This Continuation

My buwan ng wika goal is officially over, and I must say, I DID (which I least expected) enjoyed writing in Filipino. It's as if it invokes something that draws the attention of the reader, seeing that I, myself is one. I can't explain it that well, though. Sucks haaard maan.
Differentiating the two; english gives off a professional feel to what you are writing with while filipino strikes at the emotions, embodying what the author is trying to say.

So with this I'll be writing in two languages now, depending on what I feel is appropriate for it.

Or speak conyo na lang, para more intense!!

Plahiyo at Kopirayt

Karapatang Magpalathala at Panunulad

Reaksyon sa mga bagay bagay sa pamahalaan ng bansa

Oo, kaya ko naisipan gawan ng reaksyon ang paksang ito dahil sa kamakailan lamang na pangyayari sa ating kagalang galang na senador na si Vicente "Tito" Sotto III...at pati na rin dahil sa mga kinukuha kong mga larawan sa internet at ginagamit ko rito sa aking blog. Sa baba ay ang pinag-tabing larawan ng talumpati ni Kennedy at ni Sotto. Hindi ko na siguro ilalarawan ang buong pangyayari kaugnay sa plagiarism act ni Sotto sapagka't palagay ko'y nabasa niyo na ito.

Alam kong malaki ang agwat ng tanda namin, ngunit kapag ihahalintulad ko ang sarili ko sa kanya bilang isang senador, baka mas maayos pa ako kaysa sa kanya. Ito'y kahit kaunti lamang ang aking pag-aaral sa pambansang konstitusyon at sa kung anu-ano pang bagay na kinakailangan ng mga mag-aaral ng political science, makakalamang ako sapagkat mayroon ako na wala si Sotto: integridad.

Hindi sa sinasabi kong mas mataas akong nilalang kaysa sa kanya dahil 'self-proclaimed' ko ang nasa itaas. Pero, isipin naman niya na bilang isang senado dapat may kakayahan siyang gumawa ng sarili niyang mga talumpati. Kaso kinuha lang niya yung kay Kennedy, isang dating presidente ng Amerika, at tinagalog ito.
Ang hindi ko lang maintindihan kung bakit itinatanggi ni Senador ang kamalian niya, at sasabihing hindi ito plagiarism. Wow! Hindi pa nga niya nagawang i-paraphrase, talagang direktang isinalin sa tagalog word per word.

I won't delve deeper on the other accounts of Tito Sotto's incompatibility as a Senator.

Nakakahiya hindi lang bilang isang politiko kundi pati na rin bilang isang tao.

Kung sino pa ang mga tapat na pulitiko sila pa ang nauunang sumalangit.

Patawad, Paliwanag, at Pamamaraan

Pangalawang Talaarawan

Patawad kung hindi ako nakapagsulat dito nang buong buwan ng agosto. Baka iniisi niyo na ito'y dahil sa ayaw ko lang magsulat sa wikang Pilipino! Hindi naman ako hipokrito, sadyang marami lang nangyari noong buwan ng agosto.

Una'y dahil 'hinabagat' kami ng isang linggo kung saan walang tigil ang buhos ng ulan sa kamaynilaan kahit wala namang bagyo. May mga nabasa pa nga ako sa facebook na isang sabotahe ito ng bansang Tsina sa atin dahil sa mga pangyayari sa Spratly, kung saan mayroong 'device' na ginamit na naglalabas ng kemikal sa himpapawid. Ok.

Sunod na linggo ay nilaan ko naman sa aming preliminary examinations. Kunwari na lang na masipag ako na bata.

Sa katapusan naman ng buwan ng agosto ay nagkaroon ng kaguluhan sa aming munting bahay. Hindi na ako maglalahad pa, sadyang nakakalungkot lang ito *huhu. K.

Dahil dito, babawi ako sa mga utang kong posts! Hanggang sa kalagitnaan ng Setyembre (o kung mawili ay buong buwan na ito) sa sarili nating wika!

Wow, lumalalim na ako. Laking tulong ng diksyonaryo sa tabi!

Bow.

Buwan ng Wika

It's August!

Which, in our country, is the "Buwan ng Wika"

Translation: Month of the (Philippine) Language

With this in mind, I took up the challenge of making ALL my posts for this month in my native language: Filipino...excluding this one since, well, I already started it in English. It'll be inconsistent of me to switch from one language to another.

Frankly, I'm not that nationalistic/patriotic of my own country. I think the reason why I think this way is because I was born during the time when the Philippines isn't doing well/slowly descending towards the bottom of the economic triangle (Largely due to the actions of a late president). The country was like a mess as described by my teachers/professors aroung the 1990s, with reforms and everything underway for the fixation of the new and longstanding problems faced by it.
This is mostly from what I know, and isn't 100% factual for I am not fond of reading history books and listening to lectures of such.

In connection above, I even have a harder time writing in our own dialect(although I use it more for speaking...) often using the almighty Google Translate. So with this so called mission, I might get more fluent at it and obtain a greater appreciation of nationalism!!

 Next up is about my past and desired hobbies! in tagalog. Nooouuououuuou.

A HOLE lot of books

Lung Cancer and Book Sales

Just kidding

But seriously, this coughing needs to stop.

So, instead of talking about my coughing up blood together with my sputum - which is a mixture of saliva and phlegm; waiting for 2 hours for my doctor to arrive, undergo an x-ray and blood count and to collect my morning spit for three days, and be aware of a hole on my right lung, I'll talk about the 3 DAY BOOK SALE  at Fully Booked, a local bookstore. Or maybe international, but I don't really care.

Anyway, I actually had a list with me but most of them were either out of stock or priced exorbitantly even with the 20% discount. Although I blame me for not going on an earlier date and an earlier time. Sucks.

Here's the list of books (No particular order of preference):

1. 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America by Albert Brooks
2. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
3. Eleven Minutes by Paolo Coelho
• I don't know why I didn't bought this book even though I am a huge fan of Coelho's works...
4. Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
5. Book Thief by Markus Zusak
6. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
7. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
8. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

yellow highlight - out of stock

light blue highlight - bought

I was really looking forward to get a hold of The Book Thief but the last copy was reserved by some *insert profanities such as fucking douche bag.

He doesn't deserve the insult...but THE LAST COPY?!?!? lasdjahldgslfhny

Luckily the other one that I wanted to buy - The Knife of Never Letting Go was still available!! Yey!

Plus I came across a work of Audrey Niffenegger, the author of The Time Traveler's Wife (which I really, really liked *tears) and Blindness (since I already finished Seeing) by Jose Saramago. Try reading Saramago's work, his style of writing is very odd and  interesting. 'Em long sentences and studded with commas.

I still need to finish Aleph though, i've been on the same page for 2 months. haha.

It's the FLU

Bedridden...ce

When ill, sleep until all is well

or take meds, inhalers, and every other drug you see that you think is okay

Hail, Ilong Ranger

Recently I've been attracting a lot of attention....from diseases. I've just recovered from food poisoning - I don't even know what I consumed that made me visit the toilet a couple of times a day - and now when I'm nearing the maximum limit of absences, I get the flu. As said by my aunt(who's a doctor), it might be because of my current low resistance - from recent recovery - against foreign entities invading my system.

Or maybe it's just colds coupled with a slight fever, but it still counts!

Decided on staying home for the day, I planned on finishing the plate due this morning before going to sleep last night so I wouldn't be lagging behind class. It was supposed to be a finalized version of one of our previous plate.

• Lost the original
• Technical pens clogged
• Too tired to stay awake

Yep...cleaned my tech pens instead.

Oh, I also lost another plate due tomorrow. Wow, I'm sooo fucked unlucky.

Might as well redo everything, though I'll still try to find the other plate. It takes time tracing buildings and its surrounding entourage.

Hibernationalization

Inactivity and 'Doodle Mind-boggling'

Sorry for my 2 month absence! I was out of the country and I was just too lazy to post any inspirational and boring posts. I didn't manage to go online while I was abroad because I was too engrossed with everything - mainly due to my first out-of-the-country trip! 

At Venice Beach!

Yes, I'm that skinny Asian neuter. No, I do not want to show my face. Yes, those are bikes.

Anyway I haven't gone through my photos of my trip, hence still not uploading it. It's been a while since I've updated my display picture for no one to see. loser alert

Now let me introduce you to this simple, cool, complex and addictive(opinion) flash game called Doodle God. It's also available for App download.

In this game you combine two elements to form a new element, until you reach the total number of elements which is 115. It took me 3 nights (not full 24 hour days) to finish this without using hints, since hints are for sissies.

...mind-boggling piece of flash game that makes you so frustrated you miss a meal of dinner.

Although I had to give it to the creator  you can't leave halfway through it. It's as if you need to finish it. Every time you manage to create a new element you know there's a new possibility of combining something with it. The elements were also interesting enough that sometimes logic doesn't apply.

I'd let the 1st one pass, but Worm+Swamp=Snake?!

I therefore conclude that logic is not applicable in real life.