Saturday, November 27, 2004

Artistic

What Kind of SOUL do you possess?
You are naturally born with a gift, whether it be poetry, writing or song. You love beauty and creativity, and usually are highly intelligent. Others view you as mysterious and dreamy, yet also bold since you hold firm in your beliefs..

Friday, November 26, 2004

Survey!

1.Are you a dog person or a cat person?
- cat n_n

2. Are you a giver or a taker?
- i dunno..

3. Are you a mama's boy/daddy's boy/etc?
- the etc.... kidding. papa's girl

4. Are you better with numbers or words?
- words, just great in numbers!! bwahahaha!! LOL kidding

5. Are you named after anyone?
- no, i am named in honor of myself

6. Can you speak/read/write any other
languages?
- cebuano, tagalog, english, portuguese...ok ok, just a little!

7. Did you play with barbies when you were
little?
- errr.. yes

8. Do you believe in dream symbolism?
- in a way, yes. well... yes!! lol

9. Do you believe in ghosts?
- i think so

10. Do you believe in the afterlife?
- in rebirth

11. Do you care what other people think of you?
- usually no

12. Do you consider yourself a party animal,
homebody, or other? Explain.
- other... unexplainable

13. Do you cook? If so, what's your best meal?
- yes, im very talented in cooking rice..kidding :P anything is best if given my best shot.

14. Who is your favorite celebrity??
- nobody in particular

15. Do you dream of travelling the world or are you happy where you are?
- yes i dream and i will be happy wherever I WILL BE

16. How well do most people know you?
- i keep my evil, demonic side all to myself and my
closest friends

17. Do you have any nicknames?
- yes

18. Do you have any siblings?
- yes

19. Do you have any tattoos?
- yeah

20. Do you have clothes hanging in your closet that still have the tags on them?
- nope

21. Do you let dogs lick your face?
- no

22. Do you love your computer?
- well, i have no choice!

23. Do you still live with your parents?
- as if i have a choice -_-'

24. Do you think people should have the right to commit suicide?
- well...

25. How often do you drink alcoholic beverages?
- I dont drink. (now what the hell is a bottle of brandy doing in my room...)

26. If there was a movie made about your life, what would the title be?
- Reaching the Top

27. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be?
- God

28. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it?
- I'd trip around the world with my closest friends!

29. If you had been born of the opposite gender, what would you want your name to be?
- hmm.... probably something my father would see in the newspaper during my time of birth

30. What is something you should probably get rid of?
- laziness!

31. What is the greatest amount of money you have ever held in your hand at one time?
- just a few thousand

32. What is your favorite fairy tale?
- hmmm....

33. What reality show would you go on?
- The Outback

Monday, November 15, 2004

You represent... naivete.

What Feeling do you represent?
You represent... Naivete. So innocent and trusting...
you can be very shy at times, but it's only because
you're not sure how to act. You give off that "I need
to be protected vibe." Remember that not all people are
good. Being too trusting will get you easily hurt.
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Sunday, November 14, 2004

Philippine Languages

Lemme just get some things off my chest…

Filipinos are what you call to the citizens of the Philippines. Let me point out that there are only two alternative spellings for it, and that is: Filipino and Pilipino. Not Philippino. Not Filippino. And definitely not Phillipino! And I also have to correct that the adjective used is "Philippine" and not "Filipino". Like, Philippine foods, Philippine products; NOT "Filipino food" or "Filipino products". Many use the wrong adjective and even Filipinos themselves!

Official name: Republika ng Pilipinas * Republic of the Philippines

There are 7, 107 islands in the Philippines. It is divided into 3 major parts: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Visayan is what the dialects are called in the Visayas. Cebu is in the Visayas so I speak Visayan. To be more specific, I speak Cebuano. Cebuano is the language spoken by the natives in Cebu. But not only Cebuano are spoken in the Visayas. There are also Waray, Illonggo and many more.

The national language of the Philippines is Filipino. There are around 80 distinct languages together with their respective dialects, but there should only be one national language so we may understand each other wherever we may be in our country. You must be wondering, “There are HUNDREDS of dialects in the Philippines and all of them are Filipino. Which one is which???” This is where Tagalog enters. The Tagalog language was chosen amongst all. So our national language is based in Tagalog. And it is learnt in the whole country. There’s 1 national language and 8 major languages. Cebuano is a major language. There are also some provinces there who speak Cebuano too.

That’s why for example, if ever I find myself in Mindanao... in Zamboanga del norte for example (or del sur??) I can speak in Cebuano because they understand Cebuano but I cannot understand them if they speak in their dialect, Chavacano. If I am in Manila I speak in Tagalog coz they cannot understand Cebuano. If ever if I find myself in other provinces which both parties cannot understand each other’s dialect, we both use Tagalog.... or English. Oh, we speak English. It is an official language. Foreigners will not have a problem in communication with the natives at all. You see, the people here are bilingual, others are multilingual! Spanish used to be the official language but not anymore. Only a minority speaks that language nowadays. The majority speakers are now dead to speak.

Ok, that’s it! I feel better now…