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• January 18, 2012, Boy writes: Shalom!............................................
• January 29, 2012, Joe writes: Here's the translation (i think) you've requested. tengene nemen eh! ('tang ina naman eh) - Fuck Heinakuh Grabe Dear (Hay Naku, Grabe, Dear) - My goodness, it's too much, my love Ubos na pulutan ko. Magsarado na kayo - My appetizer is empty. Close it (bar) Heinakuh (Hay naku)- My goodness Hindi pa ako lasing, pangit pa 'tong chicks ko eh! - I am not drunk yet, and my (bar) girl is ugly! Bill out na. Ituloy na lang natin sa bahay - Pay the bill now. We will continue to drink at home. Wala nang beer - No more beer hasslemuch, di pa ako tinatamaan - it's much hassle. I have not affected yet (from drinking beer)

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• hair salons also have funny names sometimes
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• Dutch Filipino
  A few weeks ago, while it was raining I spotted this Filipino with his umbrella. He catches my attention immediately because he is wearing clothes in the colors of the Dutch Flag: Red-White-Blue. And not only that, he also has

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• November 21, 2011, dolphin writes: I will have to disagree with you when you say that spelling is one of our weakest points -- grammar, maybe. it's like you're saying 'generally Filipinos Filipinos often misspell the words.' How many misspelled words do you see against the number of correctly written adverts? Question is, where do you see all these? In the countryside? Maybe you can find a lot there (for many reasons), but a lot does not mean it's too common that you see them side by side. Anyway, when I visit my father's hometown in the countryside, along the way I hardly see misspelled words. I've been to many provinces, I saw many, but as I've said, collectively, these mistakes are not common. I must say that on the part of a foreigner the sight is common especially if they have seen 10, 20, while for the locals (because we are more familiar with ours)we don't notice and we don't think so. Most of the misspelled words can be seen only on small shops owned by small time biz people. With regard to 'Praybeyt Benjamin'I think you still aren't familiar with Pinoy humor. This is common. We do it often for fun. To appeal to readers and audience. To make the subject, issue, or whatever an interesting one to read or watch. We know this is incorrect. But you know, Pinoys are funny people.
• November 22, 2011, Isagani Cruz writes: Haha, Filipinos got it from Americans! Seriously, Americans are one of the worst English-language spellers...
• November 22, 2011, Jan writes: maybe so, in that case it's time to improve education !!! (and watch less American movies)
• December 27, 2011, John writes: Ha, ha. Pinoy are not funny people, they just can't read and write. It's not limited to English. I can write in Filipino better than most people born here! Language here is strictly a spoken thing in the Philippines. Old blokes talking about daily life, or hens gossiping. That's why there is no such thing as Filipino literature. The only ever produced was from the Spanish living here. Now the only kind is American English import. Unless you count pocket romance and horror. And by pocket, I mean super-short story.... It's not an offense, it's just a fact. Different cultural values. Pinoy don't care much about arts or education. Be that good or bad.

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• November 8, 2011, Charles Harman writes: I think you are correct just about every toy I buy for my kids is broken before the day is done. Yet many of the toys I bought in the US I was able to bring here and are for the most part are still intact. I am always looking for good quality toys but really don't see any. Come for a visit at my blog about retiring in the Philippines, feel free to post content at retiringphilippines.org
• December 27, 2011, John writes: It is very annoying that the captcha is always wrong, and all my text is deleted. I hate typing the same thing multiple times...

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• October 1, 2011, Ben writes: The talent and ability behind this invention is awesome. Absolutely amazing!
• October 3, 2011, Jan writes: Ben, It's a pitty that it's not a Filipino invention, but it's working and saving lots of money for the poor.

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• October 3, 2011, namisan writes: I'm a filipino and Jose Rizal is my greatest hero and idol. A person like him is rare. He seems to be one in a million. Thanks for writing about him.
• October 3, 2011, Jan writes: You are very welcome!!

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