Posted in Analyze This, tagged comedy, school, Philippines, Filipino, Ateneo, religion, church, Facebook, Ellen, charice, spanish, human-rights, comedians, social issues, rape, telenovelas, Ateneo de Manila University, Catholic Church, gay, homosexuals, filipno, boy abunda, Max Fisher, Washington Post, Caltholic, tolerance, Spanish occupation, history, gay bars, talk show host, comedy bars, BB Gandanhari, Rustom Padilla, Aiza Seguerra, Oprah, Ellen de Generes, Ellen de Generes Show, Glee, Glee star, lesbian, come out, Da Vinci Code, Brokeback Mountain, Pangako Sa Iyo, My Husband's Lover, terminal stage, terminal stage of homosexuality, LADLAD, political party, gay politicians, gay rights, gay issues, issues, Danton Remoto, Ateneo de Manila, elections, comelec, commission on elections, supreme court, petition, parlors, parlor gay, haircutter, bakla, insult, University of the Philippines, University of the Philipines Diliman, UP Diliman, xerox, frat, fraternity, fraternities, disown, suicide on June 7, 2013 |
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After I read “A revealing map of the countries that are most and least tolerant of homosexuality” by Max Fisher where the writer said that he doesn’t know why Philippines has a high level of tolerance toward gays even if it’s a conservative Catholic country, I decided to write to Mr. Fisher in order to explain the interesting parts of Philippine culture and its treatment of gays. I just sent it last night, so I don’t know if he’ll reply. Anyway, here are the parts of my e-mail (I kind of revised it a bit for this blog):
Remember that the Catholic religion wasn’t the original religion of the Filipinos. It was brought by the Spaniards and imposed on the people. Even if many consider themselves Catholic, there is a phenomenon called split-level Catholicism wherein the individual retains non-Catholic beliefs even if they identify themselves as Catholic. These pre-Spanish beliefs could be one of the reasons why there is tolerance when it comes to gays. Why is that so? Let me talk about the babaylans.
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Posted in Crazy and Fun Stories, My Awesome Filipino Family, Weird Kid Stories, tagged child, childhood, childhood games, children, comedy, cousins, family, football, fun, Funny, game, humor, kid, kids, mean on December 27, 2012 |
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Cruz family. Errol is the kid on the left. He is holding his hat and is eating something.
If you’ve read Taguan Mo Si Errol, you’d probably be wondering why my cousin was the target of evil childhood games. Well, here’s another. It’s called daganan mo si Errol.
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Posted in Crazy and Fun Stories, Weird Kid Stories, tagged child, childhood, comedy, crazy, Crush, fun, Funny, humor, kid, kids, love, puppy love on December 26, 2012 |
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He hit me accidentally when he was playing in the classroom; I cried. The teacher made him say sorry because he was too young to instinctively know that what he did hurt me.
During the Christmas play, I played Mary and he played Joseph. We were too young to truly fall in love, but I had enough craziness to be obsessed.
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Posted in Crazy and Fun Stories, tagged cloth, Clothing, comedy, fun, Funny, funny t-shirt, humor, Jeep, laugh, Shirt, T-shirt, t-shirt reader on December 2, 2012 |
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Hi, my name is Jasmine, and I’m a t-shirt reader.
I am addicted to all kinds of t-shirts. Funny t-shirts, t-shirts with slogans, t-shirts with quotes, you name ‘em. As long as there are letters on that piece of cloth, then, sure as hell, I’m gonna read it.
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Posted in Crazy and Fun Stories, Weird Kid Stories, tagged ABS–CBN Corporation, Animation, anime, art, Beauty, child, childhood, Cinderella, comedy, fun, Funny, humor, kid, La Usurpadora, obsession, personality, telenovela, Television program, weird, weird kid on October 25, 2012 |
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When I was a kid, I wished I was born beautiful. Since I thought my genes had forsaken me, I had to find another way to transform into a swan. I had this crazy idea that imitating the personalities of beautiful people will do the trick. I don’t know why I thought that way, but that led me to imitate characters in cartoons and telenovelas.
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