do about it. And this is me, and there ain’t anything she can do about it, too. But between her and me, taking wealth, accessories and perfumes aside, who’s the better person?
A naked man without any accessory nor perfume is still a man. A clown wearing Louie Vuitton, Jo Malone perfume, and all that is branded and featured in fashion magazines, is still a clown.
I think we should put her in the shoes of a DH. Say, a
couple of months. Have her work with a Saudi family
with houses barricaded with a 10-20 foot wall and
padlocked gate (only the rooftop can be seen outside).
No day offs and without possession of her passport.
Then, an egoistical maniac boss who treats her maid
both as a slave worker and a sex object for a measly
US$200/month compensation. Have her wear an Abaya and
a veil with only eyes seen.
That I think would be very funny to us now. We don’t
need another bitch to shake things up. Perhaps,
rather than making their sufferings a theatrical
comedy she should put her criticism into a helping
hands. And did she mentioned to let the politicians (including her family members who maybe a politicians themselves) make the difference? Excuse me? Did she say, politicians? That I think is real funny.
Now, the question is… Have she ever been into a kind
of situation as our DHs have been? Have she been to
Saudi where women are treated like a slaves with
limited social rights (or should I say, human rights)?
Have she ever been away from her family for 10-15
years? I don’t think so.
Reality bites as they say and we do agree on that.
Elitist talk that way be it a simple criticism or just
a keen observation.
Do this person think that the life of a DH is a funny
thing to write about? Indeed, it is.
@VLAD
~“Vlad: Leave her like that. Whining or bitching, that’s her right. If she says that we are a poor country, made up with lousy and lame politicians, well then, look around and check if she’s wrong.â€
My Response: This uproar has nothing to do with her being right or wrong. Malu actually has a point but her approach and the way she wrote the article was nothing near professional journalism. This is not writing opinions in a blog. She is writing for a magazine. You can be witty without being a bigot. You can bitch and whine without being a crab (didn’t she just put others down while glorifying herself in the article?). Since you said about rights — this is also everyone’s right to whine and bitch about Malu, so fair game, right?
~“Vlad: So what if she’s being an elitist? It’s her right to feel and be that way. If you like being one, be sure you got the goods to back it up.â€
My Response: You just said it. She doesn’t have the goods to back it up… not even proper journalism writing skills and conduct.
~“Vlad: On that particular plane scene, I just think that’s a horrible scenario. NO TO SOCIAL SUICIDE. Isnt that an eye-opener for the people? To behave appropriately especially in public places? Leave your bad manners to the wet market or worst, at home, where it must have came from.â€
My Response: You are right about this but you do not have to be condescending to prove a point let alone have it published. It’s like inviting yourself to the lion’s den.
~“Vlad: Social Mannerism should be practiced properly. Socioeconomic background shows no connection to as how one should behave properly. We have always been fighting againts foreign countries descriminating the Philippines, the Filipinos. For us to achieve that, we have to show them that they are wrong, not cry and pick fight over it.â€
My Response: Let us stick to the issue here. The issue is irresponsible journalism. Social mannerism is another issue that we can discuss separately. Please, stick to the main issue: Malu Fernandez’ irresponsible journalism. Journalists carry responsibility with them when they write to the public. They become public figures = public properties = subject to public criticism and public action.
~“Vlad: A change of perspective is what we need. A dire need. The filipino people in general is considered as a public figure. We are the frontliners of this country. Since it is a public figure, therefore, more often than not, it becomes an object issues used by Media. Malu is Media. Whining, bitching, she is the media. For me, it’s writing on a different kind of level. I like her style, she got some balls. I’ve had enough of articles gleaming with sugarcoats and endless hope is just too frustrating that sometimes I end up skipping the entire page and just flip to the next one.â€
My Response: With media comes responsibility. With responsibility comes consequence – praises, criticisms, and actions (such as the call to fire her). Anyone can have balls really, but make sure your balls support responsible journalism. I am for freedom of speech. I am a critic advocate myself, but please, let’s have some “standards†here fitting to true and responsible journalism. When you talk to the people, the people will respond, just like what happened now.
~“Vlad: It is obviously shown on her piece that she is not proud of her countrymen. Neither I. Look at these sad souls, working for the terrorist-looking
arabs just to feed their families with great risks at stake ie. health and lives. A modern slave. Who would ever be so proud to be a slave? When we were small, did we ever dream of becoming a Domestic Helper? No. Being a slave is not a decent job and we know that. Scrap that mask. Forget about how “big†they are being paid. It is not a decent job.â€
My Response: Ah, now your true colors have been exposed. Do you have any idea what it is to live in dire poverty? There is a very popular saying in Tagalog that I am sure you are aware of, “Kapit sa Patalimâ€. You have not lived the lives of these people for you have no clear understanding what survival means. Fact is you don’t have to really experience poverty. You just have to understand.
~“Vlad: The manners, the manners. How can they not be stereotyped? This overwhelming response coming from the masses, that exact way of thinking is putting a great help for OUR country’s needs for DEPRECIATION. There is no other way but down. Down to starvation, down to poverty. Down to being slaves. The problem is not Media or anybody else. It’s our (Filipinos) way of thinking. It’s too canned, too limited, too pigeonholed, too dismal. And the foreigners are absolutely right. We are just made of Coconut trees, and nice beaches, and domestic helpers and a prey to an old and withered American.â€
My Response: I may not agree with the childish statements from many posters here but you still did not get the point. Let me repeat, this is the issue: Malu’s irresponsible journalism, and her bigotry towards a certain group of people. Malu is media (just as you said) = public property = subject to public criticism and public action.
Hey Malu Fernandez,
You don’t look like an elitist, more of like a “pa” elitist…..being an OFW is not something to make fun about or make something hilarious…you’re the one who looks like a fat trying hard elitist joker….it’s not funny at all….
Uhm…you complained about your bruises?! Well, you better check on your weight and size girl!…don’t blame the plane…you’re just TOO BIG for that!!!
I don’t see anything generally (and personally) offensive in the article. Sounds like me yabang, pero marami namang mayayabang and it’s normal for humans – Pinoys or otherwise – the only difference is that she was vocal about it because she has the medium to do so – in a blatant kind of way siguro.
But then, the article was supposed to be funny – to the likes of a stand-up comedy theme fun, in an elite kind of way I guess.
Am not normally responsive to personal ideas and views – that’s freedom of speech – to each his own – “horses for courses”.
I am an OFW but I don’t smell Axe nor Charlie, in fact I smell like … nothing at all (LOL! me taong sanay sa expensive scents and meron ding amused sa cheap ones)… I wasn’t on the plane with her so who cares … About the kwentuhan and stuff onboard, well, I don’t constantly create friggin’ noise on board flights – oblivious of other peoples solitude – as I too gets annoyed with noise-pollution-makers on board, hirap makakuha ng tulog lalo na sa long-hauls, malaki ang aircraft, maraming passengers. I paid for my fare and so do other people on board the plane – respect is the rule of thumb and most people silently demands that. Pwede naman kseng I-save ang loud conversations in an open space, maybe later sa airport na kaya, not inside an atmosphere-controlled environ like airplanes… or siguro dahil sa excitement and boredom di naman bawal magkwentuhan on “your own space” kindof volume… not on other peoples’ space kindof volume or much more on the full-scale-plane-high-fidelity 5.1 theater-surround kindof volume…maingay na nga yung engine, maingay ka pa rin. I would bet marami ring mga tao on board (Pinoys and others) who share the same feelings with her….well…if that is the case base on her article. And that’s how elitist talks which most of us average Joes do not understand, thereby, hitting most of us below the belt. We have our ow language just as they have theirs.
That’s her travel account, that’s her story, that’s how she vividly tells her travel story, may sounds funny or witty to the elites – offensive to the subjects – yun ang kanyang description, that’s her depiction of the whole scene, the whole vista from her own eyes and perspective. Yun ang nakita nya, yun ang observations nya, yun ang naamoy nya, yun ang naramdaman nya. Though am an OFW yet I wasn’t there, I don’t smell Axe nor Charlie and I do normally sleep on board – so di ako yon! Ikaw ba yon?
Kanya kanyang mata, kanya kanyang pananaw, kanya kanyang kwento, kanya kanyang istorya – and that’s her side of the story…. and all other peoples’ reactions are the other sides of the story.
Besides, I would bet marami ring mga tao na di komportableng me maingay na katabi or malapit sa tabi … (how bout you?) – Pinoys man or ibang nationalities – the atmosphere on a long haul is conducive to sleeping… for heaven sake I need to take a nap…so SHUCK THE FUT UP!
Malu you are hilarious. You hate economy class? Go business class. You hate the sand? Don’t go there. I hope you enjoy the rest of the your lonely life in the clouds full of misery and hate.
I say, kill the bitch!
I found her friendster profile..now’s our chance to voice out what we really feel about her…(its public, comment away)
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=5282975
Kaya hindi umaasenso ang Pilipinas dahil sa mga katulad mo Malu!!! translation: People you Malu is one of the main reasons why the Philippines is not developing.
@ OWEFDABOLYU
Maybe the reason why most of us OFWs got offended by her “humor” was because it came from a high class socialite oozing with discriminative distinction among the “lower class” citizens. If the same joke could have came from the same group of OFWs, talagang nakakatawa. Kahit ako kaya kong mag-joke ng ganyan sa mga kapwa ko OFW na hindi sila masasaktan o mao-offend kase nga walang malisya. But because it came from her, nakakabadtrip kase you can feel her smirk where you’re reading, her jokes were most likely 90% meant. Kumbaga, you can call someone black when you’re also black and the one you called black won’t be affected. Pero subukan mong ang isang puti ay tawaging negro ang isang negro pag hindi naghalo ang balat sa tinalupan.
Can I buy her? How much does she cost? Wait no need to spend my hard earned OFW money on her, she’s pathetic.
When I left the country 35 years ago, I did so not because of what we are, as written by Malu, but because of the very few people like her. That someday due to evolution they will die a Natural death along with their fatty acids..
But I was wrong, instead they multiply like rats and more venomous, and they seem to be holding court (Power) as they started to call themselves, Elitists, Bitches, and Socialites (kiss my butt, rats love garbage).
They are the modern day Mary Antoinette, who may someday deserve the same fate, ang Guillotine, ang guillotine…Dr. gene and Dr. joy t. new york….
…Para kay Malu Puwitnandez na kmg ank daw ni Migs Zubiri kung talagang mapera ka ampunin mo lahat ng nasa bahay ampunan at bigyan ng magandang kinabukasan at ipagamot mo ang mga may sakit na nasa bantay bata na kung saan ang malaking bahagi ng tulong pinansyal ay galing sa aming OFW.
…Kay Malu Puwetnandez pa rin sa susunod na pagasakay mo ng eroplano bisnes class or first claa at kahit anong airline maging mulat ka sana at baka ang airport na nilapagan/pinangalingan mo o eroplano na sinakyan mo ay OFW ang naglilingkod. Huwag kang sasakay ng Cathay Airlines dahil sinisiguro ko na magdurusa ka dahil pahihirapan ka namin. Pag British air naman tiyakin mo na na kakilala mo ang nasa likod mo dahil titisurin ka namin. Pag Emirates naman wag k ng mamasyal sa duty free ewan ko na lang kung ano ang mangyayari sa iyo. San k p pupunta? ah sa Pinas? sa D fort? sa kalsada ng metro manila? saan pa? Lahat ng lugar na pupuntahan mo may OFW (mismo o kamag anak, kaibigan) at ang mga kakampi mong elitista matulungan k kaya? Kaya humanda k sa digmaang ito.
…Kay Migs Zubiri payuhan mo ang baboy mong kamag anak
…Para kay J tama ang mga banat mo sa may tama na si Vlad na kasmahan ni Malu Puwetnandez.
…Para kay Josh Your request is our command “Let Her die” the way she wants “Slash Her Wrist” dahil mas malamang magsuicide na yan kesa kunin ng mga……………..
…Para Kay BUDOY ok ako sa suggestion mo. Kahit 200 USD call ako. At try ko kontakin ang foreign post para malaki ang coverage. At kausapin ko yung kasama ko sa work na may anak journalist sa PDI.
…Para kay Sunshine Di na kailangan ng Body shaping Cream at Body Lift of Clarins. Pumunta lang siya dito Sa Body Building Workshop namin GRINDER AT OXY ACETYLENE LANG ANG KATAPAT ng Body Shaping cream at VERTICAL/HORIZONTAL JACK AT PULLER ang katapat Body Lift of Clarins. Kung yung eroplano nga naihuhugis namin at nababatak siya pa kaya. LIBRE PA WALANG BAYAD ME KASAMA PANG MASILYA HE HE HE HE HE HE HE
…Ngayon sino kaya ang mas katawatawa sa sandaling naudulas at natisod si Malu Puwetnandez habang naglalakad sa walkalator sa dubai duty free. Ay ang cute parang balyenang gumugulong he he he he he wag ka alala Malu F kukunan ka namin ng video tapos benta namin sa pirated CD/DVD
… Para Sa Manila Standard today conduct na kayo ng loyalty Check dahil nasisiguro ko me mga empleyado kaya na may kamag anak, kaibigan at mahal sa buhay na OFW din. Bago pa maging huli ang lahat TANGGALIN niyo na si Malu Puwetnandez. O kaya tulad ng una kong request gawa na kaya ng memorandum na tinutuligsa na ninyo at hindi sinasangayunan ang mga isinulat ng balyenang baboy nyong journalist.
… Bago pa magsisi kayo sa huli at tuluyang madamay sa digmaang sinimulan ng walang kakwenta kwentang journalist, elitist, bullshit, na si Malu Puwetnandez.
… Dun sa Editor ng Manila Standard Today kaya ka tinawag na editor ay para mag edit ng mga offending words and languages.
… Miguel Zubiri gumising ka…….. Huwag lang matulog sa pansitan ……………
buti pa nga baboy, they can contribute to the human society…
Grabe itong Malu Tong na toh! kung manglait nakuha pang sumagot para lamang palalain ang pang lalait niya. May alam akong filipina na hindi nandidiring maki halubilo sa mga amoy panis na laway, mga taong hindi na nakuhang magsipilyo dahil sa kahirapan pero ang filipinang ito ay masaya pa sa ganuong kapaligiran, pero sa pang karaniwang eroplano lang siya sumasakay kapag umu uwi at umaalis ng pilipinas. PERO SISIW LANG SA KANYA ANG SUMAKAY SA PRIVATE JET ANYTIME NIYANG GUSTUHIN.
NGAYON SINO KANG MALU-TONG KA PARA UMASTA NA KUNG SINO KA AT MANGLAIT KA NG GANUON NA LAMANG SA KAPWA KO OFW.
NAKAKAAWA KA MALU-TONG KAHIT KAY ALING MILA HINDI KA PAPASA…
To think that the article is for public reading, her way of writing is not a freedom of expression but rather an insult to OFW populace. You Malu is an ignorant and ignorance is the synonym of stupidity!
nagdidisguise lang yan, si mark jimenez talaga yan!
hay, ganda sana ng travel story, i’d like to feature on my sikat na OFW site rin sana but it discouraged me ’cause of what she says against OFWs…well well well…what can we do? OFWs are just a group of Filipinos who got a chance to travel overseas lang kasi they are in difficulties looking for a better opportunity in the Phils so they just wanted to run away for the sake of their loveones left back home, unlike them >>> these elite and high society people (some not all), they travel abroad for pleasure and for fun and not to earn for a living….i think, next time, better have your own plane na lang so that you can’t be mixed with people like us…and if you want to shop naman all over the world, well you can’t do anything about it because OFWS are the World’s Top Foreign Workers, so kahit saang lupalop ka siguro magpunta, may Pinoy…kasi ganyan kagaling ang mga Pilipinong Mangagawa sa Abroad.
If you’re trying to be funny naman, well well well din, hindi naman puppet ang mga OFWs para gawing katawa-tawa sa isang kwento…isa lang ang masasabi ko, medyo tackless lang cguro ang nagsulat at saka hindi open minded, in short parang hindi malawak ang pang-unawa…yun bang mag-iisip muna sana bago mag-publish kung meron ba syang ma ooffend, akala niya ata, hindi nagbabasa ang english article ang mga OFWs at akala rin cguro hindi nagbabasa ng english na newspaper at magazine ang mga OFWs….
Huwag masyadong “itaas ang kilay” dahil pag tayo ay binawian ng buhay, iisa lang ang ating babagsakan, tayo ay mabubulok at uuurin at isa pa, huwag mag-alipusta ng kapwa, kasi kahit napakaganda pa ng damit na suot mo,o napakabango ng pabango mo at super expensice pagdating sa “CR” o toilet o comfort room at tayo ay magbawas, pare-parehas lang ang ating amoyyyyy….sorry sa kumakain…
Just stop reading na lang daw her article, so,ibig bansa sabihin ay huwag na lang nating basahin ang article niya kahit na kung ano ano pa ang kanyang ikwento na katawatawa against OFWs?…sa palagay ko wag na nga lang, para wala ng kikitain ang magazine na pinagsusulatan niya at para siya ay sibakin….
[...] by lesturla under idiots It was too tempting to blog about this issue but tingog.com’s take on this issue is the best I have seen. So I leave it to him to fill you [...]
u fuckin hippo! go to hell! who u think u are? u look half beast half balloon! why they allowed this crap to feature in n.paper? i mean that was a foul statement to our OFW. as far as i know they are the modern heroes, no one have the rights to do that especially them, this racist malu is babaeng kupal? pinagsamang sebo at tuyong modtaks! in english go to hell where all of ur fats burn along with ur soul. greece ur ass!!!!
[...] believe that the Filipino blogging community has sufficiently voiced out against Malu Fernandez’s “acerbic wit”, so I’ll not delve into the well echoed [...]
[...] but I might as well throw in something. In case you don’t know what she did, please refer to this. I think what she did is wrong, insensitive, and not at all classy as she seems to think of herself [...]
From the Philipine Star website (http://www.philstar.com/index.php?p=44):
“From the onset, we at philstar.com have always prided ourselves in doing our very best to serve YOU, the Filipino global community in the best way we possibly can! We, together with our sister companies, The Philippine STAR, Pilipino STAR Ngayon, The Freeman, Banat and PEOPLE ASIA, have, and will continue to, given you unbiased, serious and accurate news and information on and about the Philippines and the world.”
I wonder why the STAR Group which proclaims it’s site as “The Filipino Global Community” allowed an article that maligns the OFW community be published at all. This is a disservice to the OFW that I think they should take steps to correct.
Buti sana kung maganda si Malu at talagang “DIVA” looking, matatawa sana ako…kaya lang mataba na nga sya, pangit pa…tapos sama pa ng ugali. Tsk tsk. Buti na lang marami siyang pera…
Ok …. For Starters girl hindi kana man kagandahan para mag inarte eh … your a columnist a journalist kung talagang naka punta kaduon diba dapat ang topic mo tungkol sa lugar na yun .. imean thats Greece !!! ive been there 3 times and i can vouch for the fact that there are a lot of things to say about Greece, but since Greece is not the reason why im writing this comment, then lets focus on you …. You call your self a journalist ? how can you be a journalist when you cant even write about the places you’ve been to specially “GREECE” where stories are made, and things started … you could easily fill your one page article with lots of developmental writing … isn’t that what journalism 101 teaches ? how to write developmentally. Well if your writing for a travel magazine aren’t you supposed to write about Greece and Boracay, on how are they similar, what is their diff. what places have you visited, the history the people , etc. etc. etc. because that’s what your topic hinted right ? From Boracay to Greece,. But instead your story revolved on your “TRAGIC” Flight. ok Your an idiot as a writer ine !!! we know that already …. but for the ove of GOD Your What will we cal the editor who let this Sh!t get Published ????? NICE ONE GUYS you have just waged war on your biggest reader base ….. for crying out loud do you know OFWs travel the world more than your “Jet-Set” Pinoy elite daw … who cant even write about the place shes been (hahahahaha and she calls her self a journalist BWAHAHAHAHA Very Funny )(Dito sa dubai may tawag sayo – Mafi Mukh-.).
After reading your column 3 things came into me …
1st You’re a sick biatch who deserved a nice good beating !! para pumayat kanaman .
2nd The way you wrote your story (given na marunong katalaga sumulat) it hints that you’ve obviously never been to those places since your story revolves on your flight and your aim at those OFWs is just a carefully written and researched story to cover the truth that you’ve never really been to those places that you’ve claimed … it shows you cant even make a proper statement on what are the place you’ve visited in Grece …. The pictures that you’ve used … girl I have the same postcard and anybody with a right know how of photoshop can insert their picture, in less than 10 mins.
3rd When you cant fill a page with views and comments about the place you visited then You cant Call your self a journalis, columnist .. fck your not supposed to have a job whos the diot who hired you ??!!!
girl you don’t need to be a top columnist to be funny … ill write some lines and im sure everyone will laugh at it … lets try it …
Maluga is a bitch, a fat bitch who cant write .. your so fat you cant even fit in the camera.
ok one more
Malu hate OFW because she used to date one, but he dumped her fora sexier OFW …. hmmm thats not hard ANY ONE CAN BE SEXIER than
Ok isa pa
MALU – MALU = Balugang Sosyal =
kita mo thats funny … and thats creative writing hehehehehe Balugang Sosyal = Malugang Sosyal bwahahahhaahahahaa
NOW THAT’S FUNNY !!!!!!! and THAT’S TRUE !!!!!
Your a columnist a journalist kung talagang naka punta kaduon diba dapat ang topic mo tungkol sa lugar na yun .. imean thats Greece !!! ive been there 3 times and i can vouch for the fact that there are a lot of things to say about Greece, but since Greece is not the reason why im writing this comment, then lets focus on you …. You call your self a journalist ? how can you be a journalist when you cant even write about the places you’ve been to specially “GREECE” where stories are made, and things started … you could easily fill your one page article with lots of developmental writing … isn’t that what journalism 101 teaches ? how to write developmentally. Well if your writing for a travel magazine aren’t you supposed to write about Greece and Boracay, on how are they similar, what is their diff. what places have you visited, the history the people , etc. etc. etc. because that’s what your topic hinted right ? From Boracay to Greece,. But instead your story revolved on your “TRAGIC” Flight.
ok Given Your an idiot writer Fine !!! we know that already …. but for the love of GOD!! Your What will we call the editor who let this Sh!t get Published ????? NICE ONE GUYS you have just waged war on your biggest reader base ….. for crying out loud do you know OFWs travel the world more than your “Jet-Set” Pinoy elite daw … who cant even write about the place shes been (hahahahaha and she calls her self a journalist BWAHAHAHAHA Very Funny )(Dito sa dubai may tawag sayo – Mafi Mukh-.).
After reading your column 3 things came into me …
1st You’re a sick biatch who deserved a nice good beating !! para pumayat kanaman .
2nd The way you wrote your story (given na marunong katalaga sumulat) it hints that you’ve obviously never been to those places since your story revolves on your flight and your aim at those OFWs is just a carefully written and researched story to cover the truth that you’ve never really been to those places that you’ve claimed … it shows you cant even make a proper statement on what are the place you’ve visited in Grece …. The pictures that you’ve used … girl I have the same postcard and anybody with a right know how of photoshop can insert their picture, in less than 10 mins.
3rd When you cant fill a page with views and comments about the place you visited then You cant Call your self a journalis, columnist .. fck your not supposed to have a job whos the diot who hired you ??!!!
girl you don’t need to be a top columnist to be funny … ill write some lines and im sure everyone will laugh at it … lets try it …
Maluga is a bitch, a fat bitch who cant write .. your so fat you cant even fit in the camera.
ok one more
Malu hate OFW because she used to date one, but he dumped her fora sexier OFW …. hmmm thats not hard ANY ONE CAN BE SEXIER than
Ok isa pa
MALU – MALU = Balugang Sosyal =
kita mo thats funny … and thats creative writing hehehehehe Balugang Sosyal = Malugang Sosyal bwahahahhaahahahaa
NOW THAT’S FUNNY !!!!!!! and THAT’S TRUE !!!!!
As for the article, I think they should boycott the Manila Standard Today until Malu Fernandez is fired. No reputable journalistic company should tolerate such a stuck up mega-bitch. Kakahiya.
Wow! The last time I checked, there were only seven comments and four of them were pingbacks/trackbacks.
Definitely, little malu got everyone interested. What to do, what to do?
By the way, I liked the funny nicknames little malu earned for herself:
Balugang Sosyal
Hippo
Malu Tong
Malu Puwitnandez
aka Mark Jimenez
Lechon
Ms. Piggy
Elitist Snob
I’m sure the list will go on and on. Hahaha.
Ano kaya other articles nitong si Malu?
[...] has been very vocal about the article written by Fernandez, calling for a boycott on the magazine and paper she writes [...]
There are people (maybe like, Ms Piggy) who are fond of criticizing others to cover up with their ugliness, insecurities and imperfections just to uplift their pathetic being and feel good about themselves. It’s a defense mechanism.
Me binili na akong manyika…
Me perdibli na rin ako…
Nagsindi na rin ako nang kandila!
*ora-ora-pronobis*
Hinihintay ko na lang ang byernes…
malu-sosyo walang respeto
MALU MALU ,MALU
TANDAAN MO TO
BAKA DI MO ALAM MADAMING NPA D2 SA DUBAI….
WAG MONG KALIMUTAN YAN…
Since she is in this habbit of making distasteful remarks, then Ms. Malu Fernandez won’t mind me saying this. With regards to the seating on the plane being small, didn’t it cross your “elite” mind that maybe, just maybe, you’re a “little” overweight. And I can understand you not liking the beach, Why should you? Hell! A lot of people would not want to see you in what I can only think of as an oversized bathing suit! And being the “royalty” that you claim to be, why bother flying economy? And what’s even funnier is that you did it twice! You may be rich Ms. Malu Fernandez, but you stink more than all the cheap cologne’s combined. How dare you lambast the OFW’s! They are heroes, something that you are not and will never be. You Ms. Malu Fernandez said it yourself, you are a BITCH!
Dahling Malou,
If you really are who you say you are, why didn’t you get yourself roundtrip business class tickets in the first place? Granted that your travel agent recommended economy class tickets (right…let me guess, their office is in Binondo?), but after your horrible experience on the way to Greece, you could’ve at least asked for an upgrade on your return ticket. Tsk tsk tsk. Unless of yourse, you can’t really afford business class?
Mind you, there are a number of so-called OFWs I know (in your circle, they are known as expats) who can afford business class roundtrip tickets to Greece. And yes, they probably earn much more than you.
So think before you start writing with that fake Montblanc pen you got from China.
Prost!
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
Sad, really sad…
Hoy PRINCESS FIONA (nung ogre pa siya), URSULA (in Little Mermaid), BARILES NA MAY PAA, kahit isang bariles o kahit isang tanker na Jo Malone ay hindi matatakpan ang baho ng ugali mo at dumi ng budhi mo! Maitim ang buto!
Sa mga so-called kaibigan niya: matakot kayo kasi kapag naghirap kayo (sana) ay unang-una itong si Malu Divamatabasiya na magtatakwil sa inyo. Matapobreng baboy!
By the way, bakit tahimik ang major news media sa issue na ito? Pero pag kalaswaan eh primetime pa ang coverage nila. Hoy Gising KAPAMILYA! Nasaan ang “in the service of the Filipino Worldwide”? (Ubo! Ubo!) Excuse me po, KAPUSO! Nasaan ang “serbisyong totoo”? Ibalita nyo sa madlang Pinoy ang pangaalipusta nitong si Miss Pigrolac 2007 sa mga OFW.
By the way PEOPLE ASIA is part of STAR Group (Philippine Star) which is a media partner of ABS-CBN. Dapat kasama din sila sa boycott para umaksyon din sila…
One thing I really hate about the internet is that it has provided a venue for idiots to shine. Professional bloggers and forum dwellers are the worst. You are very quick to slander and punch away at anyone with an opinion, yet you do so by cowardly skirting yourselves with anonymity –hiding behind an LCD monitor and a dumbass nickname. At least Malu put her real name to her piece.
Malu is insensitive, perhaps. But at the end of the day, it is an opinion – something most of you internet folk dish out in gigabytes on an hourly basis, regardless of the repercussions, damage or pain you may cause. All without the balls to put your name behind it.
Having said that, what was said that wasn’t true? I’m not talking about politically correct, but just ‘not true’? It may have been completely inappropriate to mention, and even irrelevant to the story, but be honest now, if you have ever had the misfortune of traveling on an economy flight with a hundred OFWs you would admit it can be a nightmare. I’m not challenging the fact that they are the heroes of the economy blah blah, but would a little bit of manners be too much to ask?
I think this Malu was wrong in the fact that her comments were insensitive, aloof and too general in her approach, but let’s keep it in perspective.
People on this very site have called her ‘ lechon baboy’ and other horrendously offensive names like pig, boy piglet, Dely Atay-atayan, Lola Potsay, Dabyana, matrona, pigrolac, T.H. (Trying Hard), social climber, Aling Mila, Mang Tomas, naaagnas ang mukha, Ms. Piggy, Pigsa ng tinubuan ng kamay at paa, etc. etc. etc. Some of the people who made the nastiest comments had not even read the piece. They’re just jumping on the bandwagon.
So, let me ask you this: Why do you feel that it’s ok for YOU to do it but not anyone else? Are you better than her? What gives YOU the right to slander and cast hurtful statements? Because you were offended by her? Well, she was offended by her seatmates. She said her two cents. No different from what you guys are doing, but just minus the profanities and the bad grammar. In the end, only a handful of people would have read that article and it would die a natural death in a dentist’s office waiting room.
Let’s not lose sight of the big picture. I really couldn’t care less about Malu Fernandez. I think her column was actually awful, but more in a journalistic who-gives-a-crap-about-your-stupid-holiday kind of way. It is uninteresting. But that’s the same for over 90% of articles in our local magazines and newspapers. Without this little controversy, it would have been lost with the countless other useless articles that People Magazine publish. But thanks to you, the internet bloggers and forumites, she is now number one on Google when you type in her name. Give yourselves a pat on the back. You have made her famous.
This cheap maleducated journalist has made my blood reached its boiling point…I never heard such thing as having “bruises” while sitting on a plane seat…what ??!! Either, youre having restless leg syndrome and ignorantly blaming the seat size or youre simply an ugly fat bitch ! If you happen to come Los Angeles, get some cold laser liposuction to get rid of your stubborn fats, diva pig !LOL
And since you claimed you belong to the elite, why didnt you booked on business class or rather, on private plane ? YOU LOSER ! cut the crap out !
Theres only one truth here: you can never be one of us being OFWs coz just at the psychological exams alone you would absolutely fail or unfit to work abroad, you mentally-sick MALUNGGOY !! ppbbbrrttt
MALUNGGOY–the total stinking moron roaming around Acropolis..or i wonder if you actually visited it.
** EFIYE THEE, GAMOTO PALAVE **…..a simple greek which you deserve from me who lived 5 years in greek-speaking country.
Lastly, may i suggest that if you have nothing nice to say, why dont you shut up your filthy mouth or you can kiss my ass.
kudos, Budoy.
Joy Suarez
Southern California, USA
“he bottom line was just that I had offended the reader’s socioeconomic background. If any of these people actually read anything thicker then a magazine they would find it very funny. 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.”
What socioeconomic background, ano ibig sabihin niyon, we ofw belong to the society that is below to your society, discrimination na iyon di bah.
If any of these people read anathing thicker than a magazine…. yes we do. but i dont find it funny sa article me.
PEOPLE NEED BITCHES LIKE ME TO SHAKE UP THE WORLD…. let me tell u this, kaming mga ofw we dont need any bicthes around, sa dami ng aming mga iniisip eh di namin kailangan ang isang bitch para i skahe ang world namin. we left our family to provide a better and decent life for them. so what kung kami ay mga DH, di mo bah alam na kaming so called modern heroes eh nakakatulong sa pinas kahit kami eh nag kukudkud lang ng inodoro.
I obviously write for the a certain target audience and if what I write offends you, just stop reading……ngayon ko lang na read ang article mo, and article makes a good impact dito sa net, imagine ang daming nag reply. meaning marami kang na offend.
I think this is her.
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=5282975#moreabout_1_5
Well maybe she’s just trying to make us laugh.. anyway, she doesn’t look any better than those comedienne in philippine tv and stand-up comedy bars, but those people are far more decent than she is, and they do genuinely make us laugh..
Malu, slashing our wrist during that flight would have been more hilarious to us, specially us OFWs here in Dubai.. and I hate to be saying this but the brands of clothes you are dying to have (mango and zara), most of us here wear them only for “pambahay†and even those DH you are making fun of, they too are wearing them so don’t you elate yourself from us cause at least we are working hard for what we spend, CLEAN MONEY, bitch.. the same money that’s keeping our economy survive, which I don’t think your politician relatives can do (are they even doing something??) there is no need for us to discriminate enyone for this money..
So watch your back next time you ride the plane, cause millions of OFWs are coming after you.. oh, did I tell you your pictures are now spreading to every filipinos here in dubai? I guess you should know that..
I think Manila Standard is really so desperate for any kind of publicity for hiring such an offensive “writer”. In their mind, and in reality actually, bad publicity is still better than no publicity so they must be pretty happy with all the reaction to their columnist.
I think that’s precisely why they hired her and continue to support her; by publishing her equally offensive reply disguised as an apology. Controversy sells and they think fanning the fire certainly won’t hurt their circulation, since it’s already so low I thought they were closed already.
Since boycotting the paper can’t harm what already doesn’t sell much, I think they deserve the sponsor boycott that Erap tried on the Inquirer some years back. This won’t be an attack on press freedom like in that political harassment case, but a defense of basic truth and decency.
For all we know, the entire article may just have been made up by the writer because I don’t think the publishers can even afford to send her on those trips in the first place. She may even be not a real person at all, since her picture is as offensive as her words. If the picture was that of a nice, kind looking girl, I doubt if there would have been as much reaction. It would have been written off and forgotten as opinions of a simple dumb girl.
Anyway, real or not, can someone post the names of the few sponsors who would dare to still keep this publication alive despite the junk it churns out? Boycotting these sponsors will surely put an end to this issue pronto.
I am based in Japan and I came across this brouhaha only through the internet. I asked my friends and realtives about the issue and not evryone has heard of it. My point is our campaign is only widespread in terms of Philipine blogs and within the international community or OFWs. We should inform all our family and friends to boycott Manila Standard to make sure our campaign will be effective.
Kelangan malitson ang Malu Fernandez na yan.
Yun lang po.
Shame on you Malu. You are a disgrace to your profession and this country.
Bad taste, bad form and obviously unintelligent. The gall of this social-climbing woman to even write something like this and the fact that People Asia and Manila Standard would publish it appalls me.
You can’t may think your family has class honey but you will never ever have the breeding that you apparently aspire for.
We are going to boycott you and blog this piece to death.
And while we’re doing it…ilabas na ang Mang Tomas!
Maluga Said:
“The bottom line was just that I had offended the reader’s socioeconomic background.” excuse me ??? and on what socioeconomic background do you fall ??? the ones who cant afford a business class seat …. ??
FYI I’m an OFW and I Fly Business Class to Qatar, London, Cyprus, Greece, Egypt and yes Philippines .. and I pay for my own flights , and I own my own company here in the UAE !!! find it hard to believe ??? well if you have actually read something thicker than your own writing then you would know that 10% of business owners in the UAE are Filipinoes, and 30 % of the working class ofws are all Management Levels , Doctors, Eng. etc. now just to give you an indication these 30% get a minimum net monthly income of 8,000 DH to a maximum of 30,000DH (that’s min 104,000DH to 390,000DH if the exchange rate is down to 13 : 1dh) now if a management level working class earn that much then think how much do we earn having our own company and having our very own staff to give salaries to.
we can brag of how much we earn, we can brag of our houses in Philippines and in other countries, our investments, our estate .. But we choose not to … cause unlike you we have better things to do. Because we are happy to know that each peso we send helps our family and our government. In return we need a lilbit of respect .Be careful what you write because there are a lot of OFW who can compare bank balance and properties with you at any given time!
YOUR NOT AS RICH AS WHAT YOU THINK YOU ARE ! AND APPARENTLY YOU ARE NOT AS SMART As what YOU CLAIM TO BE As well
hmmmm do you still FEEL rich ? Do you still Regard yourself as an Elite? Money and education you are nowhere near us nor our children who study here in American University Dubai? Do you FEEL THAT BITCH?? Elite and you drive a Crosswind? or an FX? hahaha don’t make me laugh ! Stop pretending and stop bragging we OFW have seen, own and experienced FAR BETTER THINGS THAN YOU!!! While you buy your SUVs in OLONGAPO, WE BUY Our MERCs and LEXUS Brand NEW!! FEEL THAT IN YOUR FACE BITCH !!!!
having Politicians as a relative is not something to brag about !!! girl … because we all think of you and your relatives as leeches who sucks our government’s money !!! That’s the reason we are here to help and make a difference, now as to your relatives u said they are trying to help and make a diff?? hmmm lets see until you people learn to respect people of lower socioeconomic background you will never be fit to govern Philippines ..
!!…. A Simple Sorry Could have done it but now its an ALL OUT WAR !!! If you think we need a maldita like you … wait and feel our fury We will never let this topic to rest !!!! WE HAVE THE POWER TO BOYCOTT ANY PUBLICATION THAT INVOLVES YOU!!!! And because we are in direct contact with our foreign friends who are pos. client / reader of your publication company
THAT’S NOT A VERY SMART MOVE!!! SPECIALLY in DUBAI THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT TAKES BOYCOTTING SERIOUSLY and even other nationalities join the cause !!
We will Take down ANY COMPANY or POLITICIAN THAT IS CONNECTED TO YOU !!!!!!
We will also apply a petition ANY WEBSITE that has your name , or connected to YOU and your malicious writing to be blocked in all GCC countries !! Now knowing that they are related to YOU THEN I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR THEM!!! NEXT TERM!!!
I SAY WE SHOULD BOYCOTT HER MAGAZINE and ALL HER POLITICIAN RELATIVES!!! Same BLOOD SAME ATTITUDE!!!! I WILL GOOGLE ALL YOUR RELATIVES AND MAKE A LIST TO POST HERE AND WOULD AS ALL OFWS TO BOYCOTT THEM!!!!!
No wonder she got bruises on her legs for sitting. Eh ang TABA pala niya eh!
Malu Fernandez response or defense is simply a TRASH. Her abominable write up is simply disgusting with disrespect to OFW’s.This pathetic writer should be kick-out of Manila Standard.
Does she know’s how to categorize between “FUNNY & OFFENSIVE” article? If she consider her article as being funny then i suggest that she must go back to school ask the teacher to distinguish the word or even check the dictionary.
And what’s funny about her published article when infact it’s full of insult to us OFW’s?
Don’t claim that your being witty coming up with that article because it was indeed a deplorable one.
dahil sa sinulat nya….ito ang napatunayan….
pangit siya dahil kelangan niya ng 17 kilo ng makeup para magmukhang tao….(o baka kaya 17 kilos overweight siya!!!)
mas mataba siya sa akin dahil ako ayos lang sa upuan ng economy…
akala nya eh nakukuha sa pabango ang pagiging tao…hoy tabatsoy i can smell your stink from manila all the way to africa…just a thought….pasyal ka naman dito sa africa…ibibili kita ng ticket BUSINESS class, ay hindi pala kukuhanin ko na lang sa skywards miles ko ang ticket mo….and ill let some guys show you the swamps…then maybe you can have something to write about if you can really write that is….
her politician family members believe that they can help….but its entirely different thing to beleive than really doing it di ga?
her wit is a pathetic excuse for being a wannabe diva
and yes she should abhor the beach…kasi she wont fit there specially in boracay…kasi ang seseksi ng tao dun…
here some greek words for you…malaka, gamoto, malakia, estudialo, fosti….
It’s so sad that a woman as “blessed” (relative to wealth) as Ms. Fernandez has the time for the most senseless statements in the world! And for what? To of course impress her so called friends as well as build up herself making her look like a first class citizen with all the glamor and fame. It’s a shame to have a “kababayan” like her….she represents nothing but garbage. her insecurities and hang ups are at its worst because she actually uses her abilities, money and skills to put down not one but the entire Filipino people!
Millions of Filipinos around the world are born and still are poor but they have something that enriches their lives that Ms. Fernandez obviously doesn’t have. It is patriotism and respect for her kind. She spoke so badly of our OFWs who go through so much hardship that she can barely imagine! How dare she insult our brothers and sisters when she herself have never gone through the pain and agony that they have all gone through?! I say…If you haven’t lived it…don’t speak of it! Because she knows nothing of the “wrist-slashing” experiences that most of these Filipinos have encountered!
I am proud to be a Filipino. In my book, that includes loving and embracing the good and the bad things that come along with the title “Filipino”. If she is so disgusted at us maybe she should emancipate her citizenship and choose her own…maybe she could create one too…all for herself since that seems to be the only person that she adores, (Okay I’m exaggerating here…it was fun..). Everywhere I go I see Filipinos at their best and worst. Sometimes I even collect funny “Pinoy encounters” stories so that I may happily, proudly and delightfully tell them to my friends. Not to discriminate, insult or make fun of my “kababayans” but to show their humor, eccentricity and the beauty of the REAL Filipino people. There is nothing about the Filipinos that I am ashamed of…but Ms. Fernandez changed my mind…I am ashamed of her!
Patay kang Malu ka! Subukan mo ulit mag travel via Dubai, sigurado kukuyugin ka ng mga OFWs. Baka sa eroplano palang eh litsonin ka na nila. I’m not kidding. I know some people who were greatly offended by your bigot remark. Siguraduhin mo lang na naka business class ka sa susunod kungdi patay kang baboy este babae ka.
Hindi lahat ng OFWS ay ganun sa akala mo. Kahit man ganun sila ay nag hahanap buhay sila ng marangal. Hindi katulad mo na naghahanap buhay para mansira lang ng iba. I pitty you lady hippo. Sana naman makonsyensya ka at mag public apology ka sa ginawa mo. Hindi po yun nakakatawa and that is definitely not a witty remark. That is an insult to the Filipino people.
Siguro kaya ka ganyan kasi wala ka pamilya, asawa, anak na nagmamahal sa iyo. Siguro ay isa kang tao na malungkot ang mundo at puno ng ka plastikan. Akala mo ba yung mga tao na nakapaligid sa iyo ay gusto ka maging kaibigan? Mag isip isip ka. Baka naman kaya ka lang nila sinasamahan ay dahil may pera ko or they need you to write about them. Being a socialite isn’t a right but a priviledge.
Being bitch and witty are two different things. Maligning other people is also a different thing. Kaya kung ako sa iyo, ayusin mo muna buhay mo bago ka manlait ng iba. Isa kang baboy!!!
HINDI KA PINOY!!! ISA KANG BABOY NA MUKHANG LANGAW NA NAKAPATONG LANG SA IBABAW NG KALABAW.
Tandaan mo…
just like a bamboo…the higher it gets the lower it bends.
Huy Malu Fernandez!!! di kita kilala no…. ngayon lang kita napansin… pinagkaguluhan ka dito dahil sa kayabangan mo…. magtagalog nalang tayo para mas maintindihan… ang sama mo naman …. races ka naman sa kapwa kababayan mo! what if we call you na BABOY ka naman eh…. ang sama ng ugali….anong nakuha mo sa school???… saan ka kaya nag aral parang walang natunang values eh… papayat ka muna DAY…. bago ka mag satsat…. who hired her???? ang tanga tanga eh… kaya lalo tayong maghirap niyan…. mayaman ka raw wala ka bang utang??? shame on you BABz!!!! magpakabait ka wag ka masyado races…. mukha mo eh…
kaya naman naliitan sa plane kasi ang laki eh…. hindi kasya yong baboy sa upuan dapat sa laugage nalang nilagay eh wahahahhaha …. gusto lang niya yata maging diva sa tsismisan eh… walang magawa… naku ang ofw’s pa nga ang mamahalin ng perfume eh… sos naman… mostly sa mga gumagamit ng mga mumurahing bagay is mabait… yong nasa economy class mababait yon e bakit napunta si baboy dun sa economy class ??? di naman mabait yan eh… tsaka baboy pa… wahahhaha ano ba yan????????? di yata kaya mag upgrade to first class eh… babz malu rich ka naman sabi bili ka ng sariling plane mo at ibagsak mo sa pacific coast!!! wahahaha di ka naman marunong mag pilot eh…. e hire mo ako para ako na pilot mo… at ako ng bahala sa yo bwahhahaa ang BABOY eh… FAK!!!
NAGPAPANSIN LANG YONG BABOY WAHEHEEHEHEHE BIYATCHHHHHHHHHH SABIHIN KO SANA PIGLET HAHAHA DI NAMAN BAGAY EH… ANAY NA SA TINGIN KO… WAHEHEHE NAGPAPANSIN PARA SUMIKAT WALANG MAGAWA SA BUHAY EH… TAYO NAMAN BASA NG BASA DAPAT DEN E LECHON NA YANG BABOY IPAPAKAIN SA MUSLIM HAHAHAH BAKA MAGUSTUHAN EH… TSK TSK SARAP DAW YONG LECHONG KAWALI WAHAHAHA…. DIVA IN A LOW CLASS… MAYRON BANG WALK OF SHAME SA PINAS??? ILAGAY SANA YONG NAME NIYA DUN… BAKA MAY MAGKA INTEREST NA TOURIST EH… O KAYA TERRORIST BWAHAHAHHA… ANG SAYA SAYA
Ito ang problema sa ating mga Pilipino. Kapag iniharap na sa atin ang mga di kagandahang mga katotohanan tungkol sa atin, magagalit tayo. At ang galit na ito ay maituturing din na isang senyales na maaaring totoo ang kanyang mga sinabi.
Ang hindi pa nga maganda kapag kapwa Pilipino natin ang “bumabatikos” sa atin, napakabilis nating mag-react at magalit. Ngunit kapag mga dayuhan ang naninira na nga sa atin, para tayong mga uto-uto na agad makikinig sa kanilang sinasabi at sasangayon pa tayo na, oo nga tama sila. Pero hindi ba mas maganda na mismo sa kapwa natin Pilipino manggaling ang mga ‘di magandang pananalita dahil sa nais lamang niyang ipabatid ang mga bagay na ito na maaaring hindi na natin nakikita pa.
Oo nga’t parang pangit na marinig mula sa kapwa natin Pilipino ang mga di kanais-nais na mga salita ngunit dapat lamang dahil sa siya ay Pilipino rin at ayaw niya na mapahiya at masira ang pagiging Pilipino natin nang dahil lamang sa mga maliliit na bagay na ito.
Salamat.
haha! malu is soo funny! grabe, luv it! she probably thinks that putting down OFWs would make her seem sosyal, now THAT’S funny! Pustahan tayo she became that fat because of binge-eating in free buffets offered in press conferences. Oh, and I bet she goes to all presscons to get free food and free goodies! I also bet that she lives on gift certificates and free trips abroad, so that explains why she get to wear designer clothes/make-up, and travel to different countries. I bet she can’t afford all these on her own, she just relies on her press ID to get all these perks. I’m so sure of it…that’s what I’m trying to avoid in this job.
while she may have sounded HARSH, what’s really wrong with that? You know what the problem is with the HAVEs and HAVE NOTs? its not really the amount of money…its the overall attitude, BREEDING! pagka-API syndrome, affirmitive action dapat kami mentality
honestly, when you see one person get down from a MERCEDES, what is your instant reaction? now when someone gets down from an OWNER jeep, what’s your reaction? SEE? you instantly have a reaction…i’m not saying what it is… but it may be this: wow, edukado yung nasa BENZ… ay, bobito yung nasa owner….. pero that’s not necessarily true diba? pwedeng A$$hole yung nasa BENZ, and matinong simpleng tao yung nasa OWNER….
So what’s my point?
Kapag ang unang HUMIRIT ng kung ano man ay MAYAMAN, instant reaction ang mga MASA, na may PROTESTA agad(more often than not)… bakit? because they feel they are being stepped on when what really just happened is someone just stated FACTS. Pero NA_AAPI KAMI, bakit naman ganun?
Now let’s turn the tables. Let’s say meron ubod ng yaman, tapos may POOR na humirit about how fugly the mayaman’s clothes look, how pretentious he/she is and how “nagtatapon lang ng pera” that person is… may reaction ba? usually wala. Why? kasi more often than not hindi na papatol yung HAVEs sa HAVE NOTs. Ask yourself why? E pareho naman na-agrabyado… parehong hiniritan… eh pareho naman may TRUTH yung hirit.
So ano yung issue? It’s actually quite pathetic how everything should be “politically correct this politically correct that” Jeez! everything should be sugarcoated these days!
I can say i’m a compassionate person, even if i don’t sound that way, i sometimes go out of my way to secretly help our “guard, driver etc” OCCASIONALLY. Pero i usually come out as an A-hole with our other help, (the ones i don’t HELP, actually even the ones i help minsan), why? becasue i’m strict! when something is done half-baked, and BURARA… i let them know about it… am i wrong in doing this? No i’m not! pero mukang nangaapi ako why? because they fall under the HAVE NOTS!
Paralellism: Vice President ng company…. Sinabon ng PRESIDENT of the company… mag kyaw kyaw kaya yung Vice President? up to what extent, let’s say kasalanan naman nya talaga… sa tingin ko being VP hindi aabot sa ganun yon, kasi a VP ay may ibang pagkatao na, that’s why he’s a VP.
E pareho naman sinabon, bakit reaction ng HAVE NOTs parang masyado OA?
think about it.
back to the article, I know its sad, and pinoys have a hard time admitting it din… minsan nakakahiya to be in the company of pinoys when your in the international scene.
Madalas, walng modo, walang pakialam sa iba. Maingay sa eroplano kahit madaming foreign nationals na gusto matulog.
SUS ginoo! sa airport! have you seen the WHEELCHAIR line? namfootsa! puro PINOY! why? kasi right yun ng tao to request a wheelchair when boarding a plane… one, naka upo ka the whole time, and 2, una kayo papasok… sheesh! talagang a-avail yun ng mga pinoy kahit kaya naman mag-lakad! kakahiya!
Isa pa… are you proud of Efren Bata? I am, coz he’s a d**n good player… pero when i watch him play, footsa naman, have some dignity bro! mukang mabaho tapos nangungulangot pa my god! the whole world is watching!!!!! is that breeding or what?!
Mga pulitiko… ay naku! pinagtatawanan tayo ng buong mundo. haaaaaay, political correctness is the LEAST of our problems… and its actually damaging coz it COVERS up the truth by sugarcoating issues.
Hindi elitista ang PUMUNA! lahat dapat punahin, nagkakataon lang the HAVE NOTs are more likely to have bad BREEDING… not primarily their fault… but they CAN CHOOSE to do something about it… and i RESPECT those that have done something about it! Sila ang dapat tularan and hindi mga BORN RICH and lalo na hindi mga have nots na galit sa mundo na may mentality na: mayaman kayo, pobre kami… ha! tingnan natin!…. jeez
Greek Words for you :
Skata !! Mlaka Fosti !!
Pohta ka baboy !!!!!!!!!! ako mataba din pero mas baboy ka sakin BABOY KASI UGALI MO !!!!! BAAAAAAAAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYY Isakang alagad ni mang Tomas !!!!
Nak nang Potah Elite daw damit Mango !!! tang ina pang bahay lang ng misis ko yan eh … MAngo ?? =)) bwahahahaha at zara !!!! ikaw yata ang domestic helper eh !!!! kasi ang jologs mo biek !!!! kahit DH dito naka orig na lacoste !!!! Mango hahahahahahahahahaahahahaha JOLOGS NA BABOY !!! na FEELING SOSYAL !!!! tang ina mango and zara gusto mo pala nun txt me maid namin sa makati … dami kami pinadalang mango and zara dun eh …. ANG JOLOGS MO BABOY !!!!
to dennio..
it would have been acceptable for us OFWs had she written the article responsibly and intellectually.. but can you read between the lines?
she was comparing her being surrounded with OFWs to being “in her own private hell”.. and it was the most offending remark i have ever received really, this coming from an OFW here in dubai.. what does she think of herself?
i am not criticizing you though, but can you blame us for our reactions?
i can only hope that we OFWs, whether DH or in management levels be given the respect that is only due to us.. is that too much to ask?
Here’s a suggestion for you Ms. Malu. Why not confide to the people about your childhood so that we’d understand where you’re coming from. I’m sure it’s gonna be a depressing and heart-breaking story. Then, we might forgive you. The people are not as insensitive as you. Also, why don’t you reflect on the things that you wrote in the article. I understand. You were not in control of how you felt, but there are things that you should just keep to yourself because they might hurt other people’s feelings. Don’t you remember the times when you were still young – the other children, perhaps, were teasing you; you felt neglected by your loved ones; and maybe a lot more. I’m pretty sure they hurt. You should have learned from your experiences.
@DENNIO —— rightfully said!
QUOTE: “Kaya hindi umaasenso ang Pilipinas dahil sa mga katulad mo Malu!!!”
Pondering on that – widescale – Pinas is not prospering because of the likes of Malu? Hmmmm….
But hey, how many Malus are out there? The likes of her – elite and bitch – are in fact few, what is the population of affluent people in Pinas – take the data from the statistics – compared to those along the poverty line and below? Not so many, right, there are more of those who belong to the so-called masang pinoy. Then taking the numbers of affluent people in Pinas and deduct again the population of rich-ies who are not really bitches (like Malu), then you’ll come up with realistically very few Richy-bitches.
The question here is – would a really few richy-bitches (like Malu) affects the progress or development of a nation or country thereby resulting to regression?
OR … (again realistically) the very many numerous average people and below (incl. us OFWs) who gives so much furious reactions and outrage (being Pinoys of touchy nature) to her not-so-very-interesting-personal-travel-account-article-in-a-not very-popular-print-media which by the way seemed to have been intended to the elite, affects the economy more if we continue on whining and negatively reacting?
C’mon, come to think of it. Tayong nakararami ang makakaapekto ng progreso ng bansa, yang pagaalsa masa and the numerous street protests resulting from numerous dissatisfactions, practically speaking, yan din ang contributor ng di pagusad ng bansa. If there is a congruency at all with what is happening here right now – with all these angst and outrage.
Though honestly and in my personal opinion, she sounded very much of an amateur journalist (am not a journalist myself but reads a lot) … though honestly too, those lines in the article that invited fury sounded funny to me, kahit na OFW rin ako, maybe because it’s so acerbically funny, you know those satirical comedy acts that insults government figures or even the President, that’s almost similar.
I have had similar experiences during my travels too – both with Pinoys and others on board – some people may get mad at me too but I have to admit it if only in my thoughts that a certain percentage of Malu’s feelings during her flight“ordeal†I do share. Those Pinoys or Pinays who are unbearably and raucously loud with boisterous laughs and endless kwentuhan with endless tayuanand other gestures – di ba nakakairita, especially if you are not the same type.
To be honest, there are times that I would feel a bit uncomfortable and mortified – along with all those other quite and well-mannered Pinoys or other nationalities around – that I have to request a blanket from the flight attendant to hide myself or my losing face because obviously I am also a Filipino and fortunately I look very much like one, can’t hide it but I may be able to hide it under a blanket… well, somehow…….
And who doesn’t gets offended and overpowered by the smell of truly overpowering scents na kala mo naligo ng isang litrong (AXE or Charlie or Brut…pick your style or kahit na yung expensive scents pa, pag sobra suffocating din) …… Problem is, I am being realistic here and honest, but I would bet there are lots of us here who share the same sentiment in situation like this.
C’mon… let’s be honest…. HIPOCRISY kills….
Poverty is a very sensitive topic for a lot of people in this country. The miseries, hardships and neglect they have experienced have made deep marks in their hearts and souls, making these people incapable of finding your “ascerbic wit” funny and hilarious. As a Filipino, I think what this country needs are people with progressive comprehension of reality. What you wrote in the article is the last thing these people want to hear. They have had more than enough put-downs in their life time. More than your insult, among other things what they need are appreciation, hope and inspiration from those who are suppose to be capable and educated like you, Ms. Malu, to pull them out of the “black hole” and make them believe that they can overcome the challenges and struggles of poverty.
Gosh, this Malu is so annoying. Who does she think she is?
I went to St. Martin’s College of Art and Design in London (where John Galliano and Alexander MacQueen graduated) and now works at Harrods. I wear No. 1 Perfume by Clive Christian (try it, if you can afford it!) as I got bored with my Jo Malone perfume two years ago (so last season!).
Every two months, I fly to Paris (sometimes first class, sometimes economy class) to unwind and sip coffee along Champs Elysees (but actually my favorite is Cafe Malongo along St-Andre de Arts). I just came home two weeks ago from Cape Town in South Africa (I have extensively traveled Europe and North America because of my work–read: designing assignments and attending fashion shows– so I have decided to widen my horizons with this trip to Cape Town.)
I travel with my LV trolley although frankly I find monogrammed LV ugly and tacky (as most Parisians do). I love my Jimmy Choo and Gina collection.
Like you, Malu, I’m materialistic and shallow; I do enjoy my high-end lifestyle, my designer stuff and the company of my rich friends.
Yes, I enjoy being fabulous BUT I never felt I’m a better person than most OFWs and I certainly don’t mind sharing a plane with them (first class or economy.) My most favorite part of my flights going to Manila is when the plane touches down the tarmac and people starts clapping their hands. I can feel their excitement and I feel so happy for them that finally, they will see their loved ones. So what if they’re noisy?
If you care to observe, Malu, there are Americans and Europeans who are noisy too. Have you been to a flight where there are fans coming home from watching a premiereship league? I enjoy most of my trips to Manila because I get to share stories with these OFWs. Actually, I find them more interesting than most rich airheads I meet in Manila.
I don’t need sleeping pills during my flights because I can sleep soundly knowing that the kind-hearted OFWs I have befriended are looking after me and my stuff– that’s how dependable they are.
I did not find your article funny nor witty at all. You were rude and insensitive and you should apologize to the very people who keep your country afloat.
Have some class, Malu, or at least have some manners, then maybe you can be as fabulous as I am. Oh, by the way, I only weigh 110 lbs.
… Para ka Jaime on 8/21/07 12:30
1.Walang name hayan nakasulat pangalan ko kung gusto mong hingin pati address ko dito sa London o sa Condo ko sa mandaluyong bigay ko sa iyo. ikaw kaya mo ba? uwi ako Oct 15, kung gusto pakita pa ko saq iyo at kay Malu Pwetnandez para malaman qng sino ang may balls.
2. Travelling with OFW is a nightmare? Heavens sake for me it is one of the happiest moments if not the happiest. Being you with with somebody who expresses their feelings and thoughts freely without stepping on others dignity.I am more than happy.
3. “Offended by seatmates daw si Malu Pwetnandez” in what way? because she did not fit in, she was ask if she’s a DH? what’s offending with that?
4. Malu Pwetnandez actions are malicious so it is fair enopugh for her to receive a vilolent reactions.
5. My friend Jaime don’t cover the ass of an expose ass hole.
6. Malu pwetnandez becomes famous, yap your correct, EVIL FAMOUS
…Para kay Dennio, ang galing mo, pero mali ka dun, ang critisismo o pagpuna ay maraming paraan at kahulugan. Pwedeng constructive, destructive at malicious. kung kaya man nating tanggapin ang pagpuna ng banyaga marahil ito ay isang constructive criticism na gumigising sa natutulog nating diwa. Pero ang ginawa ng pwetnandez na yan na tila baga binibigyan mo pa ng katwiran ang kanyang mga sinabi ay isang MALICIOUS DESTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. OKEY BAH
…ANO KAMO WYSIWYG???? HAVE NOTs are more likely to have bad BREEDING…minsan nakakahiya to be in the company of pinoys when your in the international scene.
Madalas, walng modo, walang pakialam sa iba. Maingay sa eroplano kahit madaming foreign nationals na gusto matulog……. Pwede ba magisip kang mabuti baka ikaw ang sumunod!!!!!!!
Taking potshots at OFWs is a deathwish, especially when millions of Pinoy families have at least one family member deployed somewhere in the world trying to earn enough for tatay’s tricycle or nanay’s sari-sari store. Hence, her display of acerbic wit and irony is misplaced. OFWs strike a deep sentimental chord with Filipinos. It’s like criticizing the pope for having a funny accent. Kinda rubs you the wrong way. Malu should’ve been wise enough to know that.
OMG! Guys try to look at the writer, I would probably give justice to her if she looks like Daphne, Amanda or Angel former hosts of TV show “F”! Saying bad things against his fellow Filipino was worst much more to their chosen career. I think editors in her magazine and newspaper must ban her from publishing articles. She has no heart to people she considered with lower-socioeconomic-background. Having born with wealth doesn’t mean decrying those whom not blessed with.
No doubt, she is the most conceited journalist in the industry. Nakakahiya siya, matapobre!
Paano nakapasok yan sa UAE??? eh bawal doon ang baboy!!!!! ahhh elligal baboy ka doon. kakahiya ka PWEE. Buti pa saiyo mga domestic helper legal at kagalang-kalang na trabaho.
Baboy na ang ugali mo binaboy pa nya sarili mo….hoy TABA…kawawa naman mga baboy ngayon mahahaluan cla ng may karumalumal na na pagka baboy na kagaya mo…
bakit???? kaya binabalot mo ang sarili sa mga accessories dahil ikinahihiya at ikinukubli mo ang pagka baboy mo??….
hoy kahit kailan di mo kayang tapatan ang mga OFW….we are being importd by other countries because of our talents and profession…ikaw anu ipagmamalaki mo ang kababoyan mo?….magpakatotoo ka…..ano ang breed mo? para sabihin ko sa utol na may piggery na iwasan and lahi mo.
@JAIME…. you’ve found all the right words and said it perfectly.
This thing really is not contributing to any good thing at all aside from giving this Malu Fernandez a truly big favour of putting her name on the most popular figure on the internet… to the likes of Paris Hilton.
Am sure Malu is just so glad seeing her name just everywhere, for heaven’s sake she used to be nobody… now she’s a BIG SOMEBODY… big ass or fat ass… the thing is…she’s now a big fat SOMEBODY, that’s because of this publicity…like the popular saying goes…. good or bad publicity…still it’s PUBLICITY. Good for her.
…and that’s the reality of the matter.
para kay jaime, lam mo pre, ok lang sana un statement nia eh negative that makes things wokr out, know the diff. bet, distractive and constructive ccritism, eh wala ng ngang kwenta ung colum nia eh nanapak pa cia. natural sa iba ang mag react regarding that.ang lapot nia pre eh.d ako galit pero gago cia at ulol cia.ang masama kc naka publish pa cia in public,un nga ang masma eh filipnio cia na binababa ang sariling filipino, it her personality that really suck!! as if maganda cia, eh parang naglulublob lang sa batya kung maligo ung taeng babae na un eh. itsura nia lang, pucha mapapamura ka, marami pako kilalang maganda at mayaman sa kanya, pero mabait at down to earth. sabihin nia sa greece? ulol cia halatang edited sa photoshop ung mga kuha nia,tang na nia, my airal shot p na almost 300 dpi,ulol! downloaded mo lang yan sa photoflicker! mas ok na hindi makilala n kahiya-hiya kesa namn sikat ka na kinmumuhian ng marami, sikat na tlaga cia dahil sa ginawa nia, ang daming nag react at tlagang tumaas ang popularity
rate nia, i admit im one of them na nagpataas ng popularidad nia, but the thing is, everyone of us of many filipino and any other country that read this reaction is all substancial to be a good example of human hypocrisy and hard trying elite mammoth, kulang sa aral ng magulang tong tarantadong pukita to eh,cguro eh lagging naiiwan lng magulang to sa yaya nia na lagging dinadalaw ng bf sa likod bahay …ayun lumobo na ung katawan sa kagahamanan eh wala pang gud manners sa iba, malamang , napag lupitan to ng ex bf nia..malamang eh hinayaan tong makipagusap sa mga taopng ngala-ngala at kultong my kinalaman sa paninirang asal… d nmn tlaga ako galit na galit at sana lang malu eh umayos ayos k. dahil sablay n ung itsura mo eh sabaly pa ung hulog nag ugali mo…pero umaasa ako ng magbabago kappa at magiging maayos pa ang lahat,,kaya bati na tyo….ulol!!! ….joke peace…ha ha ha/
people like malu should be pitied. she clearly does not belong to the philippines nor to the filipino people. the problem is whether she is acceptable anywhere else. unfortunately there are a lot of filipinos like her. they make the rest of us look bad. i think she is one more reason for us to be united as a people.
i too would like to promote unity among our people esp. among the ofws. i would surely appreciate your help to achieve that end.
v. ugates
para sakin di lang public apology ang dapat dyan kay malu na yan, dapat SIBAKIN SYA SA MANILA STANDARD AT I-BAN SA LAHAT NG DIARYO MAGAZINE AT ANO MANG URI NG PAMAMAHAYAG SA PILIPINAS, NATURINGAN MATAAS ANG PINAG ARALAN KASO SA DI TAMANG PARAAN GINAGAMIT, BUTI PA YONG LOLO KAHIT TAPOS LANG GRADE I MARUNONG NAMAN RUMESPETO SA KAPWA TAO, YAN SI MALU MORE THAN 8 MILLION OFW ANG BINABOY PALABHASA BABOY RIN SYA UGALING BABOY….WAG YANG TIGILAN MGA KATOTONG OFW, MGA BUHAY NA BAYANI
Malu,I dont wanna make you down,and I dont wanna make patol to you cause im not like that,based on your reply,as you said people doesnt realize the fact that sometimes they need bitches who will rock their world,but you have to realize also that sometimes person like you needs to soul search,because you doesn’t know anymore what is coming out of your mouth,you have to watch the words that was coming out of your mouth,choose your words,hindi na maganda ang mga sinabi mo,if you are really belong in elite group,watched your behaviour because I believed that being elite means you were brought up in a society that equipped with Good Moral Characters.
[...] Cross cologne scents, solid Johnson’s and Green Cross ako! Anong panama ng amoy ni Malu Fernandez sa amoy ko after that? Nyahahaha! Yun pala ang gusto iparating eh! [...]
http://coconuter.blogspot.com/
there is no standard for lifestyle..
her observations are true but her side comments are just too annoying and definitely very offensive.
i have had boarded the Emirates and on economy class and im fat but i never had bruises anywhere else in my body. Why did she not complain to Emirates management? or better the Emirates management sue her instead. She is just so fat thats it (fatter than me.. hehe.) And yes Dubai Duty Free must be.. There are many Filipinos working there and they are very friendly.
Dumb manila standard whatever to publish such article. They should have not allowed this lonely, bitter, and ill mannered woman’s writings on their broadsheet.
Malu, better sign up in friendster, make a blog their. Write for your friends, only for your friends. After all, they are the only ones whom you said think its “hilarious” and could get your acerbic wit.
I love to eat roasted pork until I saw Malu Fernandez’s pictures. Might as well eat vegies from now.
ano daw? nag-train lang sya at kumain sa ruby tuesday? wala kang pang-taxi? ruby tuesday? wow! 2x a month yata kaming kumakain dun.
ikaw na mismo nagsabi…nagtipid ka sa ticket mo…kala ko mayaman ka? ba’t ka nagtitipid?
ano kamo? 1 beses ka palang nakarating ng boracay? aysus! at kailangan pang maki-share ka sa kasama mo ng accomodation para masaya? at saan? station 1? aba’y madam putanding (putang bading) parang salungat ata yung sinasabi mong mayaman ka.
nagtataka din ako… mga gamit mong make-up, sapatos, hat, bag, damit at kung anu-ano pa, e nabanggit mo kung ano ang brand. ba’t di mo nabanggit ang brand ng cellphone mo?
pahabain pa natin ito….
malu doesn’t have a bit of humility in her.
http://coconuter.blogspot.com
you choose the best lifestyle for yourself… it is not dictated by any magazine whatsoever..
Hoy Malu Pignandez, dinamay mo pa yung mga kaibigan mong nananahimik na walang kinalaman sa mga kababuyan mo. Sino sino ba mga kaibigan mo? Pwede ba sila ipakilala sa susunond na article mo?
Malu, we don’t need to shake up our world just to have a bitch like you. You are the mediocre and the boring part of this world and just so… this is OUR world and you are not part of it… you PIG with foot and mouth disease! Your mind stink, so as your big fat ass… go die somewhere co’z we humans will not bury you in our soil…
To you Jaime, you’re right she made it big in google search, her photo’s and name is even posted in the majority of OFW’s mind. Kaya lang mag-iingat sya sa susunod na byahe nya ng eroplano. Baka may OFW na maka-kilala sa airport na biglang magbuhos ng acid sa mukha nya.
OFW’s rather need not be famous than to be like Malu Pignandez.
Roy Sevilla
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See dude you have got a point regarding breeding and all but have you been to dubai airport ?? do you see lines of pinoy using the wheel chair even if they have no use for it ???? see this is the reason we dubai OFWs are fuming out of anger with malu’s comments because its way off the mark !!! have not ?? Dubai OFWs?? Excuse me ….??? Dude with dubai having 10% of its investors / Business owners as Filipinos we can compare bank balance and properties with you so called elitistas on any given time, day or year !!!!
You can never defend on any possible way or view, the comments she wrote, they are demeaning and degrading. And to aim such insults to the only group of people in our race that is really helping the country and making the diff. Kung alam nyo lang ang sakripisyo ng mga taong nangingibang bayan para tulungan ayong lahat na nasa pinas !!! and in return this is what we get ?!!!! nananahimik kami bigla kaming titirahin.
Nahihiya ka makasama ang pinoy in the international scene… dahil maingay ?? ikaw ba have you tried being away from your family for years ?? where the only thing that ease the pain of loneliness is by seeing a fellow country men and sharing stories of their lives and families back home …. That mere nostalgic moment is priceless being able to tell stories as if re- living every moment they had with their relatives in the Philippines.
We are all proud to be OFW because we have no socioeconomic casting .. no rich , no poor, we are passionate , and we care … and we help each other where ever we are … do you know that Filipinos in the UAE are voted for as the NICEST and most Love Nationality in the UAE, we can proudly say that we represent Philippines well in the international scene… while on the other hand YOUR people the so called Elitista (na hindi naman kayamananan ) are rude, heartless and noisy in a sense puro recklamo and if ther is one thing we hate about elitistas are ay ang super kaartehan hindi na normal !!!! Yan ang pag kakaiba ng OFW at ng so called elitista sa pinas pero hindi ko nilalahat kasi madami akong barkadang elitistia meron ding maayos (syemore yung tropa ko hahahahaa) .. So kung ang pag kakaron ng breeding ay ang pagiging matapobre, at ang pag gamit ng ibang tao para lang ma feel na inportante sila .. well then … kahit marami akong pera ayokong matawag na elitita … OFW parin ako dahil kaming mga OFW totoong tao hindi plastic at hindi mapag kunwa .!!!!!!
Malu? Malu who?
tinatawagan ko ang LAHAT NG OFW na i boycott and lung ano mang pahayagan na sumusulat yang baboy nayan !! Manila Standard and People ASIA .. I pa aalam natin sa ating kamag anak at kaibigan sa pinas ang boycott at dapa nila tayong suportahan kung hindi, hindi tayo mag papadala sa pinas hahahaha at yung mga kamag anak na pinag mamalaki nya na politician WAG NATING IBOTO !!!!! LAHAT SA SUSUNOD NA TERM !!! ILL SEE TO IT NA Ill keep this topic alive until the next election DAHIL KUNG GANYAN SILA MAG ISIP AT HINDI NILA PINAHAHALAGAHAN TAYONG MGA BAGONG BAYANI ng BAYAN at kung ang angkan nila ay puro matapobre eh pano nila pag lilikunran ang milyong milyong kapos ?? MAMTAHIN LANG DINLA YAN AT NANAKAWAN !!!!
ITUMBA ANG BABOY AT ANG KANYANG PANILYA !!!!!!!!
Mga Kaibigan: pakitigilan na ang hate campaign kay Malu “the Pork” Fernandez, please lang po. Humihina na ang bentahan ng lechon dito sa La Loma dahil sa Malu na yan. Ayaw ng kumain ng baboy ng aming mga suki dito. Bigla silang naumay dahil sa Malu na yan. Please lang po, for the sake of the Philippine economy, be cool on Malu, otherwise, we, the lechon entrepeneurs, will soon suffer financial losses as a result of the La Malu fiasco!
hahaha.. baka kala ni Malu mabango siya? nyahahaha!!! she smells worst than AXE na hinaluan ng suka ng aso at basang tae ng kalabaw! yuCKKKyYYY!!
Yez!!! Thats the right word talaga for her!! what you so called MATAPOBRE!!!
Hahahhaaha…. poor woman, she does not know what she talking about because she is full of colesterol in her body, that is why she did not know what is the meaning of “Irresponsible Journalism” that she did and i don’t know why the chief editor of MANILA Standard review this article first before publishing, does the editor even notice that her article insulting us OFW, and also does not care to find out that her material is against and violating our rights as per the Constitution.
Anyhow, no wonder she wrote like that because as she said “i leave that to my politician family…” my goshhhhh what she thought of the politicians in our government is educated, “ELISISTA”, do you think those politicians are having high morale… they don’t have? what do you think guys?.. they are what we called the highest form of REPTILES living in Malacanang and Congress and some local government post….. what ever she wrote or will tell… mag samasama nalang silang mga elit… tutal puro naman karamihan sa kanila (not all huh) eh mga.. LACOSTE….
[...] to, at sa sarili ko tinanong, di na sana muna ako mag blog ng isang buwan, kasi nung nabasa ko ang article ni Malu Fernandez sa iba’t ibang blog, bigla akong namulat, at napilitang mag post ng article laban sa bwisit, [...]
I’ve seen a bore holding a purse and lip gloss with more class than malu fernandez. You should be ashamed of your thick skin! Just because you can go to any place you want in a snap of a finger, it does not make you superior than any of us…I believe in karma and you should too. Have a heart for those people on the plane who work ten times as much as you and only earn a fraction of what you make bad-mouthing Filipino OFWs. you are so pathetic…
Well, I wish she just slit her wrists. Saves us the trouble of having people like her around.
And of course she’ll get bruises. She’s so fat with her “acerbic wit”.
oi gusto ni MALU sya yong Rossi sa pinas…. yon lang bow… kafal ng mukha…. kawawa yong mga pork lechon entrepeneurs na kababayan natin… humina na daw palitan eh wahahahhaha kakaloka…. MALU boxing tayo!!!
Miss Malu?who are you?funny thing is,its seems you are not a frequent traveller my dear!When you pertain for OFW’s its represents all filipinos working abroad not only those domestic helpers you’ve met! You know what real people,educated ones dont shown up their wealth….And excuse me its good Im not duty that time you flew ek airlines,surely dear If I knew you earlier i will not serve food for you and let you stuck up in the Lavatory!17 kg as hand luggage?how come dont you know the policy,were allowing only 7 kg bitch!and always flyin in economy class!even me as cabin crew has no access to had an overweight trolley bag!….I know if its your first time goi’n abroad!ha.ha.ha it is really showin on you!have you tried creed perfumes?I had friends workin in dubaidutyfree,you can ask them either whats the latest ones in perfumes,as they told me,they dont carry anymore the perfume you are using coz its not fast moving at all!and lastly,to be rude is 100percent different to be outspoken like you!too much…. like you…overweight!….Bitch….
from Radioactive Sago Project:
May Baboy na mahirap, may baboy na mayaman. MAS BABOY KA KAPAG MAYAMAN KA.
and that’s you, Malu! bagay na bagay. sa yo ang kanya ng RSP! \m/
from Radioactive Sago Project:
May Baboy na mahirap, may baboy na mayaman. MAS BABOY KA KAPAG MAYAMAN KA.
and that’s you, Malu! bagay na bagay sa yo ang kanta ng RSP! \m/
She needs to act like she’s a socialite because she lacks all the notion of being one.
She lacks the class, breeding (maybe she was bred using Purina’s Hogwash, if you follow my drift).
Hoy Malu Fernandez, ASAL at HISTURANG BABOY KA!!!!
FAT F–NG BITCH! Who the hell does she think she is? I cannot fathom how People Asia magazine (under the helm of Philippine Star columnist Joanne Rae Ramirez) published such an article.
Did Ramirez or ANYONE from the editorial staff even bother to edit this badly written and pretensious column??? I’m deeply disturbed. Boo People Asia!!!!
FAT F–NG PIGS like Malu Fernandez don’t even deserve a byline, much less a self-indulgent column.
What she does deserve is a nice grill and a bottle Mang Tomas, so we can have her as our next holiday roast (a.k.a. lechon, baby!)
It is the editor of the magazine who should also take responsibility for this fiasco. So to you I make this plea:
FIRE HER!!!
To other magazine editors, publishers and pundits… do not allow her articles to be published. She will bring nothing but trouble to your publication.
And to you Malu, SHAPE UP … not only with your body (which, it shows, you need IMMEDIATELY), but your mind too. You are so full of yourself. Just pray to God you don’t sit beside me in one of your flight to the US (if it ever happens you have the visa) or see you somewhere here because trust me…. hehehehe you will get what you are looking for. Palalabasin ko sa ilong mo ang taba mo.
Has anyone responded to Budoy’s suggestion that we contribute and buy a full-page ad in MS rival publication? Let’s do something about this Malou issue and put a stop to her snickerings. She seems to be enjoying pissing us all off and she’s getting away with it. Up to now only those who have access to the internet are aware of what she’s done. We are infuriated and post our comments here but we dont seem to be gettinn through her fat-filled head. She even had the gall to post another comment on Aug 20th ridiculing herself the way a lot of the posts here did (about her being fat) showing us that she’s not really affected.
I feel really bad for people like Malu and the “target audience” to write for. In my opinion, there is absolutely nothing that makes this article worth publishing. Kapal talaga… sobra.
first of all Malu hindi ka naman kagandahan to comment negatively. tutal para sa iyo what you wrote is funny magpapatawa din ako. siguro ang insecurity mo at pagkuha mo ng attention ay mangapi ng kapwa mo para lang mapansin ka and you did a good job. bago ka sana nagsulat ay tumingin ka muna sa salamin or baka naman basag lahat ng salamin sa bahay mo kaya hindi mo nakita na mas malala ka pa sa mga sinulat mo. kapag nakita kita personally reregaluhan kita ng salamin para naman makilala mo iisa lahi natin. binihisan ka lang ng karangyaan does not make you different than us. humahaba tuloy ang listahan ng mga papakulam ko…
Malu..Malu..Malu..Don’t swallow all the freebies. Look at you. So much a pig as your article. We all know how it works. FREEBIES FOR EVERY GOOD THING YOU SAY ABOUT WHICHEVER RESTO OR HOTELS OR WHATEVER SUCKER FOR PRAISES YOU COVER. YES, we all know about it.
Is Ron Sato her fubu? or she’s just trying to make it look like it? Poor guy. Man you’re beeing used. Or you really are her
FUBU?
FLY HIGH MALU..then DROP DEAD (rock bottom)!
O God save the planet fag!
kailan ba naging masama ang magsabi ng totoo?
I found her article just right and no non nothing wrong!!
Why people can’t accept the fact or just ignore it!?
Fabulousuuuuussssshh!! way to go Malu
kiss
Fendi
A song for Malu
(to the tune of Little Drummer Boy)
Lipstick ug eyebrow para sa PAMPAM!
Malu, ang ibig sabihin ng PAMPAM sa bisaya, POKPOK! ikaw yon!
M Helwa
Saudi Arabia
To Fendi, I think there might be some truths to what Malu wrote, but will she be able to say it in front of those other passengers in the plane? Kung di niya masasabi ng harap-harapan, baka di rin dapat sinulat ng garapalan. There are other ways to write an article. Ikaw, masasabi mo ba ng harap-harapan sa mga kapwa mo Pinoy yung mga sinabi niya?
Hirap na nga sa buhay, lalaitin pa.
Sagana na nga sa buhay, manlalait pa.
I’m sure there is a reason why she was given a space in the paper. And that there is a purpose for her column. Di ko lang makita kung ano nga yung reason at purpose.
have lot of old rich friend…
but this malou F*%#k.. definitely, she belong to the 3rd category..
PA ELITE..
hayuf n nman eh, tang na mo fendi, kasapi ka rin ni malu, or kaw din un. sana lang kc alam niong dalawa ung responsible writing an article, ung ginawa ni malu hippo eh sablay…alam nmn natin un. wag mo na itolerateung ugali nia fendi kupal! kc bka ikaw tamaan din sa akin gago ka.. sia nga pla, isang banat p kay malu, dapat jan ke malujapoks eh sa tiktik nalng mag sulat ng article nia,,,dahil cgurado ako c malu kulang lang sa dilig yan…wala n kc napatol, pucha cno b namn papatol jan?? kahit cguro c mang pandoy eh d papatol jan, dapt ke malu eh IPABULOG!!! punnta ka d2 sa batangas meron ako d2 lalaking babboy ramo..ipapabulog kita.
To all OFW, si malu biglang star sa atin, kundi sa ofw di sya naging talk of internet. O kita mo aling Malu, napansin ka tuloy…
Pasalamat ka duabi hub ang nasakyan mo, if you were mistaken or identify as a DH, you have to aprreciate that, it a dignified job, if you take a manila – japan route, it much wosrt you succumb for identity… why you are not qualified to the looks of “japayuki’s”, 100% mistaken as Mama Sang..
Cheers malu…
as long there is a Filipino who workhard abroad for their families to have a better life, this malu thing must not discriminate our hereos…. no wonder why there is always no peace in the world because of you malu… no wonder why the word has been made to us DEATH TO ALL GENTILES… becuase of your kind….i hope this malu thing think a thousand times before she wrote her elitist comment on all our filipino raise specially to our overseas filipino hereos who workhard for their families..hindi lang OFW ang nilait nia kundi pati buong pamilya nila…
malu if ala ka masasabi na maganda sa ating lahi better shut up na lang po…for me we declare thie malu as PERSONA NAN GRATA..dont know the right spelling for this pero para sa lahat meaning po nito ay a person with out a state.
after all we are a democratic country malu can comment a bad comment to our OFW why we cannot do the same to her di ba mga tunay na FILIPINO all over the world.
Can someone please send her so-called article to the makers of AXE and REVLON (the makers of Charlie) & see how they’d react to thier products being maligned like that. & make sure they and thier subsidiaries pull out thier ads and boycott The three publication is question? Thant’ll teach them!!!
Yes, OFW deserve an APOLOGY for this SARCASTIC REMARKS ON OFW by Ms. Malu Fernandez. The management of Manila Standard Today and People’s Asia Magazine should make disciplinary action to her. We should stop patronizing their magazines to give lesson to this ghastly comment made by their columnist against OFW.
Only a social climber or those who belong to the “new money†will have the guts to write such an article. If she is really that rich, can’t she afford her own private jet plane instead of taking a public plane in the economy section???
this malu….i do no understand what’s she’s talking bout her article….i can’t read bout her article cause its sounds pig to me…oink oink oink hehehehe LOL…hope we can understand her point but i can’t kasi it sounds pig to me talaga eh… sorry malu better used a human language to communicate to all of us Filipino’s oink oink oink hehehe lol
Fyi UNILEVER & REVLON makes Axe & Charlie respectively. If we petition them to pull thier ads from & boycott the three publications as well, then they’ll take this concern more seriously!
They owe the Filipino OFWs and the FILIPINOS maligned by this bigot.
I would contact JO MALONE LONDON as well, if they don’t want to be known as the BRAND LOVED BY BIGOTS!
WOW! SOSYAL NA BABOY!
If she’s so high in the social ladder then why take economy? As she stated, she was simply saving on her ticket. An elite saving on ticket? Doesn’t sound right.
Fact is she’s one of the people she classifies as “wannabes”–she just doesn’t see it. Manila Standard Today should should change her column to Cheap Alternatives for Social Climbers. That way, she wouldn’t have problems thinking about topics and catching up on deadlines.
I am one of the OFW who overrun dubai particulary Dubai duty free shop as what this big fat bitch referred to in her demeaning column…i find it really offensive & such a big insult to all of us…yes we r tindera ng cellphone, pabango, alak, sigarilyo,tsokolate, ginto etc. name it & we have it but we r proud to be tindera!!!…being a tindera we were able to help our family, we manage to feed ourselves with anything we want to eat, we were able to buy branded clothes, we get to wear jewelleries, branded make ups & perfumes (more popular than ur JO MALONE) & most of all, we get to travel to asia, europe & USA…now, DONT U WISH TO BE AN OFW TOO???
I CHALLENGE MANILA STANDARD to fire MALU FERNANDEZ…we dont need a writer like her who instead of writing positive views will criticize & insult a fellow filipino like her…its a shame we were belittle by our own kabayan…POOR BITCH…BETTER GET A LYPOSUCTION WITH VICKY BELO!!!
OH MY!!! IM SO SORRY BUT THIS “MALU FERNANDEZ”?. IS IT A THING OR A HUMAN BEING? OOPPSSS!!!! SORRY!!!! LOL LOL CAN’T REALLY TELL THE DIFFERENCE. WEN I’VE READ THAT COLUMN, HONESTLY, I NEVER KNEW THINGS LYK THESE CUD ACTUALLY WRITE. HAHAHA CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WAT TYPE OF SPECIES IT BELONGS AS IT IS TOO HIGH AND MIGHTY. OH, WELL!!! IT’S A SHAME A THING LYK IT DOESNT KNOW WAT OFW’S ARE MADE OF……
hahaha ngayon lang ako nakakita ng rebultong ganyan kalake at kataba nahiya tuloy ang great wall of china sa laki nya hahaha
HOY DENNIO!
ANO YUNG SINABI MO?
“Oo nga’t parang pangit na marinig mula sa kapwa natin Pilipino ang mga di kanais-nais na mga salita ngunit dapat lamang dahil sa siya ay Pilipino rin at ayaw niya na mapahiya at masira ang pagiging Pilipino natin nang dahil lamang sa mga maliliit na bagay na ito.”
NAINTINDIHAN MO BA YUNG SINULAT NYA O DI KA LANG TALAGA MARUNONG UMINTINDI???? KUMAG KA! SA INTINDI MO BA AY SINULAT YUN NI MALU “PIG” DAHIL GUSTO LANG NYANG ITAMA ANG SA TINGIN NYA AY MALING GAWI NG MGA PILIPINO? NABASA MO BA ANG ARTICLE NYA? BASAHIN MONG MABUTI AT NG MAINTINDIHAN MO… AT SAKA ANO PA YUNG ISANG SINABI MO????
“Ang hindi pa nga maganda kapag kapwa Pilipino natin ang “bumabatikos†sa atin, napakabilis nating mag-react at magalit. Ngunit kapag mga dayuhan ang naninira na nga sa atin, para tayong mga uto-uto na agad makikinig sa kanilang sinasabi at sasangayon pa tayo na, oo nga tama sila.”
SAAN MO NAMAN NAKUHA ANG IDEA NA YAN? HOY DENNIO, SABIHIN MO YAN KAY JOSE RIZAL, APOLINARIO MABINI, DIEGO SILANG, SA KKK… ETC.. ETC.. NAG-ARAL KA BA? MERON KA BANG SUBJECT NA HUMANITY 101? SA TINGIN MO BA AY NANDITO TAYO AT MAY SARILING KALAYAAN DAHIL LANG SA HINAYAAN NATING TIRAHIN TAYO NG MGA DAYUHAN? MAG REVIEW KA… MAGBASA KA NG PHILIPPINE HISTORY. AT ETO PA ANG ISANG SINABI MO…
“Ito ang problema sa ating mga Pilipino. Kapag iniharap na sa atin ang mga di kagandahang mga katotohanan tungkol sa atin, magagalit tayo. At ang galit na ito ay maituturing din na isang senyales na maaaring totoo ang kanyang mga sinabi.”
SIGURO IKAW LANG ANG MAY PROBLEMA TUNGKOL DITO…SAKA KUNG PARA SYO AY HINDI MAGANDANG ASAL ANG MAKIPAG KWENTUHAN SA EROPLANO, SA AMING MGA OFW AY TREASURED MOMENTS ITO…..
SA SUSUNOD NA MAG-COMMENT KA ISIPIN MO MUNA YUNG IPO-POST MO KUNG TAMA… MUKHANG NALIGAW KA YATA NG TOPIC BROTHER…
I think this article is not about discrimination this is the reality of the Filipino people. Eversince na nbubuhay tayo ganito tlaga ang nature nating mga pinoy puro tayo panglalait sa isa’t-isa mayaman kaman o mahirap, panget ka man o maganda ganito na tayo, nothing change so kahit magreact tayo ng magreact mauulit parin yan so wag n tayong magbangayan ganun ka rin naman DIBA!!!!!
Nothing will happen to our country if we always do this again and again!
how dare malu fernandez write such bigotted article on filipino ofws. how she with her fat pretensious arse look down on people who have sacrificed so much in order for their families to live. how dare she humiliate, disgrace the very people who will rather endure long hours of hard work and separation than opt to steal…how dare she…how dare you…people asia allow such article to be published. for media attention?for increased sales? that I dont know and that only you and your disgraced “writer” will only know.
i would rather be in the company ot these ofw with their “stinky” perfumes (as ms. fernandez assumed) than be in the same room with this bigot who reeks with hate, discrimination and ignorance in which she tries to pass off as acerbic humor.
Hah..is that what you call humor, more like brainless comments from a shameless bigot is what it really is.
I say, Off with her head
HELLO MALU GUSTO MO NG JOKE? ETO ANG JOKE KO PARA SYO…
JOKE OF THE DAY:
CHINA HAS ACCEPTED MALU FERNANDEZ AS ONE OF THEIR CITIZEN. SHE IS NOW THE SELF PROCLAIMED BITCH NAMED “MALU WANG”, THE BITCH WHO HAVE A HARD TIME FITTING HERSELF IN AN ECONOMY CLASS SEAT, WHICH RESULTS TO BRUISES. BIG TIME!
IKAW ANG NAGPAKILALA SA SARILI MONG BITCH KA AT HINDI KAMI…
O! PLAIN JOKE LANG YAN HA, WALANG MAPIPIKON!
well, she’s just a poor girl wanting to be noticed that she would do anything to be controversial.
ang footah, tama ba ang interpretation ko sa kanyang defense sa ginawa nyang tasteless and hypocritical article? HINDI KA RAW MAOOFFEND KUNG IKAW AY RICH AT EDUCATED.
eh luka luka pala yang babaeng yan eh. award winning writer ba yan at laitin tayo na hindi natin alam ang meaning ng acerbic wit? una, there was no wit in the article. puro kayabangan at pang-aalipusta.
pangalawa, kahit sa isang tao na nakabasa ng being and time ni heidegger, o war and peace ni tolstoy, o summa theologica ni thomas aquinas, at maging ng mga Greek and Roman classics, offensive pa rin ang ginawa nya.
pangatlo, kahit ipabasa nya yang article na yan sa ibang pumupunta sa europe para magbakasyon at hindi para mag trabaho bilang ofw, offensive pa rin.
at pwede ba, tigilan nya yang dahilan na “im writng for a specific target audience.” she is presupposing that all her target audience are so inhuman and share her snobbish pretensions.
and to your last question: yes ang sagot. youre a diva, a devilish diva. wag nya kamo laitin ang common sense and sensibility. yun nga naoffend eh.
yung sagot nya, like her article, is katangahan.
nakapang-iinit ng ulo.
and the editors of the magazine allowed that article to be printed?
Today’s editorial refers to our national hero, Ninoy Aquino’s, great sacrifice and ponders on its worth. http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=editorial_aug22_2007
They’ve posted a lot of irony about the current state of affairs in the Philippines against the ideals that our hero had when he died, and very good points IMHO.
Indeed, what would Ninoy think?
…What would he also think about the same news paper that published bigoted remarks about their own countrymen–OFWs who are heroes in their own right?
Despite having great writing and editorial talents, don’t they have any opinions about their colleague? Don’t they read each other’s columns? What has any of these editors have to say about such bigoted remarks?
I’d like to think that they were too busy and simply didn’t do their job, instead of getting the answer that they are bigots themselves.
ang footah, tama ba ang interpretation ko sa kanyang defense sa ginawa nyang tasteless and hypocritical article? HINDI KA RAW MAOOFFEND KUNG IKAW AY RICH AT EDUCATED.
eh luka luka pala yang babaeng yan eh. award winning writer ba yan at laitin tayo na hindi natin alam ang meaning ng acerbic wit? una, there was no wit in the article. puro kayabangan at pang-aalipusta.
pangalawa, kahit sa isang tao na nakabasa ng being and time ni heidegger, o war and peace ni tolstoy, o summa theologica ni thomas aquinas, at maging ng mga Greek and Roman classics, offensive pa rin ang ginawa nya.
pangatlo, kahit ipabasa nya yang article na yan sa ibang pumupunta sa europe para magbakasyon at hindi para mag trabaho bilang ofw, offensive pa rin.
at pwede ba, tigilan nya yang dahilan na “im writng for a specific target audience.” she is presupposing that all her target audience are so inhuman and share her snobbish pretensions.
and to your last question: yes ang sagot. youre a diva, a devilish diva. wag nya kamo laitin ang common sense and sensibility. yun nga naoffend eh.
yung sagot nya, like her article, is katangahan.
nakapang-iinit ng ulo.
and the editors allowed that article to be printed?
I agree with Carlaron “Only a social climber or those who belong to the “new money†will have the guts to write such an article.” True true!
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