All this time I always thought that Filipino romantic movies are corny, trite, and unoriginal…overall crappy.

    I really can’t believe how such a crappy movie made me cry. I shed no tears yet I felt my heart was throbbing in pain. ◄Continue reading…

      I wouldn’t have known this issue if it wasn’t for the bonus question that was on my last exam; asking to write an essay regarding the line dropped by Teri Hatcher on the recent episode of a popular TV Soap Desperate Housewives, a joke about the Philippine med schools, a slur to the Filipino race.

      The line goes like this “Okay. Before going further, can I check these diplomas cause I would just like to make sure that they’re not from some med school in the Philippines?” This episode was aired last September 30, 2007.

      That punchline was supposed to be a joke, but a lot of Filipinos (of course) find it racist and discriminating. ◄Continue reading…