Making It Fun in the Philippines

System overhauls are no doubt expensive. Sometimes, you've got to increase your expenses. It's almost like the napkin commercial of Angel Locsin Colmenares who mentioned about, "Nagtipid ka ba sa napkin mo o ikaw ba ang tinipid ng napkin mo?" or "Are you economizing on your napkin or is your napkin economizing on you?" -- which refers to cheap napkins that don't grant women the protection they need in contrast to a higher priced napkin that's guaranteed to give them better protection. Then you have people who claim that it's better to simply make minor amendments in the 1987 Constitution than to have a complete overhaul. Here's another illustration that you can use. Can you think about the situation where you have an old, obsolete PC that can only handle Windows 95 or lower? It would certainly cost a lot of money to get a new PC to handle better Windows than the momentary repair of your old PC. But your old PC keeps breaking down which in t...

Just because it's Inquirer, CRappler or whatever doesn't mean it's always wrong. Sometimes, it's best to use their own Yellow Media against them. Unfortunately, Inquirer is right where Jover Laurio is wrong. It turns out to be that according to Inquirer -- there are more Korean businesses than Chinese businesses with the following statement: “There was no such reactions when the Koreans came . . . three to four years ago,” said the businessman, who spoke on condition of anonymity to protect his business. The Koreans have actually “ more establishments here and are diversified, ” he said. “Koreans are not only into restaurants but are also into hotels, health spas and massage parlors, bars, coffee shops, groceries, dive shops and other water sports and activities, and there are a lot of (Korean-owned) travel agencies,” the businessman said. Well, I wonder did Jover even bother to analyze anything? It's really funny how she got the " Filipino of the Ye...

So while it's best NOT to argue at Pignoy Ako Blog -- it would be sometimes best to keep an eye on updates of the stupidity that Jover Laurio posts as well as the posts of blogs like Change Scamming, Silent No More, Superficial Gazette, Madame Claudia and more. Then you have the social media pages of people like Neri Colmenares, Teddy Casino, Migraine International, Bayad Muna, Akbayad and the like -- just remember don't be fooled by their so-called "nationalism"  because they are only after their own self interests. It doesn't matter what President Duterte has achieved because all they do is bitch and whine like as if there's no tomorrow. While criticizing President Duterte for his mistakes is a must -- the Yellowtards and Filipino Commietards just see the wrongs and dismiss the rights he does. Then again, it's not really President Duterte but the Three Point Agenda that they don't want to happen. It's because it will go against them and their ...

Since it's summer in the Philippines and I admit the heat is REALLY UP to the point that electricity is in demand. Then I remembered Noynoy Aquino's rather stupid question where he asks, "If you establish a wind powered plant -- what if there is no wind? If you establish a solar powered plant -- what if there is no sun?" But can you imagine what if he as a prime minister (or right now as opposition leader) decided to raise that question during the weekly question hour .  I could imagine the face of the other party or even his own party mates when it comes to the weekly question hour regarding renewable energy. Just imagine him as a prime minister last 2013 if he raised that objection to the Opposition or Minority Bloc. Just imagine what if he said his stupid statement not during the SONA but during a debate where both his side and the Opposition must duke it out on renewable energy. Now let's just imagine the scenario where Ilocos Norte's former g...

It's amazing how "intelligent" Jover Laurio can really be. I didn't want to immediately write this common sense post as an indirect reply to her blog post where she compared Boracay to Chinatown . The stupidity is so amazing and here's a bit of stupidity that she posted: Ginawa mo na siyang Chinatown. 300 hotels and resorts were given notice to vacate, pero yung mga Chinese nagsusulputan. Pag sa Chinese ang luwag niyo no? Mula sa pag-agaw teritoryo natin hanggang sa mga Chinese drug lord. May nahuli na ba? (Translation) The place is turned into Chinatown. There are 300 hotels and resorts that were given notice to vacate but the Chinese were uncooperative.  So you are lenient with the Chinese? From the Chinese seizing territory to Chinese drug lords. Have you caught any? This makes me laugh for this reason. One, is Jover really even sure that the 300 hotels and resorts were illegal Chinese as she claims? Such an accusation could lead her to getting...

It's a shame really that a certain 4Ps obsessed old man is so arrogant because he has a degree in Mathematics and a systems analyst yet he believes in all his nonsense. There's the saying that you can be highly educated yet you can also be very stupid at the same time. Do you remember the story of the scholars and the lion ? We have to realize that some of the most stupid people have a college degree, a masteral degree, a doctorate degree, may even have graduated from difficult to enter to schools with very high grades -- yet one can be very stupid at the same time. There are varying degrees of stupid and yet we do realize that stupid people come in different forms and not just mere academic deficiencies. The same can apply to how math education is carried out -- learning many math subjects but never learning financial and economic literacy. Besides, how can you learn basic economics that well if you just learned it for one year in the graduating year? Well geometry has i...

I remembered writing a piece where I suggested that members of #TindigPilipinas should migrate to Spratlys Island  as their new independent state. They just can't accept that the Philippines is no longer under their control, they keep protesting against China's rather unethical claim over Spratlys. It entered into my head that it's better to lose Spratlys than the whole Philippines -- however let China have it and it will soon start claiming every island near it whether it's the 7,107 islands of the Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc. The Philippines winning Spratlys back isn't worth as much as saving all 7,107 islands from PNoy Pride control. Then I got tempted to think of another solution even since #OtsoDiretso decided to do some propaganda to reclaim the West Philippine Sea . So what's the best peaceful solution between China and the Philippines? It's time to sign for a treaty between the Philippines and China where the names West P...

Black propaganda is black propaganda isn't it? From fake pro-DDS pages that spread fake news (which are most likely manufactured by the Dilawans themselves) and now here's something interesting. It turns out that according to the social media page "The Filipino Advocate" -- a construction worker was caught selling shabu on Good Friday. The source was none other than ABiaS-CBN . The article doesn't have the picture anymore but "The Filipino Advocate" still has the picture of who is apparently a DDS supporter selling shabu. There's always such a thing as manufacturing fake evidence. Why not pay someone to be their dummy? I suspect that this construction worker caught selling shabu was actually paid to wear the DU30 t-shirt. The person was said to have been arrested in General Santos and now he's arrested in Davao City. It seems that some of President Duterte's enemies in Davao City paid this guy to wear a DU30 T-shirt and get arrested on...

Mar Roxas has shown signs of stubbornness and willful stupidity in spite of his once impressive academic track record. It shows that money can buy you an education (even if you didn't bribe the officials and you studied hard for it) but it can  never buy you common sense . Just a note -- he didn't drink rice from a plate (it was obviously edited) and he added rice to a mug which contained some vegetable soup. Let's just stick to the facts first as we prepare to crucify Roxas! I'm not talking about literally nailing him to a cross. Rather, crucify here is used as a word to severely criticize him. Roxas himself should have avoided saying any unnecessary comments when talking to Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez after the Yolanda incident. I really facedesked at what he did. Also, with the whole Yolanda expired relief goods -- how can that be called as efficient rescue ? I guess that highly educated but very stupid (due to his lack of common sense) 4Ps-obsessed old man...

#OtsoDiretso went to Marawi probably for political reasons (hoping to win their badly needed votes) and not because they are concerned. So they are raising up the massive concern that it's been two years after the Marawi siege and yet there's a lot of work to be done. But did they forget that Marawi is still under the threat of ISIS and that legislative-approved declaration of martial law in Mindanao was extended because the policemen can't handle their jobs alone?  I may not agree with Pilo Hilbay's views on politics such as sticking to the 1987 Constitution but I can agree with him sometimes such as when he called those who litter as pigs . I agree with Hilbay concerning the fact that the rehabilitation will be more demanding -- such as the need to restore the dignity and hopes of the people. But where is his proposals to help? It's good to criticize but offering alternatives should be part of it. Don't whine and complain. If they haven't found al...

There's always the excuse of fearmongers to stick to the lousy presidential system such as that stupid 4Ps-obsessed old man, "It's simple. It's because we've already had hundred years experience in one and zero in another. " to making fake claims about the parliamentary system without doing any real research. Now Leni Loud Robredo of the Libertard Party says that popularity should be at the lower end of the spectrum in choice of candidate. Is she just making that excuse because well #OtsoDiretso doesn't have the popularity that their predecessors once had? So why is Leni Loud's wish for popularity to be at the lower end of the spectrum impossible? It's because presidential systems are ran on popularity over credibility. The majority is the most heard while the minority is usually forever forced into silence. How often do you see the Majority Bloc and Minority Bloc duke it out in a weekly question hour in a presidential system? How often do y...

Pictures courtesy of Get Real Pundit Well isn't it amazing how libtards award fellow libtards people -- so don't be surprised that Maria Ressa gets her awards left and right from the same libtard organizations . Now this latest screenshot of a tweet between Maria Ressa and Agnes Callamard who how show how callously STUPID these two are. Do you ever remember when she endorsed the statement by Dr. Carl Hart that says that there's supposedly no evidence shabu leads to violence . Is she and Hart blind?! Worse, it's stupid how Yellowtards want to indict President Duterte of alleged drug links while endorsing Callamard is just self-contradictory! The links between Callamard and George Soros might as well be a potential clue that may verify the alleged links between Ressa and Soros. Now, she is even awarding Ezra Acayan of Rappler for such photographs which she calls as state-sponsored, state-induced, state-condoned and state-ignored killings. She was given the chan...

May 2019 is fast approaching and still no sign of #OtsoDiretso gaining their campaign. They even have to use zoom in shots to make it look like many support them. Now, it's time to consider something that could change the public perception of #OtsoDiretso -- they should really campaign by fighting off the Chinese military presence at the West Philippine Sea AND bring home the bacon !  That's right -- they are really doing a reckless move at West Philippine Sea. They don't even have military equipment. But if Gary Alejano wants to truly prove that the is the "Sundalo ng Pilipino" or "Soldier of the Filipino" -- he better fight off the Chinese military. Now, he has seven more people to assist him in his quest to defend Philippine sovereignty. What they need to do is not to dare President Duterte to fulfill the hyperbole of riding a jetski to China. If they want to prove themselves superior then they better fight off the Chinese military presenc...

The daring and stupidity of you namely #OtsoDiretso is really something to behold! Not only did you want to do propaganda of reclaiming the West Philippine Sea -- you have also gone as far as to let President Duterte literally ride a jetski to China. Did you ever ignore the fact that it was just a hyperbole ? If you want said hyperbole to be literal then they really have forgotten one thing -- your beloved Noynoy Aquino also promised that if the expressway wasn't completed by the end of 2015 -- he would allow himself to be ran over by a train ! The double standard you people have is very amazing, right? If you want President Duterte to ride his jetski to China then you need to fulfill their part of the deal first. You believe that they do have a word of honor, right? You should demand Noynoy to get ran over by a train because of the unfulfilled #Sagasa2016 promise . The public should see Noynoy fulfill his hyperbole by literally allowing himself to be ran over by a train first. ...

I wrote about Gary Alejano's possible campaign by actually fighting off the Chinese military at the West Philippine Sea . Now we see a picture of #OtsoDiretso candidates at the ocean where they not only dare President Duterte to ride the jetski to China -- they are also confident that they will get back the West Philippine Sea. Don't tell me that they forgot that the Philippines won the tribunal battle against China's bullying?  Remember when Alejano said that the Philippines is capable of fighting off China ? Him riding the wooden boat and having a jetski ready for President Duterte makes me want to ask, "Is that all they got to fight off Chinese military aggression at the West Philippine Sea?" How can wooden boats and jetskis combat the Chinese military? It's laughable if he thinks that the equipment he has shown will be enough to battle China! We could understand if he had help from other neighboring countries like Vietnam and Taiwan but he has NONE ...

#OtsoDiretso is getting desperate aren't they? They are now daring President Duterte to ride the jetski to China never mind that it's just a hyperbole . Then there's the case of Yellowtard selective amnesia. Not only have they forgotten that their beloved Noynoy Aquino also had loans from China (such as the one to finish the Aqueduct project he inherited from Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo) and maybe remember this one... Did they also forget that Noynoy made the rather hyperbolic statement that he would allow himself to be run over by a train ? If they want President Duterte to make his hyperbole literal then they must first agree that Noynoy must first agree to make his hyperbole literal . It's obviously a joke that Noynoy would allow himself to be run over last 2016. It's also obviously a joke that President Duterte would ride a jetski to reclaim the West Philippine Sea. So it's okay for their side to make hyperboles and not their rivals? Hmmm... they do ha...

I just thought about that I wrote about the decline of English proficiency among Filipinos . I also remembered about my proposal to prioritizing learning English more while endorsing Nihonggo and Mandarin over Spanish . While I don't want to abolish Spanish classes entirely as an elective but shouldn't we at least endorse both Nihonggo and Mandarin for starters? Maybe we can also add Hangul to the curriculum. Also, Tagalog itself is not the culprit for low English proficiency but rather when overemphasizing on it has become a root problem. Why I really don't like the song "Ako'y Isang Pinoy" (I'm a Filipino) is because it really tends to discourage the learning of foreign languages especially when it brags, "Ako'y hindi sanay sa wika ng mga banyaga/Ako'y Pinoy na mayroong sariling wika.". Said line means "I'm not proficient in the language of foreigners/I'm a Filipino with my own language." So really since when did Tag...

I remembered how I once wrote an entry where I raised up Leni Loud Robredo's unaccounted for expenses . Now, it's time to consider her position (or rather questionable position) as vice president of the Philippines to whether or not she's a waste of money. Now how much is the current budget for her? It turns out that according to the Philippine Star -- she now has a budget worth PHP 664 Million which makes you wonder why is she paid when she's not even doing her job? There's a lesson in production management where you always have to cut off useless costs and diverting the budget to more useful costs. It's like a budget for typewriters has been allocated to a budget for desktop computers because we know the former got obsolete. We fire employees who can't contribute to the companies because it's a waste of money. We have the no work and no pay policy because paying everyone whether they work or not kills productivity. So why is Leni Loud who's clea...

This isn't surprising. While I usually take stuff from the local news networks such as ABiaS-CBN and GMA-7 with a grain of salt -- this one should be a real eye opener. GMA News had just revealed it yesterday that English proficiency isn't as good as it used to be. More and more Filipinos are indeed losing their English proficiency -- it should be very alarming, right? The problem has to be the over-emphasis of Filipino thanks to  Tagalog imperialism . The problem has become how one's proficiency in Tagalog has been overemphasized in contrast to one's proficiency in Mathematics, any field of science, foreign languages that's widely used (such as Mandarin and Nihonggo) -- should the intellectual greatness of a Filipino be measured by the ability to speak Tagalog? I would say no because you can't use Tagalog when you apply for better paying jobs abroad, to entertain foreigners and while the language itself is part of the Filipino identity -- you need to a...

#OtsoDiretsoSaImpiyerno is a hopeless case for this reason. I've heard that they have used falsified surveys to try and make themselves look on top. However, there's more evidence floating around that they have lost their relevance. Whether they like it or not -- they are better off tagged as #OtsoDiretsoSaImpiyerno because of their hopeless case. So why are their campaigns failing? Let's take a look at the video edit below... Let's just consider this "Kwentong Barbero" scenario of Mar Roxas. If you do a review of your Filipino subject -- a kwentong barbero or barber's tale means a story that's just there for amusement. What do barbers really know much? This edited video really shows the real problem of Roxas' campaign. Someone even asks, "Hindi ba pwede doblehin ang OFW?" or "Can't we double the OFWs?" Sheesh -- what about OPEN UP THE ECONOMY STUPID?! Then the barber says that Mar is their economist. Now Mar is indee...

I get it that Jim Paredes is indeed a BIG BULLY but is bullying the bully really the solution? It's not! The whole Paredes video scandal was pretty much his private life and whoever did it should really get criminally charged. Now for the DDS who are sensationalizing the leak -- I just say CEASE AND DESIST WITH IT! Leah Navarro may be suffering from a case of selective outrage (such as defending only those within her camp) but she's right to call out whoever leaked the scandal. The scandal of Paredes shouldn't even be of national concern. What should be of national concern? Stuff like the ongoing investigation of the Yolanda Fund scam, the Mamasapano Massacre's 44 victims, MRT deterioration under the watch of Joseph Pabaya, DAP/PDAF financial scams and electoral fraud are more important. Why are some DDS wasting their time on his stupidity? We know this old man is really stupid. Shoot his arguments from a distance if you have to but his leaked scandal is not even ...

It doesn't matter too much now if #OtsoDiretso wins or loses IF and IF the Philippines retains the lousy presidential system. If you do some research on its candidates you will find out how impressive the resumes of these guys are from their alma mater to professions? Mar Roxas was an investment banker. Bam Aquino is an awarded businessman. We have lawyers who came from prestigious universities in Erin Tanada, Chel Dionko, Florin Hilbay and Romulo Macalintal. Gary Alejano is a Naval Engineer with a Master's Degree graduate from the University of the Philippines. Sarima Gutoc-Tomawis is a graduate of Mass Communications and a Master's Degree holder from the University of the Philippines. That alone makes them sound promising but what happened? "A bad system ruins good people every time!" is the answer to that. The popularity-based presidential system is a much bigger problem than the candidates of #OtsoDiretso. Did you know that Roxas once supported the Constitut...

Jim Paredes apologized for the scandal but is he truly sorry? One thing I hate to have is a fake apology especially when it comes to mocking apologies. Now, the very "disente" or decent image of Paredes which Yellowtards tried to defend is further ruined. Now don't tell me that it's indecent for Mocha Usok to do what she does and Paredes' "scandal" is decent? While he did apologize to his family (and let's credit him for it) but has he forgotten the bullying and harassment he did during EDSA 2017  plus many more? Why am I bringing up EDSA 2017? He was obviously the bully, he showed his true colors that he's anything but "disente" and he played the victim on ABiaS-CBN. He said that all colors are "supposedly welcome" yet why did he bully the DDS ones? Don't tell me that incident wasn't bullying. He was a crazy old man bullying young people and caused trouble on their side. I thought all colors were welcome. It tu...

I remembered how I wrote that the 4Ps program in actuality is just like waiting for a shower of gold coins . Now, it's time to consider what Mar Roxas had said that he wants to put farmers in the 4Ps programs. WTF? Here's what he said according to Manila Bulletin: “Why don’t we make all our farmers automatic members of 4Ps (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program)? After all, our farmers are poverty-stricken. In this way, some of their financial burdens are eased off while waiting for the rainy season,” said Roxas. "Seriously Mar? Where has your once brilliant mind gone to now?" would be a good thing to ask him. The idea of putting farmers into the 4Ps is disastrous. Agriculture Secretary Manny Pinol had stated how people are just waiting for their allowances . Pinol's concerns include converting 4Ps into a livelihood program -- not a handout program. It has ruined the agricultural workforce. So much for saying that 4Ps will be good for the economy because of t...

It's really a shame how Filipinos can be so stupid not to see this fact that Neri Colmenares himself is a political genius. This would be a wake-up call that many Filipinos were so stupid not to vote for him last 2016. Now it's 2019 please don't make the mistake of not voting for this guy!  So where should I start? I could start with how stupid people can get to tell Filipinos that the Philippines needs to have economic liberalization. Who in the world are you kidding? You should listen to this guy with what he has to say . The moment you allow foreign businesses to enter the Philippines is the very day you doom the cottage industries. They would have ruined the local Filipino businesses and foreign investors will invade our country and get rid of our sovereignty! You want to know how first world countries got rich? They didn't progress through accepting foreign investments but through economic protectionism. Heneral Luna said it that first world countries beca...