This is how projection works

The point of projection - according to Freud's study of psychologically dysfunctional people in Victorian England - is to defend a person from his/her own awareness of his/her dysfunction. e.g. A fat woman I saw at a clinic in Glorietta Makati - who saw then 40-year old still sexy Carmi Martin walk by - contemptuously called Carmi Martin fat blissfully unaware that she is actually describing herself. A Wikipedia...

My Review of BRTC Whitening and Repairing BB Cream

This post is the second in the series of reviews I am doing for BRTC products. The first was my review on BRTC Blemish Recover Balm. Recently, I tried BRTC Whitening and Repairing BB Cream and all I can say about this product is that I love it! Let me count the why's. 1  It suits my skin type. BRTC Whitening and Repairing BB Cream is a cream that - according to its packaging - provides numerous...

What UP Student Mark Solis is really saying in his letter of apology

UP Student Mark Solis says sorry after being busted for sending a photo he claimed  he took of a boy "gathering seaweed in Zamboanga City" to a "Smiles of the World"  contest sponsored by the Chilean government. The prize was $1,000 and a trip to  Brazil and Chile - which ironically was where the below photo actually came from, Photo from gmanews website. Thanks to the internet,...

And this is how the truth catches up with you

Some call it karma. Some call it fate. Some call it destiny. All it is, is the pattern of your ego-based decisions giving you what you have long been dishing out. It is karma in the sense that you reap what you sow.  It is also you being now on the receiving end of the pain, confusion, anxiety you gave. Its purpose is to make you aware how you have sowed pain, confusion, anxiety...

My Review of BRTC Blemish Recover Balm

Yes, I take care of my outside just as much as my inside. And you should too. Beauty is not just in the eye of the beholder, it can also be bought - in bottle form - and applied on the skin. Why force people to say you're pretty when you can actually look pretty - for real. This post is one of a series about BTRC. If you like KPOP and you're wondering why idols' skin look so flawlessly white and smooth - it...

The top 3 problems of having beliefs

The problem with beliefs and having them are many. For the meantime, let's stick to the basic and simple ones. Let's also illustrate these via an actual case we've all just recently heard and seen. 1  Beliefs lead to denials It doesn't matter if you have a false belief (e.g. Jesus was born on Dec 25)  or a true belief (e.g. Jesus was born on Dec 25). Both are simply beliefs our culture and our religion made us think is true.  So if you have a belief that having a fairytale wedding will lead to a happily...

It Takes a Man and a Woman to make pseudo-love work

If the plot of the movie It Takes a Man and a Woman is illustrated and the journeys of its characters are drawn out, it would look like this: Specifically, the characters' journey is outlined below: And there might not be a part 4 because this movie showed how much Miggy and Laida didn't change at all - despite all the convincing, the fierceness, the tears, the American slang/twang, the new lives both...