I saw this movie way back in 2001 during some Manila filmfest. Anyway I was surprised when i saw this since I thought the MTRCB allowed this to slip by since it contains well... countless amounts of explicit content. And how ignorant of me not to even know who Nick Joaquin was at that time. Anyway soon after i saw the movie my mom explained to me once what it was about but I still didn't get it since she said its about "women ruling the world for 3 days".
Uh excuse me?!! ok I know many of you are gonna flame me, curse me, bash me, maul me or other brutal fantasies you guys might have BUT I'M SORRY I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW SEXUAL ZEALOTS BECOME RULERS FOR 3 DAYS!!! FTW!!!
Countless times I wonder how did this even make it to our cultural society when I as a Filipino (though not pure) could not even grasp its concept no matter what. I know I watched it carefully (including the exotic stuff of course) set in the 1900's during the American regime much of Filipino cultures we're under patriarchal influence therefore ownership of women were rampant. So if this is a story depicting how women get equal I just cannot grasp it.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Litfili entry 2
Stories covered this week were "the Mats" and "Divide by Two" by Francisco Arcellana.
OK to be honest I was neither amazed or bored with these as part of me wanted to know if Filipinos during the pre-war era were of the sort but then again I come to constant realizations that these traits happens to nearly everyone so i guess the era has practically nothing to do with this. But also I do not think this only applies to Filipinos cause any good father in the world would provide for the entire family until a certain point. I do not see how this behavior was only related to Filipinos in the class discussion. Any Dad in the world misses their family no matter what lest they the fathers just accidentally impregnated someone they don't know and has a serious lack of moral's then they'd care less.
Now for the story of "Divide by Two" it was incredibly difficult for me to relate lest write about it since Im such a noob when it comes to relationships. Yes I know many out there will not believe a 25 year old who claims never had one since birth, well I gotta tell you folks now! BELIEVE IT! And believe me when I say I don't really know what my thoughts are about that. And believe me it is also not because Im lazy to do blogs as most of you guys can see. Regardless one thing about that story though is it really shows how complex being in a relationship is and yes at some point I begin thinking when I'll find the woman I like but normally reality strikes me to practically accept I'm not ready for that kind of responsibility as I'm already having enough trouble looking after my own. And frankly high context communication though maybe good at some point, these days it just creates more elitists who practically pose to be smarter and emotionally strong like they can read minds but instead become useless folk. Its normally taken even the wrong way by most and these people who promote higher context use it against others instead of helping them.
Kinda explains why break-ups happen much more often doesn't it? Nearly any smart-ass is trying to show who's got the guts but in the end become nothing more than stuck-ups which is why in the end of the story they even had no idea of what they were fighting for.:D
OK to be honest I was neither amazed or bored with these as part of me wanted to know if Filipinos during the pre-war era were of the sort but then again I come to constant realizations that these traits happens to nearly everyone so i guess the era has practically nothing to do with this. But also I do not think this only applies to Filipinos cause any good father in the world would provide for the entire family until a certain point. I do not see how this behavior was only related to Filipinos in the class discussion. Any Dad in the world misses their family no matter what lest they the fathers just accidentally impregnated someone they don't know and has a serious lack of moral's then they'd care less.
Now for the story of "Divide by Two" it was incredibly difficult for me to relate lest write about it since Im such a noob when it comes to relationships. Yes I know many out there will not believe a 25 year old who claims never had one since birth, well I gotta tell you folks now! BELIEVE IT! And believe me when I say I don't really know what my thoughts are about that. And believe me it is also not because Im lazy to do blogs as most of you guys can see. Regardless one thing about that story though is it really shows how complex being in a relationship is and yes at some point I begin thinking when I'll find the woman I like but normally reality strikes me to practically accept I'm not ready for that kind of responsibility as I'm already having enough trouble looking after my own. And frankly high context communication though maybe good at some point, these days it just creates more elitists who practically pose to be smarter and emotionally strong like they can read minds but instead become useless folk. Its normally taken even the wrong way by most and these people who promote higher context use it against others instead of helping them.
Kinda explains why break-ups happen much more often doesn't it? Nearly any smart-ass is trying to show who's got the guts but in the end become nothing more than stuck-ups which is why in the end of the story they even had no idea of what they were fighting for.:D
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Litfili entry 1
Note this blog entry is partially my thoughts on Filipino literature and is also required for my university so bare with me.
The 1st two stories we read which were "My Father Goes To Court" and "How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife". Now for my opinion. There isn't much to think about here since much of Filipino's are still at this state despite the massive westernization going on in the country. Heck there's even a massive political crisis on going in the country yet some Filipino families (especially those in the province) could ignore the crisis and go on with their lives and make the most out of it. I guess like the saying being simple has its prize it truly applies to rural folk.
Notice how most Filipinos in the city (especially the ones who came from the United States) become spoiled and are never content with everything surrounding them. In-fact they begin acting like they are one of them and normally even forget to take a good look in the mirror to see if they are looking at an "American". Take note of the quotation marks I placed on the word American.
Sadly this has been a trait even during colonial times (as represented in the stories set in the early 1900's till the end of World War II) where many of our fellow countrymen will kiss ass to foreign powers in order to gain the upper hand against fellow countrymen. Discrimination even gradually turns rampant as most elitists badger most of the witless and the oppressed who are highly deprived of education due to extreme poverty. Yet funny thing is despite all this there is still a part of them that values family unlike most westerners. Filipino parents are far more caring despite the culture change or Americanization of the most Filipinos.
The 1st two stories we read which were "My Father Goes To Court" and "How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife". Now for my opinion. There isn't much to think about here since much of Filipino's are still at this state despite the massive westernization going on in the country. Heck there's even a massive political crisis on going in the country yet some Filipino families (especially those in the province) could ignore the crisis and go on with their lives and make the most out of it. I guess like the saying being simple has its prize it truly applies to rural folk.
Notice how most Filipinos in the city (especially the ones who came from the United States) become spoiled and are never content with everything surrounding them. In-fact they begin acting like they are one of them and normally even forget to take a good look in the mirror to see if they are looking at an "American". Take note of the quotation marks I placed on the word American.
Sadly this has been a trait even during colonial times (as represented in the stories set in the early 1900's till the end of World War II) where many of our fellow countrymen will kiss ass to foreign powers in order to gain the upper hand against fellow countrymen. Discrimination even gradually turns rampant as most elitists badger most of the witless and the oppressed who are highly deprived of education due to extreme poverty. Yet funny thing is despite all this there is still a part of them that values family unlike most westerners. Filipino parents are far more caring despite the culture change or Americanization of the most Filipinos.
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