I was away for a 2-week vacation (too short!) and while I did try to study a bit every day, I let things slip. Most of the time, I just sleep without cracking open the Duolingo or Memrise apps on my phone. When I checked it this weekend, I nearly had a heart attack! The…
Today, I had my very first italki session with a French teacher. I was so nervous that I actually thought of rescheduling. Plus, I have a headache since after lunch so I wasn’t feeling too well. But I thought I had to suck it up and get this over and done with. After all, the…
It took me a fair amount of time but I think I found a workable study plan for Hungarian. As there are considerably less available materials, I needed all the help I could get. Compared to French, I am having a more difficult time with this language, mainly because it is so different from the languages…
WARNING: Before watching, make sure you are alone at home (and not at work, school or any public place). Also, you need tissues. LOTS of it. This project brings the concept of language exchange to a whole new level. Why just learn a language when you can also touch lives and connect with other people?…
Yeah, I don’t do selfies. I do shelfies and my bookshelf screams: language NERD! As if that needs any confirmation. I still have more books and stuff for languages like Spanish, German and Korean but I have them in a box in the laundry cage and I am too lazy to dig them up ^^;;…
The Purefoods franchise in the PBA has retired the jersey of former UST standout Rey Evangelista! What an honor! He joins superstars Alvin Patrimonio and Jerry Codinera as the only Purefoods players whose jerseys were retired. That means Rey is ASTIIIIIIIG, eh? Rey was part of the 90s era where UST dominated the UAAP Men’s…
My neighborhood has a pond outside the clubhouse but I never noticed these koi until recently. I did see frogs, not fish. Maybe I was merely looking, not observing, not realizing what is there in front of me, not appreciating. Note to self: stop and smell the flowers. Stop and watch the koi. Remember what…
Language lovers, here is a fun challenge for all of you! Can you guess which language is spoken in each item? My best score was only 600 but I was surprised at how I can easily recognize Czech — I never studied a word of it. Weird watch out for the Tagalog one! Good luck!…
In language learning, it is important to find materials that interest you. When I was learning Japanese, I was so into Japanese rock and pop music. I still am! I used to translate Gackt and GLAY songs and frequented Music21 to sing their songs. It is not only practice for the vocal chords (ahem) but…
This is an old video of one of my most favourite polyglots, Benny Lewis — more popularly known as the Irish Polyglot. He visited the Philippines for a couple of months. He’s been to Manila, Puerto Galera and Cebu and in this video, he is speaking in Tagalog then goes on to sing the Tagalog…
Jesse Campbell and Anthony Evans from Team Xtina did “If I Ain’t Got You” for their Battleround pairing. This happened a few seasons ago on The Voice but it has not faded in my mind at all. For me, this has to be the most epic battle in the history of The Voice — no…
Yesterday, my friends and I went to U7 in Venice Piazza for something new for merienda. I happened to see something that didn’t make sense. The menu said “Source not included”. Source? Source…ah! In Tagalog, hindi daw kasama ang sawsawan!! But in fairness to them, their cream cheese pretzel is really good (especially if it…
Manila has always gotten a bad rap in the tourism scene: too much traffic and pollution, too many people, blah blah blah. But as someone who was born and raised in the capital, I always go on the defensive whenever someone maligns Manila (especially if one seems misinformed). A recent Lonely Planet article cited several…
Been listening to this song since last month. While I liked the original, I really loved Zedd’s EDM remix. Then I just had to discover this dance video by Matt Steffanina. At first, I wasn’t feeling it. I mean, a reggae song with hiphop? Then it grew on me quickly. It helps that Matt is…
Last month, I signed up with italki because all my favourite polygots were talking about it. But I got overwhelmed by the sheer number of people in the site so I logged out and forgot about it. But this month, I was re-evaluating my language goals and thought I needed some more structure that can…
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