Sunday, August 18, 2013

BAD GRAMARS MAKIN ME [SIC]

ORIGINAL TEXT:

Ganito Ka Rin Ba Mag-ENGLISH?
(To whoever gets to understand this letter, CONGRATULATIONS!)

The following is a letter found at a certain bar in Manila and has been preserved in its original, unedited form. Enjoy reading and may you try direct translation in Tagalog. Pls. read with feelings . . . 


     October 1996
To Marjie,
I am not surprise or wander why Dennis leave you why? What reason can you think about but you're very fat body. I thought before that Dennis only use me to his toy but sooner and later I'm realize that he really can't not beared or stomached to be with you anymore because at first, Dennis say he could not stand you're habit of making pakialam all his walks (lakad) and always calling to their house what he go home or this or that.
And then he say he get ashame to me either in school or in his family and then asking you to exercise you're very very, very fat body. But you hate it. Thought you're the most preetiest girls he knows about. What do you think you are "BeautifulGirl" of Jose Mari Chan?
Even you are beautiful face (to your think) you do not have the right to called me whatsoever or else difference name one time or the other for the real purposed to insults my personality because I'm never call you names either in the front of Dennis or in the backs of Dennis, but if you start already to calling me different name, I don't have any other choice but to call you other different name to. Like you are a PIG, FAT, OBESSED, OVERWIGHT, AND UGLY SHAPE girl. Shame to you're body that is to a BUDING.
You can't not blame Dennis for exchanging you to me because I am the more sexier that you when you look to us in the mirror. I'm repeat again that you are like Ike Lozada when she is a girl.
Love,
The sexiest Girl of D.M.
P.S.
You say that I'm the bad breathe but who is Dennis want to kissed. Me or you? And the final is me. There you go.

REVISED TEXT:

Ganito Ka Rin Ba Mag-ENGLISH?
(To whoever gets to understand this letter, CONGRATULATIONS!)

The following is a letter found at a certain bar in Manila and has been preserved in its original, unedited form. Enjoy reading and may you try direct translation in Tagalog. Please read with feelings.


October 1996        


                          To Marjie,
                                    I am neither surprised nor wondered why Dennis leave you. Why? because of your fat body. Before, I thought that Dennis use me as his toy,later, I realized that he can't bear to be with you anymore. First, Dennis says that he couldn't stand your habit of meddling with what he is doing with his life and phoning him whenever he's at home.
                                   He told me he is ashamed to be with you in school or in front of his family. He is also asking you to exercise and lose some weight. You think you're the prettiest girl he knows. Who do you think you are, Jose Mari Chan's " Beautiful Girl " ?
                                  Even if you 'think' you're beautiful, you don't have the right to call me names. Because I never call you names whether Dennis' back is turned or not. But if you do call me by such names, I have no other choice but to do the same. I'll call you names such as pig, fat, obese, overweight, and poorly-shaped girl. Shame on you for being such a fat-ass.
                                 You can't blame Dennis for choosing me over you because I have the sexier body. I repeat, you look just like Lozada when he was a girl.

Love,                            
The sexiest Girl of D.M.

P.S.
    You say that I have a bad breath, but who did Dennis want to kiss? me or you? Me.

REACTION:

 To be honest, I really had a hard time translating the letter. I also had a hard time typing the original text because I tend to laugh at every paragraph. Words can't describe how poor her English grammar was. I mean I usually ignore this kind of stuff especially when it has a bad grammar. I just can't stand those people who think that they're so great but turns out to be, they're not. She doesn't think first before she says something. I'm neither a grammar nazi nor really good at grammar, but at least I try to make my grammar as understandable as possible. 
"The tongue has no bones, but it is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful with your words. "

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Writing Informal Themes. IT'S MORE FUN IN CAVSCI!!!



“Don’t focus on having a great blog. Focus on producing a blog that’s great for your readers.”- Brian Clark

                    “Blogs are whatever we make them. Defining ‘Blog’ is a fool’s errand.”- Michael Conniff. First of all, I think you can point out how I feel about writing our informal themes. Personally, I think doing our informal theme with the help of computers is a big step up and a big help for us students. For me, I don't just write informal themes just because it's a requirement for us. It's like writing is another outlet for me to express what I feel and how I feel about the things going around and how I can actually relate my experiences in life to my blogs. 

                    I like doing our informal themes in blogger because I personally like doing blogs like what I do on Tumblr. You can just lie down on your bed, get your laptop and start blogging. It's easier to express what I really feel because I can just play a tons of music and get inspiration from the lyrics. I can also browse the books that I have for some useful quotes. I can easily express myself because here, they can't see me while I'm doing this. I live by the beach and sometimes I take a walk and look at the children playing in the sand or at the sunset just trying to look for an inspiration. But there are also some disadvantages that affects me while doing my informal theme. There are times that I look in my Facebook account not knowing I spend too much time on it rather than spend time finishing my blog. I also get lazy at times and just leave blogging for the next day until it's nearly the submission time. I also like doing blogs instead of writing because I know that I suck in cursive writing. 


                   But the point  here is that I really do enjoy blogging and using blogger as our informal theme. I may not be as good as the other bloggers out there. But as long as I can express myself through these simple words, I think I'm good with that already.
"Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality."- Edgar Allan Poe.