Author Archives: Lynn

Spreading ignorance

My mother’s been watching a GMA 7 afternoon soap opera entitled Hiram na Puso, and while it has all the usual elements–melodrama, shoddy acting, poor writing–I give it the stick for spreading ignorance. Lira, Kris Bernal’s character, received a heart transplant from another girl, and apparently, the heart donor’s spirit lives on in her heart, [...]

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relatable

I laughed quite a lot when I first watched this video over a month ago, partly because I could really relate to what she’s saying. I’ve been afraid of rape since I was eight years old*, probably around the same time I started worrying about breast cancer**. For some reason, the newspapers of choice in [...]

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It’s Iyengar

Dear Metro Magazine, Like the title says. It’s Iyengar, not Ayenga. A little clarification from the interviewee, editing, and research would be most cool. Cheers, Lynn

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Um, no

Dear Coke, I love you, but please do not pass yourself off as a great way for people to hydrate. I want you to always be the sweet, stinging soft drink that I’ve enjoyed since I was a little, little girl drinking you out of my bottle. ♥, Lynn

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Choppy Internet

After more than three years of being satisfied with the connection I get from Smart Bro, they’ve decided to be difficult fuckers and give me more than two weeks of grief. First, I had no connection whatsoever from February 25 to March 1, and all was choppy until yesterday afternoon, although my net went back [...]

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Youthful high-mindedness

Amusing, although littered with stereotypes and unusual ideas. Find a reading guy under a tree in a park? A reading guy has no condoms, money, or credit cards in his wallet, or when he does have money, it’s just for book buying? He can spend the entire night talking about books? Unfortunately, this is the [...]

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Hitching a ride…

…it’s more fun in the Philippines. Spotted on February 22, 2012 along Commonwealth Avenue. I’m going to say that oh dear, this doesn’t look safe at all. Just a note: I was at the wheel, it was my boyfriend who took the photos.

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Yay, quiz night

Attended my first quiz night tonight and I think I’m drunk with the thrill of it. My team came in second, not a poor showing at all, but I can’t help thinking back to the moments we thought up the correct answers but went with completely different ones. We trailed the leader by five miserable [...]

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Lots of spicy

Spotting typos in major publications is, well, not exactly a hobby of mine, but a source of amusement whenever I run across them. This is the latest one I saw in The Philippine Star, published on March 2, 2012.

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Pangingialam

I do not know when “pangingialam” became acceptable in place of “pakikialam” to the point where it’s being used in news reports. Nobody says “pangingibagay” or “pangingiusap” or “pangingisama”. “Pangingialam” sounds like a petulant child complaining about her malicious playmates.

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