Did you know?...

-The Philippines was under the rule of Spain for 300 years

-Spanish is the language that has bequeathed the most loan words to Filipino. According to linguists, Spanish has even surpassed Malayo-Indonesian in terms of loan words borrowed, other words include Chinese, Mexican, Persian, Japanese, English and other languages.

Here are examples:

>>Bisikleta (Spanish: Bicicleta): bicycle
>>Kabayo (Spanish: Cavallo): horse
>>Kuwarto (Spanish: Cuarto): room
>>Oras (Spanish: Hora): hour
>>Silya (Spanish: Silla): chair
>>Buwan (Malay:Bulan): moon
>>Ikaw (Malay: Engkau): you
>> Pinto (Malay: Pintu): door
>>Dahan-dahan (Nihongo: Dandan): slowly; gradually
>>Katól (Nihongo: katōru): mosquito coil
>>Ate (Fukien Chinese: A-chi): Eldest Sister
>>Susi (Fukien Chinese: So-si): Key
>> Palengke (Nahuatl: Palenque): flea market
>>Kamote (Nahuatl: Camotli): sweet potato
>>Alak (Sanskrit: arak): wine
>>Guro (Sanskrit, Hindi: Guru): teacher, mentor

CREDITS: WIKIPEDIA

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Aside from Japanese girls & girls with glasses (he! he! he!), What makes me really really happy are cats and kittens. "Pusa" is the Filipino word for cat and "Kuting" for kitten.

Oh, I miss our cat! It's been 2 to 4 years since he left...... we lost him, nope, he didn't die. He went away because there was a girl cat in the next house to us, you know cats cant resist instinct and they need to reproduce.

Our cat's name was "Snow Black" we named him that because his fur was all white except for his ears and tail which was black.

He was the most interesting cat we ever had. This fellow is very tame but a very excellent hunter. He catches mice like no other and even cathes roaches and eats them! (eewww!)

That cat was a very huggable and playful animal. Anyways, years without a cat had been fine though, I just can't resist to stop by when I see a cat by the road and say "MEOW!"

BTW! better late than never! checkout 's gift for my Birthday last month, just received it recently:[link]

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These are some of my favorite Japanese songs

1. Aozora no Namida (Blood+ OP)
Listen to it here!: [link]

2. Lonely in Gorgeous (Paradise Kiss OP)
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3. Pray (Gintama OP)
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4.Ash Like Snow (Gundam 00 OP)
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5.WINDER Boku wa Koko ni Iru (Overdrive OP)
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6.God Knows (The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi IN)
Listen to it here!: [link]

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18 days left before this paradise of eternal free time ends.

This summer has been the most productive one in my life because I really pushed beyond my skills, (Previous summers were a eat/sleep/procrastinate system)This time I really practiced day and night and used more than 600 sheets of bond paper. I really had hours and hours of frustrations during this two month long vacation. It finally paid off at last! Now I am happy with myself because I didn't waste this vacation and will never regret those sleepless nights improving what I lack. 18 days left...(school is coming back!) I'm now 20 years old...and there is still so much to learn................... Oh, I love this life!

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I've been practicing lucid dreaming for the past few days. I think I'm having improvement! ('Though I can't control my dream fully, I can change the dream's topic at will) anyways that's it.... still got deviations to finish.....

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