fish or fishes?

Don't know what kinds of fish are these..hehe!

In English grammar, the plural form for "fish" is still "fish". In other words, we do not add -es to the noun "fish" to make it plural. To define a group of fish is to say "a school of fish".

oh mga bata! sana may natutunan tayo ngayon mula sa isang munting kaalaman tungkol sa tamang gamit sa inggles ng maraming maraming FISH!

hanggang sa muli!;0)

The Path

"You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself"

Catching the sunset

"I am not good in photography but I simply love nature.
And as I captured the sunset, the tree paved its way..."

Tambay...

Bystander,according to dictionary.com , is a person who watches but does not take part ; a nonpartipant spectator. In tagalog we may call it "tambay" and we associate it with being jobless. An onlooker who only perceives but does not act.

In the Philippines, out of million Filipinos, I guess we have half or more whom we consider as "tambay". For so many reasons that I no longer would want to elaborate. Are we going to point our fingers on this to the government? well could be, but not totally though. Talking about governmental issues is the most tiring , nonsense thing in the world for me. They simply suck! Anyway, I only mean that we don't put all the blame to the government the stern poverty that we're facing because only us can change the course of our fate. The government will just be onlookers...a by chance spectators of what we can do for them than what they can do for us.

Looking at the Philippine setting today, I wish to mourn for all Filipinos who belong to the poverty line...I am infact not an exception to that! If even employed ones would fall in line under the scorching heat of the sun only to avail the lowest variety of rice-- NFA, how much more are the thousands of us who belong to being jobless and earns very little to sustain our daily and very basic needs! We produce many graduates each year and yet I guess only 15% get to be employed. The rest remains "tambay" still waiting for their own pot of gold.

If this crisis on the oil and rice hike will not be resolved. I can no longer imagine what will become of the Filipino people a year or more from now. Happy person baya ko oi, pero sa ako nakita sa ako palibot, magguol naman pud ta maghunahuna oi!

nursing ang kurso ni doc at maa'm

di ba nakakalito yun? doktor kana nga tapos nag-nurse ka pa? which is which? eto po'y isang simpleng one plus one equals two lamang. isang doktor na kelangan kumuha ng kursong nursing dahil in-demand sa abroad. doktor ka nga eh wala ka namang pera na sapat para maabot ang iyong mas maginhawa pang buhay na pinapangarap. nung una, naguguluhan talaga ako sa ideyang iyan. pero ngayon naiintindihan kona. napanood ko yata ang "caregiver" ni ate shawie. ang galing ng acting ni jhong hilario na isang doctor sa pinas ngunit nurse sa abroad. ayan tuloy, just because he hasn't gotten out from his nerve the profession of being a doctor, sesanti sa trabaho for "insubordination". pero nakaka'touched talaga grabe!kahit ako nasa kalagayan nya gagawin ko pa rin ang tama. buhay ng tao ang nakasalalay eh. si shawie naman teacher na naging caregiver. pilit man nating pikitan ang katotohanan, eto na yata ang buhay nating mga Pilipino. we have become "wanderer" in our very own native land.

nakakalito man ang mga pangyayari sa ating lipunan pero para parin tayong mga tao-tauhan na sunod-sunuran sa bulok na sistema ng ating gobyerno. kung lahat ng skilled workers meron tayo ay magsisilabasan na ng bansa. ano na ang mangyayari sa mga susunod na henerasyon kung lahat ng doctor at guro ay magiging caregiver at nurse sa bayan ng mga banyaga. Hanggang kelan tayo alipin? kapait!;0(

a lousy sermon's greatest lesson

I could no longer recall when was the last time I woke up early to hear Sunday mass. But this morning,I did. My heart's telling me that I must.

And so, on one fine Sunday morning, I got myself ready to hear mass. The sermon of the priest went on. But as he ended it..I told myself, "it was a lousy sermon." But then in the back of my mind, I was trying to erase the idea. There is no such thing as lousy sermon, for in whatsoever ways that the priest had made his reflection of the Gospel reading appeared to be..I felt so ashamed and guilty to have realized within me that I shouldn't react that way. I kept telling myself that if I want to be one with God and His people, I must be at the church, feel the Eucharist, regardless of the priest's sermon or the churchgoers' nuisance within the house of the Lord.

And so the next time around, I've learned my lesson. And that I must listen carefully to the message of the Gospel and pay an even more closer concentration with the mass. And that I am in the house of the Lord to renew my faith and strengthen my relationship to HIM, whether the sermon of the priest appears to be lousy or not.

I think it's not about the lousy sermon..but it's about the lousy churchgoer as me. ;0(

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away

For quite awhile i was away from my blogging activity to give importance to some other aspects in my life. I woke up this morning feeling a little bit inspired to start my day with my ordinary household chores routine before I intend to suck myself in front of my pc monitor. My internet connection is ok and so I thought of writing a bit of my thoughts down to my personal journal I opt to call as "cliffnotes". As I was about to dash of a few lines, I found myself irked up unable to hit the keyboard. My mind couldn't think of a good entry. And so I switched to other stuff aside from blogging like surfing for what's new online be it entertainment, politics and environmental issues. Until I got tired and threw myself comfortably in bed. I got to sleep for like an hour but waking up had been uneasy. I realize that my eyes start to hurt. I need my glasses that I used to wear about five years back. Ouch! I think I need a new one. This is just a reading glass. I don't think it'll help my eyes this time. I think the pain is getting worst. Sigh!;0(

I wish I could find cure for my astigmatism soon. I will miss my blogging and writing habit for sure. I simply don't wanna be away for this reason.

trees

I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth's flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.



~~by Joyce Kilmer