In the past week or so, I purchased a new PC! It is kind of a departure for me, because this computer is much different than any other computer that I have bought in my lifetime. And, believe me, in my lifetime I have bought a lot of PCs too! What is so different about [...]
One of the things that I find has been fun and helpful to me in terms of learning language is chatting, and interacting in other ways over the Internet in Bisaya. In recent weeks, I have been using Facebook to do this. If I update my status and write it in Bisaya, it always draws [...]
When I first moved to the Philippines, I thought to myself – “why should I learn the local language, everybody can speak English, after all!” Well, it is true that most people here can speak English, but it is a different English than what an American speaks, and we do not always communicate clearly with [...]
