It’s over. We had indeed been taken for a ride. And as sure as the sun rises in the east, some of us had willingly obliged, at least initially. But after much skepticism, and much debate on- and offline, it’s been proven: while Ms. Faye Nicole B. San Juan is a real person, her story is not.


I have removed the individual links from my favorite posts, and instead will link to this compilation. I think the story has been read about, forwarded and discussed for so many times, it will live on to be quite possibly the email hoax of the year, at least in our country, and at least for Filipinos whether here or abroad.


Faye, thank you. Since I posted a link to Ms. Patricia Evangelista’s CRAZED article on your story and likewise published a link at pinoyblog.com, and as well, made subsequent postings on the topic, my readership has risen to the thousands. Before your story, I only had what, about three to four legitimate readership statistics per day (i.e. excluding myself). Now I had averaged 30-40 a day (though I doubt everyone of those page views refer to people who actually read my content, but hey, it’s nice to have garnered quite a handful of referrals from Google and Yahoo!).


Links to my posts in chronological order:


  • Filipino Idol


  • Misplaced Priorities


  • Misplaced Priorities 2


  • Misplaced Priorities 3


  • Dramatic Parable


  • Political Points?


  • Fiary Tale Come True


  • Postscripts


  • A Farfetched Story?


  • Misdirected Aggression?


  • Government statement


  • Church group apologizes


  • Closure?


  • Government statement


  • Idealism and Reality


  • The foolish and the weak

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