I do LOVE the Philippines VERY much.
And I love the people like crazy.
They know that. I know that. We all know that.
I have already displayed that many, many times in this blog.
Its a fact.
So lets not try to twist things and make me out to be the bad guy.
It won't work.
I was not in that hospital room that day.
Remember?
Everyone knows how I feel about the Philippines.
I will not defend myself here.
I don't have to.
Maybe I love it too much.
Go ahead haters, and shoot the messenger.
I'm already riddles with your bullet holes.
Swiss cheese really.
I love the Philippines and its people.
And that you can take to the bank.
This controversy will not de rail my emotions for my fifth favorite country on earth.
But its amazing, how quickly some of you turn on me, when you don't like what you read.
Wow, fickle man.
Some threaten never to come back, but I see you do.
Again and again.
I am sorry that so many people are upset that I have started to write about other things.
To the TEAM BRIAN leader who handed in her badge.
You were self appointed dear.
Self appointed.
You were never a real leader dear.
Because you deserted the team when the road got bumpy.
I don't want you in my fox hole dear.
Bye bye.
I can't understand why some people think I have changed.
WTF.
How can a person change over night?
Not true at all.
I am the exact same person everyone loved last week.
I'm just not trashing society in these posts.
Some are acting like I have tricked them or something devious.
WTF!
I'm trying to expand my blog. And you don't want me to.
Many people want me to stick to the topics that they want to read about.
Well life is not like that.
You have to take the good, the bad, and the ugly.
This blog has never been a popularity exercise for me.
Some are saying my 'true' colors are coming out.
Bullshit.
I have been real from the first second I started writing on my blog.
I have not changed a bit.
To claim that I have is nonsense.
And a diversionary tactic.
And I won't change in the face of this hysterical adversity.
Some just don't like my current message.
But I would never buckle under this pressure.
I am only expanding my blog.
And last time I checked, it was ok and legal to do that.
Me famous? Maybe to some people.
Not to me.
I wish people would stop labeling me as famous.
I am only famous to you.
I am just me.
Honestly.
I live here alone with my dogs on the farm.
NO one knows me.
I have a very private life.
Isolated.
And free.
People are threatening to tear me down.
Tear away.
I have to deal with tons of rubbish every day from people who hate me.
Why are some people being so absurd about this issue?
Completely absurd. Watch the video for goodness sakes.
I am surprised at the level of craziness in the comments section.
Pure evil from some people. No lives. Lost souls really.
I won't print threats to my life.
Or death threats to my animals. Why do people threaten to kill my dogs?
That is BIZARRE.
And I won't be posting any dumb ass links, because I know what is going on out there.
And it won't work.
Find another way to get visitors to your hate sites about me.
Threatening my life is old hat now.
Its been happening to me for months.
But everyone who hates me keeps sniffing around the blog.
Tick tock. Tick tock.
And one more thing.
When I write my posts, I am not talking to each person as an individual.
I am just writing my feelings and emotions.
If people take what I say personally, well I can't do anything about that.
That is your issue.
Not mine.
How can you possibly expect me to be liked by everyone?
Some people hate me just because I am a fag.
If some of my supporters flake on me so quickly, well they were never really supporters were they?
People act like I am writing the posts JUST FOR THEM.
The post is an open message to be interpreted by many.
Its what a blog is.
I'm sorry that so many people think, I should not discuss this particular topic.
But, I think that's crazy.
It's been reported on television.
On the radio.
In the newspaper.
Is it because I am a white guy?
A gay guy?
Why can't I talk about this scandal.
WHY?
What is it really?
Tell me please.
I apologize to those people who I have upset by expressing my point of view.
It was never my intention to hurt any one individual person with my last two posts.
But many will turn on me for other reasons anyways.
So its always a lose- lose for me.
Other bloggers have explained it to me already.
I'm not the first blogger to piss off some of his readership.
And I won't be the last.
I always know I will have people, who believe in me and my blog.
I tend to focus on them now, because I will never please my haters.
I have always been prepared for the day when some people would bolt.
Its normal.
I'm OK with it.
But I just don't understand why the haters keep hanging around the blog.
They are obsessed.
Get some rest guys.
I'm about to.
More tomorrow TEAM BRIAN (whoever is left) and all bloggers.
Bright and early!
B.
uh oh... the shit has hit the fan...
Reality bites! Don't let them get you, Tiger!
Your REAL supporters are at your back as always. Self-proclaimed Team Brian supporters who just said they lost faith in you are actually the FAKE ones. Get rid of them. Stay focused, Brian. It's just sad that some Pinoys can't accept the reality about the Philippines. Your posts (although a bit bitchy but that's ok coz u have all the right to express yourself) served as an eye opener to many Filipinos that read your blog. Keep it coming. Suggest to express it a lil' constructive. Most pinoys are quite sensitive to that matter. It's our nature, i guess. At any rate, be strong and keep fighting!
GO TEAM BRIAN (the real ones)!
good work, me my family and friends still love u
crucify him...crucify him..crucify him!
that's what i'm hearing from the crowd.
I'm still your supporter Brian. I still read your blog at least twice everyday. I believe on what you are fighting for. Just be strong and keep the faith. We, your real supporters, won't leave you.
Goodnight B. Its true what you said on your 1st interview on magic, that "some" Filipinos leave you when things get situation gets sticky or something like that. And "some" people do not like what they see in your blog coz its true.. and "some" are guilty of it. Does that make sense? And you are true.
I'm still in for TEAM BRIAN. To the TEAM BRIAN leader who handed in her badge, bye bye girl!
xoxo B..REST..now!:)
the truth hurts brian and your aim was right on target.
to all the pinoys out there:
why does it hurt so much? because a white guy has said something about our country which you think hurts and ruined our soiled reputation? BUT IT IS TRUE. pfft
B. no need to explain to all the so called ex supporters/team leader??
who the hell made anyone team leader ?..have been reading your blog since day 3 and have never heard of any team leader ??? preposterous lol!
they are all fair weather friends probably planted by the GG's...they were never part of team brian..the truth always hurts and if they can turn on you that easily then they just never were on your side..they were probably here for the gossip they could gather losers...not what the blog is about !!
anyways hope you finally get the sleep you so need B. and forget all the losers for tonight..
there is always tomorrow...and your truth B. !!
Mabuhay ka !
we are here and we are loyal..we believe in you and your blog...how it came about and where its going..we are here for the long haul !
get some sleep brian !
PAY UP PAY UP Montano !!!
You seem calm now in this latest entry, my dear Brian. We do not hate you, it's just that as Filipinos, we take offense to your two entries.
Sure, you can say what ever you want to say in your blog, but do not expect us to just sit down and not defend our homeland.
Our country is no different from any other country...there's corruption everywhere. But please, do not single out the Philippines.
No matter what the circumstances are, we still love our country.
Now, back to the target....DJ PAY UP!
Good day, Brian dear.
it boils down to making choices, Brian. and all of us do it everyday, some with that cunning ability to see through what was being said in beween the lines. i read and i post comments on things that i find intriguing or interesting and i admit i did not read the recent post about that hospital sad scenario. my life is full of it already so that is the reason. filled with images of sicness, sadness and suffering, so i took this off out of my shoulders. we can't control other humans as they can't conrol us so it's just a waste hanging on to lost causes. what is a good plan or strategy for you is to finish your book as soon as possible and by the sales of it you will know for sure how popular or otherwise, how hated or loved you are. make it you, being hiv+ the center topic. and also eye all the libraries all over the world in different translations as the home for your book as well. would that be great? not only financially for you but for your own personal satisfaction as well...now that is the sweet revenge for those that are not with you. imagine your book being read in libraries. that is an honor forever :)
WTF!? team leader? so, now there's a hierarchy of sorts! name the bitch she made me fart!!!
Many pinoys are oversensitive. Criticize the Philippines and all hell breaks loose for a lot of pinoys. Too blind to see reality and the refusal to think outside the box. It sucks but as long as there are people with such myopic views, the Philippines will never improve. Keep on writing Brian. Always remember that THIS IS YOUR BLOG and you can pretty much write whatever the hell you want.
And to those people who spend so much time dissing this blog and defending the negativities about the Philippines, why don't you do something productive with your life for once. Do some volunteer work for crying out loud. Do your bit in helping improve the Philippines.
BRIAN,
I LOVE YOU AS A HUMAN BEING REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU ARE BUT WHEN YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR BLOG THAT GOD CREATED FAGGOTS, YOU ARE WRONG MY DEAR.
MY DEAR BRIAN, IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR YOU TO CHANGE YOUR WAYS, GOD LOVES YOU!
HERE IS IT AND MAYBE WITH GOD'S GUIDANCE YOU WILL BE ENLIGHTENED!
I HOPE YOU POST THIS FOR YOUR READERS TO KNOW:
FAQ- Does God Create Homosexuals?
By Bro. Peter Dimond, O.S.B.
The answer to this question is No!
The Vatican II sect denies the truth: that God doesn’t create anyone as a homosexual
Antipope John Paul II, New Catechism, #2357: “Homosexuality… Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained.”
Comment: One of the most widespread false ideas today is that God creates some people homosexual (or that homosexuality is a result of some sort of “psychological” problem). In fact, it is apparent from our contacts with people that most of those who consider themselves “traditional Catholics” believe that there is nothing wrong with the homosexual orientation, but only in homosexual acts. The truth is that God doesn’t create anyone with a homosexual orientation and that all those who are truly homosexuals (even those who are not engaging in homosexual acts) are homosexuals because of a demonic takeover and mortal sin. Those who scoff at this statement are simply faithless liberals who don’t want the truth and have no concept of the supernatural world.
Romans 1- “Because that, when they knew God, they have not glorified him as God, or given thanks; but became vain in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was darkened... who changed the truth of God into a lie; and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature. And, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, have burned in their lusts one towards another, men with men working that which is filthy, and receiving in themselves the recompense which was due to their error... they who do such things, are worthy of death; and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them.”
Romans 1 clearly teaches that because these persons “worshipped and served the creature rather than the creator” and “changed the truth of God into a lie” God gave them up to homosexuality, which is described as a SHAMEFUL AFFECTION. Further, Romans 1 clearly teaches that homosexuality is “against nature,” which means that this orientation is foreign to man’s nature, that is, it is NOT INSTILLED BY GOD.
Men and women are given over to homosexuality for inundating themselves with sins of impurity – and thereby worshipping the flesh rather than God – and for this they get possessed by the demon of lust, which takes them over and corrupts their entire orientation. (And they can be cured of this.) People also become homosexuals by engaging in idolatry or by harboring a perverse fascination with human beings over God – thereby worshipping the creature rather than the creator. The fact that all homosexuals are spiritually possessed by a demonic spirit is corroborated by the fact that most homosexual males can be identified by their effeminate external mannerisms. What explains this? It’s obviously the demon’s presence in the person making itself manifest externally – the external, unnatural mannerisms revealing the internal corruption of the soul.
Isaias 3:9 – "The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves."
Notice that the prophet Isaias, referring to homosexuals, says that “they have rewarded evil unto themselves.” This is strikingly similar to Romans 1 above, where St. Paul says that homosexuals have received “in themselves the recompense [reward] which was due to their error.” The truth that all homosexuals are spiritually possessed by a demonic spirit is also corroborated by the fact that society has recently seen an incredible increase in the number of people who consider themselves homosexuals. This is easily explained by the fact that, with the advent and explosion of the internet and other technological means which make access to pornography and impurity easy, millions more people are committing sins of impurity, millions more people are becoming possessed, and countless more are becoming homosexuals. (And, of course, not all who commit mortal sins of impurity become homosexuals, so those who somehow think they are okay because they are not homosexuals, even though they are committing sins of impurity, are sorely deceived and are also on the road to Hell and in bondage to the Devil.)
But today all we hear from “Catholics” and almost all “traditional Catholics” is that homosexual acts are wrong, but that the homosexual orientation is okay – i.e., it is not their fault that they are homosexual. This is a falsehood which advances the cause of the Devil and the homosexual agenda and it does no favor to the homosexuals themselves. It is this very false teaching, that there is nothing wrong with the homosexual orientation (which contradicts Romans 1), which is responsible for the fact that: 1) Novus Ordo seminaries are spilling over with homosexuals; 2) Homosexuals have gained such an ascendancy in society that their lifestyles and “homosexual persons” are accepted on mainstream television; 3) Gay “marriage” has become legal in certain places. If the truth that all homosexuals are spiritually possessed – and that homosexuality is a result of grave sin – had not been compromised by those who profess to be “Catholics,” none of this would have happened. It should also be noted that people who become homosexuals at a very young age are simply spiritually possessed by a demonic spirit early on in life.
Homosexuality is condemned throughout the Bible. Sodomy is one of the sins that cries to heaven for vengeance, and God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for this very sin.
Jude 1:7 -“As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighboring cities, in like manner, having given themselves to fornication, and going after strange flesh, were made an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.”
Leviticus 18:22, "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."
Leviticus 20:13, "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."
Deuteronomy 23:17, "There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel."
1 Kings 14:24, "And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel."
1 Kings 15:11-12, "And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made."
So when we see the acceptance and promotion of homosexuality rampant among the Vatican II sect members, know that they are accepting and promoting an abomination. When we see them tolerating and even celebrating the homosexual orientation in persons not practicing homosexual acts, know that they are tolerating and celebrating demonic takeover of a soul.
Vatican “Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith” on Homosexual Unions: “Sacred Scripture condemns homosexual acts “as a serious depravity... (cf. Rom 1:24-27; 1 Cor 6:10; 1 Tim 1:10). This judgment of Scripture does not of course permit us to conclude that all those who suffer from this anomaly are personally responsible for it, but it does attest to the fact that homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered”. This same moral judgment is found in many Christian writers of the first centuries and is unanimously accepted by Catholic Tradition.” (Considerations regarding proposals to give legal recognition to unions between homosexual persons, approved by John Paul II March 28, 2003)
Here we see an official Vatican document asserting that homosexual acts are wrong, but that the homosexual orientation is not necessarily a result of grave sin. This is evil, uncharitable and false. This toleration of the homosexual orientation is the reason why homosexuals are admitted into Novus Ordo (Vatican II) seminaries. It is the reason why we ultimately read the following incredible things about the state of the Novus Ordo Seminaries:
“According to former [Novus Ordo] seminarians and recently ordained priests, this ‘gay subculture’ is so prominent at certain seminaries that these institutions have earned nicknames such as Notre Flame (for Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans) and Theological Closet (for Theological College at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.). St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore has earned the nickname ‘Pink Palace.’
“Father Andrew Walter, ordained [sic] for the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 2000, spent several semesters at the Baltimore school as a seminarian for the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey. The problem was so bad when he was there, he explained, that ‘some of the students and faculty used to get dressed up in leather to go to ‘the block,’ Baltimore’s equivalent to 42nd Street in Manhattan.’ Seminarians, sometimes accompanied by faculty members, would do this regularly, Walter explained. ‘They would meet in the foyer, and then head for the gay bars.” (Michael Rose, Goodbye, Good Men, Washington, D.C., Regnery Publishing, pp. 56-57)
“Trigilio lamented, hinting at the campy subculture that permeated the seminary atmosphere. ‘We used to say, if you wore a cassock you were a reactionary ‘daughter of Trent.’ If you wore women’s underwear, they’d make you seminarian of the year. We had a few guys who sometimes wore women’s clothing, lingerie, makeup, etc., and some who were as effeminate as could be… The campy ones at MIS [Mary Immaculate Seminary, Northampton, P.A.] would call each other by female names…” (Michael Rose, Goodbye, Good Men, Washington, D.C., Regnery Publishing, p. 171)
I could go on, but at some point I hope to write a book review of Goodbye, Good Men, a book which exposes the absolutely unbelievable state of the seminaries of the Vatican II/Novus Ordo sect of Antipope John Paul II.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11, "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
By telling homosexuals the truth and not lying to them that their perverse orientation is natural, we do them a great charity and show a true love for their souls, and we give them the knowledge and the means to cure themselves. And they don’t need an exorcism to cure themselves. If a homosexual ceases to commit all mortal sins and changes his or her life; and if he or she holds the fullness of the deposit of Catholic Faith without compromise; and if he or she makes a sincere sacramental confession of all mortal sins to a validly ordained priest; and if he or she has a strong prayer life and a true devotion to Our Lady and the holy Rosary, then he or she will be delivered from homosexuality without any doubt. Our Lord tells us that: “And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32) By knowing the truth and by employing the means to deliver themselves, homosexuals can and will be delivered from their perverse orientation.
Regarding the Holy Rosary, the real Sister Lucia told Father Fuentes in a famous 1957 interview:
"Look, Father, the Most Holy Virgin in these last times in which we live has given a new efficacy to the recitation of the Holy Rosary. She has given this efficacy to such an extent that there is no problem, no matter how difficult it is, whether temporal or above all, spiritual, in the personal life of each one of us, of our families, of the families of the world, or of the religious communities, or even of the life of peoples and nations that cannot be solved by the Rosary. There is no problem I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we cannot resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary. With the Holy Rosary, we will save ourselves. We will sanctify ourselves. We will console Our Lord and obtain the salvation of many souls."
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vanity...vanity....it's the devil's favorite sin.tsk tsk tsk
still here mate!
PAY UP DJ!
You would have to excuse the other anonymous and moron commenters that make my posts here hazy, they are trying to bring me down in order to discredit the people that support you Brian, don't be misled and stay the course!
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No wonder why the Philippines remains and would remain like that for eternity. She is being abandoned. When the going gets rough, everyone jumps off the ship. If we are for the good of this country, be ready! No matter if you are the only one left standing. So sad that it takes an outsider to bring this all out in the open. He has nothing to gain nor lose. It's borne out of love. Few Filipinos dared to do it for fear of being persecuted. Stand for the country you profess to love. I say, go Brian, you're doing the country a great service.
Our support in this part of the world will never wane.
brian i DARE you post this and prove you are not anti Filipino,tell me what you think about this.
excerps from http://polly-rage.blogspot.com/
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"2. The Philippines is full of people with a distorted sense of reality
3. The Philippines is full of cheap labour. People who would write alot of shit for the sake of a few busks, so DJ has a few people he could employ.
4. The Philippines is full of cheats. As much as I dont like disparaging 'collectives' or countries, if the shoe fits, then wear it. Does that mean all Filipinos are cheats? No. Does it mean there is likely to be one in the family? Most likely. And its likely that 80% of the family will distance themself from a cheat, but 20% will defend him, and there reputation, just to retain their deluded sense of importance. Of course cheats need victims, as do parasites that live on other family members. The Philippines 'culture' is supportive of this regime. I went to a party last night. I was not obliged to take any wine or beer. Of course someone has to provide. I guess someone socialite is the best bet. Someone who wants to display their success, or their parents. Of course no one talks in such terms, they are not honest enough too, but that is the crux of the social interactions. Those that dislike the Philippines culture leave the country. Thats why there is a disparity between those Filipinos who live outside the country and those maligned souls that live within. The church is an institutional sham for distributing political power and money to those that prop up the system.
5. Are Filipinos among the most scandalous people in the world. Actually I think so. I think they are among them, 'collectively speaking', up there with the Russians, Arabs and Chinese. Its not genetic of course, its generally speaking cultural. But what is culture? If you want to be specific - its values.
So why do I suggest Filipinos are so bad? Well Filipinos are very affable people, very easy going, so very easy for some people to take into their confidence. It is afterall how they live their lives, 'in each others pockets'. That's how they live their lives. Thats why most want to get out of the country. Well aside from the money, well-paying jobs abroad. They offer trust (sometimes because they have nothing to lose, sometimes so they can make you feel guilty), but they mgiht expect it in return. Be careful. Westerners are not so accustomed to pushing for trust, you earn it in time, so you might be coerced into giving it because they are such naturals at winning our confidence. The crucial difference is then, do they use that trust to screw you or not. I think having the opportunity is one thing. Then they have to justify it. I find a great some Filipinos have a highly distorted sense of reality. I think this comes from the maligned values from being conquered as a nation, the hypocrisy of the religious instititions, the '2nd-hander' social values which defines people by how much money they have, who they know. I think in the business sector fewer people earn such credit (money & power) that way, through rout. I think they are more shrude in their dealings with people, but they still use graft to great effect.
On that note, I look at my knowledge of Filipinos. Well most of them are poor, so I dare say most of them are not going to come to my attention, for good or bad. It is actually very rare that I have any sought of relationship with them. Alot of them smile like I'm someone's desert, like I'm someone's ticket out of the country. I'm told they have a special respect for foreigners, but no. I think its more like relish. So I get the sense that they feel they have been dealt a bad hand by being born 'Filipino' and they relish the opportunity I present. If not as a boyfriend, then as a sponsor for a visa, a free 2nd hand computer, advise on immigration, a little generosity. Some are more tactful than others. Some are very patient. My landlord asked me for my computer only after being a tenant for a year. Only met her a few times.
So what are Filipinos recognised for? Well this is not fair. If I was to ask what Australia is famous for it would be kangaroos, beaches, etc. So maybe that means little. There are people from both country working hard and doing great things. Well I know after last night that not all Filipinos are great singers, and seldom with an original song, at least not in English. Some Filipino won the boxing lately. But then it turns awry. I know a Filipino home nurse managed to screw a billionaire magnate's family out of money in Australia. More pathetic was the ostantaceous way in which she conducted herself on TV. I know that a Filipino Michael DeGuzman was implicated for fraud in the Canadian Bre-Ex scandal worth billions to some. There is all the prostitutes in the Philippines, all the young girls that are dating guys 30-50 years older than them. Why? I guess money is more important. The Philippines is not alone. It happens in Thailand as well. Then just in the news yesterday, there is the news that a Philippines health insurance defrauded the US military out of $US100 million. Well I guess we should not be surprised that it was the US government lost the money, the way they throw it around. See the story US military health scandal. To be fair US military were implicated as well. I wonder if they were enabled by the culture. Travelling around Asia I find a great many Westerners of dubious ethic. No doubt they entered Asia with a bad ethic, just it was enabled by the local culture. But look how the problem fested under US government sanction.
Living in the Philippines there are other reasons why I think Brian and his backers are on the right (truth) team. I observe living in the Philippines a few cultural reasons why people are more inclined to cheat, defraud, etc. There is a weak sense of reality, and there is a tolerance of deceit. Afterall this country has the worst ranking for corruption in Asia. Corruption here is a joke, and its seldom ever reported. If it is, no one is likely to investigate it. An keen invesigator will likely be paid off. Lastly I think the country's religious convictions are to blame. If its moral to give, its practical to take. This country would have to have the worst sense of entitlement. What is yours, is to be shared.
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Andrew Sheldon www.sheldonthinks.com
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brian,
i'm STILL with you. i seriously think we filipinos need to have someone, ANYONE, to have the guts to actually voice out what we think of our country. i know it hurts and it hurts me a lot too. but this needs to be done. you have to voice out in order for us to start talking about it.
the philippines have put up with ENOUGH CRAP for so long. let's try and really voice out our opinions regardless of how hurtful it may be. i hope everyone gets to watch horton hears a who. it's a cartoon but it bears a great and useful message to us all:
sometimes, one voice - that's all it takes - to save your world.
thanks for being that voice brian.
xxxx
angela
t-dot, ca
Hmmm... I actually thought and felt otherwise. Had you stuck with just talking about Celine and DJ --- this blog will eventually become ho-hum.
Your blog, Brian. If you want to delve into other topics and discuss these because you feel they matter to you and others - so be it.
That's what blogs are for - something very basic that other people just don't get.
More restful nights ahead of you, darling.
thank you brian for sharing advices during the 4th iblog summit,you are such an idol.
i was also scammed 70,00
but pesos only unlike yours twas such big amount. so i know how it feels. whatever will be the result i will also do something to the person who scammed me.
"team leader" just got bored because of the lack of gossip.
Most people reading and commenting on this blog were just titillated by the exposes, in a typical Filipino self-righteous, hypocritical way. The people of this country get their jollies by jumping all over the latest trend (be it fashion, scandal, tech) and then going back home and ordering the maids to do the laundry and make dinner. NIMBY is a watchword in this society.
Best of luck in your quest.
Oh Dear Brian,
do not get this negativity overcome you...remember, we Filipinos have a 5 minutes memory span...so just dwell on things that you do best...write, write, write...if they are indeed against you, why are they still reading your blog? hypocrite people!!!
Honey...don't let these gossip mongers get to you...all they want is tastless gossip when there are far more important things to talk about. This blog was made for Dj so he can pay up....but as time passes on by..things change and current events and situations changes as well. So if blogging about a guy who had a canister up his ass is what you felt like writing at the time...well dahling by all means. Who gives a rats ass what other people think...if they dont like it..too bad...
Team Brian member from Laguna Beach,
Jayjay
Even though this blog was supposedly predominantly about getting justice from DJ, you can certainly write about anything you want. It is your blog. For those people who are annoyed by Brian writing about other things like reporting about this doctor/spray can incident which I know nothing about, please don't get so offended and take it so personally. Just skip it and read something else. It's like a human interest story that he is reporting on. It's of interest to me only because I don't live in the Phils. Continue the fight Brian!wn
You have everyright to express what you have to say... and I fully support your blog and your point of view! Go Brian Go!
Open Advice to you Brian.
It's not necessary to publish these comments. I wrote these to help you, not to criticize or ostracize you in anyway.
1. The Filipino flag and your conciliatory post is term of endearment when rhetorics have become caustic and unforgiving. You are after all listening and paying attention to what your readers say/
2. The group that visits your blog is made up of your new found cyber friends and your mortal enemies GG. You should be aware that in any proportion, not all written up will be good and positive for you. Regardless of where they stand, you still owe them for taking their time to visit and write you something, derogatory or not. Why? These are the people you WANT to REACH. You will go nowhere if they ignore you. If their anger shows, that alone indicates you've reached them.
3. You have to learn to be diplomatic. You can deliver the same point by avoiding direct confrontational sentences like:
"This is my blog and I can do what I want to do, so go away and make your own blog".
Rather you can say in a simple apologetic way: I am sorry, I thought this was a good way to get you attention and your reaction to stress my point. Or: I really don't agree with what you've told me but in the future, I'll might consider it... something to that nature.
4. One thing you don't want to do is alienate your readers. Quality and Quantity matters. There is power in numbers. The whole idea is to keep what you have and encourage more to come and visit. Don't shy away even a single reader.
5. Keep on with your controversial topics. While you strike someone dead on, you should be able to take the heat as well. That's the way it goes and that keeps the blog interesting. Don't show your anger and frustration. Rather, answer back with dignity and humility. Stooping to their level and lose control of civility is losing everything you have gained.
6. You learn everyday while you blog. To respond to people who say you have diverted totally from your original quest of recovering your life savings, you can CALMLY tell them that due to UNEXPECTED development you found out that these blog, has now become a vehicle not only to gain back your lost money but a means to help and spread the word about AIDS, Homophobia, Medical Cruelty, etc.etc.
7. You've already lost your money to DJ but you won many hearts and kind people in the process. Yes, you are famous, maybe not in your own mind but in so many filipinos. For opening their eyes to the injustice, malaise and corruption in the country and all that bad things you have already mentioned. "For being David, taking on Goliath!" Filipinos don't have monopoly on these and when one has been victimized as you have been, one tends to lump everyone together regardless.
Finally, you have to appeal for more understanding and recognition of the fact, you're a victim, not an aggressor. Don't Bark up the Wrong tree, go after the Gucci Gang especially Celine and DJ plus the Montanos that stole your money and dignity. Your readers are just the messenger of good things and BAD things.
Oh By the way... is'nt a team supposed to stick together and work together.... just because you don't like what you see you quit???
What the heack is that??? That ai'nt no team!
QUITTER!
Don't worry Brian. Not one bit affected by your posts on Saturday. I am not at all surprised about the reactions of others. It's the typical balimbing attitude of Pinoys. It also shows how ignorant the people are. The problem about the Philippines is that most of its people have not been anywhere, I mean, have not left the country... and so they don't know what's going on out there and still believe that the Philippines is one of the best countries in the world. I am a Filipino living in another country. I am proud to be known a Filipino, even if the citizens in my host country know that my country of origin is corrupt. The thing that gives me embarrassmnent are things like the cebu hospital scandal... the uncivilized and barbaric behaviour of the hospital staff. People back home complain about you dipping your hands into it. But we Filipinos who live abroad are the ones in the frontlines. Kami ang humaharap sa mundo at sumasalo ng kahihiyan sa mga pagkakalat na ginagawa ng mga kababayan namin. I'm sorry if I sound so angry. But this is just the truth. It became clear to me when I left the country. I'm sure many will attack this comment but I am also sure that there are also others like me who are feeling the same humiliation now.
Anyway, going back to Brian, I am still your supporter and I will continue to donate money in your paypal account. I will send you an email one day.
Dominique
mabuhay ka brian...
tranlation..long live,brian..
yah from all of us here in garden grove ,california...cheers to you..
i read your blog everyday...
i'm hooked to your blog..it's addicting....
mabuhay ka ,brian...
That goes to show all those people posting as Team brian were just gossip mongering cheap gay boys and really did not care about you Brian. I am really glad that you have ventured into different topics because that's how successful bloggers are. Go for it Brian... yOu are the defender of the oppressed. Defender of the vaklas in the Philippines and THE WORLLLLLLLLD
Typical attitudes of pinoys: bibliya ko ang sinasabi ng mga banyaga di na ako mag-iisip pag sinabi ng banyaga. Walang mali pag opinyon ng banyaga.
yah you are absolutely right bri,im from cebu & im on your side....i hate those doctors too.
ignore the haters!!!
Hello Brian,
There certainly is nothing wrong with including other topics in your blog. But doing so opens Pandora's box. Some will disagree with your points of view. A few will be turned off.
Your supporters are a mixed bag: pro-gay, anti-gay, pro-Filipino, anti-Filipino, pro-white, anti-white, etc. But they are united in one thing: they want to see you get your life savings back. It's a fragile coalition, but a coalition nevertheless. They donate because they want you to win THIS battle.
Don't alienate supporters who disagree with you on other issues. Build on what unites.
Take care, mate.
- an old friend
hey, brian--i just read the business mirror article, and that was some story. i'm sorry that you had to go through all that, and i thank you for not putting up with racism.
Stand your ground, man.
I am a medical doctor and I feel that the video is a travesty to human civilization.
I've actually posted something on my blog (not so famous) to illustrate my point.
To live with integrity is always a challenge - and that is not limited to Filipinos alone.
hmmm looks like the gg members ARE back in town and doing a lot of postings here. or at least their ghostwriters are posting here...
Bye,bye Brian. I just got turned off by that post about the Vicente Sotto medical center. Everybody agrees those doctors and nurses were in the wrong. But generalizing....you suck, dude! My father is a doctor...and he is a damn good one. And you just insulted him and the rest of the hardworking and professional doctors openly. Do you truly love the philippines? i DONT THINK SO!!!! That's what you say, but do no translate into action. YOU HAVE INSULTED OUR COUNTRY MANY TIMES!!! WHO ARE YOU, HIGH AND MIGHTY FAGGOT!!!! The Terri Hatcher comment was like the biggest blow to us. Anybody who doesn't think so is one BLOODY IDIOT!!! You're a stupid hypocrite!!!
Thank God I realized this before I decided to send you my donation!!
You know its a different matter when you attack our religion and our race. Corruption in the Philippines is given thats a fact! There is no such as a team leader for you here but supporters who are against oppression by the powerful people identified with corruption. I supported you because I hate the likes of DJ who take advantage of the vulnerability of individuals like you. I hate you because you are going too far. In order to get even to DJ you are dragging all his friends but i dont care because they are of the same feather. HOWEVER, its a different matter when even my country who is already down, you still want to trample upon. I cant offer my country anything but loyalty. I hate the people running my government who are corrupt, whatever you call them. But, you should have your limitations in attacking my country. Reality bites yeah thats true. But our comments also arent they? Dont be self righteous Brian. I know you have a good heart but please try to weight everything you write. you are alone im sure you are just in the company of your dogs but please try to go out and breath some fresh air and try to think things over. Talk to your friends face to face and not just read these comments and emails you receive. get a life dude. Your questions that if some of your supporters who doesnt want to read what they wanted to hear from you turn against you? How is that if your supporters posted some bad comments that does mean they are your enemies already? give me a break. we keep coming back here its not because we love your postings but we are here because we want to remind you when you are going to far or not. it is your blog i dont care, in as much as it it can be viewed by the public you just cant claim its all yours. Your supporters who are claiming to be very loyal to you and encourage you more? They just want you court the ire of your many supporters so that many people will be attacking your real purpose. but if you stay focus about dj montano there will be lesser holes for them to attack you. dj is soo happy now im sure because more people who are very supportive of you are now turning against you, not because they support him but because you are attacking your own supporters, their religion and race. come to your senses brian. think about it. its not yet to late to edit your post about the vicente sotto memorial medical center. your harsh words can easily be edited and its easy to apologize to the catholics whom you have offended if you are really true and honest to yourself. courting the ire of your supporters whom who put you to your status now will also be the ones who are going to pull you down. dont claim that you love the philippines if you are attacking its people and its religion. we supported you when you attack the only few who are spiritually corrupt and thieves but dont generalize because the filipinos will always be filipinos. even if we live in a foreign country we our loyalty is still our native Philippines. its our country and even if its not perfect we still love it thats why we keep coming back.
amen!
Brian,
It's just the haters pretending to be ex-supporters (and so-called team leaders). I knew they would jump at the chance once they saw something to capitalize on. They will try to nail you for each time you make a mistake in their eyes. Divide and conquer is the name of their game. They will pretend to be among your supporters to throw you off-guard. Just look at the 1st and 4th post as examples.....After all you did to ruin their reputations, they would love nothing more than to do the same to you. It's the only satisfaction they'll ever get from your blog. Don't forget that they're not just haters, B...especially DJ's camp! They f**kin' hate you, and they won't stop, even after one of you files a lawsuit...but I'm sure you already know that.
Of course, there are also some Pinoys who are too sensitive for their own good. They can't handle the truth, so they'll speak from their emotions (sometimes to save face)...but they'll be back too. Those psuedo-supporters are just here for the gossip anyway.
Try to put the weekend behind you and get back on topic to show you're still focused on your objective....but next time, expect more negative posts whenever you go off-topic. I wouldn't be surprised if your haters feel they got the better of you in recent days, so this has got to be an interesting week! ;)
Your blog has lost its focus already and only DJ MOntano and co-horts are the ones only happy. You can write anything in your blog. i just want to suggest that you change or add some description about your blog because its already out of line. Good luck to you and your "loyal supporters".
why dont you write editorial type of write ups also about the Philippines? your blog will never be the same again tsk tsk tsk
yeesh, typical onion-skinned gits. it's not like you're the first foreigner to point out how sucky the "health" and medical situation here is.
b, as annie lennox put it: "dont let it bring you down
It's only castles burning
Find someone who's turning
And you will come around"
-arsey
Hi Brian, we are still supporting you all the way. whatever you write, be it about a scandal, about fashion, nature or what have you... we will still be here even if we dont publish a comment. We still open your blog everyday and see how you are doing right now. Life has ups and downs and plateaus, highs and lows.. well whatever season or reason....we are still here quietly supporting you and your blog. From the Vancouverites
Brian, I have believed you since the day you've opened your blog. However, I have to agree with others that you've changed. The content of your blog is going down and sooner or later, so will you. As painful as it is, I think you know I'm right -- In a few months, no one will want to read your blog simply because you have failed to provide more information that kept all of us tuned-in in the first place. Many people out there, myself included, believe in your innocence. But thats not enough. You have to sustain us with more gossip, because sad as it is, that is what you've become: A mere gossip blogger desperate to keep his readers interested.
The only way to keep us interested is not to prove your innocence. We already know you're innocent. You and I both know that the only way to keep the public tuned in to your blog (which is the only way to get your message across) is to keep the shit on Celine and DJ coming. Yes, more dirt. Because your advocacies are boring.
I am quite curious whether or not you'll be accepting this post as you seem to preach "freedom of speech."
your blog is getting boring
also, stay away from issues that dont concern you
Whoever "handed back the badge" was stupid from the start. Clearly, she was riding on this blog for the wrong reasons (she probably thought it was the hip thing to do at that time), and she entirely missed the point.
Proud as I am to be Filipino, I do acknowledge the fact that we have fellow countrymen who bring shame to our little Third World archipelago.
Don't worry Brian, you have hardcore supporters!
Johnny T.
Team Brian, Makati Chapter
@honey
isa ka pang bobo... brian should leave the national issues to us.... he shouldn't touch this matters... he already exploited pa the more the issue, walang hiya siya...! ni hindi man lang niya binigyan ng kahihiyan yung taong nasa operating room.... kinalat pa niya! Don't you get the point? Brian should stick to the issues to get back his money... period!
wag ninyong pabayaan na foreigner pa ang mag exploit ng kahihiyan ng bansa natin....
KAYO NAMAN NAKAKITA LANG KAYONG NG KA CHAT NINYONG PUTI, BINIBILI NA NINYO LAHAT SA KANYA! MGA BOBO!
BG....with you all the way...
the THUG from muntinlupa and my cell mates...
Hey B, I am from Cebu and the Vicente Sotto scandal is not popular here and we wanted the doctors and nurses hanged in their necks for doing that to 'Jan jan'. Some folks are actively campaigning for the removal of licenses of those people involved. Be it gay or not, no one should be made fun of the way they did to that poor guy. HE deserves millions to get these doctors their lessons. PAKA UWAW MAN LANG MO OI. PATI MGA TARUNG GAPANARBAHO SA UBAN LUGAR MA ANGIN SA INYO OI. WA NALANG JUD MOY LINGAW PATI UBAN TAWO BINU ANGAN NINYO!
MT
have a question brian..
so why did you hang out with the gucci gang when you would come and go to the Philippines? were you blinded by the artifical glamour?
because i see them and know some of them, i never gave them the second look or even greeted them the second time around, they wouldn't pass my standards.
so you were really very close with them.... after all you've said against them? don't we say people of the same feather, flock together? YOU DID right?
PLease xplain.
" i will never be on the wrong side again "
Robert the 17th Bruce of Scotland
from the movie Braveheart
BG ...Keep the faith! it will never be easy, like any other fights, cause or issues that we pick and support in this lifetime...
To Tim Yap and DJ, i just hope you will never ever set foot in my turf, my whole cell block are eagerly awaiting to have a peek on your....
The THUG and his cell mates ...and the whole cell block...
Best Regards BG, oh what a way to start a week ...c/o BuCor Muntinlupa City
same old crap na. always
fuck you
pay up
coke celine
i love philippines
philippines is corrupt
go team brian
i love my dogs
i hate dj's mom
i love mo twister
i love everyone who loves me
fuck you all
gay haters
and all variations. . .
(dedicated to avid reader obelix)
brian,
it takes two to tango... not all the people who read your blog are stupid.
am signing off
have a nice day
great post B!!! another great heartfelt post. this should put these idiots to their places. i don't understand how your so-called supporters couldn't relate to your decision to post the scandal and your comments about it. after learning about that incident and watched it in youtube, i sooooo felt ashamed to be Filipino. add that to the many ills of our country. but it doesn't mean i don't want to be a Filipino anymore. i still love the Philippines too, like you, but i hate its corruption and its corruptors. there are a lot of Filipinos (like the domestic helpers abroad, Filipino achievers in every field be it medical, entertainment, entrepreneurial etc...) who strive to bring our country a good name but there are also a lot, like dj and these vicente hospital medical boo-hoes, who try and bring our country down. it was disgusting - those so-called ""professionals"" are disgusting. even more disgusting than how that body spray turned up where it was pulled out. their immaturity in handling a situation unfamiliar to our norms was more disgusting! so if you want to open your readers' eyes to issues like this I WOULD DEFINITELY A HUNDRED AND ONE PERCENT READ AND APPLAUD IT!
The self proclaimed leader who said just lost your support on you is a FAKER Brian. It might be DJ's people working on it.. probably its DJ. He's going on your blog and write negative statements so people will doubt you. But they'll never win. They can never let a good man down! GO BRIAN!!!
just keep you eye on the prize!!! its not that people don't want you to expand your blog..its just that more than your blog its your cause behind it that makes it so intriguing...so if you change that...there will be "comments" about it.
Don't get me wrong, I am on your side but I just concerned that it seems your losing steam brian...and as team brian fan...I don't want you to lose steam...keep focused on the GG...more power brianb
Burying their heads in the sand. Typical Pinoy trait.
there is nothing like coffee and brian in the morning :D sail on!
This is BRIAN's dairy.
An OPEN Diary which contains his own personal thoughts, views and perspective on his life, love and the world in general or sometimes even specific events.
His comments are as real and true as he is to himself and to his readers.
It is his own point of view and he is very much entitled to express it in HIS BLOG.
To those people who canot accept what he is putting out there, GROW UP.
No one has to paint the world according to what you want and how you want to see it.
If you don't want to read the blog anymore then leave it and go start living your own life instead of contradicting somebody else's.
brian doncha worry about those peeps who are suddendly are not into you or your blog.i mean what else is new??/who cares?there are more people.pinoys who loves you.keep it up.i do have a lot of problems myself it feels so heavy everyday but you know what,reading your blog helps in a way.love you brian!i met a few of these gucci gang myself and they are all full of shit!
Anonymous said...
yeesh, typical onion-skinned gits. it's not like you're the first foreigner to point out how sucky the "health" and medical situation here is.
b, as annie lennox put it: "dont let it bring you down
It's only castles burning
Find someone who's turning
And you will come around"
-arsey
April 28, 2008 8:57 AM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
No argument to your post!
...but Annie Lennox? C'mon, boy!
Those words are from Neil Young!!!
(sorry, couldn't help it):)
Let them be. I'll still be here though.
MONTANO PAY UP!
-Jenn
I'm here all the way with you Brian!
Priest and cocksucker? There are many documented instances and many more rumored about. Holier than thou at the pulpit, cocksucker behind the pulpit. Is that a problem? Or just typical human behavior? Maybe. But, maybe, it's just an expansion of an individual's way to work out his karma, etc., and express himself in the context of a missionary position. Or variations on the Kama Sutra. What's so bad about a cocksucking priest? What's so bad about a cocksucking archbishop? What's so bad about a cocksucking senator or a cocksucking cabinet member? True, it may be more a priest problem than a senator
problem. But who's to say? Knock on heaven's door. If it opens, the Maker must think that somewhere in your youth or childhood you must have done something good. Now, doctors who videotape themselves having fun extracting a canister out of somebody's ass and sending it out to You Tube, that's something else. At least, the priest giving head behind the pulpit or getting his dick blown under his soutane had the foresight to see beyond the foreskin but, you, doctor can't complain. You sent it to You Tube and I saw it there. And so did millions of people, including the BBC and the United Nations and hordes of immigrant overseas diaspora Pinoys and millions of other peoples of varying races, colors, shapes, and family sizes. The priest had the prescience to hide his sin while you had the audacity to broadcast your fantasy bacchanal in the last days of Pompeii. Too bad you didn't lick the canister.
Pay up, DJ! The canister is in your corner.
Brian said...
Some threaten never to come back, but I see you do.
Again and again.
I can't understand why some people think I have changed.
I'm trying to expand my blog. And you don't want me to.
Many people want me to stick to the topics that they want to read about.
Well life is not like that.
I am only expanding my blog.
And last time I checked, it was ok and legal to do that.
I am surprised at the level of craziness in the comments section.
Pure evil from some people. No lives. Lost souls really.
But everyone who hates me keeps sniffing around the blog.
Tick tock. Tick tock.
If people take what I say personally, well I can't do anything about that.
That is your issue.
Not mine.
If some of my supporters flake on me so quickly, well they were never really supporters were they?
People act like I am writing the posts JUST FOR THEM.
But I just don't understand why the haters keep hanging around the blog.
They are obsessed.
***********************************
WORDS OF WISDOM!
Not only for those who only come here just for gossip...but also for posers like CYCLECRANK (and his asswipe sidekick Chin Ho) who would NEVER understand these words.
This blog is ALWAYS your call, B.
Now back to DJ (spit).....
'still here and u have me 100% B....
wake up peeps...truth hurts!!!
it's so sad but the Philippines and its politics in all aspects is corrupt to the very core...di sana wala ng milyung pinoy na nag aabroad para kumayod ng todo todo kung matino dito sa atin? asussssssssssssssssssssss.......plastic niyo para hindi tanggapin ang mga sinasabi ni Brian at magbago para umunlad.
Hes got the Philippines at heart that's why he is honest about speaking the rotten things thats been happening here and he wants it to change kahit konti lang...Sino bang magsasabi ng pangit na katotohanan sayo kungdi ang tatay, nanay at kapatid mo???
I want it too!!!! That's why I suppport him all the way.
Keep the fire burning B!!! God bless you.
TEAM B A.C Chapter ;P
why do u think ppl are starting to really hate you? bec ur NOT part of this country, you keep saying you love it blah blah blah all talk and no bite dude! for someone who loves this country u sure say alot of crap abt it. for someone who says he loves this county u sure fled as far away from it as you could. you dont want ppl to judge u but ur allowed to judge them. bec this is 'ur blog' woohoo! hoorah! like opening up a blog gave u the almighty hand to pass on judgement. its not bec ur gay, i dont care abt that, i dont even think abt it when i get annoyed at ur high and mighty posts. so dont let that be the chip on ur shoulder. its not even bec ur talking abt issues that are really of no concern to you, you stayed here for what? a year? if ur so concerned abt world issues then start 1st by the lack of education our children are getting, be of public service, instead of preaching and preaching like the priests you condemn do something abt it. start in the little things like taking the time and effort to SPELL correctly. its not being elitist to know how to spell or to ask u to spell properly. it wasnt even a big concern of mine until i saw the post u made writing that you dont care if u misspell words ppl can stop reading if they donr like it bec its ur blog etc etc. if u think like that then how different are you from the rest of the ppl you are destroying? they dont want to change either do they? they dont listen when ppl criticize them either do they? they think they are above everyone else, right? when ur blog came out bashing tim yap he came out with a dumbass article saying he's used to being bashed bec thats the price u have to pay for fame. bec hes used to ppl envying him and he doesnt care its his life and he cant please everyone. sound a bit familiar? the last bit?
so learn from the ones you hate, learn to not be anything like them.
We know that Filipinos are sensitive about derogatory comments about our culture. Is that right? Maybe not. These comments can be true and can be constructive if we took time to listen and think about
them and use them to improve ourselves.
However, you don't reach out to people and help make a change by making comments that offend people so directly. Filipinos value tact and are hurt to the core when foreigners criticize our country. As a foreigner, it would do you good to understand this and to act accordingly. After all, there's that old saying about flies and vinegar...
Instead of saying things like "Everyone knows the philippines is corrupt." (true) and "The health care system is to 4th world!" (maybe also true), you should challenge people. You should remind them that you see the good in this country and this culture but that there are things we need to work on. Comments like "Are Filipinos going to stand by and let corruption ruin their beautiful country?" or "How could the medical system allow such horrors to go unpunished - a hospital with professional standards would never let this go, and neither should you." might have the effect of rallying more people to your cause and the cause of self-improvement.
Many of us have given up on ourselves and our country and it's way to easy to feel like you (and many foreigners who criticize so easily) are kicking us while we're down. It's easy to give up and jump ship when there's no more hope. Or to cling on to the last remaining planks and defend them with irrational ferocity. But why make us feel we have to make that choice? Show us that there are other options besides "give up" or "fight to the death". Why make it a war of "for us or against us"?
Remember that almost all your readers, whether they agree with you on every issue or not - would all like to see the same things happen - justice for you and improvement in this country.
to: anonymous said ... April 28, 2008 12:18 PM
WWWWHHHHHAAAAAAAATTTTTTT?!?!?!
nampucha! ang labo naman o'.
bry, tuloy mo lang. take care and be safe always!!!
it's funny how many people here keep saying they will leave this blog never to return.
why do you have to announce it? why don't you just leave? are you waiting for brian to stop you?
trust me no one will ever notice you were gone.
Dear anonymous, Annie Lennox has a more fab version of that song. Google it.
--Arsey
Hi!
Sometimes, out of sheer frustration for being in the Philippines for far too long and seeing despicable things happening in the national scale daily without let-up on a span of almost 40 years of my life...one doesn't think of good grammar or scholarly composition when venting out angry opinions. We don't choose soothing words but blurt out our thought spontaneously.
I myself have been reading this blog on its entirety and can only understand where are all those anger coming from. I feel the same boiling, seething, almost explosive rage inside me. This is not because of the blog itself, but seeing that I am not alone feeling sad and frustrated about things in the Philippines and cannot do anything about it.
Perhaps, Bryan was just the hapless messenger who has the balls to smack the crap of Filipinos in my face. I know it all along but I kept silent because I felt scared and defenseless voicing out something that will irk the perpetrators and slap me left and right with suits that I have no money to hire the best lawyers in the land to defend me. Worst, I'll be tagged as a leftist and get hauled at night never to be seen again like Jonas Burgos.
I am not angry with Bryan. In fact there are more foreigners before him who pointed out these weaknesses among Filipinos. Remember Clare Danes? Manila declared her 'persona non grata' because she stated a fact. But did we change her point of view? We did not. There are still myriads of toothless, blind, limbless poor in Manila's squatter's area.
In contrast to the Manila's elite who are sashaying in the ramp with free clothes, hotel privileges, writing in magazines to promote themselves, snorting cocaine and not rugby in swanky bars, while jeering and deriding the trying hard in us who wants to taste a piece of their lifestyle.
If its not Bryan, it could be anyone with guts and an eye to see things as they are, much like the boy who told the King that he has no clothes.
To all of you who are angry at Bryan, your anger is misdirected. Why shoot the messenger? Why don't we direct our anger at DJ Montano and his cohorts and to the Doctors of Vicente Sotto Memorial Hospital who tarnished the good name that we all try to build up? Why not email them?
How long will we condone those acts? Why don't we call them through this blog and let them correct the wrong they have done?
Why are we angry at Bryan when he has only repeated on this blog what has already been reported in the Inquirer, Philstar, Youtube, etc?
Bryan did not even name the Doctors but Inquirer did! So what is the anger all about?
As I said, it may have been someone's blog, not Bryan's. It just so happened that Bryan's blog is more popular because it started on a very simplistic premise, getting back at DJ Montano and his ilk. The kind of gossip that whet the Filipino's appetite and our penchant for showbizzy intrigues.
Time and again, he said that this blog has evolved into something big that he can no longer control. It took a life of its own and Bryan just feed it with his own emotion, stark naked.
Why don't anybody start his own blog and begin a revolution of your choice? Its too hot in here. If you start an internet revolution, we will rally behind you too. Just make sure, it is a true fight to the end.
K.A.M.
DON'T APPROVE THE BAD COMMENTS BRIAN..... THESE PRO CELINE-DJ-TIM-MARCEL-WENDY ARE JUST PLAYING YOU AROUND IN YOUR BLOG... ITS TIME YOU HAVE A CLEAN, NO STRESS BLOG IN YOUR PART... TEAM BRIAN AIN'T DUMB AND EVEN IF WE READ THE BAD COMMENTS FROM THE GUCCI GANG SLAVES OR THEMSELVES.. WE DON'T BELIEVE IT ... IN FACT WE HATE HATE HATE READING IT! THEY ARE NOT WELCOME HERE.... I HOPE YOU WON'T APPROVE THEIR COMMENT... BECAUSE YOU HAVE GOOD RATINGS ANYWAY... :) YOUR BLOG IS AT PEACE, SHOWING THE TRUTH, AND ITS ONLY FOR TEAM BRIAN PEOPLE! PUT A DUCT TAPE IN THEIR MOUTHS! HAHAHAHAH!
I just noticed this. Why is it that almost all of the negative comments are all in Anonymous?
If you are that insulted with the blog, why do you hide yourself?
Oh... patriots of our country usually write in pseudonym. Hiding behind their keyboards and bashing others or government officials and stuff. (death threats?)
I guess they are afraid of being singled out and bashed by others who are pro brian.
What's your excuse? you can't write your name in the identity box? even just a pseudonym? Chicken?
Since Anonymous setting was brought back many haters just bash away and hide in it. Why don't we turn it off again and see what happens?
They could still write their name without the url right?
Just a suggestion.
Hear me out. I am not a hater, just an observer with an opinion.
I don’t understand why so many supposed level-headed Filipinos are rushing over to comfort this Australian guy. Allow me to go back to this blog’s original point.
1) Admittedly, his alleged loss of money to one DJ Montano was due to his gross stupidity, lack of judgment, and poor, irresponsible decision-making skills. I really cannot fathom how a grown man could just hand over his “entire life’s savings” to his new lover. Even if he was indeed led to believe that it was for business purposes, how could he be so stupid as to not ask for the documents as proof? Would any of you, Team Brian members, allow yourself to be in a similar situation?
2) Brian has repeatedly bashed the “Gucci Gang” for their frivolous, coke-snorting lifestyle. But why did he stick around for so long? He himself stated before that he found out about DJ and gang’s coke habits early on. If this money fiasco did not happen, wouldn’t you think he’d still be hanging out with them and tolerating their bad habits?
3) What currency is it really, btw? USD or AUD? I don’t think Brian ever bothered to clarify while the majority of his readers, including myself, just assumed that the 70,000 in question was in US dollars. If it was in AUD all along, well… there’s a huge difference – about 20% or so. I put this question out because many of Brian’s blind followers are campaigning to raise USD 70,000 to replace what DJ allegedly stole.
4) And speaking of raising money… Brian, while I’ve always thought that your situation was caused by your own stupidity, I was at least sympathetic of your plight. We all make mistakes right? But I lost whatever respect I had for you the minute I saw that Paypal button. What happened to your principles? Your early statements about wanting money from DJ alone? There have been other people who were in worse situations than you, but they never had to solicit money from their friends. You know what a self-respecting man would do? Get up and rebuild! Through his own hard work! You may have HIV but you don’t have AIDS yet. Get a job!
And for those who rush to support this cause… you are equally as disappointing. If you are really feeling charitable, there are so many Pinoys out there who are in greater need than some white guy frolicking in a 12 (?) acre farm with a sprawling pool. You rush to try to save his farm so he can continue to live in comfort? Hello? What about those OFWs who slave away in faraway lands to send money to the PI only to end up abused and sometimes even murdered by their foreign employers? Have you ever thought of donating some money to their families? What about those children from Mindanao who have to walk 12 km every day just to get to school? Ang dami dami pang mas nangangailangan… ang pinili nyo pang tulungan eh yung dayuhan.
BRIAN, if you want to prove that you are still worthy of respect, take out your Paypal button and replace it with donation sites of various Philippine-based charities. Your blog has the traffic. Make good use of it. I’m sure the true needy will appreciate it.
Brian i appreciate what your blog is doing. What it represents and how it is causing our people to think and discuss. Most specially, how it is bringing things to a head to MOVE us Pinoys to action. We (or anybody for that matter) need things like this to shake us out of our comfort zones to instigate change. Otherwise we just rot in stagnation. Change is never a comfortable thing. Though, for it to happen we have to look at it in the face and take responsibility for ourselves and our actions. Yes that's right we have the power to do this. REACTING, getting affected and putting the blame outside of ourselves is just giving our power away.
Every action we do affects the collective consciousness which is all the more reason to be responsible, because it's not just about us but about the highest good of all. What I do to others I also do to myself.
For those of us who are so affected by the truth, we gotta take a hard look and ask ourself WHY it makes us (and/or maybe just our ego) feel so victimized. There lies our issue and dealing with it can only make us BETTER people. When issues don't get dealt with now, they will just keep coming back at another time with a whole different set of circumstances. Brian and this blog just happen to be the instrument at this point in time.
So its our choice... whether to "get it" and grow now, or stay asleep and unconscious in our lower nature, and suspend it for a tomorrow that might never come.
Come on people its 2008, It's time to WAKE UP!! RECOGNIZE OUR TRUE NATURE, WHICH IS GOODNESS! Something major and important is happening to our planet, we cant afford to be bickering and putting each other down anymore. More so, we CANNOT afford to stay asleep!!! We gotta get with the program or lose out IN THE LONG RUN.
Time to stop being fueled by FEAR. IT DOESNT SERVE US.
EXPAND Yourself, and let LOVE rule.
Blessings to all.
Hey there bro,
You have now infiltrated my geek life, in a good way, perhaps, you were a topic of my Sunday evening convo dinner with a kindred lawyer spirited friend, who was piqued on the controversy bec. she happened to also handled a case of "disfalco"/"estafodor" of the Philippine kind ....
Suffice it to say, I don't care what your motives are (which is stupid to even pinpoint motive as if it's a static thing) ... evolution is key, you may have been motivated by the DJ incident but you have evolved into expose' ...
and yeah many ignorant naysayers have indeed accused you of wanting to exploit, such and such for some and some ... who cares and WTF!
a wise man once told me that I should never attempt to reconcile the life and biography of a person with his writings or doctrines or teachings, else if I attempt to find a sort of consistency, it would be futile. Why? evolution or many other reasons ... the abstract ideas and morales that spring forth from us are lessons learned from a hard past .. hence, the best of life's teachers are the worse of men, sometimes ... so there - you Naysayers ... whatever Brian is .. he is unlayer the painful onion of the Cancer of Philippine society, that HELLO, Dr. Jose Rizal has painstakingly attempted to depict in many languages at that in the late 1800s ...
the plot has not changed, fast forward many decades hence ...
TO: Bading of the World - you are hilarious! did you consider to do Standup comedy, within the George Carlin, Chris Rock, Russell Peters and Rex Navarette (sariling atin) type of genre?
To the idiot who stated: "alam mo ikaw ang isa sa mga dahilan bakit ang mga matitinong bading ay binabastos." ...
Hay nako, you clearly must have dozed off in your humanities classes for you are unable to perceive the concept of SATIRICAL style and the use of exaggeration to make a point ... just like how gangstah and hiphop music by certain true artitists have done (ie., MC Solar) and other turn of the century, out-of-the-box thinking artists of the Dada, Surrealismo and Cubismo movement ...
For those who have a feeble portion of a flexed and thinking mind, I think you need to take the plunge ...
this white man is almost like a penance (for them Catholic fanatics) who has been sent by providence to make right out of the mga switik Prayle's curse ....!
he is starting a spark to unlayer the cancer and virus of Phil society ...
... Then again, perhaps "Bading of the World" is right ...
I'd sum up his thought with the following shallow yet quite emphatic Pinoy colloquial phrase:
" Mahirap ang makipagsabunutan sa kalbo "
Kampai my brother ... I'm bringing your cause to the Bay (area)!
- aspasia.
Hello Brian, still here, bro :)
1. This is your blog. Readers and commenters are only guests who choose to participate or not in discussions. Assent and dissent are both well represented here. That's healthy.
2. If you want to write about other topics that move you, it only shows that you have a life outside of making DJ pay. Writing about these topics show other dimensions of Brian. You will not forever be Brian-who-was-bilked-of-life-savings. That's a label, and labels (for people who use them often) are temporary. As a blogger, as a person, this shows that you are GROWING. Growth is always good.
3. You can't please everybody, but you must remain true to who you are. You do not exist to please people, because once you start pandering to them, you can lose your sense of self.
4. The people who stay with you are your friends. They may not agree with you all the time, but they accept you for who you are. They know that if you make mistakes, they will forgive you because they love you and because they always hope you will learn from the experience.
5. Thanks to you, the DJ Montanos of the world have less shadows to hide in.
6. For the people who have up and left, please use your energies to do something that will help satisfy your sense of justice. If you don't feel sympathy for the YouTube victim, then find someone you can help. Brian feels he is doing his bit. At least he is doing something, his way of doing it is just different.
7. Thank you for the greeting, Brian. Every day can be a great day.
Cheers to all.
(PAY UP, DJ. YOU THINK ATTENTION IS OFF YOU? THINK AGAIN.)
that loooonngggg post about “Homosexuality… Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained.” is soo outdated/oldfashioned/narrow minded.
homosexuality is not considered a sexual deviance or disorder anymore. get with the times. you can check it out with the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 4 also known as DSM IV which is the manual used by psychologists..
-straight guy
to:" Anonymous djcr001 said..."
you talk too much ..
kakatamad ka ... after all the bullshit and if you and your cohorts go to so-called HEAVEN ..
then I pea ... i'd rather go to HELL than to live life forever with hypocrites like you, my family, my highschool and the rest of the so-called Manila society...
BURN BABY BURN!
HONESLTY, ITS THE TERRI HATCHER VIDEO THAT STIRRED THE POT, BIG TIME!.. EHEHEHE
April 28, 2008 12:18 PM
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desperate people. what a sham!!!! shame shame shame tiny timmy!!!!!
just so everyone knows, brian wanted me to donate the proceeds to charity.
To Brian haters,
May your soul be blessed and your kins be spared from the bad karma.
Brian dear,
take care and be well.
xoxo,
Sue
Anon 136:
Stop the bible bullshit and preach in church.
1) Jesus was never born on a Christmas.This is a Mithraitic Greek festival.
2) Jesus NEVER rose on Easter this is a pagan festival.
3) Your Old Testament bullshit are copied from Mesopotamian legends to justify Palestine for the Jews.
So please stop it. Fanatics like you are responsible for all the MUrders of the Inquisition.
Please do more internet research and REALIZE that your bible is but a book of fables.
God is neither Allah or Yahweh or Buddha dammit. People like you are so one track mind. What pains my fucking ass is that you try to ram it down our throats. Please go to Europe and preach in the empty churches because no one believes your myopia in the internet age.
Please google Easter to find out that your holy book is but a constitution of the Byzantine Empire. Nothing more.
Religious fanatics like YOU have been responsible for wars of ALL ages. You make me wanna PUKE.
Praise the Lord jackasses!
to godlovesbrian:
man go suck some dick like other priests and get a life huh? this aint the middle ages to breach about your scripture.
Dear arsey,
That still does not make them the words of Annie Lennox. Process it. Mentally.
@ aspasia: So true. One commenter early in the blog had actually called Brian as the Aussie Jose Rizal.
to the one lambasting bading of the world: matitinong bakla? Or closeted na bakla? hahaha! Don't worry, Inday. We'll pray for you na sana makapag ladlad ka na at maging masaya ka na sa buhay mo.
Once again Mabuhay si Josefa Rizal Gorrell!
(I expect a lot of flak with that last comment in
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Yun lang pow. Bow. (ala Chikatime)
i used to think so high of you but when you placed that teri hatcher clip now it seems like youre a hypocrite when you say you love Filipinos. you cant even take it out. you dont know that you hurt us too, some of us are not dj montano or part of the gg you know. DONT GENERALIZE ALL THE DOCTORS AND NURSES IN OUR COUNTRY. just because that happened in cebu doesnt mean every1 is like that. you generalized us.
noypi said...
HOY NOYPI: You shut the fuck!!!!!
Your post is really out of line. Wake up GG camp. Snort coke, sleep for the rest of your life. i thought you already have leave the blog, why are you still here. GO GO GO..go to hell. PUTA KA!
chiqua said...
Hear me out. I am not a hater, just an observer with an opinion.
HEY ANOTHER DUMB, STUPID GG CAMP!
why are you hear you asshole. Go away we dont need you here. If you don't like the blog of Brian, no one cares if you leave. JUST LEAVE OKEY! spare the space to the real person, not an animal like you. FUCK YOUR ASS. go to hell. mamatay sana kayong GG camp kayo..marvili? wenna? celine? tina? mga kampon ni satanas.
Anonymous said...
Dear anonymous, Annie Lennox has a more fab version of that song. Google it.
--Arsey
Ha! Whose version is better is a matter of opinion. You may like her version more, but she DIDN'T write it, ok? I said there's no argument on your post, so stop saving face by being irrational.
Aspasia... you hit it in the head with evolution as key. Hope to read more of you here.
"All evolution in thought and conduct must at first appear as heresy and misconduct" - George Bernard Shaw
Cherry - silent observer
Anonymous said...
chiqua said...
Hear me out. I am not a hater, just an observer with an opinion.
HEY ANOTHER DUMB, STUPID GG CAMP!
why are you hear you asshole. Go away we dont need you here. If you don't like the blog of Brian, no one cares if you leave. JUST LEAVE OKEY! spare the space to the real person, not an animal like you. FUCK YOUR ASS. go to hell. mamatay sana kayong GG camp kayo..marvili? wenna? celine? tina? mga kampon ni satanas.
April 28, 2008 9:46 PM
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Very harsh word huh?Why?Does the truth slammed on your face by chiqua hurts?Can't accept the fact that other than Brian's gucci gang,there are other people who are disgusted with him?
And borg queen,Ausie Jose Rizal?Si Brian Gorrell?Nyahahaha!!Saan mo nakuha yon day?ROFLOLBMHW!!!nyahaha!!!Ingit ka naman!Kilala mo ba si Rizal acheng?Di siguro kase day alam ko sa college lang itinura jan sa pilipinas life and works of rizal kaya di mo sya kilala kaya naikukumpara mo sya kay Brian!And,so,sa pag kakaintindi mo,pag disente at matino ang isang bakla,closet queen?Dapat talaga sa mga baklang balahura,pasakan ng LPG sa pwet para maging masaya na lahat!
ok may mag cocoment dyan wag na mahiya sasabihin ulit gucci ako in
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booyah!
Anonymous said 8:01...
hmmm looks like the gg members ARE back in town and doing a lot of postings here. or at least their ghostwriters are posting here...
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geezz....anyone who disagrees with brian are GG members? what an idiot!
noypi said...
You know its a different matter when you attack our religion and our race. Corruption in the Philippines is given thats a fact! There is no such as a team leader for you here but supporters who are against oppression by the powerful people identified with corruption. I supported you because I hate the likes of DJ who take advantage of the vulnerability of individuals like you. I hate you because you are going too far. In order to get even to DJ you are dragging all his friends but i dont care because they are of the same feather. HOWEVER, its a different matter when even my country who is already down, you still want to trample upon. I cant offer my country anything but loyalty. I hate the people running my government who are corrupt, whatever you call them. But, you should have your limitations in attacking my country. Reality bites yeah thats true. But our comments also arent they? Dont be self righteous Brian. I know you have a good heart but please try to weight everything you write. you are alone im sure you are just in the company of your dogs but please try to go out and breath some fresh air and try to think things over. Talk to your friends face to face and not just read these comments and emails you receive. get a life dude. Your questions that if some of your supporters who doesnt want to read what they wanted to hear from you turn against you? How is that if your supporters posted some bad comments that does mean they are your enemies already? give me a break. we keep coming back here its not because we love your postings but we are here because we want to remind you when you are going to far or not. it is your blog i dont care, in as much as it it can be viewed by the public you just cant claim its all yours. Your supporters who are claiming to be very loyal to you and encourage you more? They just want you court the ire of your many supporters so that many people will be attacking your real purpose. but if you stay focus about dj montano there will be lesser holes for them to attack you. dj is soo happy now im sure because more people who are very supportive of you are now turning against you, not because they support him but because you are attacking your own supporters, their religion and race. come to your senses brian. think about it. its not yet to late to edit your post about the vicente sotto memorial medical center. your harsh words can easily be edited and its easy to apologize to the catholics whom you have offended if you are really true and honest to yourself. courting the ire of your supporters whom who put you to your status now will also be the ones who are going to pull you down. dont claim that you love the philippines if you are attacking its people and its religion. we supported you when you attack the only few who are spiritually corrupt and thieves but dont generalize because the filipinos will always be filipinos. even if we live in a foreign country we our loyalty is still our native Philippines. its our country and even if its not perfect we still love it thats why we keep coming back.
amen!
RIGHT ON TARGET, NOYPI! EXACTLY MY SENTIMENTS.
And borg queen,Ausie Jose Rizal?Si Brian Gorrell?Nyahahaha!!Saan mo nakuha yon day?ROFLOLBMHW!!!nyahaha!!!Ingit ka naman!Kilala mo ba si Rizal acheng?Di siguro kase day alam ko sa college lang itinura jan sa pilipinas life and works of rizal kaya di mo sya kilala kaya naikukumpara mo sya kay Brian!
HAHAHA TANGA! SABI KO SOME COMMENTER EARLY IN THE BLOG CALLED BRIAN THE AUSSIE JOSE RIZAL. MATUTO KANG MAGBASA! GAGO!
And,so,sa pag kakaintindi mo,pag disente at matino ang isang bakla,closet queen?Dapat talaga sa mga baklang balahura,pasakan ng LPG sa pwet para maging masaya na lahat!
ANG SA PAGKAKAINTINDI KO, ANG BAKLANG YUN AY GALIT KAY BADING OF THE WORLD DAHIL ISA SIYANG CLOSETED NA BAKLA. TARANTADO!
AND YOU HAVE NO ORIGINALITY DEAR. COPYING MY COUNTDOWN. AT BAKIT NANDITO KA PA RIN, DEAR? I THOUGHT HATERS WENT AWAY TO EAT SOME TURD?
AND STOP SAYING BOOYAH, DEAR. YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE FROM THE GHETTOS OF LOS ANGELES.
MABUHAY SI JOSEFA RIZAL!!!
YUN LANG POW. BOW. (ALA CHIKATIME)
Anonymous has left a new comment on the post "TEAM BRIAN? Happy Monday":
BRIAN I USED TO LIKE YOU AND SUPPORT YOU
BUT YOU KEEP ATTACKING PEOPLE LIKE TIM AND ESTABLISHMENTS LIKE EMBASSY WHO HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH YOU. ITS A FUCKIN CLUB ITS PEOPLE LIKE CELINE AND DJ YOUR EX BOYFRIEND YOU IDIOT!
YOU ARE NOW BASICALLY CREATING YOUR OWN KARMA TO YOURSELF FOR BRINGING THIS NEGATIVITY TO THE TABLE. YOU CALL EMBASSY A DRUG DEN, GET WITH THE FUCKING PROGRAM YOU HAVE CLUBS IN AUSTRALIA AND THEY HAVE DRUGS THERE. YOU GOT HIV FROM DOING ECSTASY SO DONT BE FUCKING BIGGOT I USE TO SUPPORT YOU BUT NOW YOUR JUST A HIPOCRIT
ANO BA?! MAG-DADALAWANG BUWAN NA HINDI KA PA RIN MARUNONG MAG-SPELL NG TAMA? IT'S BIGOT, NOT BIGGOT. IT'S HYPOCRITE, NOT HIPOCRIT. STOP EMBARRASSING YOURSELF, STUPID GG DEFENDER!
Anon, April 28, 2008 12:22 PM,
"However, you don't reach out to people and help make a change by making comments that offend people so directly. Filipinos value tact and are hurt to the core when foreigners criticize our country."
I am a Filipino. I am not hurt, with the brutal frankness of a foreigner like Brian. I am actually thankful, that there is someone who can say it as it is, without fear, because his life and livelihood is not going to be threatened by the those who are i power, and are corrupt to the core.
I am not offended at all. I think, those who are offended, are those who are corrupt themselves, or who support corruption.
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"Many of us have given up on ourselves and our country and it's way to easy to feel like you (and many foreigners who criticize so easily) are kicking us while we're down."
Filipinos have not given up on ourselves. We have given up on the government, to do its solemn duty, to serve the Filipino people. That is why, you see many Filipinos, even medical doctors who ended up taking nursing, just to be able to leave the Philippines, do so, because these Filipinos still believe in themselves, and know, that outside the Philippines, their skills and talents will be appreciated more. Not so much, in the Philippines, with the kind of system going on right now.
Many Filipinos love the Philippines, our country, our homeland, BUT NOT the system of government. There is a difference there. Do not confuse the government running the country, with the country itself.
As a Filipino, I feel, that I am being kicked down, by the corruption in our home country, the Philippines.
I should have the right connection, be born to the right family, go to the right school, be married to someone powerful, or be elected to a powerful position, before, I can improve my station in life. Hard work alone, is not enough.
In the Philippines, the golden rule, is the primary rule:
He who has the gold, rules !
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"It's easy to give up and jump ship when there's no more hope. "
Can the Philippine government serve the basic needs of the Filipinos? How does the Philippine government, manage the taxpayer's money, the foreign aids coming in the country, the tax collection specially of big businesses? How does the Philippine government conduct business, with foreign companies? NBN-ZTE deal? Jun Lozada? Moderate your greed?
Who among the Filipinos, are not frustrated, seeing these cronies getting fat kickbacks on public projects, while many more Filipinos, say children in Mindanao, who has to walk 12 km, just to go to school?
How many public schools do we have? What is the quality of our public schools?
How much of the funds allocated for projects for the public, had ended up in the private bank accounts of corrupt people?
Spare me, please.
You know quite well, how many activists, end up like Jonas Burgos, missing and perhaps dead. You speak up, in this country, and you will be labeled a LEFTIST. Or, you can get sued in court, just for speaking up the truth.
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"Show us that there are other options besides "give up" or "fight to the death".
What do you mean by "giving up"? When a Filipino finally decides to go abroad to work? Is that giving up ? Giving up on the corrupt system in the Philippines, for sure. The Filipinos who had gone abroad to work, need to support a family, and the only way they know how is by honest work. They can always "play with the music", in the Philippines, and get suckered in by the corrupt system, but they chose not to. Those who work an honest living in the Philippines, see other people in the Philippines, getting ahead in life, because of corruption.
Understand, those whose father or mother, or sister or brother,
decide to work overseas (if this is what you call, "giving up" ),
make a lot of sacrifices, just to give a better future for their loved ones. A bright future, that we can not get from the way our country is run, right now, by those in power.
About
"fight to the death"
if you fight for your rights in the Philippines, even if you speak the truth, death is not too far. I've heard, some people "here" got some death threats just for speaking up the truth, or for supporting the truth.
To Maleficent,
i dig the way you ram it up their asses when they try to ram it down our throats. i hate those religious fanatics myself. they among the reasons why our country is so fucked-up. frankly, they would look more convincing if they wore a straitjacket when they preach. i hope you stick around this blog long enough to remind them they're not wanted here (or anywhere, in a perfect world).
hey B...
You are free to post your opinion B, to start with this is you blog!!!
I totally respect individual opinions... the way I expect that my personal viewpoint is respected as well. Thus, as I've often repeated in my numerous postings... lets agree to disagree. No name calling... because then its reduced to pettiness.
We can battle and debate... that is all fine and acceptable in civilized society. You always observe and confine yourself to the established set of ethics "in my view." Maybe others just dont have a similar take.
I've been quietly reading your postings the past couple of weeks and has not really actively reacted, since my take on certain thing are already in common with other postings. I just inhibit myself from the said exercise or redundancy.
You have every right B, this is you blog. Period.
My support always B... in your continuing struggle.
My best--
alexandra f.m.
Hi Brian! We all know this is your blog. But this Blog won't be successful as it is right now if it hadn't been for your readers. So I suggest that you please your readers or else no one will be left here.
From the beginning you know very well that people here don't really care about you, they are just here for your gossips (typical pinoys). Don't expect too much from them. Remember we are all here and you are alone there!! At the end of the day it's just gonna be you and dogs.
Bye,bye Brian. I just got turned off by that post about the Vicente Sotto medical center. Everybody agrees those doctors and nurses were in the wrong. But generalizing....you suck, dude! My father is a doctor...and he is a damn good one. And you just insulted him and the rest of the hardworking and professional doctors openly. Do you truly love the philippines? i DONT THINK SO!!!! That's what you say, but do no translate into action. YOU HAVE INSULTED OUR COUNTRY MANY TIMES!!! WHO ARE YOU, HIGH AND MIGHTY FAGGOT!!!! The Terri Hatcher comment was like the biggest blow to us. Anybody who doesn't think so is one BLOODY IDIOT!!! You're a stupid hypocrite!!!
Thank God I realized this before I decided to send you my donation!!
April 28, 2008 8:24 AM
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Tell your dad to punch those doctors in the face and shove canisters in their asses.
Before you direct your anger at Bryan, get angry at Philstar, Inquirer and all the Philippine tabloids, ABS-CBN, GMA and almost all primetime newscast first because they have reported it and named the doctors.
Lastly, why don't you look for that nursing student and his CI who uploaded that video on the youtube?
Shouldn't you be doing your father a favor if you go after the real culprit rather than posting lame and unoriginal messages here for Bryan?
Think with you head...
KAM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
@honey
... brian should leave the national issues to us.... he shouldn't touch this matters... he already exploited pa the more the issue, walang hiya siya...! ni hindi man lang niya binigyan ng kahihiyan yung taong nasa operating room.... kinalat pa niya! Don't you get the point? Brian should stick to the issues to get back his money... period!
so what you're saying is "Leave the Philippines' problems alone and let the Filipinos address them"
that's a great idea, kinda like letting a death row convict drive himself to the execution site.
note to pinoys: Why dont you try using your powers of reason for a change, and stop living in pity for yourselves. The Spanish and Americans may have colonized you but it's time to stop playing that card.
B, i'm still with you. don't worry. team brian all the way!
Brian,
No need to apologize really. You are doing what most of us here do not have the courage to do. We hide through anonymous posts (he he he myself included), while you are out there exposing the truth. You care more about the country than some of us here in the comments section. There are a lot of close minded/"know it all" people in the cyberworld so just hang in there.
Hey Brian! I'm sorry about the flak that you've been getting for the Cebu scandal post you made.
Don't listen to your haters, B. I think it's brilliant of you to come out with all these stories of ugliness about our country.
You've opened doors for debate, dear. These concepts -- homophobia, basic human rights, social justice -- are all relative in this country, and it's just about time that we start realizing that there are ABSOLUTE rights and wrongs out there, outside the borders of our islands. ABSOLUTE RIGHTS AND WRONGS THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYONE BEING CATHOLIC, WHITE, BROWN, or GAY. Wake up people, this is not just an *isolated national issue.* A lot of us are bigots, so start owning up to that.
Thank you, Gorell. You are fucking amazing, man. Keep it up, and there are still a lot of us rooting for you here.
- proud Filipina
to April 29, 2008 3:07 PM,
Giving up in my post meant to lose hope that we would ever change or improve, to concede to that we are either poor or corrupt and that's the way it is.
Leaving the country is most certainly not "giving up", and people that do seek a better life elsewhere can often do a lot to improve their own situation and that of the country. I agree about people dying for what is right, but should those be our only options?
I am glad that you are not offended by such statements and hope that many more Filipinos would react as constructively as you do. However, in my experience, this is not always the case and I have found that a certain amount of tact, especially from foreigners, goes a long way.
I would love to see Filipinos discussing objectively what can be improved in our culture and government. I believe that dialogue about and amongst ourselves is one of the first things we need to do to bring about change, as it will help to bring about understanding of this culture and why things have become this way. I am so glad to see it happening in this blog.
- A Filipino-American who chooses to stay in the Philippines