The Great Language Game
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...
Noviembre Rain (La Pluie de Novembre) by Guns N’ Roses
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...
Benny the Irish Polyglot speaks and sings in Tagalog!
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...
Team Xtina vs Team Pharrell
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...
Friday Photo: Engrish menu
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...
Manila is cool!
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...
Rude – Matt Steffanina choreography
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...
My first italki-Skype chat with a Hungarian language partner
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...
UST – Asia’s Oldest University: A video by Travis Kraft
This video shows the inside of the University of Santo Tomas, where I studied from 1993. So much of the school has changed throughout the years, but I love how spacious it has become. This is one place in Manila that I will never get...
The Adventure Bucket List – Philippines
This year, I was able to cross off two items from my Adventure Bucket List: – Stand up paddle (SUP) boarding in Boracay – Mermaid swimming in Boracay – GAAAAAAD! One of the most awesome things I did this year and I will do it...
Congratulations, NU Bulldogs!
The National University Bulldogs went through a helluva battle to be the champions. 1. They battled the University of the East Red Warriors for the last slot in the Final Four. 2. They beat the number 1 seed Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles twice to...
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