Mar
25th
Tue
25th
Carlos Celdran: Nobody is "high society" -- anybody can be "high society"
“There is NO such thing as “high society” in a country that was built by the money of glorified farmers (hacienderos) and merchants (the Ilustrados). Period. The stark reality here is that the Philippines has NOT had royalty in over 3 centuries, so the concept of being “elite” in the Philippines is totally manufactured. Jeez, even the Zobels and Sys and Gokongweis had their beginnings as simple shopkeepers. So having said that, ANYBODY can be “High Society”. In a good way, everything becomes quite democratic, the field is level when it comes to choosing who should be our society’s “icons”. But sadly, instead of choosing Filipinos of merit/morals to be our role models in defining the modern Philippine lifestyle, it seems that the mainstream media has chosen to glorify pretentiousness and choose posers as the ones the masses should emulate.” — HEAR HEAR!