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Makitid Rin Ba ang Utak Mo tulad Nila?
[Are You Narrow-Minded Like Them?] Pag–log on ko sa Internet para i-check ang Yahoo e-mail ko—karaniwang routine ko sa umaga sa trabaho napos makapag-almusal—ang headline news sa Yahoo ay “Filmmaker Michael Moore calls Canada
Read More »Noun Is Pangngalan, not Pangalan
(On Some Basic Filipino-Grammar Terms) I asked a friend of mine what her thoughts were on my plan to feature the Filipino counterparts of some basic English-grammar terms like noun, adverb, and other parts
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Here They Come, Scream Your Lungs Out
(On the so-called Screaming-Fan Phenomenon) I hear and read a lot of derogatory remarks about fans who scream their lungs out every time they see their music idols—be such sighting is in person or
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Ilan Nga Ba ang Umbok sa Likod ng Kamelyo?
[How Many Humps Does a Camel Have?] Kasalukuyang nag-a-almusal ako kasama ang ilang katrabaho nang ipakita sa TV ang mga kamelyo sa disyerto ng Asya. Naitanong tuloy sa akin ng isang kasamahan kung ilan
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A Snowman Would Not Want to Keep Itself Warm (Unless It Wants to Die)
(On Maintaining a Sense of Logic in Writing) In 2004, when I was still living in Surrey, British Columbia, taking care of my late maternal grandfather, I also got to read books regularly to
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The Wave Splashes Eternal, part 6
(Arcade Fire releases third album) Among the Alternative / Indie Rock bands that came out of the mid-2000s, Arcade Fire is one of the most successful, both commercially and critically. Both the band’s first
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Kilala Mo Ba ang mga Hayop na ’To
[Some African Animals] Para sa mga Aprikano, ang mga sumusunod na uri ng hayop ay malamang pangkaraniwan na lamang, dahil ang mga ito ay lehitimo sa mga bansang matatagpuan sa kontinente ng Aprika. Subalit…
Read More »Gaya-gaya, Hakahaka, Kilikili
(On Reduplicated Filipino Words) Many words in the Filipino language are formed using reduplication. In linguistics, reduplication is a process by which the root or stem of a word, or part of it, is
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