Why Not Just Speak in Filipino?

Janina San Miguel would have looked smarter if she just spoke in Filipino. Then again, this is more entertaining. She also wouldn’t have made it to the list of YouTube most viewed videos and people wouldn’t have talked about her. Good for her!

Blogger Now In Filipino!

You can now use blogger in Filipino!  As always it may need getting used to but once you’re used to it, it’s pretty cool to use. 😀

First Filipino Blogger

Could I possibly be the World’s First Filipino Blogger? My first “blog” date back as early as 1999 although back then, I just kept my articles in my website and called them “literary works”. Too bad I didn’t put dates so I can’t recall exactly when I wrote those articles. These articles were written well…

Writing in Filipino

For these past few months, I’ve taken a break from writing in English and started writing only in Filipino. Here are my reasons. 1. I don’t want to end up like the Philippine National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. He became very fluent in Spanish and in other foreign languages but when he tried to write…

Languages Galore

Originally Posted in Soc.Culture.Filipino My situation here in Japan is even funnier. When talking with my Canadian friends, I would involuntarily insert Japanese words to my English knowing they’d understand them anyways. To those who can’t speak Japanese, I avoid inserting Japanese words and Filipino-invented words (namely “C.R.”) to my English. When talking with my…