Galing ang e-mail na ito kay Dongyan Mr mrdongyan@yahoo.com.Dear Tito Alfie,
Thanks a lot.
God Bless You for the good words you said abot Marian.
You are a professional writer and has a good sense of judgment, so level minded and intelligent, among all others, you are the best.
Brilliant writers like you should be hailed because inspite of other writer’s negative write ups, we still have one Alfie Lorenzo.
Mabuhay ka! And we will pray for you always…
God Bless…
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Dear Tito Alfie,
DongYan Onliners’ Tribe International (DYOL), an organization composed of *loyal, local and international supporters of DongYan, have collectively decided to send this letter to you to express our valid, united sentiments and comments regarding the continuing Marian-Heart issue.
As DongYan supporters, initially, we have set aside our emotions and remained very objective over this fiasco. However, recent developments necessitate to voice out our comments as we are convinced that Heart’s camp created this unfortunate incident which happened during the TI shoot and repeated at the domestic airport. Insult No. 1 –“ Marian bobita, hindi marunong mag-English.”
It was reported that two of Heart’s fans who were around during the shooting were overheard describing Marian as “bobita, hindi marunong mag-English, and has sagging skin”. Somehow, these remarks reached Marian. But instead of accosting these fans, Marian chose to be civil and cordially discussed her displeasure with Heart, who she considers a friend – an action that would have put the incident to rest and closure, or so as Marian thought. Later, Marian also kept quiet despite of the many blind items and unpleasant innuendos referring to what transpired between her and Heart as if these writers were around when it happened. The unfair rumor mill was vastly active!
Our comments on Insult No. 1:
When did one’s ability to speak in English did it become a measure of a person’s intellect or what’s between one’s ears?
Marian was not the sole person insulted by the “bobita” remarks. Didn’t Heart’s mother and fans realize that with the name calling on Marian’s use of Tagalog, many other famous but equally successful movie personalities (need we name names here?) were insulted, too? Why was Marian singled out?
Naturally, because Marian is currently the most successful and envied movie star.
Marian speaks Tagalog more often but this does not mean she cannot completely speak, nor cannot understand English. After all, she is a proven college graduate! But if she chooses to use and more comfortable in Tagalog, why can’t some people accept that? Is it a disadvantage just because many movie personalities conduct interviews and guestings in English? Aren’t we Filipinos? Is it because she is a popular movie star? Does Marian’s use of our national language make her a lesser person? On the contrary, shouldn’t we even admire Marian’s use of Tagalog in interviews?
Or is it the perennial colonial mentality of many who seem to be ashamed and consider it a disgrace if a person uses our Filipino language? If this is so, why then do we require movie stars who join our local movie industry to learn and speak Tagalog to be better relate with the public and succeed?
Isn’t it more patriotic and pleasing if a person speaks in Tagalog yet communicates the thoughts exceedingly well, rather than someone who speaks English but with lots of grammatical errors we term as “Carabao English” and leave readers or listeners wondering: What the heck did she/he mean by that? As such, a listener would oftentimes request: “Paki-ulit nga please! (Subtle Interpretation: Puwede ba, ‘di namin ma-gets and gusto mong sabihin, Taga*lugin mo na lang!) And we are not referring to comedians here!
Insult No. 2 -Marian with sagging skin
Our comments on Insult No. 2:
Only the blind and green-eyed monsters will describe Marian this way. On the contrary, countless billboards that show her very fair and beautiful skin will prove otherwise. Has anyone taken count of the many beauty product endorsements she has made and conti*nues to make? Are these companies so naive or liars to continue signing up Marian as their endorsers if her natural skin and beauty are not pleasing to anyone’s eyes on and off screen? (itutuloy)
