Grammar Suicide # 5
Grammar suicide chronicles my daily encounters with everything grammatically suicidal. This is not meant to laugh onto Filipinos’ ingenuous English grammar usage but is, rather, meant to induce awareness about the common Pinoy-style deviations from the proper usage of the language. (Charing!)
“Please erase the board after class.”
This is the most classic example of a grammar suicidal. This was taught to me when I was in gradeschool: You erase the writings on the board and not the board itself. I was surprised that I would still encounter this in a univerisity. And I began to doubt if this is already accepted as grammatically correct. But nevertheless, I believe it is still suicidal. Hehe. ∞
Lifehouse Live in Manila
*LATE POST*
Saturday is a haggard day. Fortunately, this Saturday is a little bit different since I would be having a detox session with my best friend (yeah right :p). LIFEHOUSE!!
Vin poked me to go with him since he IS a fan. I’m not a big fan but I like them and their songs at least. BUT I became a fan after the concert. Iba pare, iba talaga ‘pag live! Wooo.. Two days ata akong may hangover..
Videos are not the clear. We got ourselves Upper Box B tickets since Upper Box A tickets (Yeap, we wanted Box A) are no longer available when I called Ticketnet to reserve, erm, tickets. And THE girlfriend pressure is unavoidable. Haha.
After the concert, we splurged at McDonald’s (There were no other nice restos or fast food chains open after the concert concluded).
I slept at Vin’s, and we splurged again the day after. Stressors are appetizers. Haha.
LIFEHOUSE!
Complete entry (and videos too!): http://alps05.multiply.com/journal/item/7/Lifehouse_Live_in_Manila_Vin_and_I_Pictures_and_Videos
Direct Eyes Ahead
I have seen this print advertisement along NLEX (I’m actually not sure if it’s NLEX or SLEX or Your-ordinary-EX, but this is the highway under Skyway before EDSA-Magallanes).
I have tried my best to imitate the real print ad. Haha. Anyway, this is my point: The advertisement’s goal is to be seen and/or to be read but the reminder below states otherwise. Maybe, the advertisement wanted to direct the driver’s eyes ahead after seeing or reading the print ad. There is an initiative to keep drivers safe (safe from accidents due reading print ads along highways) but it still gives them an unfortunate chance to be unsafe. Irony that is.
The Decimal
I and my friends have unconsiously chosen Baker’s Passion at Midtown, Robinson’s Place Manila to be our favorite tambayan. Snacks? Drinks? Lunch? Dinner? Booze? Wi-fi? A need for electric socket (Laptop/mobile phone/PSP charging; PhP25 per hour)? Baker’s Passion seem to have everything except the key to world peace. Its less stressful Bread Talk appeal and atmosphere is a bonus. Anyway, we have been ordering pastries food and drinks (Try their Homebrew iced tea! It’s like teh best!) here lately vis-a-vis doing our stressful academic workouts. And of course, we are given receipts for the products that we have ordered.
Well, it’s just your ordinary everyday receipt. Except
“Total Item Count=2.00″
Hmm, is it possible that my Total Item Count is 2.52? or maybe 3.01? Haha. I know this is trivial but I just find it weird. Hehe.
Nonexistent
What’s the fuss all about Edward Cullen?!
In every social networking site and blog I go, Edward Cullen is there. My girl friends, moreover, are going gaga over this fictional character. Janelle once requested me to read Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight too see how a guy would react to this for-girls novel. And I haven’t finished it. I believe I wasn’t motivated that much (If it wasn’t Janelle who requested me, I won’t read it actually :P). Just one observation in the novel: Cullen is &%**& overrated. Haha. He is the epitome of perfection every girl would fall for.
And I hate him. Haha.
If there’s one lesson every girl should learn, it would be this:
The ideal guy is nonexistent.
*Evil grin*
Hey, I’m here, if you want someone existent. :P
