A Business Graduate's Reviewing History Blog

After many years of self-studying the Chiong Sisters Case , I have written several entries on the matter. In fact, I created what I call an "almost-ever-updating" review on Give Up Tomorrow , which was a documentary that challenged my views. I was hesitant to write this review, as it involves another sensitive issue. Some time later, I wrote an entry discussing another aspect of the Chiong Case, specifically  the issue of the late Federico "Toto" Natividad Jr. himself . I always thought it was an unethical issue. However, I was able to watch the film on YouTube (via a poor quality upload), and it doesn't seem that anyone from Natividad's estate is interested in fighting for the film's right to be distributed , not especially that Case Unclosed already came out in 2008, now available on GMA-7's official YouTube channel . Kara David did a meticulously good job featuring the Chiong mother, the Uy mother , and even another member of the " Run for Pa...

Angat Buhay September 21 can always fill the mind with some thoughts. For Filipinos, it's the commemoration of when the late strongman, Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr., declared martial law , seemingly out of a whim . Martial law is still legal in the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines , provided that it has been studied accordingly by the legislature, whether or not it can be approved. For example, former president Rodrigo R. Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao when the Mautes attacked. Now, the rally against corruption in itself isn't inherently wrong . People need to do some peaceful protests , and it doesn't seem that the people were engaging in degrading behavior . Sometimes, we need to have a peaceful protest to be able to make a difference, as was what the late Martin Luther King Jr. did, to secure black rights , and how female rights activists fought to secure equal rights for men and women, such as Susan B. Anthony . Now, we need to think about how one must loo...

Cover picture is obvious why It's September, and I don't associate it with the  Christmas countdown . I hate the idea of a prolonged Christmas season. Instead, I could associate it with the Marcos Years . Previously, I wrote a question asking if the 1973 Constitution of the Philippines was indeed under a parliamentary system . What would be worth highlighting is that the late Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" A. Aquino Jr . and the late Salvador "Doy" Laurel Jr ., even challenged the late Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr.'s legitimacy . There were no meaningful elections. How can the Philippines truly have a parliamentary system  if there were no meaningful elections? That's not how a real parliamentary system is run! I may be no professor in philosophy or any related course. I'm a person with an MBA . However, it doesn't mean that I couldn't study logic at my own pace. As I like to say it, the problem with the education system is how often it emphasizes degr...

During the time when the controversial former mayor, Alice Guo , was summoned, some people referred to her as Alice Go . Some think that Guo is a variation of Go. However, it's Goh ,  not Guo,  that's the common variation. I researched the Guo surname and found a character different from Go (which is Wu ) in Mandarin . Guo is spelled out as "郭" ( Pinyin : Guō), and the Hokkien variation is  Keh or Que . The surname Go is 吳  (Mandarin Pinyin: Wú), which is a totally different character from Guo. It was easy to call Alice Guo as Alice Go . Also, the surname Guo is more common among Mainland Chinese (where the national language is Mandarin ), while Chinoys are either Hokkien or Cantonese speakers. I've known some people with Cantonese surnames like Chan and Wong . I've known some Chinese Filipinos with the surname Chan (which is Tan in Hokkien), but they never spoke Cantonese.  Alice's Chinese name is apparently written as 郭華萍 ( Guō Hu...