February 2012
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via brainpicker.org: Scientists find the syntax of... →
Not entirely connected to the article, but just so I’ve put this down: I’ve always wondered how language would have been if the non-linear idea of time had been the first theory of mankind. No one would have understood anyone, for sure.
Which, then, brings up several questions in my head: Is the interconnected-ness of language and the idea of time like the problem of the chicken and...
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This Morning's Epiphany
In a parallel universe, my-self is having the best February of her life. Only because it’s practically Christmas for those in a relationship.
Yun nga lang. Wala shang trabaho. (Though malamang nagma-Masters sha ngayon) Pahirapan shang makahawak/hanap ng pera to get by, at malamang ang dami n’yang utang.
Marami rin siguro shang kaibigan (staple na yun across universes, methinks),...
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January 2012
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John Steinbeck on Falling in Love (1958) →
Excerpt from the letter:
…There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as...
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It starts with this: put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down...
– Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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01/09/12: The Zombies Are Coming!
me: tinanong ko sha kung sinabi na ba nya ke sir yun
me: umiling.
me: alam ko naman daw yun dati pa
me: me, "eh anu ba. ayoko naman na sakin manggaling yung ganung bagay."
me: hay.
me: san nakakabili ng balls?
pampam: na-hoard na ata natin lahat e
me: ay.
me: GRABE KA TOL
me: HOARDER KA.
pampam: IKAW MAS HOARDER
me: :))
pampam: >:)
me: PANIC BUYING?
me: END OF THE WORLD?
me: KELANGAN NG BALLS PARA KUMAIN NG IBANG TAO?
me: (labo lang)
pampam: :))
pampam: :))
pampam: preparation lang
pampam: PARA SA ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE
me: HEWWWW
me: zombies aren't going to happen.
me: /cracked
pampam: it's happening na
pampam: di mo ba napapansin
me: zombie ka na?
pampam: ANDAMI NA WALANG BRAINS?!?
me: =))
me: =))
me: =))
pampam: :D
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01/07/12: One Day at ARTWORK.
Me (holding up a size S shirt): Miss, may Medium pa kayo nito?
Salesgirl: Para sa inyo po?
Me (tries hard not to do a Lourd or a Vice Ganda): Ah, opo.
Salesgirl (looks at me): Large po kayo, Ma'am.
Me: ....sige, yung Large. -_- [ $#!+ |
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