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Showing posts with label Filipina scandal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Filipina scandal. Show all posts

Friday, August 14, 2009

When Love Compromises a Women's Privacy

The lyrics of the song "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" strike me whenever it plays. That part on "How do you lose yourself to someone and never lose you ways?" expresses the predicament of Filipino women (Pinays) who fall madly in love with someone. When the distance between lovers get too close for comfort, the space to move freely and be your best self is lost. The weaker person gets lost on her/his lover's strength and persistence. There is no more room to grow and maintain balance . . . and worse it could be dangerous. Lets read this story below:

Trixie is dating a local artist. She has known him for a couple of months. She knew that most artists had their own way of doing things. Her boy friend was no different. He was a seemingly nice guy but he took some getting use to. Sometimes he did unusual things.

For example, he once sat in a tree for 2 days. He said he was trying to get a feel of how birds felt. She figured it was just one of the weird habits that all artists possess. He also, frequently asked her to pose for photographs, but she refused. She thought that was the end of it but he persisted. At first she was enjoying the attention. Then it just became annoying. He seemed to be obsessed with getting those photographs. He told her how he had never seen anyone as photogenic as her. He even said he thought she would make a terrific model.

He said he could send her photographs to some magazines to see what they thought. She thought are you crazy, I do not want my photographs in everyones hands. She declined. He stopped asking for a while. One day she went to his apartment. While she was there, he wanted to go out and get some art supplies.

Trixie thought buying art supplies was boring, so she stayed at the apartment. She wanted to learn more about what made the artist tick. She looked around the apartment. It was full of all types of art. She struggled to understand what was going through his mind when he created some of the pieces. He seemed to have a bizarre fascination with women. She dismissed it as just a part of his passion.

She came across a giant black photo album. She opened the album and thumbed through a few pages. All the photographs were of women. She thought, I can finally see how I compare to his previous girl friends. She looked at the pictures. She came across a section marked, special, with a black divider. She flipped the divider, and what she saw shocked her. It was photographs of her in her bathtub at home.

She became really scared and nervous. She did not know what to do. Fearing that the artist may be dangerous, she did not stay and confront him. All she could think about was getting out of that apartment with those photographs. She took the photographs to the police. They arrested the artist and charged him with invasion of privacy. Fearful of the consequences, Trixie moved to another province.

Trixie knew that the artist had planted some kind of hidden camera in her bathroom. She still wonders if other photographs will surface one day, in hard copies or in the internet. We all have to be careful of the people we allow into our homes and lives. Technology has made it possible for a persons privacy to be revealed to the world. It has also made it possible to know when someone is spying on you and your family.

You should periodically check your home and surroundings for invasion. Never under estimate the capability of an unscrupulous person. Lives have been ruined because of information or photographs and videos of people in compromising positions and acts. Protect your privacy by being aware that you can be a victim. Take steps to insure that you have the privacy you think you have. (Source: Free Articles)

It's true that love's a sacrifice, it is giving yourself unconditionally to the person you love. But it should be reciprocated fairly with respect and equal if not greater amount of affection. Becoming a part of a person's life should not become a break into her own privacy no matter what.

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Filipinos were spellbound by Cory Magic

Today, millions of Filipinos and people around the world will pay their last respect to former President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino. Tita Cory, as she is fondly and respectfully called, could not help but enthrall the heart and minds of so many people in her lifetime, in her death, and in her funeral today. The color yellow doesn’t stand anymore for cowardice, but strength, unity, democracy, integrity, sacrifice and spirituality. What is in this Filipina, who was a housewife and a widow, which captured the Pinoy consciousness?

She was a woman of simplicity, honesty, and integrity. This was how most of her family and close friends remembered the late President Cory. She was a woman who was never extravagant, yet full of love and always ready to share whatever she had. Simplicity characterized her in her lifetime. She is the most credible and outstanding embodiment of integrity. She nicely treats people around her, no matter how big or small. She is a loving sister and most of all, a great mother, having been able to raise “refined, responsible and beautiful offsprings,” despite the absence of her husband, Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino who was killed at the tarmac upon his return to the Philippines in 1983. It was his death that sparked People Power revolution, which catapulted his widow to power in 1986.

Former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr., who flew straight from New York to pay his last respects to the former president, said "Gratitude for the services she had rendered our country. She had a purity of heart, the sincerity of purpose... made perfect by her humility and deep spirituality. In life she was with us. In death she should be more with us." Malacanang has declared today as an official non-working holiday as the current President pays also her respect to Tita Cory.

Even the Marcoses who were thrown out of power by the peaceful Edsa Revolution led by Cory and who were believed to be responsible for Cory’s husband’s death have offered their prayers and condolences to the Aquino family. The Aquinos and the Marcoses—at least the children---appeared to have finally have buried the political hatchet following their visit at the wake of former President Corazon “Cory” Aquino at the Manila Cathedral on Tuesday. The paying of tributes and respects continued as hundreds of thousands of Filipinos from all walks of life and foreigners queued a one-kilometer line just to visit the wake of the Tita Cory. Just like the phenomenal Edsa revolution, yellow confettis showered from the buildings of Makati and yellow clothes continue to be worn by multitudes who throng the streets.

Corazon Aquino anchored her entire private and public life on her faith in God. She truly has fought a good fight. She has finished the course. At the Manila Cathedral where her remains lied in state, tributes poured for the late president. They honored her as a mother, friend, confidant, boss, and tower of strength and fortitude in trying and worst of times. In their tributes, 20 individuals closest to Mrs. Aquino shared how they personally witnessed her faith—in God, the goodness of people, and in the Filipino people. They said these are her legacies.

Again, it seems that Filipinos are one with the aspirations of Cory. The Cory phenomenon reiterates once and for all that our struggle for real democracy, public service.and a good life for Filipinos should be lived in the simple requirements of harmony, righteousness, honesty, integrity and sincerity. This is where her magic lies. Her fight against corruption and ills of governance ran parallel to her struggle against cancer. Should we let her magic bird fly and disappear and replaced with a hanky that wipes the hands of the corrupt, the indifferent, and the selfish? Will the color yellow finally turn into green? Should this online sensation affect the borderlines of Pinoy politics for 2010? The magic seen is sometimes different with the lesson learned. We cross our fingers then we hold our hands for prayers. May she rest in peace!


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Friday, June 5, 2009

Filipina Scandals - Who Gains?

The Philippine President is a Filipina. PGMA as she is hastily referred to has caused quite an uproar as her cohorts in Congress tried to stage one futile attempt to extend her term through the Con-Ass. Using their massive numbers, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s allies in the House of Representatives crushed all objections and passed a resolution setting up a constituent assembly (Con-ass) amid opposition warnings it would allow Ms Arroyo to stay in power beyond 2010.

This congressional scandal upstaged the Katrina-Hayden Scandal that took our breaths for a while as young Pinoys and Pinays searched through cyberspace, run to sidewalk vendors, activated their CPs bluetooths just to view such glorious sexual demeanor. Was it a male perverted insult to sexually submissive or persuasive Filipinas? The courts shall decide....


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