Archive for September 5th, 2009

Not That Kind of Man

Not That Kind of Man

I am simply not that kind of man.

Ramon Tulfo, in his latest opinion piece for The Philippine Daily Inquirer, implores and exhorts us to “understand Chavit Singson.”  The news goes that Chavit beat up his live-in partner due to her being unfaithful.  Those are things best left to the courts to decide, but what really irks me – as a Filipino male – was when Mr. Tulfo has this to say:

I’m not saying he’s right, but we should understand him in the context of our macho society.

Any other Filipino man who caught his wife or partner in bed with another man would have acted in the same way Singson did.  Or even worse.

I am not writing this to judge Chavit – again, the courts should and will decide whether Chavit is guilty or not – but I am writing this as a dissenting opinion to Mr. Tulfo’s generalization.  As a Filipino male, I am simply not that kind of man to beat up a woman.

September 5, 2009 6 comments Read More
X-List: Search Results

X-List: Search Results

I don’t believe in search engine results being a determining factor in your influence in the blogosphere (and once again, I hate that word), but there’s nothing wrong with some vanity searches every now and then to inflate your own ego.  We all need it.  Heck, some people do it for the sake of ego inflation and end up proving nothing.

At one point in your life, you probably already Googled your name.  I Google my name and get results for impeachment complaints and writers’ workshops.  A friend of mine says that your existence depends on your searchability, so I guess I cannot cast doubt on my existence anymore.  Not that I have it made, that I’m an “Internet celebrity,” or that I’m “famous,” though.

In the grand scheme of things, at least in my world, that still doesn’t count for a lot: I don’t earn anything from my blog anyway.  As far as random ego-boosting is concerned, though, I can take pride in searchability from absurdity.

Let me share some of them with you in this week’s X-List of weird search results.

September 5, 2009 0 comments Read More