It is an unusually long day at the office, until my officemate asked me if I've already read the controversial Malu Fernandez’ article, “From Boracay to Greece”, published on the People Asia magazine. Filipino bloggers and OFW groups have been lambasting this (former?) writer of Manila Standard and of People Asia for demeaning Overseas Filipino Workers in her lifestyle article with her "Mean Girls" slant. (What kind of magazine would dare waste two pages on articles of this kind.)

I remember one speech of late Blas Ople who, while he was the Secretary of Foreign Affairs at the time, issued a strong statement to ambassadors and staff in Philippine embassies that they do not have any right to degrade OFWs.

Well, that is for the diplomats. But for Filipino writers like her who outrightly show their own foolishness by belittling other Filipinos, they deserve more than a million hate mails.