FASHIONPULIS: Snobbish influencer

 

By Mike Lim

Published May 30, 2026 03:47 pm

At A Glance

Social Media Influencer (SI) has long cultivated an image of being energetic, approachable, and fun-loving. She rose to prominence through innovative and creative content, gaining a large following with her unconventional style and presentations.

A Social Media Influencer (SI) reportedly displayed an aloof attitude toward an unsuspecting worker (UW) at an event.

UW had been assigned to welcome SI upon her arrival at the venue. However, her enthusiasm quickly faded when SI arrived. According to those present, SI walked straight into the office without acknowledging UW or the fans waiting to greet her.

SI has long cultivated an image of being energetic, approachable, and fun-loving. She rose to prominence through innovative and creative content, gaining a large following with her unconventional style and presentations.   

As her audience grew—without resorting to gimmicks or gambling-related promotions—brands began offering sponsorship deals, while celebrities started appearing in her videos. Many followers admired how she used her earnings to improve her family's living conditions, including providing them with a new home. These gestures earned her widespread praise and reinforced her image as an ideal daughter.

With fame came greater opportunities. SI gradually rebranded herself into a more sophisticated personality, eventually turning her name into a marketable brand. Invitations and endorsements multiplied, but some observers have reportedly been less impressed with her off-camera demeanor.

At the recent event, SI appeared distant and reserved toward the staff, a stark contrast to the cheerful persona she projects online. UW was particularly surprised when SI's demeanor suddenly changed and she became warm and engaging. The timing, however, was notable—it happened just as members of the press arrived.

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice... Whatever choice you make makes you.” — Roy T. Bennett   

Considerate partner

When the relationship of an influential industry couple came to an end, many expected a messy fallout. Observers anticipated a barrage of revelations, public accusations, or even a battle over creative credits. Instead, silence prevailed. No formal announcement was made, and news of the split spread only through whispers and industry gossip.

The creative partnership between Ex-Partner 1 (EP1) and Ex-Partner 2 (EP2) was widely admired. Despite being relatively young, the pair had already left a significant mark on the industry. Together, they were responsible for several landmark films and were credited with revitalizing the careers of actors whose box-office appeal had begun to fade.

Their projects often featured established but commercially risky stars. Yet, under the ex-couple's creative guidance, these films became both critical and commercial successes, earning impressive box-office returns and award-winning performances. Over time, EP1 and EP2 built a reputation for delivering quality productions, making them trusted names among moviegoers.

Unfortunately, the partnership eventually unraveled when EP1 reportedly had a change of heart. Despite being in a long-term relationship with EP2, he allegedly left her for a Fellow Colleague (FC), who was said to be working in the same office.

When EP2 realized the relationship had come to an end, she chose to maintain her composure. Rather than fuel speculation or provide gossip-hungry observers with details, she focused on her work and refrained from airing her grievances on social media.

According to a source, EP2 prioritized her peace of mind and allowed the more gracious side of her character to prevail. She understood the possible consequences if fans learned the full story. After all, she and EP1 were not only romantically involved—they were also business partners, and any controversy could have affected their ongoing and future projects.

Fans can be fiercely loyal, and public sympathy often translates into action. Had the circumstances become public, supporters might have called for boycotts or directed their anger toward EP1's projects. Such a scenario could have had serious business implications for everyone involved.

Instead, EP2 chose silence. In doing so, she not only protected the ventures they had built together but also shielded the man she once loved from potential backlash.

“Love that wounds over time is not love; it's a lesson to grow stronger and choose yourself first.” — Ayoub Imilouane

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Colombia's Vanessa Pulgarin makes history as first-ever MGI All Stars winner

By Neil Ramos

Published May 31, 2026 11:06 am  

Finishing behind Pulgarin were Ghana's Faith Maria Porter as first runner-up and Vietnam's Nguyen Huong Giang as second runner-up.

The Philippines also delivered a strong showing at the inaugural competition through former Miss Universe Philippines titleholder Gazini Ganados, who advanced to the Top 5 and earned widespread praise from pageant fans.

Ganados captivated the audience with her commanding stage presence and a stunning gold gown designed by Filipino designer Rian Fernandez, drawing loud cheers during the finals.

Among the Philippines' five representatives, Ganados achieved the highest placement. Fuschia Anne Ravena reached the Top 18, while Alexia Nuñez, Imelda Schweighart, and Keylyn Trajano exited earlier in the competition.

LIFE CHANGES DRAMATICALLY

Change allows you to explore new things and learn from different experiences. This will help you grow as a person as you can now understand more about yourself, your limits, and your desires.

Do you remember, my dear readers, what I wrote for a long time  at this corner? Our life will never be the way it used to be – due to Covid-19. Everything in our life changed. Really everything. 

Being in online classes while teaching but in the daily home office, I experienced a total change when it comes to the digital body language:  cues you send – or don’t send. Writer David Robson gets to the point in a nutshell: “Online, as in real-life, it’s not just what you say – but how you say it”. Meanwhile I was asked by Ateneo de Davao to continue my teaching face to face. No more online. Thank God!

Think about the last work email that you sent. Did its sentences end with full stops or exclamation marks, or did you forgo punctuation altogether? Was it peppered with emoji – or plain text? And was your response prompt, or did you have to apologise for the time it had taken to reply?

Now, consider your last Zoom call. Did you check your phone or email at least once during the meeting? And did you pause to be sure that the other speaker had finished? Or did you find yourself frequently interrupting their sentences, as you failed to take into account the slight delays in the connection?

According to the leadership expert Erica Dhawan, these are all examples of our “digital body language” – a concept that serves as the title of her new book. Like our in-person physical body language, digital body language concerns the subtle cues that signal things like our mood or engagement, and change the meaning of the words we say – be it in text, on the phone or in a video call.

Following David Robson, it is needless to say, the rise of remote working during the pandemic has only made these issues more urgent, but psychologists have long known that digital communication is ripe for misunderstanding.
So, what can be done? It’s indeed a question of mindfulness, so that we can be sure that our digital body language is intentional and appropriate to the situation at hand.

Do you like emojis?!? Well, first consider written communication, starting with the use of emoji and punctuation marks, like the exclamation point. Stylists may sneer, but many people (and include me in!) argue that they often help to clarify the meanings of the words themselves, much in the same way as a nodding head or a smirk in person. Whether you’re signalling urgency or excitement with ALL CAPS, impatience and irritation with an “?!?” or mutual appreciation with a fist-bump emoji, you are helping your text to convey the feelings you would have embodied in person.

It took me almost a whole year, but right now allow me to tell you: don’t feel shy about adopting these more informal digital cues, where appropriate – and be aware that others may well be expecting them.

Broadly, your use of punctuation and emojis are part of a bigger set of cues that will establish the tone of your exchanges – whether they feel formal or informal, enthusiastic or bored. Other signals will include your greetings (whether you include a friendly “Hello” at the start of the message or simply dive straight in), and your sign off (an emotionally distant “Regards” versus an enthusiastic “Thanks!”).

Honestly, sometimes I’m really getting tired of video calls and zoom meetings. They present their own unique problems. Your body language, manners and level of engagement on video-chat platforms can influence how colleagues see you and interpret your message. Even during my online teaching, I observed some students being absent-minded or even not being dressed well.

Whatever medium you use, you should remain conscious of two factors – trust and power – in all your interactions. These ratings will be subjective, of course, but if you sense there is a clear gap on either of these dimensions, you need to be more cautious.

In the past, the handshake, the smile and the smile gave us many well trusted signals,– but in online communication, our gratitude is often less apparent, or may not be expressed at all. Measures to remedy this could be as simple as sending a follow-up email, after a virtual meeting, to make it clear that you valued someone’s input, or cc’ing a junior colleague on an email to a client, acknowledging the role they played in a project. We can’t just assume that our colleagues will know how much we value them.

Erica Dhawan’s book Digital Body Language, is out now from St Martin’s Press. I learned a lot from her, especially perfecting our digital body language will take practice – but a few moments of thought each day may save hours of anxiety and confusion in the days and weeks ahead.

Earlier in this writeup, I mentioned David Robson. He is the author of The Intelligence Trap: Revolutionise Your Thinking and Make Wiser Decisions (Hodder & Stoughton/WW Norton) – out now in paperback. He is @d_a_robson on Twitter.

Since the pandemic, employees are leaving the workforce or switching jobs in droves. For many, employers have played a big part in why they’re walking away. It’s another big change in our business world. Read more about my thoughts in my next column here at this corner.

8 Signs Someone Is Highly Attracted To You

 

The Human Psyche & Emotions

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Posted by 

Jen Jekop

Telling when somebody likes you can sometimes be quite tricky, more so if the person does not make their feelings clear in any way. In fact, attraction usually begins at the level of small, almost imperceptible signs.

In the first place, it is important to bear in mind that they may be extremely skilled communicators. There are others who, by nature, show a lot of interest and, through their attitude, they are capable of making the whole world feel worthy and important. That being said, the feelings that they have for you are not necessarily the same as those that they communicate to you.

When someone is really attracted to you, this can lead to a situation where they send you a lot of conflicting messages perhaps because being around you makes them feel a little bit nervous.

What can you learn about a person's personality just by observing them?

 

The Open Forum

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Posted by 

Dineo Kgosi

Apr 26

1. People who easily talk about other people's bad things in front of you, also easily talk about your bad things in front of other people.
2. When someone is doing something and then stops what they are doing when you talk to them, it means they are really listening to what you are saying.
3. Talking to other people while smiling and occasionally looking into their eyes will make them feel comfortable talking to you.
4. Avoid arguments with stubborn people. No matter how valid your argument, it won't convince them because they'll feel humiliated if they give in.
5. This doesn't apply to everyone, but most people who are hyperactive on social media are a sign that their real life isn't as exciting as their online world. However, it's not uncommon for people to want to share their happiness on social media, and that's still okay.
6. People who always say the words ' Thank you, sorry, and please' are usually people with a good attitude. It's easy, but not everyone can do it.
7. The average person who dislikes or feels insecure in a crowd feels like everyone is staring at them, even though everyone is busy with their own activities and no one is paying attention to them.
8. People (including us) usually don't care about other people's opinions. We only hear what we want to hear.

How much profit do airlines make compared to other businesses?

 

Tomaž Vargazon

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You’d think airlines make a profit, but no. You see, airlines aren’t really in the business of ferrying people around, that’s just a necessary side hussle. They’re banks.

A few reasonably well known airlines

The airline business model is they ferry people around and if they turn up with what we call a “positive zero” around here, meaning the bottom line that looks like a bill for a bubble gum at a convenience store, they call it a successful year. They often don’t get that far, but it’s not a problem. For an airline, that’s just the inconvenient cost of doing business.

Their real income cash cow are loans. Airlines sit on piles upon piles of money that they turn and churn in the world financial markets. If you’re in the need of a big loan, odds are airlines have the money you need. Just sign at the bottom and they expect the delivery of your firstborn later that day.

Airlines are in the business of finance and their operating capital comes from you paying your tickets months in advance. That’s their business model, sell seat tickets well in advance and loan out the money in the meantime. With a sufficiently large volume of sales you’ll always have a huge amount of cash in a bank and that can be turned into enormous profits on financial market. The passenger is just the inconvenience they have to deal with on the side.

Now you understand why airlines sell deeply discounted tickets well in advance and also why they bother with the economy class at all. Economy class barely covers its own operating costs, but sells most tickets several months in advance, which gives the company the capital for their financial shenanigans. Business class makes money by itself and first class is again barely profitable but gets them the connections in business and finance they need to make a profit in their real business.

Funny, eh? That’s why USA doesn’t have a national high speed rail system. The finance system needs their airlines nice and plump to work with.

Powering the islands

 

By Manila Bulletin Newsroom

Published May 30, 2026 12:05 am | Updated May 29, 2026 05:30 pm

Many off-grid islands in the Philippines, including Mindoro and Palawan, remain heavily dependent on imported diesel generators. To shield residents from the full cost of diesel-based power generation, the government relies on universal charge for missionary electrification (UCME), a subsidy mechanism funded by consumers connected to the national grid.

In other words, every Filipino who pays an electricity bill in Metro Manila, Cebu, Davao, and other grid-connected areas helps shoulder part of the cost of keeping diesel-powered generators running in far-flung islands. The issue is therefore not merely a Mindoro or Palawan concern. It is a national concern that affects millions of households and businesses through a mandatory charge embedded in their monthly electricity bills.

In 2024 alone, UCME reached ₱24.6 billion. National Power Corp. (NPC) is now seeking approval for more than ₱44 billion in subsidy requirements in the coming year as fuel prices remain volatile and the peso continues to face pressure. According to Department of Energy (DOE) data cited by Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC) President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rafael Jose Consing Jr., Mindoro and Palawan account for roughly 60 percent of these subsidies.

That means approximately ₱15 billion annually is being spent to sustain a diesel-dependent system in just three island provinces.

The Philippines is already confronting elevated inflation and the growing threat of stagflation as the prolonged war in the Middle East continues to inject uncertainty into global energy markets. Oil prices remain vulnerable to supply disruptions, while every increase in fuel costs eventually works its way into transportation expenses, food prices, electricity rates, and household budgets.

For an archipelagic nation that imports much of its fuel requirements, continued dependence on diesel generation is an economic vulnerability that can no longer be ignored.

Mindoro illustrates why energy investments deserve greater urgency. The island possesses substantial renewable energy (RE) potential, including hydro, solar, and wind resources. A recent DOE-supported grid upgrade in Oriental Mindoro province enabled the full dispatch of a 16-megawatt (MW) wind facility that had previously been constrained by transmission limitations.

The renewable resources are already there. What is lacking is the infrastructure needed to fully harness them.

At present, Mindoro’s power system operates through a single-loop 69-kilovolt (kV) network with limited redundancy, leaving the island vulnerable to outages and service interruptions. Planned upgrades—including network sectionalization, advanced monitoring technologies, and improved accessibility for maintenance and restoration—could significantly improve reliability while laying the foundation for eventual interconnection with the national grid.

The benefits extend far beyond lower electricity subsidies.

Reliable power is essential for mechanized agriculture, cold storage facilities, tourism, fisheries, manufacturing, and other industries that create jobs and economic opportunities. Regions with dependable electricity attract investments. Regions without it struggle to realize their potential.

This week, state-run MIC signed a cooperation framework with the DOE, NPC, National Electrification Administration (NEA), and National Transmission Corp. (TransCo) to rehabilitate and modernize Mindoro’s aging power transmission system.

Its significance lies in its potential to reduce subsidy burdens, improve energy security, unlock renewable resources, and create economic opportunities in regions that have long been constrained by unreliable power.

The challenge now is to replicate this model across the archipelago. Mindoro is only one of many islands facing similar constraints. If the Philippines is serious about lowering electricity costs, strengthening energy security, reducing its exposure to global oil shocks, and supporting long-term economic growth, investments in off-grid power systems, transmission networks, and RE infrastructure must accelerate.

For too long, many of the country’s islands have been treated as permanent subsidy recipients. With the right investments, they can instead become engines of growth.

That is a goal worth powering.

'Colony' posts biggest opening day in PH for 2026, earns ₱20 Million

By Neil Ramos

Published May 29, 2026 02:18 pm

At A Glance

• South Korean zombie-action film "Colony," directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Jun Ji-hyun and Ji Chang-wook, earned ₱20 million on its opening day in the Philippines, setting the biggest local movie opening of 2026.   South Korean action-horror film “Colony,” directed by Yeon Sang-ho, reportedly earned an estimated ₱20 million on its opening day in the Philippines on May 27, setting what industry observers described as the biggest movie opening in the country so far this year.

The zombie thriller stars Jun Ji-hyun, also known as Gianna Jun, and Ji Chang-wook, and marks Yeon’s latest big-screen project following the global success of “Train to Busan.”

“Colony” follows survivors trapped inside a building amid a rapidly evolving zombie outbreak, blending large-scale action, suspense, and emotional survival drama.  

Viewers praised its intense action scenes, tense atmosphere, and fresh take on the zombie genre.

Note that the film has also been dominating overseas markets.

Data from the Korean Film Council showed that “Colony” surpassed 1 million moviegoers in South Korea in less than four days, becoming the fastest Korean film released in 2026 to reach the milestone. The movie later crossed the 2-million-viewer mark within just five days of release.

Industry trackers likewise reported that “Colony” posted the highest opening score among Korean releases this year.

The film has yet to open widely in the United States, where it is scheduled for theatrical release through Well Go USA on Aug. 28.

It has also secured a North American premiere slot at the 2026 New York Asian Film Festival, further boosting international buzz surrounding the movie.

With strong word-of-mouth and growing audience interest, the film is expected to sustain its momentum at the Philippine box office in the coming days.

🌧️☔ 𝗛𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘!

 

DOST-PAGASA has officially announced the onset of the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) over the Philippines as of May 30, 2026.

The Habagat brings warm and moist winds from the southwest, often resulting in cloudy skies, frequent rains, thunderstorms, and occasional flooding in affected areas.

Residents are advised to stay updated with the latest weather bulletins and take necessary precautions, especially in flood-prone and landslide-prone communities.

Stay safe, stay informed, and always monitor official weather updates from PAGASA.

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Peso risks slumping to record low as rate hikes lose punch

 

Relying solely on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) interest rate hikes will likely provide limited support for the Philippine peso, which remains on the verge of another historic low amid elevated oil prices, a stronger United States (US) dollar, and cautious market risk appetite, according to Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. (OCBC).