How Valentines Day went for me

Thursday, February 14, 2008

On Valentine’s Day last year, I received chocolates from at least four girls.

That’s how it is in Japan during the 14th of February. Girls give chocolates to guys and guys are supposed to return the favor come March 14th (I didn’t give chocolates to any girl last year, by the way. Hehe). 

This year, I didn’t receieve any chocolates. Kind of sad. But I got e-cards and e-mails from several female friends from Japan and my sister gave me some of the Toblerones she got from her anonymous admirers. My finger still smells of bittersweet chocolate.

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What’s wrong with being horny?

 The Catholic lobby in the Philippines is urging the government to ban condom advertisements because they say these ads send a message that it’s okay to have sex.

Well, yeah. With the exception of that Trust commercial featuring Winnie Cordero, these condom TV ads indeed give their audience the idea that it’s okay to have sex.

So? What’s wrong with that?

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Case closed: ABC apologizes for sit-com`s racist slur against Filipino medical professionals

Thursday, October 4, 2007

It`s either the scriptwriter was racist or he just lacked prudence.

I`m referring to the infuriating dialogue in Desperate Housewives` pilot episode which used Philippine medical education in its lame punchline. In the scene, actress Teri Tatcher`s character, Susan, was having her medical check-up with a gynecologist.

"Listen, Susan, I know for a lot of women the word `menopause’" has negative connotations. You hear `aging,’ `brittle bones,’ `loss of sexual desire,’" the gynecologist told her.

"OK, before we go any further, can I check these diplomas? Just to make sure they aren’t, like, from some med school in the Philippines?" Susan fired back.

The one-liner drew angry calls from almost 30,000 viewers, an online demand for apology led by New York-based Filipino-American college lecturer Kevin Nadal and protests from Philippine Health and Chief Cabinet secretaries Francisco Duque and Eduardo Ermita.
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