Archive for women


Websites go yellow for Cory

Aside from the printed version of the Philippine Daily Inquirer turning its masthead yellow, other websites have followed, too.

whatsikat’s homepage was yellow!
Albert has a photo album of these logos. (Why didn’t Google Philippines tie a yellow ribbon?)
Twitter users used twibbon to tie a yellow ribbon around their avatars.
Ilaw ng tahanan at buong kalawakan! says indolentindio.
Yes, [...]

Alec Baldwin wants a Filipina (or Russian) mail-order bride

Alec Baldwin makes a joke on a May 12 David Letterman episode that he doesn’t have much luck with ladies so he’d rather get a Filipina (or Russian) mail-order bride. He was then put on the Immigration blacklist as an “undesirable alien” and has consequently issued an apology on his blog:
“…However, I do apologize to [...]

They feel more comfortable especially when they’re having tattoos done in a hidden area of their body…

“For me, tattoo is a serious kind of art, because your canvas is skin and it marks permanently. You can’t afford mistakes, and it really takes lots of skills and talent to be able to work with machines as you work with your craft. A single mistake can damage the whole artwork, so for me [...]

Sometimes divorce could be a breath of fresh air…

Ebyang, a Filipina writer, talks about divorce:
“And I have learned that when the box we live in becomes suffocating, we have the choice to get out of it and live outside it.

When asked by my mom, where have all my values gone? It’s actually still there inside the box and I am outside of it [...]

No dating until 18?

Every morning I visit whatsikat to get an overview of what’s new and also to make sure that it still works.
A post under “women” caught my eye and it was Noemi’s “A Mother’s Guide to Daughter’s Suitors or Boyfriend” which I thought was very sweet. I am neither a mother nor do I have a [...]