10 things that came out of the malu fernandez debacle: After the storm
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UPDATE: September 03, 2007:
Da bitch is back. Here’s here 1st write-up, talking about germs and bacteria which is really pretty much defining herself as one. An incessant bacteria. http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife2_sept3_2007. As you can see, I intend not to give her another blogspace - rather, just update this post. Apparently, this article will hit the roads today.
ORIGINAL ENTRY
This whole Malu Fernandez debacle brings me back Murphy’s law. “If there’s more than one possible outcome of a job or task, and one of those outcomes will result in disaster or an undesirable consequence, then somebody will do it that way“.
Be that as it may, I always believe that things happen for a reason. So, in my opinion, here are the 10 things that came out of the malu fernandez debacle if not, have been elevated to a much higher profile by now:
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Filipino bloggers rule.
Filipino bloggers are just having a grand time of their life with blogging. I have no interest comparing government policies (heck! i don’t want to be blacklisted in Kuala Lumpur! Besides, they are richer so I’m sure they must be doing something right!) but, our Malaysian counterparts are being lashed out by Malaysia’s information minister, comparing some online writers and critics to off-key karaoke singers who think too highly of themselves, we don’t get that from our government officials. I hope things gets better over there. There’s even a Malaysian student who ran into trouble for his rap music about Malaysian national anthem. -
The power of blogging.
We are OFWs. Unfortunately, Philippine society still perceive us as irrelevant, gatasan, forget about the “we are bayani” crap! I don’t believe that for a bit! This is the reason why rich and wealthy people look down on us! They think of themselves as being protected by some Great Wall of China, impenetrable! They should know by now that no matter how thick that wall is, it could be pierced by the power of blogging. -
Media exclusivity.
What columnists write are powerful. People believe them. For all these years, this power belongs to them ONLY. They were the privileged few. Us, the little people can only send “Letters to the Editor” that ends up in the trash. Such is media exclusivity. Well, not any more. As I have said in one of my earlier post,  no longer is the media going to be forever, ever ever evah! exclusively owned by writers, columnists and opinionated editors who are sometimes reckless and unstoppable trains running amuck, read: irresponsible. -
Technology at it’s best, people power reinvented.
If you still have questions as to what technology can do to reinvent people power, then what had just happened should remind everyone that Pinoys are all IT-knowledgeable human beings who knows exactly how to use technology to advance issues that matters to us. And indeed people power continues to be reinvented. EDSA II and the other mini-mini-moh Edsa were advanced by text messages. We’re moving along on a completely different platform! This is people power, the latest version released. -
Social issues new forum.
One email sent to one barkada got sent to all barkada’s all over the world. This is the internet. This is our tambayan. This is our kanto where we discuss social issues like this. Few meetings, boardroom situations - little of that stuff. This is it. This is where we chika chuva ever ever. -
Freedom of expression at it’s finest. Well… fine, maybe not so fine!
Call her whatever. It’s a fair game. She started it all, she should bear the fruits of her lousy writings. Doesn’t it feel good to say fuck that damn shit and crap back to her?! Com’on, don’t be shy - SAY IT WITH AN ATTITOOD! Better still, got karaoke? let’s do a community singing! -
Live global, think local
From that famous line, “Think global, act local”. Here’s some role reversal dah’ling! We live in foreign countries. We’ve assimilated to our host countries culture. We think like them. We talk like them. Damn! Even our brown eyes became blue, green and hazel! Ngek! Our hairs became blond pasubo lang talaga ang mga bwisit na ilong naten!  But yet, even if we live around the world, our thinking is still for the betterment of our own turd world kawntri. -
Political power revealed
I’m sure the politicians are very well attuned as to what had just happened. Pustahan tayo, maybe some of them even joined the bashing! Heck! There’s elections coming up again, di ba? We’ve seen the Senatorial forum. We’ve heard those Senators and Congressman blah blah blah their way to campaigns talking about the best and the glorious things they’re going to do to us, the OFW’s, did you ever believe in a New York minute if they were honest and telling the true and nothing but da trooo?! Some of them don’t even know what they’re talking about! They just love to mention “sa ating mga OFW’s” thinking na conclude tayo na - uhu! isa syang santo. -
Proud to be OFW, proud to be Filipino. The changing image of an Overseas Filipino Worker
Some of those people who blurted their anger were not just OFW’s. They were migrants or immigrants, half-Filipinos, engineers, doctors, nurses, accountants, IT, government employees abroad, singers, entertainers, etc., etc., who all didn’t even mind to be under the column OFW for a minute. But who are the OFW? We’ve come so far. From that nasty image of being an OCW, to a DH, to a Japayuki, our image is changing for the better if not good. We are MBA holders, PhD graduates, researchers and scientists not from some WalaWala University peddled along Recto Avenue for Tres Sientos Pesoses, but from some world class universities around the globe. -
We all love our country that’s why we must protect and improve our OFWÂ image.
Need I say more?
And I’ll try not to say four letter words no more.
Peks man.
Really.
August 26th, 2007 at 5:11 am
Reynz, clueless ako, ano ba ang sinabi ng Bru Malu na to??? Nilait-lait kayo??? Hehehe! Dito sa amin sa Negros, kung feel mong may mababangga kang supernatural forces, nagtatabi-tabi po kami. Si Bru Malu either hindi taga-negros o di kaya, hindi alam na supernatural force ka Reynz!! Tuyawi sya Girl!!!
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August 26th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Mia,
Sa taas nung entry merong Category MALU FERNANDEZ, click mo sya to find out why oh why kung bakit anona unsa man na hehe
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August 26th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
this is the best post-analytical commentary about malu-ang. galing mo talaga prof. hats off to you. BTW nilulumot na blog ko hahaha. dami kasi sira sa permalink ng lumipat ako. sa wakas kaunti na lang and return to blogging uli.
thank you for always uplifting our pinoy spirits reyns. this really comes from my heart…
Reynaelena.com Rocks!!!
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August 26th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
galing galing ng reyna namin! reyna rules!
i hope MF reads your blog…para ma enlighten siya.
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August 26th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Well said and done….
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August 26th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Very well said and done….
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August 27th, 2007 at 12:00 am
This is 10/10. Galing talaga ng Reynz. Biologically, ang OFWs ay nagiging mtDNA ng Pinas and its people. Kaya naman we are the most ubiquitous among ASEAN nationals sa mundo. Mabuhay tayo.
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August 27th, 2007 at 12:54 am
hey you all! bluep, malen, isabel @ isabel pa & mocs! thank you all!
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August 27th, 2007 at 1:56 am
This is a fine list. We all learn lessons from any crisis. More power to you.
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August 27th, 2007 at 3:39 am
The bottomline: Bloggers are gaining more relevance in the local media. Hopefully, people could be more sane about it. hehe
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August 27th, 2007 at 11:48 am
@ noemi! thanks mom!
@ benji, me tama ka. i agree with you!
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August 28th, 2007 at 4:09 am
Editor of Peopla Asia’s take on Malu Fernandez.
Read on.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Business&p=49&type=2&sec=27&aid=2007082763
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August 28th, 2007 at 4:41 am
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August 28th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Para lang sa comment ng isang Malu, tumaas ng husto ang adrenaline ninyo at kung ano-ano pa? Tsus! Talaga bang no truth whatsoever sa mga sinabi niya? Just asking…
Just as karapatan ninyong maging violent sa kanya, karapatan din niya, come to think of it…free speech yon…ke masakit or below the belt, inhuman, indecent, unkind or kung ano pang maisip na salita…
sigue nga, talaga bang sa tanang buhay ninyo, ala kayong pinagsabihan ng gaya ng sinabi ni Malu kuntodo attitude and language?…one, two, threee….harap sa salamiiiinnnnn….harap!
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August 28th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Sabi ko na nga ba meron pa ding Malu Fernandez dito eh,,, I recently made a tribute for the pig
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uiLkw8ZQyLg
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August 29th, 2007 at 12:30 am
No. 10 is very true. Which why this article bothers me
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/56528/US-demand-for-Filipino-nurses-declining—educator
I hope my cousins who are future nurses can still come here in the US. I hope this trend doesn’t continue.
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August 29th, 2007 at 6:30 am
laffing outlaw ako sa pahamak na ilong! yung sakin, pinotoshop ko na! btw, four thumbs up sa yo! (including my luya thumb), whew, ilang araw lang ako nawala, dami nang nangyari! Hall of famer ka na love!
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August 29th, 2007 at 7:19 am
To Ed: Yes, we have free speech. Pero merong tinatawag na ‘Eticheque in Journalism’ - journalist must report resposibly and sensibly. Her editors or editors were at fault as well for not vetting her work, siguro elitista din ang mga ito. Kaya nga may ‘Editorial Section’ para excused ang mga editors at publication sa opinion ng writers nila pero hindi editorial ang sinulat si MF.
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August 29th, 2007 at 9:50 am
Yah, I see your point and I respect it. Pero alin ba dun sa sinulat ni Malu F ang hindi reported “responsibly and sensibly?”
About being “elitista” how is this proven and how is it detrimental to, for instance, a reader? Yung idea na detrimental ang gusto kong i-focus kasi that’s how I sense you want to tackle it…correct me if I am wrong
Kasi whether we like it or not, society is always layered so di maiwasan yung may elitista, meron hindi…I may not agree with either layers pero ganun kasi yon…in fact I notice this layering in almost any organization and I’m sure you notice this pehonomenon, too
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August 29th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
to ed:
agree ako ke Govs, kung blog lang yun ni malu, hindi lalala ng ganun, e kaso sa jaryo nya sinulat! basahin mabuti yung sinulat nya! Taka naman ako, merong sumimpatya sa baboy! (sana nagtagal pa sya sa Greece, para naman makatikim ng litson yung mga taga-dun)
Inang, pwede ba mag-suggest? dapat bawal na yung walang e-mail address sa comment!
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August 29th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
hello Ed
actually everything is true on what she wrote both on her side and on the side of the OFWs. But waht’s bothersome about it is the sensitivities of the people. Yes its nothing new anymore considering that we also encounter it on a daily basis from people around us. Pero syempre pare iba yung sinulat at nabasa ng lahat kesa sa iilang tao na nagsabi sayo o sinabihan mo.
the big deal about this issue is its social relevance. Do you know the feeling of going home from work in a foreign country, coming home without your mom cooking your fave dish or you wife kissing you as you enter the door or perhaps your kids who removes all your stress and exhaustion just upon seeing them smile at you… walang ganon sa OFW. ang punto debista pare, malayo ka na nga sa pamilya mo, sobrang baba na nga ng tingin mo sa sarili, minamaltrato ka pa ng mga amo mo, and discriminated kapa sa ibang lahi, tapos idedegrade ka pa ng kapwa mo pinoy na in the final analysis wala ka namang magagawa bilang isang OFW dahil kailangn mo kumita ng pera para lang mabuhay ka at pamilya mo.
if that is not a big deal, comparedto a newly sliced lemon squeezed at your gangrenous wounds, e ewan ko na. siguro nga walang nasabi si malu-ang na masama. at siguro nga dapat we should slice our wrist just to shedd off from our skin the truth of being Pinoy and OFW at the same time.
God Bless.
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August 30th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
you go reynz girl! i just stumbled into this malu-ofw brawl today and i totally agree with your 10 point bulletin. i immigrated to the us for financial reasons leaving behind two under-aged children. and although i may not be in Dubai, i consider myself an OFW and proud to be one. So even if i have not read malu’s freedom-of-speech travel diatribe in its entirety, i was emailed that portion where the elitist-burgis #&%@grrr malu looked down on these people who sacrificed a lot just to be able to send back precious dollars to their families back home. She has no right to print her observations and opinions even if that magazine is read by people of a higher socio-economic level of phil. society! OFW remittance is a product of BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS…so dont malign the OFWs…they are trully unsung heroes!
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September 1st, 2007 at 7:05 pm
Bluepanjeet,
Ikaw na lang ang sasagutin ko. Kasi yung isang reaction, halos gaya din ng sa iyo.
It is true what you say - we OFWs (yes, I am one, too) work away from home, from our loved ones.
I work away from my family most time of the year. Yung I miss them, I miss certain foods of home, I miss family developments and events, pysical and emotional exhaustion, etc. I go through that as any normal family person does.
However, I refuse to understand ” sobrang baba na nga ang tingin mo sa sarili mo, discriminated ka pa sa ibang lahi, dinedegrade ka ng kapwa mo Pinoy.”
I am a highly-prized worker in another country. OFWs, among other types of people have this blessing, something that some people in the country I work in cannot claim. My work foreign superiors have a high regard for me as a worker primarily because I am a Filipino. OFW ka, Filipino ka, huwag mong maliitin ang sarili mo!
Discriminated ako ng ibang lahi? I do not feel that way. It is true, there are those who look down on me, who may even consider me a lesser human (kung meron mang ganun). If they look down on me, it is their smallness, not mine. If they practice racial discrimination, that is their smallmindedness, not mine.
This goes for my own countrymen who degrade me. If they think they are more human than I am, let them labour under that impression. I have no intentions of disproving them. I know who I am…magkaka-iba tayo ng skills, ng economic circumstances pero it doesn’t mean na lamang ako ng iba pagdating sa pagkatao ko.
Malu F can write what she wants…blog format or newspaper column format. I read and understand…kung totoo ang sinasabi niya, I will agree. Kundi naman, eh di tahimik lang ako. I do not have to prove anything to Malu F. We both know our rights. The printed word is for reading…be it for one reader or for the world.
I work. Whether it be a local job or an overseas job, guarranteed yon na may boss na mapang-api, may maltratuhan in many forms na magaganap. Ang maltrato sa katulong , nangyayari din sa Pilipinas. Minsan, mas masahol pa sa nagaganap sa Middle East. Slaves and masters are acknowledged even in religions…and both are also admonished and adviced.
The missing of loved ones because one works miles away is a given pag one chooses to work as an OFW. It is unfair to factor that in when you read the columns of Malu Fs…it muddles the issues.
Ang pagkakamali ni Malu, though karapatan din naman niya, nag-resign siya sa trabaho niya. She apologized. Now she should raise her journalism a notch she’s become more aware of her weakness as a writer. Resigning deprives us of her development as a journalist…it’s her lose as well as ours.
Ed
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September 2nd, 2007 at 6:06 am
to ed:
hehehe, sabi mo ” My work foreign superiors have a high regard for me as a worker primarily because I am a Filipino. OFW ka, Filipino ka, huwag mong maliitin ang sarili mo!”
tas sabi mo ulit:”However, I refuse to understand †sobrang baba na nga ang tingin mo sa sarili mo, discriminated ka pa sa ibang lahi, dinedegrade ka ng kapwa mo Pinoy.â€
eto pa: “I work. Whether it be a local job or an overseas job, guarranteed yon na may boss na mapang-api, may maltratuhan in many forms na magaganap.”
pwede paki-review ulit nung sinabi mo? Alin ang hindi mo naiintindihan?
Ang sunog, habang maliit pa eh inaapula na! Hindi na dapat palakihin! Kung pababayaan sya (Malu) sa posisyon nya, eh baka ma-promote pa yan! At hindi mo alam kung ano ang susunod na isusulat nyan!
Ako dito sa bansang aking kinalalagyan, palagi kong inaangat ang ATING pagka-Filipino, pag meron sa “king nang-alipusta na ibang lahi, right away eh makakatikim sya! Ginagawa ko hindi para sa aking sarili lamang, kundi para sa lahat ng Filipino! (marami-rami na rin ang ibang lahing aking napatalsik sa kanilang mga posisyon, pero pag hindi kinya ng aking power…ako ang talsik, hehehehe)
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September 2nd, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Roni,
Seemingly, you did not notice the quotation marks I used. I was quoting the person I was writing to. Clear up your confusion first before you take me on.
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September 2nd, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Roni,
You impress me. Kung marami kang mga lahing napatalsik sa kanilang posisyon dahil sa inalipusta ang ating lahing Pilipino, pano mo ginawa yon?
Kasama ba yon sa work contract ng mga workers diyan sa kinalalagyan mo yung kapag inalipusta nila ang lahing Pilipino, they lose their positions?
Are you with the UN…pero ang alam ko kasi sa UN, di naman puedeng gawin yang sinasabi mo? Sa International Court? Wala din akong alam na nangyayaring ganyan.
I wonder what your job is that you can have people lose their job positions simply on the basis of a slur on the Filipino race? You really must be weilding such awesome powerfs in your job!
You mention na sana nagtagal si Malu sa Greece para nakatikim ng litson ang mga tiga-riyan? I presume you allude to Malu’s weight…I do notice she isn’t on the lean side. In fact you use the term “baboy” to refer to this…sa Pilipinas kasi, ganyan nga ang mga salitang naririnig ko. You are angry with Malu, I can see that, too.
Do me a favour. I respect it that ” palagi mong iniaangat ang ating pagka-Filipino” diyan sa kung saan ka man naroon. Please, I am a Filipino and I am proud I am but I prefer to fight my own fight. You do it your way, and I do it mine, yes?
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September 2nd, 2007 at 1:13 pm
I notice, of all the people who you’re hosting on your blogsite, ako lang ang spelled out ang pangalan and e-mail. alright, iI get the picture. Thanks for the fair play.
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September 2nd, 2007 at 1:22 pm
hello guys. its bluep again. I appreciate your views and your sentiments about this issue.
we said all our piece and I respect every opinion you laid (pertaining to ed particularly), but let us be reminded that this is not our blog. This is my good friend’s blog.
sana konting hinay hinay tayo coz i feel it will end up in a bitter argument. Respeto sa reyna… kakahiya naman kasi.
Hindi lang sya naimik because she wants all of us to be free with our expression pero siguro when evrything is said and done at hindi natin mareconcile ang views natin, I think we should at least respect the owner of the blog.
Just an unsolicited advice from a friend. No intention of getting into an arguement. let’s just respect Reynaelena.com which is supposed to be home for fun and laughter.
Peace all!
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September 2nd, 2007 at 3:53 pm
ed - sorry po talaga - i edited the real name…
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September 2nd, 2007 at 5:23 pm
hehehe, para malinawan ang lahat: sinasabi ko lang sa boss na: pag-hindi yan umalis, ako aalis!
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September 2nd, 2007 at 7:29 pm
People, she’s back: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife2_sept3_2007
This is going to be in today’s Manila Bastard paper hitting the streets.
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September 3rd, 2007 at 11:50 am
OK Reynz…I hope you don’t mind me using your, uh, web name?
You are sorry. Apology accepted. If I sounded a bit pissed, it was merely because I felt I was not asked. Pero okay na ako…and thank you for seeing my point, too.
Have a good day, dear!
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September 3rd, 2007 at 11:58 am
ed -
ok lang yon, mga tech glitches that i should look at which is why i make it a point to answer every comment, kaso minsan sandamakal kaya i am not able to check as much as i could and i know na pag di ko sinagot mga comments, nag ta-tantrum yong iba!
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