Modeled after the "Change" poster by Shepard Fairey.
This image will come in handy for my campaign poster when I run for president. Or my t-shirt design when I become an idolized communist guerrilla fighter.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Iconic
Here's my latest act of vanity:
Modeled after the "Change" poster by Shepard Fairey.
This image will come in handy for my campaign poster when I run for president. Or my t-shirt design when I become an idolized communist guerrilla fighter.
Modeled after the "Change" poster by Shepard Fairey.
This image will come in handy for my campaign poster when I run for president. Or my t-shirt design when I become an idolized communist guerrilla fighter.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
A disgusting performance by Recah Trinidad
If you've been following my entries you'll know I have little love for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, but I was stunned by the utter backwardness of the piece I came across just today.
"Team Philippines: Who’s the biggest flop of all?", written by Recah Trinidad.
The whole direction of the editorial is to make the Filipino Olympic athletes currently competing in Beijing look like bumbling incompetents falling over themselves. He refers to "dismal Philippine failures", and asks "who's the dumbest among the early Filipino losers".
He stupidly calls swimmer Miguel Molina "mediocre" and "lucky he did not drown", apparently because he performed 32/100 of a second off of his own Philippine record in the 200m breaststroke.
He stupidly faults our 17 year old wildcard entry in weightlifting, Hidilyn Diaz, because beating her own personal best apparently didn't lift her above 11th place.
He stupidly chides long jumper Henry Dagmil for not making the Olympic qualifying mark "despite repeated tries", as if jumping 8.05 meters is something that could be expected from anyone.
The lack of medals is obviously disappointing to the public, but to paint our Olympians as losers? What mindboggling disrespect! How many medals have you won? Who the hell do you think you are? Let me tell you: You're a discredited fringe bigot peddling a piece of garbage article with no other intent than to humiliate the athletes representing the country we love.
The sheer idiocy of this jackass speaks for itself. I mean, even though I often disagree with The Inquirer's slant, how could this imbecile have slipped into the ranks of their columnists? If it were up to me I'd fire him on the spot.
Absolutely shameful, Recah. Just sickening.
"Team Philippines: Who’s the biggest flop of all?", written by Recah Trinidad.
The whole direction of the editorial is to make the Filipino Olympic athletes currently competing in Beijing look like bumbling incompetents falling over themselves. He refers to "dismal Philippine failures", and asks "who's the dumbest among the early Filipino losers".
He stupidly calls swimmer Miguel Molina "mediocre" and "lucky he did not drown", apparently because he performed 32/100 of a second off of his own Philippine record in the 200m breaststroke.
He stupidly faults our 17 year old wildcard entry in weightlifting, Hidilyn Diaz, because beating her own personal best apparently didn't lift her above 11th place.
He stupidly chides long jumper Henry Dagmil for not making the Olympic qualifying mark "despite repeated tries", as if jumping 8.05 meters is something that could be expected from anyone.
The lack of medals is obviously disappointing to the public, but to paint our Olympians as losers? What mindboggling disrespect! How many medals have you won? Who the hell do you think you are? Let me tell you: You're a discredited fringe bigot peddling a piece of garbage article with no other intent than to humiliate the athletes representing the country we love.
The sheer idiocy of this jackass speaks for itself. I mean, even though I often disagree with The Inquirer's slant, how could this imbecile have slipped into the ranks of their columnists? If it were up to me I'd fire him on the spot.
Absolutely shameful, Recah. Just sickening.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Philippines at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Beijing Olympics officially opens today, with an opening ceremony that promises to be the incredibly magificent spectacle that only the might of a billion-people-strong communist giant can give. Just look at that beautiful monstrosity that is their Olympic Stadium... Look at it!
It's screaming "OMG China is awesome".
The Philippines has 15 competitors this time around, which seemed a shockingly small number until I realized it's only one less than the delegation to Athens in 2004. They'll be competing in 17 events across 8 sports.
Our Manny Pacquiao will be carrying the flag in the opening ceremonies, though not competing in any event.
The Inquirer had a nice article briefly profiling the athletes individually, summing up their past performances and achievements. They also give a quick forecast on each one's medal chances, saying that 11 of them have "almost zero chance" of winning a medal in Beijing. Pretty demoralizing, though brutally honest. They gave Eric Ang (Shooting) and Tshomlee Go (Taekwondo) some hopes of winning a medal, and Harry Tañamor (Boxing) and Mary Antoinette Rivero (Taekwondo) good chances of winning a medal.
There are a total of around 10,500 athletes competing in 302 events in Beijing. That adds up to about 1 medal for every 12 competitors. The Philippines has never won a gold medal. If Team Philippines could get just one person to win a medal-- any medal, anything to get this country on the medal scoreboard for the first time in 12 years-- that certainly would be an achievement to be proud of.
It's screaming "OMG China is awesome".The Philippines has 15 competitors this time around, which seemed a shockingly small number until I realized it's only one less than the delegation to Athens in 2004. They'll be competing in 17 events across 8 sports.
- Mark Javier (Archery - Men's individual)
- Henry Dagmil (Athletics - Men's long jump)
- Marestella Torres (Athletics - Women's long jump)
- Harry Tañamor (Boxing - Light flyweight)
- Rexel Ryan Fabriga (Diving - Men's 10m platform)
- Sheila Mae Perez (Diving - Women's 3m springboard)
- Eric Ang (Shooting - Trap)
- Miguel Molina (Swimming - Men's 200m individual; 200m breaststroke)
- James Walsh (Swimming - Men's 200m butterfly)
- Ryan Arabejo (Swimming - Men's 1500m freestyle)
- Daniel Coakley (Swimming - Men's 50m freestyle)
- Christel Simms (Swimming - Women's 50m freestyle; 100m freestyle)
- Tshomlee Go (Taekwondo - Men's 58 kg class)
- Mary Antoinette Rivero (Taekwondo - Women's 67kg class)
- Hidilyn Diaz (Weightlifting - Women's 58kg class)
Our Manny Pacquiao will be carrying the flag in the opening ceremonies, though not competing in any event.
The Inquirer had a nice article briefly profiling the athletes individually, summing up their past performances and achievements. They also give a quick forecast on each one's medal chances, saying that 11 of them have "almost zero chance" of winning a medal in Beijing. Pretty demoralizing, though brutally honest. They gave Eric Ang (Shooting) and Tshomlee Go (Taekwondo) some hopes of winning a medal, and Harry Tañamor (Boxing) and Mary Antoinette Rivero (Taekwondo) good chances of winning a medal.
There are a total of around 10,500 athletes competing in 302 events in Beijing. That adds up to about 1 medal for every 12 competitors. The Philippines has never won a gold medal. If Team Philippines could get just one person to win a medal-- any medal, anything to get this country on the medal scoreboard for the first time in 12 years-- that certainly would be an achievement to be proud of.
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