The Difference Between ‘Ng’ and ‘Nang’
To better understand the differences between ‘Ng’ and ‘Nang’, we need to know first its history, how it came to be, what was the original meaning of these two words. That was what I’ve been digging for the past year or two, and now I have published what I unearthed.
My Pinasugbo encounter
Pinasugbo are thinly sliced bananas (saba) coated in caramelized brown sugar and dipped in sesame seeds. It is a famous delicacy and “pasalubong” that can be found in Bacolod, Cebu, Mindoro, and other Philippine provinces. What is unique about Pinasugbo is the typewriting paper (I grew up...
Source: Ungkutan
Learning English
I wanted to teach Z to speak English ever since he was little but Daddy said no. He said that we should learn to speak our native language first and foremost. It made a lot of sense so the matter was laid to rest. So we spoke to him in Tagalog for the first five years of his life. Now that he is five...
Source: Happy Thoughts
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Source: The Philippines According to Blogs
CyberPress Official Statement: Being Unfair to Journalism
I am not a member of CyberPress. However, I have friends and colleagues within this organization. But more importantly, I think it is ethically wrong to fire an editor because he was doing his job. I want you to read between the lines and realize that as a corollary, this is also why blogging is tough....
Source: Jayvee Fernandez on Technology and New Media in the Philippines
Rule of Writing Online #11
Watch your spelling when describing nationalities or countries.
Case in point: witness Filipino blogger Marocharim enjoy a feature on BBC’s Blogworld. It’s great that Paul Coletti has taken notice of Maro’s commentary on Felix “Peck” Cantal, a presidential candidate for...
Source: Technograph
Thank you Chat.com.ph
Several years ago, I know very little of the internet. I have no idea of ym, msn, networking sites and everything, but I know how to email. It was when I worked in Pasig City that I learned the fun internet stuff like chatting. The most memorable chat room that I have been with yesterday [...]
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Source: Ungkutan
Carabao Poets Chapbook Series
[Some edits below.]
I am so grateful to Juan Felipe Herrera for his generosity and support of Filipino American poetry. I am so pleased to announce this:
Under the direction of Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair, Juan Felipe Herrera, The Tomás Rivera Endowment, Department of Creative Writing at UC Riverside...
Source: poeta y diwata
Chateau 1771 meets my ratty sneakers
I was a teeny bit nervous when I stepped inside Chateau 1771. It was a glorious looking place, with the big windows and elegant tables—definitely not a place where a t-shirt + jeans + ratty-sneaker-wearing person would belong.
But the maitre d’ invited us in ever so nicely (They had a maitre...
Source: bento, restos & recipes at http://www.kitchencow.com
