Tracy Isabel Borres’ Ateneo Immersion – Aeta – Facebook Scandal
Tracy Isabel Borres is fast becoming the new Pablo Banila (and heck, this isn’t even a parody), not with the use of bots to view social networking profiles but with sharing of her painstaking immersion experience with the Aetas.
Tracy Isabel Borres is student of Ateneo de Manila University. I’m guessing the immersion in the Aeta community was aimed at giving their students valuable life lessons and realizations, but the immersion became an opportunity for the blogosphere to realize that a kikay and conio college student can be so disappointing. This blog pities Ateneo, the top university in the Philippines for having her as a student.
The girl shared her experience to her friends thru the social networking website, Facebook. Apprently, one of her friends didn’t liked what she blogged so the entries were emailed, linked out to the internet.
You can read Tracy Isabel Borres’ immersion experience. These facebook images were taken by Reyna Elena.
Mike Abundo researched the identity of this girl. He posted this picture, I wonder what she’ll do if she learns that beach’s water one way or another came from the hills of the Aetas.
Tracy Isabel Borres immediately closed down her multiply account with the following journal entry:
Due to recent, puke-worthy events, I have decided to erase this Multiply account.
Please stay tuned for a revival, with ultra-strict friends-only conditions. And no photos.
But after four days, the girl changed plans:
I thought about my recent decision to erase my Multiply account and decided to reconsider. I’ve gone through the tedious work of locking all my (relevant) albums and I am hoping that the info-leakage will finally stop.
I am also overhauling my Friends List and erasing anyone I do not really personally know, i.e. those of you whom I do not know and have requested for access to my photos will simply not be allowed to. Go figure.
Cancelling my multiply account would have been a disaster. There are so many important memories in this little corner of the WWW, and I cannot bear to erase all my blog entries. It’s not even about the pictures. It would have just been sad.
Anyway. Happy state of things recovered.
Her facebook account remains active.
I once visited the Aeta territory in Pampanga as the segment producer of QTV 11’s Love Life. I was with Love Anover. Love immersed as an Aeta educator and at the same time experienced a part of Aetas’ culture and life. It was a beautiful and enlightening immersion, far from what Tracy Isabel Borres experienced.
I also interviewed a few Aetas, some of them are highly educated, and even more responsible and perhaps intelligent than some white monkey who bathes with apricot scrub.
If all pinoy students will be like her, then Task Force on Education will get this blog’s approval on the mandatory five years of college proposal.
This Philippine News entitled Tracy Isabel Borres’ Ateneo Immersion – Aeta – Facebook Scandal and is labeled with the following Tags: aeta, ateneo, immersion, scandal, Tracy Isabel Borres and was published on Dec 24, 2008 in Headline, Philippine News, Self Story
On Dec 24, 2008, Eligio said:
nkakatawa rin yung ibang kwento, nakakapanood pala sila ng dyesebel. kala ko walang keryente.
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Kim Tyrone Reply:
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:53 am
may generator sila dun elie
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On Dec 24, 2008, reyna elena said:
off topic: just wishing you a very merry christmas and a happy new year! wishing you the best of all the best!
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Kim Tyrone Reply:
December 26th, 2008 at 2:07 am
merry xmas din reyna
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On Dec 24, 2008, Edwin said:
She reminds me of old Kris Aquino movies
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On Dec 26, 2008, chorva said:
ang sama naman ng babaeng yan. kala mo kung sinong malinis. nag-expect pa sya ng mga hindi uhuging bata eh sa bundok nga nakatira yung mga Aeta. dapat sa kanya hinawahan ng sore eyes tapos itulak sa cliff para magtanda.
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Kim Tyrone Reply:
December 26th, 2008 at 2:05 am
oo nga, sayang me itsura p naman sagwa ng ugali
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pusang gala Reply:
January 9th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
chorva. na gas pain ako ng husto sa scenario mo kay mababaw borres ( sore eyes at itulak sa cliff. bwahaha). pero maraming ganyang tao.. wala lang kasi namang exposure sa tutoong buhay. pero yun nga, nagmumukha lang timang pag nasiwalat ang kababawan sa madlang tao.
kasi marami ring tao na hindi palalampasin yung klse ng panglalait niya sa mga walang kamuwa-muwang na mga aeta. alam mo ba yung kantang “mang mang yan” ni grace nono?
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Kim Tyrone Reply:
January 15th, 2009 at 4:51 am
Hindi hehe, pa post ng lyrics
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On Dec 27, 2008, angelo said:
ang kagndahan ng tao ay wla s panlabas n anyo… nasa buti ng kalooban… kukupas din ganda mo, ewan ko kung kanino k lalapit sana lng wag kng pandirihan
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On Dec 28, 2008, Marcelli said:
What she wrote on her blog entry only proves that she’s a savage, herself. Siya, kung tutuusin, ang hindi sibilisado.
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On Dec 31, 2008, ysabel rae said:
i hate rich kids who act like her… she’s a bird-brain….
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On Jan 2, 2009, watever said:
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duh!! people!! nagmalinis pa kau! im not trying to defend her but i think the only mistake she did was posting her emotions regarding her immersion on a social networking site.. Duh!! like u wont say kadiri.. ew! yucky~!! try nio nga!! kahit d nio pa sabihin out loud. kahit itago nio pa sa self nio na nandidiri keu just thinking something is disgusting. try nio magAeta immersion..
like d keu maCulture shock and masuka..
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Kim Tyrone Reply:
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:54 am
I tried it with Love Anover, hindi naman kami nasuka… mas naawa kami… oh well, maybe it’s just us.
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jane Reply:
January 20th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
adik ka?tao rin ung mga un di lahat ng tao ganun kaarte tulad nia or should i say nio?!
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CharlieN Reply:
April 18th, 2009 at 1:49 am
HAHA pretender. go figure,watever. trying so hard, eh
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On Jan 2, 2009, jeri said:
i hate her!
ms gusto ko pkismhan ang aetas na sbi nyu nga “kadiri” kesa s mga taong blessed nga mssma nman ugali.
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On Jan 7, 2009, josel garlitos said:
kim tyrone agapito? is this you?
nice blog?
hindi lang si tracy ang ganyan, marami sila!
hapi new year!
josel
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Kim Tyrone Reply:
January 7th, 2009 at 6:17 am
wow, an ABS-CBN royalty is reading this blog hehe
hi josel
yeah marami sila, pero hindi lahat sumisikat at nasu-suspend after ng immersion
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On Jan 10, 2009, fredrick said:
bobo talaga e noh. ni wala manlang sorry sa mga ginago nya sa facebook at multiply
she should said apologies to the aetas na in-offend nya!! ang kapal ng mukha. bopols pa
tsk tsk what kind of teachings and lessons ang tinuturo ba jan sa ateneo na yan,, oopss sorry.. i mean THE Ateneo pala..
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On Jan 12, 2009, Schizo said:
It helps that she developed penis fear. I don’t think any guy would even want to marry her after this. Sana ma-expel sya or sumtin from Ateneo. She’s a disgrace!
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Kim Tyrone Reply:
January 13th, 2009 at 10:33 am
She was suspended according to a friend
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On Jan 13, 2009, mystified said:
I myself will admit na may kaartehan, but this girl is way way over the line… good thing I didn’t come from “the Ateneo”… She is nothing but a disgrace not only to her school but to society as well…What I think would be best so this Tracy girl will really learn something is to have a month’s immersion with the Abu Sayaf hahaha
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Kim Tyrone Reply:
January 13th, 2009 at 10:33 am
You’re mean
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On Jan 14, 2009, kat said:
appalling.
just to comment on the person who said if we were in the same circumstances we would have felt the same–that may be true but some things you keep to yourself. in some societies it’s called manners.
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On Jan 14, 2009, kisapmata said:
ha!! i agree!! dapat lang talaga may immersion sya with the abu sayaf, tignan ko lang hindi sya tumino dun!! kala mo naman kung sinong maganda, e ang haba namang ng baba!! tsss!! kung makalait ng tao, kala mo e bilyonaryo sya.. ano naman ang pinagmalaki nya, atenista sya?? hmm, parang hindi kasi ganyan ang pagkakakilala ko sa mga taga-ateneo.. MAY BREEDING ANG MGA ATENISTA!!! oh well, except for her!! haha ikanga e, THERE IS ALWAYS AND EXCEPTION TO THE RULE!! HAHAHAH tracy bobo este borres, you’re such –> WTF LOSER!! HAHAHHA
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On Jan 15, 2009, maccallister said:
maarte nga,maybe she exaggerated things just for the blogs to make her look so sosyal and everything
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On Jan 20, 2009, jane said:
xet ka,.mamatay ka sa kaartehan mo,.pakyu
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On Jan 22, 2009, Reevan said:
BURN IN HELL tignan ko lang kung hindi ka magmukang ITA!
SHAME!
TANONG: nasan kaya kokote nitong ni Tracy Isabel Borres??
SAGOT: cguro nasa maitim nyang singit
im sorry but this girl disgraced the use of language
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On Jan 23, 2009, RxJ said:
at least she is being true…she is not pretending…alam nmn niya na mali xa…in deed sinubukan niya makisama sa kanila pero un pala…having experience like that im sure di lng xa…maybe ako…ikaw…tayo…
this is part of growing up…she’ll learned…but we also… 
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On Jan 23, 2009, RxJ said:
at least she is being true…she is not pretending…alam nmn niya na mali xa…in deed sinubukan niya makisama sa kanila pero un pala…having experience like that im sure di lng xa…maybe ako…ikaw…tayo…
this is part of growing up…she’ll learned…but us too… 
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On Jan 24, 2009, aaron(escolarian) said:
well..
para sa akin normal lang naman na mag react sya ng ganun..
pero sana di na nya nilagay sa BLOG
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On Feb 1, 2009, tomaruthsino said:
What is now the meaning of…
“MAN FOR OTHERS…”
Tracy???
Did you really ingest what the Ateneian Community teaches in the minds of the future, like you?
-You are by far, the worst in all aspects…
I hope you enjoy living your miserable life… with acts like _ _ C _ _ E R’s…
If Mitch Albom would recreate “fivepeopleyoumeetin heaven”, you will be the first one in the opposing side, “fivepeopleyoumeetin_ E _ _”
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On Mar 1, 2009, Atenean said:
She’s a disgrace to the name of our school. Not everyone’s a prissy bitch like her. I hope what she did doesn’t ruin the name of our alma mater permanently.
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On Mar 3, 2009, Brice Booker said:
Does it breakdown further into my chemical romance?
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On Mar 4, 2009, Blue doll said:
hoi mga betch! ano bang ginawa ni tracy sa inyo?! my god! she was just giving her honest opinion. and i dont think that she lied about anything that she experienced. i mean even through all of that she endured it, tried everything, and even felt bad about not eating the food. the way she acted, as a girl from a totally different world being immersed to something totally alien for her, was exemplary. she was not discriminating or lowering down the Aetas but she just described her experienced and how she saw things from her point of view. i mean she did not say her thoughts out loud in their faces. And im sure that it was not only her who had thoughts of this during that trip, she was just the only one with courage enough to write about it. the blog was just her opinion, expressing her feelings about the experience. you people are just making such a big fuss about it. and her actions are not basis enough for an expulsion. it’s a free country babeh!
p.s. i find this remark distasteful
“some of them are highly educated, and even more responsible and perhaps intelligent than some white monkey who bathes with apricot scrub.”
and you have the audacity of talking about manners!!!
BETCH!
xoxo, blue doll
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On Mar 29, 2009, azzy said:
this is the first time i’ve heard this blog entry niya.
she called it “dark humor”
WHAT?!
it’s not something to be laughed by your friends.
a rich girl yet ill mannered.
she should’ve kept it within herself at hindi inilabas sa blog niya.
there’s no such thing as super private pagdating sa internet.
what a pity.
hindi kasi nasanay ang family nila sa hirap.
i guess other people deserve to feel crap like her.
para maliwanagan siya.
i am from pampanga and interactions with Aetas is normal.
astig nga eh.
hindi sila namamalimos.
mas magbebenta pa sila ng produkto nila kesa mamalimos.
i like how they live their life.
if technology doesn’t exists, maybe we’ll all live like them.
kung ganon ako siguro ako kayaman, why not set-up a bathing program para hindi siya mabahuan. give them an apricot scrub lol xD
send doctors to check-up their health.
there are so many things the rich can do aside from donating to charities. why not try immersing?
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On May 1, 2009, ipADVOCATE said:
I never saw nor experienced a girl as inhuman as this lady. Hindi ka TAO, HAYOP KA!
Hindi umaasenso and Pilipinas dahil sa taong katulad mo! sana maghrap ka para maintindihan mo ang PLIGHT ng mga AETAS. POOR lady, get a LIFE!
The purpse of your imersion is to bring you back to your TRUE self! Selfish animal!
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On May 1, 2009, ipADVOCATE said:
And pagsusulat sa blog ng mga sensitibong bagay tulad ng pagtutuligsa sa pagkatao ng mga Aetas is an in human act. First in foremost you hae to consider na tao sila at hindi sila HAYOP. Tracy is describing her experience as if she just went to the zoo. Girl, you are so selfish. Pasalamat ke mayaman ang pamilya mo, dadanasin mo rin ang hirap sa huli, kung hindi financially surely with your attitude towards relating to other people. Baka worst maging batered wife ka nang sinong taong mapangasaw mo. SA mga nag comment na nagpapakatotoo lang cya, well shes not even nagpapakatotoo! Dahil hindi siya totong TAO! Where is your compassion girl? where is you love for humanity? tao kapa ba or urban animal kalang. Hindi ako galit sa mga taong ito. In fact NA-AAWA ako sa iyo babaeng mababaw because you will just see life superficially! Gaano kaba kayaman para pandirihan ang mga taong ito? o baka social climber kalang…trying to fit in sa society na sinusuka kana. Well, goodluck nalang sa pagharap mo sa totoong buhay, because life is not all the time a bed of roses!
P.S. Di kanaman maganda e, lamang kalang sa mga AETAS ng isang paligo! GET A LIFE!
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On May 9, 2009, Maria R. Javier said:
Huh? Eh si Love Anouver nga nag try, hindi nasuka. Siguro, yong si “whatever” kakaklase niya sa ATENEO! Alam mo, wait. Hindi ateneo ang sisihin diyan. Imposibleng diyan siya nag high school and grade school. Kung TRUE BLUE ATENEAN ka, dapat doon ka nag high school and grade school! Ang may kasalanan diyan magulang niya at kung saan siya nag high school and grade school. Failure sila sa pagshape ng character niya. Matanda na ako. I am 46 years old and I have a son who graduated from the Ateneo high school and grade school. He has gone through Tulong dunong and a lot of out reach programs at hindi ganyan ang reaction niya. Magshift na lang siya ng course. Mag IT na lang siya. AB Psychology siya? Paano ang interpersonal and intrapersonal skills niyan? Galing ako ng UP. Marami ring immersion trips doon pero hindi ganyan ang reaction ng mga bata doon. Sa sobrang pagsasali sa immersion trips, natutuluyan nang mamundok. Nagiging NPA na. Kung saan man siya nanggaling ng high school at grade school, eh failure kayo dito sa batang ito. What did you teach her? Did you teach her anything substantial? How about her parents? She is right. The past events, especially her reaction to her immersion were really PUKE-WORTHY.
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On May 9, 2009, Maria R. Javier said:
Huh? Eh si Love Anuver nga nag try, hindi nasuka. Siguro, yong si “whatever” kakaklase niya sa ATENEO! Alam mo, wait. Hindi ateneo ang sisihin diyan. Imposibleng diyan siya nag high school and grade school. Kung TRUE BLUE ATENEAN ka, dapat doon ka nag high school and grade school! Ang may kasalanan diyan magulang niya at kung saan siya nag high school and grade school. Failure sila sa pagshape ng character niya. Matanda na ako. I am 46 years old and I have a son who graduated from the Ateneo high school and grade school. He has gone through Tulong dunong and a lot of out reach programs at hindi ganyan ang reaction niya. Magshift na lang siya ng course. Mag IT na lang siya. AB Psychology siya? Paano ang interpersonal and intrapersonal skills niyan? Galing ako ng UP. Marami ring immersion trips doon pero hindi ganyan ang reaction ng mga bata doon. Sa sobrang pagsasali sa immersion trips, natutuluyan nang mamundok. Nagiging NPA na. Kung saan man siya nanggaling ng high school at grade school, eh failure kayo dito sa batang ito. What did you teach her? Did you teach her anything substantial? How about her parents? She is right. The past events, especially her reaction to her immersion were really PUKE-WORTHY.
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On May 9, 2009, hotbabe said:
she didn’t learn anything from her immersion. i don’t like to think that her parents didn’t teach her compassion and humility. she is actually… nakakaawa. pero kahit na… lukdit ketdin! kunam la nu sino nga nalinis. igorot ako and maybe she’d think igorot’s are the same as the aeta’s she stayed with. oh eh ano ngayon? basta hindi kami kagaya niya and that’s all that matters.
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On May 9, 2009, hotbabe said:
eh by the way, borres in our dialect actually means ‘diarrhea’. she better scrub her mouth too.
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On May 10, 2009, the TRUTH said:
okay first of all, if many of us were in that same immersion as well we would have had felt the same experiences but wouldn’t have the guts to speak our minds. We would just sugar coat everything and just state that we had a very fulfilling moment. What this girl was doing was just expressing her REAL thoughts and experiences about her immersion. Our FILIPINO CULTURE of being conservative and conformist led to the lynch-mob mentality of bashing this girl. Of course what she said was harsh but it was her keeping it real and not lying to herself. She stated the facts without acting all saintly and pure hearted because she’s not that. She just wanted to say what she experienced without covering up to live an illusion that IT WAS ALL GOOD LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. What she did was put her thoughts on something concrete which is, Facebook. Facebook made her sentiments visible to the whole world which gave everyone a glimpse to her thoughts which consequently led everybody to nitpick on her opinions and make it the devastation of the whole world. My point is that if YOU would have also put your thoughts in facebook and expressed it in any manner then of course there would be a response from the viewers. And it’s just sad that everybody wants to go on a lynch-mob mentality,NOT LOOKING AT THEMSELVES FIRST BEFORE THEY CRITIC OTHERS ACTIONS. I know what she did was harsh but aren’t we all thinking something racist and stereotypical as well? It’s that WE DONT HAVE THE BALLS TO SAY IT in front of people because we are afraid to ruin the Filipino culture of smooth relationships with others. —
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On May 10, 2009, gsua said:
baka pekpek ng aeta mas mabango sa pepek nya!
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On May 11, 2009, the TRUTH said:
Wow i think more than half of the people here just by commenting have contributed to her popularity rating. If you think she’s attention deficit and just wanted some attention then you guys are feeding the fire with the fuel. All your words here are just upping her popularity rate one by one with those hate comments. If you really see her face to face i’ll bet a hundred thousand pesos you wouldn’t say those shit in front of her face because you guys are internet bashers who can only speak against somebody… behind your computer. After this aeta issue has died down her bad rep would also dissappear leaving her with a big audience fan base and popularit rate because of you people.
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On May 11, 2009, eric said:
hahahah astig totoong totoo ah pero sarap ung adventure n un ah
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On May 13, 2009, CAINTAYO! said:
Ang SAMA NAMAN ng blog nya..
its much less MASAMA if this link I got was a porn film featuring Miss Borres’ having ORGY with the Aetas on a school trip!
It would be a hell lotta fun if somebody wrote a story called..
THE REVENGE OF THE AETAS! featuring Tracy the “MANILA GIRL”
Sample trailer:
“Tracy,if you think the semen your boyfriend squirts on your face is the same as chlorox, I assure you the AETAS have their own treat for you! CONDENSED SQUID INK of course!”
PEACE!
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On May 13, 2009, hoy! said:
leche!!!
may karma rin yan!
yea, she’s being true. pero namn, she studies in ateneo – a prestigious school, well-off… kkadisappoint.
she could have just helped those people.
grabe!!! depende rin kasi yan sa upbringing ng family nia.
well, baka ganun tlga cla. mga racist. matapobre!
maganda?… cno?…cia? duh!!! mas naappreciate ko pa ung beauty nung mga Aetas.
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On May 23, 2009, aetasinvade said:
Aetas should’ve immersion programs on these filthy rich kids, spell the word S-H-I-T on them so that they’d exactly know how those words mean aside from being overtly cliche for a locution. Let Aetas invade and i would love to see those kids gross out until they forget money’s merit! Until they become the next BUDDHA.
Thanks to her, anyways. She liberated me that the likes of her EXISTS!
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On Aug 13, 2009, mica said:
and oa… naman niya…
so maarte!!!!!
…..mas ew pa pala cya….
…..kung may worst na sakit, yung pagiging OA niya , plastic and maldita ang worst dapat pinapagamot niya yan sa MENTAL HOPITAL….. nakaka-hawa yan….
….mas worst pa yan kaysa A(H1N1)…….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On Aug 19, 2009, tisha laig said:
hi. do you have the aeta community’s contact number? I am planning to bring a couple of my kids there (grades 1-3), but I can’t find any contact info. appreciate your help.
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On Sep 29, 2009, Ryana Alesandrea said:
RICH girl w/ POOR MANNERS. Huuu ~.~
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On Sep 29, 2009, Ryana Alesandrea said:
maybe she thinks she’s royalty or whatnot.. :p
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On Sep 29, 2009, PINOY said:
you mader fucker bitch!!!! ang sama ng ugali mu .. matapobre ka GAGO!!!! BAHO mu!!!! ASS HOLE!!!!
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On Oct 1, 2009, Patrice said:
She’s very unethical. She dont deserve to be an atenean student….
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On Oct 2, 2009, xee said:
epal yang TRACY na yan. mas msrap smahan aetas kesa sa knya.
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On Oct 2, 2009, ---- said:
arte mo bwisit ka!
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On Nov 20, 2009, anonymous said:
she should be glad that she is in the philippines. Here in united states we would classify her as a “mexican” too dark to be blond and blue eyed. We would have her crying in tears and maybe lead her to suicide. She looks like a mexican in american standards and mexicans here are treated with discrimination and are considered ugly! look it up on youtube if you don’t believe me.
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