I get a good laugh when hearing out other people's Tagalog vocabularies because I realize I am barely scratching the wide range of Tagalog words when I speak.

For instance, awhile ago I emailed Auntie Arlyn...

Me: Hi Auntie, I received this letter from Deutsche Bank. I almost forgot about it Auntie. But I don't understand what it says.
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Lunchtime conversation

Dianne: So ano sa English ang "makunat?"
Carlo: "Semi-crunchy?"

I don't remember where I got this shred of conversation, gad, I haven't even seen Closer yet. But you see, it articulates exactly what I want to tell you.

Go ahead. Read it.

Dan: I fell in love with her, Alice.

Alice: Oh, as if you had no choice? There's a moment, there's always a moment, I can do this, I can give in to this, or I can resist it, and ( Read more... )

Ethan: You're the only woman on the face of the earth that breaks up with her boyfriend and doesn't even shed a tear. I mean, that's gotta mean something, right? -from the movie The Holiday
Me: Yes. It means I’m tired of crying. Besides, this is his idea. Not mine.

Today i got a "sermon on the mount" from one of my bosses.

He pointed out that i should be more careful in choosing the words i say because i just might be hurting other people's feelings. perhaps all he wanted to say was i should be less bitchy. Haha.

But pray tell me how i can restrain myself from "commenting" when some people say it's a ( Read more... )