Thursday, August 23, 2007

Malu Fernandez who?

I came across this article from my RSS tracker, and checked out the story. As interested as i was, i did a couple of searches and came across the "controversial" article she wrote for People Asia Magazine.

Hehehe, she did get the ire of those who she wrote against, as evidenced in this message board. Do a Google and you'll find a lot of hits about this suddenly "famous" name.

Some excerpts from the 'infamous' article:
However I forgot that the hub was in Dubai and the majority of the OFWs (overseas Filipino workers) were stationed there. The duty-free shop was overrun with Filipino workers selling cell phones and perfume. Meanwhile, I wanted to slash my wrist at the thought of being trapped in a plane with all of them.
While I was on the plane (where the seats were so small I had bruises on my legs), my only consolation was the entertainment on the small flat screen in front of me. But it was busted, so I heaved a sigh, popped my sleeping pills and dozed off to the sounds of gum chewing and endless yelling of “HOY! Kumusta ka na? At taga san ka? Domestic helper ka rin ba?” Translation: “Hey there? Where are you from? Are you a domestic helper as well?” I thought I had died and God had sent me to my very own private hell.
On my way back, I had to bravely take the economy flight once more. This time I had already resigned myself to being trapped like a sardine in a sardine can with all these OFWs smelling of AXE and Charlie cologne while Jo Malone evaporated into thin air.
Based from what other bloggers and 'comment-ers' has to say about this lady writing this kind of article just to be 'famous', i can say that she indeed did well in what she wanted. Naging sikat nga siya, though not the way you want 'famous' to be. Hehehehehehe.

A lesson to writers, be careful what you write about. What this lady has done, it cost her her job, and career, and reputation. So the next time you write something about someone or some other thing, keep in mind that there will always be someone who will not like what you've written.

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