Bakit ka HAPPY today?

[jut703]

This is great, adding value to one’s self.

Learn also mandarin or kanji.

This life or world is one great classroom.


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Hiragana/Katakana/Kanji is next but the Japanese have so much more characters than Korean so it's much harder.

Easiest to learn reading/writing is Korean. Easiest to learn speaking is Japanese. Mandarin is the hardest for both. [emoji28]

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[cast_no_shadow]

Finally mas madali na mag key-in ng passcode compared before, phone is struggling to recognize your face when mask is on.

Now default agad to passcode when you are wearing facemask.


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[cast_no_shadow]

Another one.

Parking the car, sakto here comes Lazada delivery dumating na order ko, then dumating ang Barangay asked for my quarantine pass, showed it in exchange they gave me 1K.

Since March naka 2K na ako from Cityhall [emoji16]


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[bugsmobile]

Finally mas madali na mag key-in ng passcode compared before, phone is struggling to recognize your face when mask is on.

Now default agad to passcode when you are wearing facemask.


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Yeah hassle to input pa passcode when wearing a mask. Wish they also had a fingerprint option too.

[jmc21420]

Hiragana/Katakana/Kanji is next but the Japanese have so much more characters than Korean so it's much harder.

Easiest to learn reading/writing is Korean. Easiest to learn speaking is Japanese. Mandarin is the hardest for both. [emoji28]

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I studied kanji, hiragana, and katakana before. Among the three, I think kanji is the most difficult.

I can understand a little Korean because I have a lot of Korean friends.

Mandarin is harder, for me. But I think, for practical reasons, and considering that China is the second largest economy in the world, a working knowledge of any of Chinese languages isn’t a waste of your time.

By the way, Japan is third largest. So, you’re on your way. [emoji106]


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[dr. d]

I studied kanji, hiragana, and katakana before. Among the three, I think kanji is the most difficult.

I can understand a little Korean because I have a lot of Korean friends.

Mandarin is harder, for me. But I think, for practical reasons, and considering that China is the second largest economy in the world, a working knowledge of any of Chinese languages isn’t a waste of your time.

By the way, Japan is third largest. So, you’re on your way. [emoji106]


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aren't we happy, we do not have to take great pains to study english?
many peoples dread going to the USA, because they do not know english.

[_Cathy_]

Nakakatuwa talaga mga "babies" ko sa office (staff sa kabilang department) kahit working 12-14 hrs a day, bubbly pa rin! Papalipat na daw sila ng position pag wala na ko LOL! I will really miss them

[jmc21420]

aren't we happy, we do not have to take great pains to study english?
many peoples dread going to the USA, because they do not know english.

Language is a tool for communication. The index is not happiness but utility.

According to US Border Patrol, in 2018 alone (and there were more in 2019 per US Customs and Border Protection Agency) there were 688,375 migrants that were apprehended in the US-Mexico southwest border trying to enter the United States illegally.

Most of these migrants came not only from Mexico, but from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala. Some even came from Eastern Europe.

And most of them do not speak the language, but their native tongue.


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[jut703]

I studied kanji, hiragana, and katakana before. Among the three, I think kanji is the most difficult.

I can understand a little Korean because I have a lot of Korean friends.

Mandarin is harder, for me. But I think, for practical reasons, and considering that China is the second largest economy in the world, a working knowledge of any of Chinese languages isn’t a waste of your time.

By the way, Japan is third largest. So, you’re on your way. [emoji106]


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If purely for utility, definitely learning Mandarin is most practical.

But I enjoy learning Japanese/Korean more so it's what I study in my free time. Don't think I'd have the same movtivation for Mandarin.

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[dr. d]

Language is a tool for communication. The index is not happiness but utility.

According to US Border Patrol, in 2018 alone (and there were more in 2019 per US Customs and Border Protection Agency) there were 688,375 migrants that were apprehended in the US-Mexico southwest border trying to enter the United States illegally.

Most of these migrants came not only from Mexico, but from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala. Some even came from Eastern Europe.

And most of them do not speak the language, but their native tongue.


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perhaps, you haven't yet experienced being in a room where some other tongue foreign to you, was the medium of communication...
and when it came for your turn to transact business, the person in charge suddenly spoke good english...

well,
they're probably fleeing from something more fearful than dealing with people who don't speak their native tongue.

[BlancNoir]

perhaps, you haven't yet experienced being a room where some other tongue foreign to you, was the medium of communication...
and when it came for your turn to transact business, the person in charge suddenly spoke good english...

well,
they're probably fleeing from something more fearful than dealing with people who don't speak their native tongue.

hehehe love this!

Was once in a room with locals in one of our factories in Visayas.
they were all speaking bisaya eh hindi nila alam marunong ako.
The look on their faces though, was priceless when i spoke to them in bisaya when the meeting started.

[dr. d]

hehehe love this!

Was once in a room with locals in one of our factories in Visayas.
they were all speaking bisaya eh hindi nila alam marunong ako.
The look on their faces though, was priceless when i spoke to them in bisaya when the meeting started.

i'll bet, you were beyond happy.

old story. OT.
two candidates were going the rounds during election season.
in one foray, the audience was a native minority.
the first candidate made his speech, in english.
the other candidate made his speech, in the native tongue of the audience.

[BlancNoir]

i'll bet, you were beyond happy.

old story. OT.
two candidates were going the rounds during election season.
in one foray, the audience was a native minority.
the first candidate made his speech, in english.
the other candidate made his speech, in the native tongue of the audience.

hindi naman. nakakatawa lang. hehe

Also had my share of blunders of the same kind. hahahaha may ibang instance i was talking trash pa.

[dr. d]

hindi naman. nakakatawa lang. hehe

Also had my share of blunders of the same kind. hahahaha may ibang instance i was talking trash pa.

some furriners are surprised, when they find out a person spoke two languages.

my furrin boss was surprised, because i was able to help a non-english-speaking latina patient get a cab driven by an indian (bombay).
"how'd you do that?"

[BlancNoir]

some furriners are surprised, when they find out a person spoke two languages.

my furrin boss was surprised, because i was able to help a non-english-speaking latina patient get a cab driven by an indian (bombay).
"how'd you do that?"

We have indian cab drivers???? [emoji44]

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[dr. d]

We have indian cab drivers???? [emoji44]

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clarification.

sa 'merika po nangyari.
the boss was a caucasian american thru and thru.
the patient was a south american who spoke spanish but didn't speak english.
the cabbie was an indian from bombay.

[papi smith]

Bilib nga ako sa mga Espanol sa money heist, marunong din pala sila mag bisaya, panay ang salita ng yodeputa [emoji75]

[_Cathy_]

clarification.

sa 'merika po nangyari.
the boss was a caucasian american thru and thru.
the patient was a south american who spoke spanish but didn't speak english.
the cabbie was an indian from bombay.

a bit OT but it blows my mind how the US gives citizenship to those who can't even speak the language, sa Germany requirement yan to speak German. Tama naman e, you swear allegiance to a country pero di mo masalita language nila

[dr. d]

a bit OT but it blows my mind how the US gives citizenship to those who can't even speak the language, sa Germany requirement yan to speak German. Tama naman e, you swear allegiance to a country pero di mo masalita language nila

well,
the requirements for candidacy for Presidency of the USA are very lenient: natural-born, a resident for at least 14 years, and 35+ years of age. ability to read and write isn't even mentioned.
in my opinion, if it is not required of the President, why should it be required of its citizens...

[EQAddict]

My friend who was in the ICU due to Covid, has been released from the hospital. It looked really bad for a few days.....glad he pulled thru.





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