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international relations. bow!

sabihin man nating bawat undergrad degree program ay narerequire ng 9 units ng communication/english courses, hindi pa rin sapat yun para maging effective communicator lalo na sa panahon ngayon kung kelan sikat ang globalization. dagdag mo pa yung english subjects mula nursery/prep until 4th year high school, kulang pa rin sa dami ng 'version' ng language na ito.

sa dami ng lahi ng mga nakausap ko, so far napapatunayan ko naman na english nga ang universal language (should i say global dahil malay ba natin kung may martian na nakakaintindi ng english?). pero tama ba talaga ito? o baka naman akala ko english ang ginagamit kong salita pero sa totoong buhay american lang sinasabi ko at australian naman ang salita nung kausap kong indian. gets ba?

naalala ko na naman tuloy ang topic isang topic sa philosophy 1 nung kolehiyo: "all terms are equivocal". well, totoo nga. nakakalito ang mundo, parang kanta ng smokey mountain tuloy - kung sinung mahal mo syang ayaw sa iyo... ahehehe!! ayan, napa-segue na!

minsan ng take ako ng 2-hour training about cross-cultural communication dito sa company namin, bitin naman. wish ko lang talaga, naituturo sa school kung pano mabawasan, kung 'di man mawala, ang language barrier lalo na kung hindi mo nakikita ang kausap mo.

anyway, feel ko lang mag-rant ng ganto ngayon dahil matatapos na ang employment bond ko, ni hindi man lang ako napadala sa ibang bansa. hay buhay!

emote

'di ako perpekto. maraming beses ko na ring binigo ang sarili ko. sa dami ng nangyari, 'di ko maisip na nagawa ko ang mga yun. 'di ako nagsisi. nabaon na ko sa kahihiyan. pero natutunan kong bumangon. 'di ko man matuwid ang lahat, ang mahalaga nakakatayo na ko.

bull's eye

my mom has told me that as a baby, i can't help without hearing chiquitita. it wasn't a surprise to me. as a kid, enjoyed listening to all of abba's songs. i remember that i used to dance when take a chance or mamma mia is played.

good thing mamma mia is now on theaters. it's basically a movie celebrating abba's music. hurray for me!

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i checked out youtube if some mamma mia clips are available. and i saw this:

I work all night, I work all day
To pay the bills I have to pay
Ain't it sad and still there never
Seems to be a single penny left for me

Amen.
Kakasweldo lang, parang hindi ko naramdaman na.

kinain ko ang sinabi ko

binabawi ko na. ayaw ko na sa kanila. hindi na naubos ang meeting ko sa gabi nang dahil sa kanila!

kung fu fighting

would you take your boss seriously if he happens to look like kung fu panda?

last week, my boss asked me to come over his desk to take a look at his spreadsheet. that time, i was online with a client discussion important instructions for their project. my boss jokingly slammed his desk and said "dean, how many times do i have to call your name?" well, he kinda knows that i'm busy but i replied "i'm not scared of you. should i be afraid of kung fu panda?"

that's how close we are in my team. don't get me wrong, my boss has this "boy next door look" but too sad he gained weight. and by the way, i'm so afraid of him - he's the one who forwards my time and expense report to HR and rates my performance.

feel at home

i love spain. i love spaniards! i feel like i'm with my family when i talk to them. the accent, the tone, the emotions, everything - parang asa pinas lang din ang kausap ko.

go figure

guess what i did

a. attempted front handspring

b. overkicked a handstand

c. photoshopped myself

the impossible dream

PDA o Pinoy Idol? hmmm... sa PDA ako. 'di hamak na mas nakakasabik panoorin ang PDA. (pinoy idol: one word, lame. kelangan pa bang imemorize yun?)

pero bakit sa tuwing may oras akong makapanood ng PDA, may nagdo-drop out? nakakapanggalaiti. imagine, libo-libo ang gustong makapasok tapos heto ang mga pinalad na scholars nag-aalisan. ang mas nakakainis, ang bababaw ng mga rason nila. hay! TARUPA!