Recent Posts Tagged With 'news and society'

• “Shopingitis”: A New Disease?

  Posted on Friday November 28th, 2008 at 04:46 in philippines, mental health, shopaholic, mental disorder, news and society, shopping addiction, shopping habit, the philippines star

  Shoppingitis? According to the Philippines Star LIFESTYLE, in the Philippines where 3 of the 10 biggest malls in the world are found, shopping is undeniably a national past time. Dubbed “Shoppingitis” this out-of-control shopping malady ...

• Racist act and Humiliating Filipino Workers - a Joke or Insult?

  Posted on Monday October 6th, 2008 at 23:14 in Personal, british, philippines, bbc, united kingdom, racism, filipinos, americans, paul whitehouse, harry enfield, insults, british broadcasting corporation

  The Harry and Paul comedy show owned by  British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) came under fire from the Filipino community recently over a scene depicting a Filipina maid as a lap dancing sex tease.  In the comedy show Harry Enfield orders a Filipina ho...

• Learn How to say I Love You

  Posted on Thursday July 31st, 2008 at 11:01 in news and society, women in japan

  Men near the end of their corporate lives, he said, are especially edgy. “To be divorced is the equivalent of being declared dead — because we can’t take care of ourselves,” Amano said. When his wife told him eight years ago t...

• Signs That You’re A Filipino

  Posted on Tuesday July 29th, 2008 at 20:21 in filipino, philippines, manx, isle of man, news and society, mannerism and traits

  You might be a Filipino if you have a very good sense of Mañana Habit. Mañana Habit means putting off things to be done tomorrow. In Manx it is “traa da looa” which means time enough. Hmmm.. what a weird word.. never heard before.. Any...