Manuel L. Quezon III recently posted in his Facebook account: “All the crap bout that [HK] columnist comes from pinoys who wouldn't know satire sarcasm or irony if it slapped them on the face.”
This post was in reaction to a controversial article which was published in the HK Online website by a certain columnist, Chip Tsao (http://hk-magazine.com/feature/war-home). While Tsao tried to pass the work as “political satire,” it is obviously a discriminatory work done in poor taste. While some people (Manuel L. Quezon III, included) find no offense in Tsao’s article (probably due to a cultural disconnect which is so prevalent in mainstream pinoy culture – I do not have to explain the dichotomy of the oppressed masa vs. the apathetic konyo)… there are those who have enough intelligence and gall to see that Tsao has indeed gone too far.
Victorina’s very own Kitty Go knows more than a thing or two of how sarcasm really works… Manolo and your apathetic ilk, read on and take notes… perhaps you’ll learn the real difference between sarcasm and plain old prejudice masked by seemingly eloquent English.
by Kitty Go
I generally do not respond to other journalists’ work, particularly if they are opinion columns because I would like to think that everyone is entitled to his opinion and I am usually open-minded enough to laugh things off. I love American shock-jock Howard Stern and conservative mouth piece Rush Limbaugh but I find “The War at Home,” a piece in HK Magazine by controversial columnist and media personality Chip Tsao, a lame attempt at humour which some may classify as irony, hyperbole, parody or satire.
To most people, it is plain bigotry. Badly cloaked in cheap Mong Kok velvet, I have to say.
As a fashion reporter, I don’t see the need to attack Mr. Tsao for his bad haircut, poor choice of spectacles and a complete look of ‘fashion don’ts.’ I don’t think it’s fair because hard news journalists are generally bad dressers, probably wanting to express through their clothing that ‘there are more pressing issues…” (Like the pressing of their trousers)
I can see that Mr. Tsao makes an attempt at ridiculing Filipinos the way the British do the French, Americans and practically everyone else. However, it is one thing to make fun of another culture or politics where both parties are AT THE SAME LEVEL and it is another to make fun of someone else’s culture or country BECAUSE YOU CAN and because you know SHE CANNOT DEFEND HERSELF. That is not humour. It is bullying in the playground tradition. But who started this childishness?
I don’t need to discuss the article’s racist and derogatory tone. As a PURE CHINESE (Hokkien) born and raised in the Philippines, I can understand the Chinese superiority complex but I have also been lucky enough to learn and experience the loyalty, graciousness, friendliness and selflessness of Filipinos AT ALL LEVELS!
(My issue with most local Hong Kong Chinese is they think that the maids they hire are on auto-pilot and expect them to know what to do on their own. They don’t. Employers have to train maids how to lay a table, how to serve, how to make beds, etc. Clearly, the general local population is not well-bred enough to know this. Anyone who has lived with servants all their lives knows this. If you started at a new office job, wouldn’t you have to be trained, too?)
Forget about whether the Philippines can or can’t defend the Spratlys against China. They will surely lose. What is uncalled for is when Mr. Tsao writes, “The reason: there are more than 130,000 Filipina maids working as $3,580-a-month cheap labor in Hong Kong. As a nation of servants, you don’t flex your muscles at your master, from whom you earn most of your bread and butter.”
In case Mr. Tsao has failed to read his domestic helper’s contract (or perhaps is NOT following it), the minimum wage is HKD 3,750. I have two helpers who take care of two dogs (from the Philippines, of course!) who make so much more than the minimum. It’s the least we can do for people who leave their families behind to work for us in a foreign country. They each get two vacations a year, no interest loans, a birthday bonus, Christmas bonus plus party and Chinese New Year bonus. Does Louisa get that?
Who said anything about your helper ‘flexing your muscle at your master?’ (Master?? Like me and my dog?? Or like me and a genie who will grant me three wishes??) Why include your domestic helper in an issue that doesn’t concern her and which she can’t do anything about? The Spratly issue in no way affects her life. If the Spratly’s sank like Atlantis she wouldn’t care because she’s still be working for Mr. Tsao or better yet, for another employer.
Mr. Tsao writes, “I….hung a map on the wall, and gave her a harsh lecture. I sternly warned her that if she wants her wages increased next year, she had better tell every one of her compatriots in Statue Square on Sunday that the entirety of the Spratly Islands belongs to China….I told her that if war breaks out between the Philippines and China, I would have to end her employment and send her straight home, because I would not risk the crime of treason for sponsoring an enemy of the state by paying her to wash my toilet and clean my windows 16 hours a day. With that money, she would pay taxes to her government, and they would fund a navy to invade our motherland and deeply hurt my feelings.”
Since you and Louisa studied the map (was it one made in the last 50 years?), you would have noticed that the Spratlys is closer to the Philippines than to China. One of my Filipino friends told her household staff that if they voted Joseph Estrada for President, they will not get a raise. At least, the choice of president does affect the state of a nation. (Look what happened there) But like I mentioned earlier, the Spratlys have nothing to do with our helpers. If Mr. Tsao told her he would not increase her wages if she voted for employers having to pay for medical insurance that would be more up her street.
…And another thing which you (again!) may not have noticed in the contract. Louisa is supposed to only work 12 hours a day. Why is she working 16?? Hello, department of labor! Aside from ending her employment at the risk of treason, Mr. Tsao also mentions ‘holding the helpers hostage.’ Remember what happened when the Mexicans stopped working for a day in California? Hong Kong became what it is because we are allowed to employ domestic staff for very little money compared to other first world cities. This inexpensive luxury that we live with everyday has helped make Hong Kong into the financial powerhouse that it is. The least we can do is treat our staff humanely and not include them (or worse, insult them) on issues that do not affect their lives.
They have enough problems such as working for people like Chip Tsao.
At kay Louisa----I-lason mo na yung amo mo! Saan ang Dora rat killer???
Manolo's association with Joey De Venecia has poisoned his neurons with DORA!
lasunin ang mga amo sa HK...hahaha
I LOVE THE FILIPINOS!
"perhaps you’ll learn the real difference between sarcasm and plain old prejudice masked by seemingly eloquent English" AGREE... WE LOVE KITTY!!!!
it is obviously a discriminatory work done in poor taste just like Manolo's impeachment case with Joey De Venecia!
Manolo is typical of Dona Victorina... Kaya lang his hair is to bouffant and his skin is pang aliping sagigilid. Chaka ang gurl dhay!
Vadush sarcasm... O baka cry si Manoloshhhh!
"Manolo is typical of Dona Victorina... Kaya lang his hair is too bouffant and his skin is pang aliping sagigilid. Chaka ang gurl dhay!"
“political satire,” it is obviously a discriminatory work done in poor taste. While some people like Manuel L. Quezon III, find no offense ... there are those who have enough intelligence and gall to see that Tsao has indeed gone too far. Manolo should curl his bouffant hair para kamukaha nya si Diana Ross!
How come Manolo doesn't look mestizo like his late father and grandfather? Bakit ang pangit niya? Just wondering...
People, would you mind if I posted a link to this article?
tanong: saan nag-gradweyt ng college si manolo quezon?
sirit?
I agree with Kitty on the maid issue but not the Spartly issue. If the Philippines had an all out war with the Chinese (minus thermo-nuclear) we can destroy our attackers! I think it would do us good by uniting everyone- the AFP, NPA, MNLF and the ABU SAYAF!
sure Mae!
amiel aguilar cabanlig
KITTY is right. the older generation Chinese like my dad fall in this category - " I don’t need to discuss the article’s racist and derogatory tone. As a PURE CHINESE (Hokkien) born and raised in the Philippines"
kill the chinese!!!!!!! nah..really, the chinese here in our country are more of drug dealers and swindlers..i thing bein a servant is better than bein a criminal..
so CHIP TSAO!! FUCK YOU AND UR CHINKS!!
i wanna see u burn in hell mofo!!
political satire: Manolo should bleach his skin para di sya mukhang yaya!
"political satire: Manolo should bleach his skin para di sya mukhang yaya!"
Monolo should fix his hair as well- yuck!
Manolo is sometimes irritatingly delusional... chaka naman!
Since when did Manolo become a great styrist? He is soooooo boring and so is his TV show!
Bagay si Manolo and Joey De Vencia... dapat mag-steady na lang sila!
Manolo should curl his bouffant hair para kamukaha nya si Diana Ross... Kapal nyo ang ganda ni Diana Ross. He looks like Tina Turner!
You wanna die of boredom? Read Manolo!
"Manuel L. Quezon III recently posted in his Facebook account: “All the crap bout that [HK] columnist comes from pinoys who wouldn't know satire sarcasm or irony if it slapped them on the face.”
I don't have Manuel L. Quezon III in my Facebook, so I would not know what he posted. But given that I read your blog, I believe you that he wrote it.
Given that I am one of those who blogged about this ChipMunkChikwa Asshole from Hongkong, I suppose I also belong to those herded by Manolo to the column of Pinoys who have no clue about satire.
I guess, I need to be sent to a re-education camp! Hahaha! I can't believe Manolo would say that!
I'm speechless (after 45wpm typing)
But lest I forget, kapunin ang chikwang tiga-HK.
if i know... hagip ni manolo si chip tsao...
Gusto ng Tsao na iyan na umalis na ang mga pinoy sa hongkong kasi maraming mga chinese ang nawalan ng trabaho at nagsiuwian sa kanilang mga probinsya. Eh ayaw naman ng mga taga hongkong ng mga pure chinese kasi di nga marunong mag english. Kaya naghanap ang Tsao ng issue na akala nya pwedeng maka influence ng mga tagahongkong na wag ng maghire ng mga pinoy tapos ang mga pinoy naman magagalit kasi nga sa pinagsususlat ng bakla. Winner ang bakla. Pakshet. Wala naman tayong choice. Si Tsao lang naman ang nagiisip nyan eh, hindi naman lahat. Marami din naman ok employers sa hongkong. Kaya ang mabuti jan dapat ireklamo ng Pilipinas yang Tsao at turuan ng leksyon ng China kasi walang disiplina sa kabubuga ng mabahong tinta. Dapat sa United Nations ireklamo iyan. diba diba diba
Dear Ms. Kitty and Fellow Readers,
Firstly, I'm a fervent reader of this blog though I don't often agree with the editorials.
Ms. Kitty, I respect your sentiments but your first paragraph which contains your thesis statements I find repudiate all that come after it.
To say you "love" Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern but vehemently abhors Chip Tsao's article is blatant relativism (just because Tsao's article hit right at home?).
I also follow Howard Stern and Rush Limbaugh, throw in Ann Coulter why don't we. I don't like them but I follow because I want to know how they are as media practitioners. And I find their comments racist, bigoted and prejudiced just like Chip Tsao. People like them feed into stereotypes and racial perceptions of prejudices. But read them we must so that we can educate their listeners and followers but please don't say you "love" them. This I find satirical and could be tongue-in-cheek.
Which now leads me to Mr. Quezon's irony quote. Without drawing on that controversial dichotomy of rich versus poor in understanding the written word. It is indeed factual that SARCASM and IRONY become lost to Pinoys. Case in Point: we don't have our version of it in our historical Balarila or Grammar. It's a Western figure of speech appropriated later on.
Contemporary sarcasm in our local TV is always followed by a funny and witty rejoinder so as to take away the punch. Take for example the Funny TV gays who feed on "insults" but take away the sting by "self-deprecation".
Manolo is correct in his quote but its a one-liner. Don't castigate him because of a one-liner. Don't forget his column war with that Cruz guy over homophobia from years back. But I digress.
If Tsao defends his article as ironic and satirical then it is his right, so are the opinions of Limbaugh and Stern. We can't love one and hate the other. They are all satirist (if you must) but at the same time prejudiced and bigoted.
And us Pinoys must rise above these people by understanding where they are coming from and not getting riled up with hysterics and drawing from our very own racist tendencies. (Everyone's a little bit racist). By rejecting their statements with intelligent discussions and demanding for apology.
Derek A.
Below is what I posted in HK Magazine:
Mr. Chop Suey sucks
Submitted by Raul Ibanez on Sat, 28/03/2009 - 13:59.
And who's this nouveau chinoise who has pretensions to yuppiehood? I recommend before he opens his big fat lips & lisp, that he plug his hardly used brains in the wall socket, put on his glasses & read legal history. As to his astonishing claim to being a slave owner in the style of pre-Jack Kennedy days, before he flexes his kung fu muscles, I recommend a regimen of daily pushups because his non six pack allure is about to crack his shirt buttons loose. And, please, Mr. Chop Suey, stop smirking. Give us a full smile or nothing. It's unbecoming of somebody who thinks he's got something sensible to say to smirk in that coy way he does. Mr. Chop Suey may have enough money to underpay a Filipina maid or even two, but I would not hire him to lick my boots. My cats do a good job at that. At any rate, Chop would be severely underqualified under the current rules of the Manila-Hong Kong Maid Exchange Program. By the way, the haircut. It's all wrong.
.........
I have no qualms badmouthing this pathetic dirtbag masquerading as some sort of member of the master race? Shades of Hitler? Too early, China. Get U.S. consumers to start buying Chinese products again. That's first. Right now, China has factory workers with no jobs and no homes. So, let's stop this master race masquerade. It's ludicrous.
About MLQ III. Too bad he's now set himself up as the final arbiter of what constitutes satire, sarcasm, & irony. What university bestowed this title on him? Maybe a good friend of mine is right. After I told him I enjoy reading MLQIII, my friend said, "But he's too smug. He thinks only his opinions matter. I think he really looks at himself in the mirror a long time like Marlon Brando in that old movie. Then he writes something."
Hong Kong became what it is because we are allowed to employ domestic staff for very little money compared to other first world cities. This inexpensive luxury that we live with everyday has helped make Hong Kong into the financial powerhouse that it is.
-- I AGREE! NEVER LOOK DOWN ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED YOU UP.
Hindi ko binabasa ang kay Manolo Quezon dahil ang boring niya, feeling niya totoong Quezon siya, obvious naman sa itsura niya , hindi. Nagpapaka intellectual lang siya.
Hindi ko rin pinapanood ang show niya dahil bukod sa pangit siya, boring pa. Oh my gas!
manolo is adopted.
"But he's too smug. He thinks only his opinions matter. I think he really looks at himself in the mirror a long time like Marlon Brando in that old movie. Then he writes something." I agree... Manolo is a conceited elitist!
Anon said "Don't forget his column war with that Cruz guy over homophobia from years back." So what! Amiel even had a newspaper war with that stupid Isagani Cruz... Manolo is an elitist plus he is friends with Joey De Venicia which is unforgivable!
Dear Derek A.,
That Chinese guys article was written in bad taste. It's like saying all Chinese in the Philippines are drug peddlers, corrupt and eat their own kulangot!
liza
This is Tim's fault. Burn TINYTIM and his race!
talagang merong mga sira ulo din nagcocomment dito ha...
pag nandoon ka sa hongkong, maninibago ka how hongkong citizens work so hard and serve their clients so hard. Iba sila talaga, napakahardworking at hindi nagdidiscriminate as long as you can pay. kaso itong si Tsao lang talaga, panget na bakla talaga.
showed this guy post to my chinese colleagues at nanlaki mga mata nila and only word came out from their mabahong hininga is IDIOT.
nagpapa kontrobersyal at alam nyang maraming pinoy na bloggers ang magpi pyesta bukod pa sa taga ibang nasyon and too ambitious to become instant celebrity overnight.
about this manuel,never read any of his post.
Hindi naman kasi totoong Quezon si Manolo!
nice article Kitty!
MLQ III set himself up as the final arbiter of what constitutes satire, sarcasm, & irony?
But he is one boring writer. I can't stand his one track mindedness. Where did MLQ III graduate?
Ateneo?
HOW DARE MANOLO INSULT THE TWO QUEENS OF THE WWW... Reyna Elena and Dona Victorina!!!!
actually Tsao looks like Quezon!
Hoy di na uso DORA! Shet dats so early 80's... DORA das been out of d market for 20 yrs already.
How old are you writers?
Baka BBF kayong DV ni Ethel Timbol, Gilbert Perez, Donnie Ramirez at Amelita Reysio Cruz... I know Amiel is!
Bwahahaha... Mga GURANG!
"Baka BBF kayong DV ni Ethel Timbol, Gilbert Perez, Donnie Ramirez at Amelita Reysio Cruz... I know Amiel is!"
Chip Tsao:
I hope you learn the lesson that there is a thin line between satire and insult.
And about Manolo Quezon's one-liner in facebook:
Who is he to dictate or preach about other fellow's opinions?
Of course, may Dora pa! Baka wala sa sarisari store malapit sa inyo!
Silver that was not a one liner from Manolo... He went on and on defending Chip Tsao!
MLQ III set himself up as the final arbiter of what constitutes satire, sarcasm, & irony... I agree cause he looks like GIZMO from Gremlins- diba!
No way Gizmo is too cute. He looks like smeagol of Lord of the Rings... pero with bouffant hair!
Manolo thinks people listen to his opinion... they do but Zzzzzzzzzz!
We welcome this post especially that it came from an employer of OFW's. Ipagpala kayo ng Panginoon ma'am Kitty. BRAVO!
ofw
wana see Smeagol?
http://www.batangbaler.net/balerwitch_olagmanolo_closeup.jpg
@Mensa,
Oh, I didnt know that. Teka, mabasa nga ang mga pinagsusulat ng chaka na yun...hahahaha...
maroon, sa up nag-aral si manolo pero di nakatapos kaya wala siyang college degree... buti pa si louisa meron...
anon@March 30, 2009 10:29 AM,
agree with you. limbaugh, at least, is no different from tsao. dont know if kitty go has listened to him lately.
FPJ is against Chip Tsao
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-eastasia.asp?parentid=31608
HONG KONG: Outraged readers round on writer for 'racist dogma'
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Prominent columnist Chip Tsao has hit back at allegations of racism, saying readers angered by his observations on western men losing cachet with local women did not understand his sarcasm.
xxx
A Sunday Morning Post reader from Vietnam, Karl John, said after reading Tsao's comments: "I cannot find one statement of truth, just racist dogma and general sweeping statements.
http://hk-magazine.com/feature/politically-incorrect-chip-tsao-vintage-year
allowing Hong Kong families to import Filipina wet nurses would be an innovation. And not only for babies.
I look forward to the milk-tasting party hosted by my friend, whom I warned it would be better for legal reasons, if his wife, the madam—instead of himself, the sir—supervises the job on the spot.
That settles it then. Dora is the answer.
Really? is that the best this Kitty Go can do? That is self promotion at best!
Where is the case agaisnt the Philippines being a nation of servants? The country will not have an annual remittance of $13B if all OFWs are earning your HK minimum. Come on now, what do you think is wrong with your response Miss Kitty?
Why does thes Hongkongers keep hiring Pinay Helpers when there is more than a billion Chinese who are struglling to make ends meet?
Why not hire them instead of bullying the Pinay maids? Yeah! Because just like the rest of China's exports, they are of cheap standards and quality!
Anonymous (well, one of them above) is right.
To say you love Rush Limbaugh (that fat, deaf blowhard) and yet get all up in arms about what the HK columnist wrote is relativism at best, hypocrisy at worst.
The obvious conclusion one can draw from such a statement is that you're only pissed about hurtful and discriminatory statements when it hits home. That Rush Limbaugh is okay because his horrible rants are targeted at someone else, not you. If that's the case, then you lose all moral authority to castigate all these annoying talking heads and their hateful rhetoric.
And shame on all of you who posted comments implying (whether subtly or blatantly) that Manolo being adopted is somehow a badge of shame, a "pagkukulang". Typical judgmental fundamentalist Catholic bullshit.
Kitty's just guilty because she probably shouts at her Yaya-maids more than she shouts at her doggy-bitches
Anonymous said...maroon, sa up nag-aral si manolo pero di nakatapos kaya wala siyang college degree... buti pa si louisa meron...March 31, 2009 3:42 AM
Are you sure anon?
You mean all that talk from Manolo eh di naman pala nakatapos ng College degree? How can he be the explainer?
Anonymous 756 ... Kitty wrote the article as a sarcasm. It wasn't intended to show facts. If you want facts anon 756 read Mr.Bouffant Manolo Quezon! You would probably die of boredom...
Chip Tsao is the WONDER TWIN of Malou Fernandez!
Wonder Triplet of Manolo...
Go Vietnam... ASEAN should BOYCOTT Hongkong Tourism. Teka, teka is this what Chairman Mao thought socialist China, to look down on maids?
smeagol or gremlin?
http://www.batangbaler.net/balerwitch_olagmanolo_closeup.jpg
manolo is a lecturer at the ateneo.
ateneo again???#@!!**
Do you know that the Chinese race and the Filipino race are blood brothers. Do you know that the very first settlers in these islands were Chinese and they consider Filipinos as their blood brothers?
So accommodating these Filipinos were that they allowed their blood brothers, the Chinese, to ascend the opportunity ladder. We now have Chinese taipans and entrepreneurs at the top of the power pole, way ahead of their fellow Filipinos. Despite this, both races treat each other as equals.
Does Chip Tsao know that Hongkong used to play host to anti-colonialists, like Filipino revolutionary firebrands. That Hongkong was a traditional R&R place of Filipinos was usual topic in almost any Hongkong history book. Maybe Tsao is totally ignorant of his own country's history. That's why its so painful to hear such racist slurs coming from a supposed blood brother, the Chinese, Chip Tsao.
Cheap Chow’s great country once tried to poison the children of the world with toys coated with high lead-content paint.
Now Cheap Chow is poisoning the minds of his admirers – the buyers of his “bestsellers” – in China and Hong Kong with the following racist articles.
Sorry Manolo but i can get satire or even the most cruel sarcasm but this one's done in really CHEAP taste. i just hope lousia uses DORA on you!
Ruffy Biazon is furious!
Muntinlupa Rep. Ruffy Biazon said Tsao “went too far.Instead of insulting a policy, he insulted a nation."But he said the Philippines should spare itself the trouble of a making a diplomatic protest, since the talent of the country's foreign service would be wasted by paying attention to Tsao. “But I think we should declare him persona non-grata,” Biazon added.
RainB,
Bakit naki-sawsaw na naman si Aling Ellen eh pang INTERNATIONAL ang issue?
http://www.ellentordesillas.com/?p=4925#more-4925
Dear Mr. Gorrell,
Isn't Migz Zubiri the cousin of anti-OFW Malou Fernandez? Why is he acting like a hero all of a sudden? Shouldn't he discipline his FAT cousin first?
"Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday said he would file a resolution calling on the Department of Foreign Affairs to file a diplomatic protest against a Hong Kong columnist who he said should apologize for a racial slur against overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)."
OFW
UPIS boy Cheez Escudero called on the government to defend the dignity of Filipino."If we need to take legal action against Tsao, let us do so," Escudero said in a statement.He said the government should take the initiative "by hiring a lawyer in Hong Kong if at all, and file a case for damages."
He said doing so would send the message that the Philippines "will not take this sitting down" and show that the government "somehow listens and acts for them and defends them."
hahahaha! Chip Tsao is the WONDER TWIN of Malou Fernandez!Wonder Triplet of Manolo...
Oo nga Rain di bakay kay manang Ellen! Bakit naki-sawsaw na naman si Aling Ellen eh pang INTERNATIONAL ang issue?
http://www.ellentordesillas.com/?p=4925#more-4925
“All the crap bout that [HK] columnist comes from pinoys who wouldn't know satire sarcasm or irony if it slapped them on the face.”
PURE ARROGANCE ESPECIALLY COMING FROM AN UNDERGRADUATE OF U.P.!
Ngayon nyo lang ba nalaman na elitista yang si manolo?
Take a look at the people around him. That alone will give you a clue if he is an elitist or not. Geez. Noemi and that Fkng Jester alone can already give you the hint.
Crows of the same Feather, caws together.
Di lang sya boring, bading din! Uptight, serious and bitchy gay political columnists with a diva attitude.
wait, if MLQ3 did not have a college degree, then what's the fuss in taking a master's degree?
A little birdie told me that MLq3 is having his masters in an australian university, which, turned out to be modular, in short, the peeps from the University kuno goes here in the Phils and not MLQ3 or the other way around.
It's really confusing. Why would you take a master's degree if you are an undergraduate. Does he have credentials?.
and really? he is adopted?
lito,
totoo yun. no college degree si manolo. ask around. you can even ask him. though that doesnt seem to stop him from feeling superior.
To Derek A./Manolo,
I dont think this is the issue of the "rich and intellectual" people and the misunderstood Figures of speech.The mere fact that DH Filipinos were degraded is already an issue.and it is a BIG issue. Ang may pusong pinoy lang ang makaka intindi ng galit na nagpupuyos sa puso ng sambayanang pilipino.isipin mo na lang ang pamilya ng mga DH na yan,kung anong nararamdaman na maliitin ang mga nanay nila...at sabihin mo sa amin na "Figure of speech" pa rin ang rason at dapat intindihin Pilipino ang isinulat nya...di mo kailangan magpaka intellectual...If you have objectively taken the article in a different light, then you have the capacity to see it through the eyes of the majority who clings in the hope that someday their lives will be better because of their OFW families who work their ASS off to serve people like CHEAP!
HEY!...THE SPRATLYS BELONG TO THE PHILIPPINES!!!
Gets mo, kaCHIPan?
"PURE ARROGANCE ESPECIALLY COMING FROM AN UNDERGRADUATE OF U.P.!"
My why does he act like he knows everything? Another pseudo-intellectual lecturing the public about history... Maybe using left over books from Pres. Quezon!
"Di lang sya boring, bading din! Uptight, serious and bitchy gay political columnists with a diva attitude." AGREE! He should be married to Joey De Venecia and live in China beside the ZTE compound!!!
Are you guys sure he is undergrad? Just asking...
Mr. Tsao's recent column is probably a reflection of the prevailing and popular HK Chinese (or perhaps, mainland Chinese) sentiment over the Philippine government's claim to the Spratly Islands and its congress' threat to send gunboats to the islands to 'defend the islands from China'.
The popular sentiment being: walang karapatang mag-claim ang Pilipinas.
Let us remind ourselves: the sentiment may be popular, but it does not always mean enlightened or correct.
But what the HK Chinese sentiment failed to account for is: the fact that the Philippine claim is not "recent" but rather decades-old, as far back as 1946 when that country's then-government launched their claim with the UN.
Most of the HK Chinese population's exposure to all things Filipino is sadly limited to the domestic helpers and their rather unfortunate economic circumstances.
I think Mr. Tsao is reflecting on the ridiculous assertion of the HK Chinese sentiment that Filipinos --- whom they wrongly think of coming "from a nation of servants" --- should not lay a claim on the Spratly Islands, just because mainland China is doing same. I think Mr. Tsao just wanted to prick the prevailing local Chinese nationalistic posturing by casting himself (a Chinese master) as the bully to his maid.
But because he failed to present a full exposition of the subject's historical background -- or perhaps due to his poor writing or to the magazine's poor editing ---- this did not come across in print.
What came across instead to readers was a mean, insulting and condescending rant.
The vitriol and foul language being heaped on Mr. Tsao's personality maybe horrible, but because his recent write-up failed miserably from a journalistic point of view, then I declare that they are justly deserved.
Malou Fernandez just called, she wants Chip Tsao to return her Pinoy Basher crown back!
Malou Fernandez should marry Chip Tsao and create Monolo looking piglets!!!!
HEY are you guys sure he (MANOLO) is an undergrad from UP? pls confirm...
I thought Manolo was educated. I let my children listen to him...
Undergrad???
Chip Tsao is a liar. He does not have a Filipino maid.
Louisa is the maid of his dad!
Louisa looks like Manolo... Sarcasm lang po!
Peeps,
Don't make barbecue out of me, but I can't help reacting on a number of comments which are:
1.) On the issue of Manolo being adopted. This is uncalled for. This has got nothing to do with anything else. Spare him with this. It's below the belt, kiver kung yong sinabi nya is below our thing between our legs.
2.) On the issue of Ellen Tordesillas writing about Chip Tsao. She has every right as a political columnist to deal and writ about this because this is a Spratlys issue, a political matter and she has touched and discussed this topic on her blog in length.
3.) On Manolo's educational credentials. He is a columnist, a writer and a political blogger and most of us believe that some of these people are educated enough that we all trust have gotten from some learned principles in school of thoughts in well... schools. Therefore, his educational credentials is a fair game.
THEREFORE, paki-explica nga why he is taking a master's degree at some Australian mobile university when he doesn't have a bachelor's degree???
This is the same as that Ricky Rivera who has an Honoris Causa with a bracketed timeline.
Sinong niloloko nang mga to?! Don't tell me, na abno pa rin kami pagdating sa pagkilatis nang mga educational chorvalais?! Haller!
"Sinong niloloko nang mga to?! Don't tell me, na abno pa rin kami pagdating sa pagkilatis nang mga educational chorvalais?! Haller!"
Agree with Reyna Elena pero does Manolo really have a degree. If not I won't even consider his show "THE EXPLAINER" as credible. He talks about history and he should have at the very least an AB HISTORY degree kahit galing FEU like John Resado!
Agree Maroon it's like Vicky Bello doing heart surgery... ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES!
Manolo says all the crap bout that columnist comes from pinoys who wouldn't know satire sarcasm or irony if it slapped them on the face...So why can't we say he is adopted when it's the goddamn TRUTH?
Sorry Reyna Elena but Frida does make a point: " manolo can say pinoys who wouldn't know satire sarcasm or irony if it slapped them on the face..."
So why can't we say he is adopted when it's the goddamn TRUTH?
manolo can say pinoys who wouldn't know satire sarcasm or irony if it slapped them on the face...Di naman naka-graduate sa UP!
Eh di listen nalang me sa satire ni Willie Revillame!
Yup what makes Manolo more credible than Willie eh pareho silang under-graduate!
Chip Tsao is telling the truth fuckers!!! I agree, Philippines is a nation of servants..errr..OFWs!
We're making progress..We used to be Little Brown Fu cking Machines (LBFM) when the US bases were still in the Philippines.
Indeed, we are a nation of servants and Arroyo family's bitches at the same time....
pisawt...
Atong Estrada
OFW
that manalo guy is just so full of himself....... fugly fugly fugly..... everytime i see his face on tv, i immediately switch to another channel. ANC should get rid of him..... EXPLAINER? you make me sick.
EXPLAINER?
He should explain his case at Coupertino... Get a degree Manolo!
Wow... Is this a U.P. ensemble?
Pinagtulungan na naman ng MAROONS ang vadush...
Guess Manolo can't sing this:
U.P. beloved, thou Alma Mater dear
For thee united, our joyful voices hear
Far tho we wander, o'er island yonder
Loyal thy sons we'll ever be
Loyal thy sons we'll ever be.
Echo the watchword, the Red and Green forever.
Give out the password, to the Hall of Brave sons rare.
Sing forth the message, ring out with courage
All hail, thou hope of our dear land,
All hail, thou hope of our dear land.
that's old version upis99... NEW VERSION says we should NOT leave our country and work abroad.
Let's use our GENIUS to serve our countrymen!
________________
U.P. Naming Mahal is the university hymn of the University of the Philippines. This new version is a rendition of Chikoy Pura, Noel Cabangon, Cooky Chua, and Bayang Barrios.
UP NAMING MAHAL
Lyrics
UP naming mahal
Pamantasan ng bayan
Tinig ng masa
Ang siyang lagi nang pakikinggan
Malayong lupain
Di kailangang marating
Dito maglilingkod sa bayan natin
Dito maglilingkod sa bayan natin
Silangang mapula
Sagisag magpakailanman
Ating ipaglaban
Laya ng diwa’t kaisipan
Humayo’t itanghal
Giting, tapang at dangal
Mabuhay ang lingkod ng taong bayan
Mabuhay ang lingkod ng taong bayan
Silangang mapula
Sagisag magpakailanman
Ating ipaglaban
Laya ng diwa’t kaisipan
Malayong lupain
Di kailangang marating
Dito maglilingkod sa bayan natin
Dito maglilingkod sa bayan natin
My Fellow Pinoys In Hongkong (especially Louisa):
Get your revenge quickly ("Lintik lang ang walang ganti!"*) IF you have a RUDE or NASTY chink boss like Chip Tsao (see his picture below):
1)One thing that everyone's afraid of is someone spitting in their food.
2)Don't wash your hands after coming from the toilet and prepare his special noodle of the day.
3)Teach his kids "Intsik Beho Tulo Laway" nursery rhyme.Tell the chink it means "Long Live Chairman Mao!"
* “Hell hath no fury like a Pinay OFW scorned!”
Dito maglilingkod sa bayan natin... KURAKUTIN ang KABAN ng BAYAN!
PGMA,FG,ERAP,JOC JOC at Atenista et al
Dito maglilingkod sa bayan natin... KURAKUTIN ang KABAN ng BAYAN!
PGMA,FG,ERAP,JOC JOC at Atenista et al
Such hypocrites you all are. Talak kayo ng talak about how MLQIII is an elitist. Eh samantalang kaya kayo nagagalit sa column nung chekwa ay kasi tinawag niyang "nation of servants" ang Pilipinas.
Kunwari pa kayo na na-offend kayo dahil ininsulto ng chekwa ang mga OFW. When the real reason you all are offended is that he called the people Philippines, and by extension YOU, servants. KAYA KAYO NAIINIS SA CHEKWA EH DAHIL AYAW NIYONG MATAWAG NA KATULONG OR CHOFER. Pare-pareho kayong lahat na elitista, so don't waste your hypocritical outrage bagging on MLQIII.
Anyway ano naman ba ang masama sa pagiging katulong? An honest day's pay for an honest day's work. Nothing wrong with any job as long as you do it honestly. Just because you people work in call centers trying so hard to have American accents doesn't mean you're so much better than domestic helpers. Lahat naman tayo except for the very richest among us kailangan magtrabaho, diba?
my sources are reliable albeit secondary (not primary) as regards manolo's undergrad status in u.p. perhaps somebody in u.p. (or who have friends in u.p.) can confirm this?
manolo should also come clean and enlighten all of us just like he enlightened us on what constitutes satire.
so kitty go thinks that limbaugh was entertaining when he mocked the way michael j fox speaks (because of of parkinson's disease)? didnt know kitty go endorsed cruelty towards the disabled.
Where is Gorrell?
Manolo is an undergrad, but I think by choice. He's one of those people who think he's too cool for school. A lot of brilliant and successful people are undergrads, Bill Gates among them, Nick Joaquin too.
At totoong Satire nga ang column ni Tsao. Masakit, pero yan naman talaga ang objective ng satire. Dami ng namatay na writer dahil sa satire, pero noong unang panahon pa yun. Ang author ng Gargantua and Pantagruel na isang mongheng nagngangalang na Rabeleis ay pinatay din dahil sa libro nya, pero mga ilang daan na taon na ang nakalipas.
We're a democratic country and it's a pity that very few people, even educated people cannot take satire. Get angry, sure, but taking it personally wil only lower us as a culture in the eyes of other people, and we should be ashamed too. Imagine going rabid mad over one columnist? We show our weakness by reacting in such an exaggerated manner.
If we are indeed democratic and we believe free speech, then dealing with hurtful satires is one of our greatest tests, and guess what, we FAILED.
We are a culture that is irony blind, we can't even open our eyes to tragic ironies like the continuation of haciendas and the regressive culture that it supports. We even admire people from these families who still own these vast lands. These families who are the root of our cultural weakness. Think about it. Chao is nothing. You do not honor yourself by lowering to his level. We have real battles to fight but perhaps too lazy or too cowardly we don't even begin to see the real conflict.
Obviously, Chop Suey formerly known as Chip Tsao, can't tell whether he's in the realm of satire, sarcasm, or irony. He says readers couldn't tell either if he was being satirical, sarcastic, or ironical in previous posts. I don't think it's the readers' fault. It's not the readers fault if Chip Suey's imaginary world of brilliance is not visible to the naked eye. I bet he can't tell between satire and sarcasm or between sarcasm and irony and it's my fault I don't get it. I also bet he can only spell any of these three words without the help of a spell checker. My feeling is that Chip Suey should should quit posting because he can't tell between posting and pissing. And anyone reading this can tell it's easier to piss than post. Potato Chip Suey should stick to private pissing and leave the public posting to walls and blackboards.
Excellent piece! The way you dissected Chip Tsao's motivation is flawless. Bravo!
It's satire. Have a good laugh. wag makitid mga utak
I prefer Kitty when she writes in Victorina... She becomes pro- downtrodden!
Lily(HK)
Brian Brotarlo said...
I disagree Brian!
I think it is imperative that one finishes a DEGREE before one can lecture! It's part of maturity and academic discipline. Bill Gates made his multi-billion empire. What has Manolo done? Talk on TV? Write for the Inquirer? Join Joey de Venecia?
Manolo should finish his degree otherwise we should not believe in Manolo's points of view hook, line and sinker!
UP theme...
Tinig ng masa
Ang siyang lagi nang pakikinggan...
Malayong lupain
Di kailangang marating
Dito maglilingkod sa bayan natin...
Go Maroons!
Wow... Is this a U.P. ensemble?
Pinagtulungan na naman ng MAROONS ang vadush with bouffant hair-do!
hahaha! Pinagtulungan na naman ng MAROONS ang vadush with bouffant hair-do!
Anonymous said...
my sources are reliable albeit secondary (not primary) as regards manolo's undergrad status in u.p. perhaps somebody in u.p. (or who have friends in u.p.) can confirm this?
manolo should also come clean and enlighten all of us just like he enlightened us on what constitutes satire.
AGREE SO DID YOU GRADUATE FROM UP MANOLO?
agree with
upsilonian84 said...
that manalo guy is just so full of himself....... fugly fugly fugly..... everytime i see his face on tv, i immediately switch to another channel. ANC should get rid of him..... EXPLAINER? you make me sick.
Senator Pia Cayetano came out today in Good Times 89.9 and was soooo furious with Chip Tsao especially with Chip belittling a woman worker just like that!
My gash mga colunist puro peke ang resume! celine fake! wendy fake! anton mendoza fake! tiny fake!
Nakakahiya yung ibang comments dito. Granted galit tayo lahat kay Chip Tsao pero naman, hindi ba pwedeng gawing mas inteligente ang diskusyon? Hindi yung puro mura at panlalait na lang. Pati si Manolo Quezon III pinako na sa krus. If you do not like what he says or writes, then don't read/watch him. It's that simple. Hindi yung nakiki-sawsaw kayo sa issue tapos hindi niyo naman pala siya kilala. Eh ano naman ngayon kung hindi siya nakapag-tapos at adopted siya? Tsk,tsk,tsk...masyadong magagaling ang ibang tao dito.
Guys,
One can take their MBAs even if they don't have a college degree. Many have done this, including one very respected AIM professor. It is called 'life credits'. I personally like this system, it is equal opportunity and flexible. In any case, I don't think college degrees are a requirement to being an educated and cultured person. Many successful people in the world are undergraduates. A degree does not give anyone the sole right to be successful.
As for Manolo being adopted or gay, why do we have to resort to that? Have we become a nation of prejudiced and discriminatory people? Being adopted does not make anyone less of a person. No one should look down on any gay person.
Of course, being elitist is a different story altogether.
If Manolo can insult Filipinos; Manuel L. Quezon III says crap comes from pinoys who wouldn't know satire sarcasm or irony if it slapped them on the face... Why couldn't we.
WE ARE NOT STUPID MANOLO!
Pangit, Vadush, Bouffant hair-do are sarcasms/half-truths about MLQIII!
If Manolo can insult Filipinos; Manuel L. Quezon III says crap comes from pinoys who wouldn't know satire sarcasm or irony if it slapped them on the face... Why couldn't we.
Arogante, Elitista at Vaklush.
POW!
anon said:
" Senator Pia Cayetano came out today in Good Times 89.9 and was soooo furious with Chip Tsao especially with Chip belittling a woman worker just like that!"
-----
ala akong patol sa mga ganyang klaseng politicians na nakikisakay sa kung ano ang latest issue, e kung maging eye opener nalang kaya sa kanila yung issue? at kumilos instead na magpapogi points? unahin nila yung mga kawawang OFW sa middle east.
"At kay Louisa----I-lason mo na yung amo mo! Saan ang Dora rat killer???"
im seriosly LingOL. Di ko kinayah! Mahal ko na talaga si Kitty Go!
Brian Brotarlo,
undergrad by choice? dont think so. manolo spews stuff but is not a doer. he thinks but he doesnt execute/implement. too cool for school? more like lack of academic discipline. i remember inquirer's ombudsman palabrica making a correction on historical inaccuracies put forth by manolo in his column. he know something of history, granted, but lacking discipline, he makes unnecessary mistakes by giving weight to information that somebody with refined discernment would otherwise not have done.
educational attainment is an issue especially of those who pretend to know much more than others and dripping with disdain at that.
Ad hominem arguments are signs that one has lost the debate.
Manolo the columnist is way different than Manolo the person. It is futile to attack his person because he has always been honest of his private life, educational attainment and family life. He's a very blessed guy who is loved by his family, warts and all and he is proud to carry on the good name of his grandfather by being a political pundit.
Both Fans and Haters can live vicariously through his political and personal writings. He can sleep soundly at the end of the day knowing he has apologized for this debacle.
But the seething hate of people who don't know him personally, who hit him below the belt because they find him unworthy of being a columnist, a mere undergrad, an ampon, an ugly gay man will remain just that...angry, maybe jealous (we don't know) but still living vicariously through this man's remarkable endeavours.
Derek A.
Hi Twilight zone,
Actually it was the Good Times crew who asked her. She was there because of her sports-fest womens run. She just reacted to Manolo Quezon's comment.
I think Pia is a fine Senator!
Peace...
LET
let,
i think pia is a letdown. she mostly trains for one sport or another most of the time. no b***s.
Derek A,
Is Manolo an undergrad?
Can you tell me why we should be jealous of MLQIII...aber?
Kamukha nya si Aling Mitring David.
Sorry ha,
Tony Falcon
Dear Victorians,
Pls stop hitting MLQIII because he already POSTED an APOLOGY! I think he was magnanimous enough to apologize!
Council
SEE POST BELOW
Reyna elena dot com is absolutely correct to take me to task for presuming to catalog people without their permission, something Victorina attributes to a cultural disconnect. Both are absolutely correct: my criticism of those criticizing Chip Tsao was arrogant: unthinking, unfeeling, and unpardonable on my part, because, while entitled to my own opinion, there was absolutely no justification for me to make a sweeping judgment about my countrymen. A negative judgment based on nothing more than my own writerly biases: in other words, a bigoted, prejudiced comment fully deserving of condemnation.
Every reader makes up his or her own mind about whatever it is they read; your opinion is as good as mine; and when enough are of the same opinion, well, if there’s smoke, there’s fire.
That Hong Kong columnist deeply offended many Filipinos and instead of castigating my countrymen, I should have recognized the outrage as a manifestation of our collective sensibility, grounded in deep grievances about what drives so many of us to work overseas, under degrading circumstances, and in the face of often insurmountable obstacles that get in the way of securing a decent, dignified, place in the world for so many of us.
I had no right to pass a dismissive, disparaging judgment on fellow Filipinos, merely because they hold an opinion contrary to mine. Not all of us write, but all of us read, and each one is capable of rendering judgment on matters of taste or the lack of it, concerning anything they read. The writer has a particular responsibility to trust the reader, and if a reader reacts in a particular way, one must accept criticism just as one would accept praise.
I thank these two bloggers in particular for putting me in my place, and I hope they will accept this apology, which I extend not only to them, but to anyone offended by my comment on FaceBook.
For what it’s worth, and purely in the spirit of fostering discussion, let me put forward some of my views concerning satire in general, and Chip Tsao’s piece in particular.
I personally believe that we are a nation born of satire, because it was one of the most effective weapons used by our Founding Fathers as they waged two campaigns: first, to convince their countrymen that they were precisely that, a people with a country they should call their own; and second, to assert before all peoples in all climes, that we are a people the equal of any in the world.
That satire was, at times, quite funny, at other times, quite cruel; that satire lampooned Filipinos and foreigners alike, and Filipinos who had a prejudice against their own countrymen that matched, or even exceeded, the prejudice held by foreigners. It didn’t matter if the satirical pen wielded by our Founding Fathers produced sophisticated or crude, tasteful or rude, pleasant or revolting prose. The point is, they used it, and in particular, the two novels that are in a sense, the founding documents of our country, were satirical works meant to hold up a mirror to reveal, as Rizal put it, the social cancer afflicting the Philippines of his time: and he knew full well the fate in store for those who dare to hold up mirrors for others to see themselves in, whether they want to or not. It got him shot; and before that, it got his books banned and garnered imprisonment and exile for those who dared, not even to take up arms against the authorities, but to laugh at them.
If we hold up as heroes those who wielded their pens -often cruelly- and as much against their own countrymen as the foreign officials and churchmen they opposed, I don’t see how we can deny others the right to take up their pens and do unto others as our heroes have done unto ourselves (for they continue to hold up that mirror to every generation that bothers to re-read what they’ve written). I also don’t see how we can call for the same intolerance -to the extent of demanding some sort of retribution, or even cruel and unusual punishment- when it comes to opinions that we find deeply offensive.
The Founding Fathers fought words with words, opinions with contrary opinions, and demanded of those whom they viewed as prejudiced and bigoted nothing more or less than a fair hearing, a chance to rebut their arguments, and an opportunity to disprove wrong facts with true ones. All the while being careful to point out what they most definitely could not and would never tolerate: silencing dissent with force of arms, and the kind of fanaticism that led to Inquisitions and book-burnings.
To my mind we have a kind of historical obligation to recognize that, perhaps more so than many other countries but at least as much as some countries familiar to us, we are a people and a country that owe our very existence to the commitment of writers to challenge, irritate, offend, and outrage others.
It is for this reason that I oppose our existing sedition and libel laws; and calls for declaring people persona non grata may be all right in places like Singapore, but I think such blacklists have no place in a country whose national hero was once blacklisted on the basis of his writings.
And it for related reasons that I opposed demands for Justice Cruz or Malou Fernandez to resign: it would have been a kind of censorship.
At the same time, every reader has a right, indeed, a duty to react to anything that a writer puts forward and with which the reader disagrees. And, if the writer and his publisher are dependent on the public for their livelihood, the public has a right to take its business elsewhere if its objections remain unheeded by writer and publisher.
Now, with regards to Chip Tsao’s piece, I approached his piece with these questions in mind.
Was he presenting his own opinions, or was he writing a satirical piece? There is a difference between writing, “I, Chip Tsao, think the Philippines is a nation of servants,” and putting those words in someone’s mouth for effect, which is what satire is. It seemed to me that what he was trying to do, is to put on paper what you or I might do when making fun of someone by assuming the character of an exaggerated blowhard. This assumes, of course, that the reader knows he does this on a regular basis; a flawed assumption as it turned out (would it have been different if every single statement that caused Filipinos offense, was attributed to a fictional character who employed a Filipina? Perhaps; it might also have given Tsao a way out).
Was the point of the piece to slander Filipinos or to take Tsao’s fellow Chinese to task? I thought that his main purpose was to paint a highly unflattering picture of his fellow Chinese as cowardly chauvinists who wouldn’t dare tangle with anyone except the Filipinos, and only because the Filipinos happened to be in a financially dependent situation. Chip Tsao in blowhard mode, doesn’t dare question the Russians but happily picks on Filipinos, as do all his household-help-employing Chinese chums. The picture he paints of these employers is a disgraceful one: they have no problems with underpaying and overworking Filipinos, and then they castigate them for daring to assert their country’s sovereignty; the treatment he describes is fully in keeping with the brainwashing and bullying the Chinese themselves endured during Mao’s Cultural Revolution. The whole thing is an indictment of the false sense of superiority of modern-day, wealthy Chinese, who forget, not so long ago, “No dogs and Chinese” signs were posted in Hong Kong (similar signs were posted in Manila), that once upon a time the Chinese provided coolie labor for the world, and that poverty was endemic in Hong Kong and all of China not so long ago, either.
I don’t know if I’d go as far as Indolent Indio, who says Tsao’s on our side; I would definitely go as far as to point out his primary target was his fellow Chinese; that he took them to task for acting like the kind of arrogant Western colonizers the Chinese used to hate; and what’s worse, they’re being prejudiced to fellow Asians while the Chinese remain meek in the face of say, the Russians. What I think happened was that he failed to consider that not everyone would consider his portrayal of a Filipina as either warranted or permissible. Connie Veneracion, pointing to this piece, doesn’t think Tsao holds Filipinos in affection; I think the most he did was simply to make a nod at the wretched working conditions of many Filipinos but that from first to last, the main focus of his attentions -because they are also his readers- are his fellow Chinese.
But this was the root of my folly: to step into his shoes, to the extent that what took over was a feeling of solidarity as a writer, forgetting my first duty to always uphold solidarity with my countrymen. In the end, much as I happen to feel positive about anyone who dares to challenge his fellow Chinese and their monolithic, increasingly aggressive state, that is Tsao’s fight and not mine.
"Undergraduate": uhdergraduate DEGREE holders are those who finished a BS/BA/AB degree (as opposed to GRADUATE degree holders, i.e, those who finished MA/AM/MS/PhD programs)
Lovingly yours,
isang pilipinang lubos na nagpapasalamat sa mga taxpayers sa pagsuporta nila na maakim ko ang aking undergraduate degree
PS. To avoid any misinterpretation, let me just say: I don't care whether a person has a BA/MA/PhD/CFA/Esq or what have you glued to their names.
Even after re-reading Mr. Chip Tsao's article with a "satirical" eye, it still comes out to be quite distasteful. Even if it is satire, Mr. Tsao seriously miscalculated in his writing and 97% of the English speaking world would read it simply as a condescending piece of cr** that it is. It reads as if Mr. Tsao was in private company talking with his close friends. If this were poker, Mr. Tsao has revealed his hand before the final call was made. He has revealed to us what the general HK Chinese population secretly think about Filipinos and the Philippines. I wonder if the "Intellectual" Filipinos who took the article for satire were to set foot in Hong Kong, will they be viewed as literary geniuses or just another servant from "a land of servants".
mlq3 ur so in the closet, so far back in the closet ur in narnia.
Kitty Go, you're an icon!
Lab you!
Dear Victorina,
Some people accept the apology, others are still seething. It was big of MLQIII to apologize. He did "see the light". Its also within the rights of those offended to simmer and seeth, and whether they would accept the apology or not. I'm hoping others like him that are apathetic to the sensitivities of our countryment likewise see their folly. Otherwise, I liken them after the MAKAPILIS of WWII who trampled on the rights of the oppressed, and made heroes and martyrs of their countrymen. Makapilis should be peeled from their brown skin for they are unworthy of being called Filipino.
Lia Anonas
anonymous at april 1, 2009 3:05 PM,
undergraduate is NOT EQUAL to having an undergrad degree.
those who have not yet gotten their BA/BS degree are undergrads.
it matters to me kung nagdudunung-dunungan ang isang tao kung ano ang pinanggagalingan ng kanyang so-called dunong.
those who have not gotten their undergrad degrees YET and are still enrolled in an undergrad program = undergrads
those who have started but, for one reason or another, failed to get their undergrad degree and aren't enrolled anymore = undergrad drop outs (just like one who hasn't finished high school and have no intention/opportunity to do so are not called high school(ers?) but HS drop outs.
yun lang naman po ang gusto kong sabihin. i know, some may feel it's nitpicking...kanya-kanyang alaga tayo. and i know the diff b/w undergrad students and undergrad degree holders; nevertheless, i appreciate your clarification, which I'd like to equate as concern on your part to improve my mind and on my part as free feedback on my communication skills, my understanding of concepts, diction and vocabulary.
Anyhow, in my opinion, when I weigh arguments hindi ko tinitigan kung may BA/MA/PhD ba ang nagsasalita but kung may sense (i.e., empirical and/or theoretical bases) ba. E kung walang logic/sense/coherence yung arguments nya, a triple PhD from Princeton will not sway me to his side of the fence. I guess, I'm not much of a "people" person...I won't expect less intelligence/wisdom from an ADULT kasi galing sya sa underprivileged family at hindi rin ako mag-e-expect ng more discernment sa mga bagay bagay from another adult kung galing sa privileged family.
O sya, paalam na. At salamat sa may ari ng space na ito for providing me (another) avenue for procrastinating on finishing my stuff...
sorry victorina council, but this is not a kumbaya moment. the damage has been done. manolo's true colors have been exposed; what has been uttered cannot be taken back despite the apology. apology may soothe some anger but manolo has sunk in our esteem.
anon@April 2, 2009 11:02 AM, was not weighing arguments, i'm weighing the person. it was manolo's dismissive and sneering attitude i was considering. ano ba ang pinanggagalingan ng yabang niya? bakit ang yabang niya? dahil quezon siya? dahil may column siya?... dahil wala siyang degree?... o yan sarcasm yan ha.
anon@April 2, 2009 11:02 AM, for me, there is no problem with differences in opinion, there can be as many as there are minds at work (or even not at work); what riled more in this case is the manner in which one (manolo) gave it. the educated class has no monopoly on good ideas and sound thinking, correct, but that is not what is at issue here.
sorry victorina council, but this is not a kumbaya moment.... sowi na nga eh! tama na dear!
Dear Kitty,
Mawalang galang ngunit medyo mali po ang grammar nyo...
"I-lason should be lasunin"
Yun lang po.
Mabuhay!
Educ- 89
"One can take their MBAs even if they don't have a college degree."
That's what ANG KUWAGO said.
WHERE? ANONG SCHOOL? Recto?!
There are no schools who will allow you to enroll you in an MBA unless you have finished a bachelor's degree. Exception. Recto University. Otherwise, name that school.
why are you so mad at Chip Tsao when you yourselves are as bigot and prejudiced as he is? Bakit masama bang maging undergrad? masama ba maging pangit na bakla? come on. mas sobra kayong mapanglait. listen to yourselves.
Jonie,
Masama maging undergrad if you lecture about history!
I will not let my son be taught by someone who haven't graduate college.
Rey
"Educational background
You should have a good undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification. If you do not have a degree we may still consider your application if you have worked in a position with a high level of responsibility."
http://www.london.edu/programmes/mba/applying.html
http://snipurl.com/fb5fb
Jonie,
Masama maging undergrad if you lecture about history!
I will not let my son be taught by someone who haven't graduate college.
Rey
Ows Rey? Sino may sabi?
Teka pagka alam ko sa undergrad ay college graduate
at grad ay graduate school
sa tate lang ba ito? sa pinas ba pag undergrad, drop out ka?
kaya pala nung job interview ko sinabi ko my undergrad is from this school and my mba is from this school.
tinanong pa din ako kung college graduate ako.
sabi ko di ka makapag masters kung di ka college graduate. Ayun bagsak ako sa interview.
This is fabulously written!!!i laughed out loud while reading kitty's commentary.
Pabibo si Manolo ah.. tsk tsk tsk...ang daming bobo sa mundo...
Sa galit ko kay Chip Tsao, basahin nyo rin ang "opinion" ko...tarantado syang supot sya!
Many thanks for your nice posting , I like it.
Bathmate
That’s looks so nice your posting.
Everything looks good in your posting.
That will be necessary for all. Thanks for your posting.
Bathmate