English-Tagalog Songs: An opinion

"Ako'y natisod, natapilok, natisod, natapilok
Di maingat sa pagmamahal
Ako'y nadulas, umikot, nadulas, umikot
Di maingat sa pagmamahal"

-Lampa

Filipinos are known for our musical talents. Thanks to Charice Pempengco & Arnel Pineda(The journey band vocalist), we have proven to the world that we are worthy of that notion. We should be thankful that there are Filipinos out there who have the guts to represent our country and show them that we have a talent despite of the corruption, poverty and other national problems that we are encountering. But, is it enough to prove that we have talent? Are we worthy of having it?.

During the last quarters to the year 2008, songs like, umbrella, low and clumsy have been popular not only to the Filipinos but worldwide. In the Philippines, we often hear it along the roadside, mobiles, radios, and even watch them on TV. But due to it's popularity, other foreign artists have done covers(versions), of the original songs. Artists who made their way to popularity through youtube such as Marie Digby, Boyce Avenue and Chris Cendana (a fellow Filipino), made their own versions of Umbrella by Rihanna. Mandy Moore, also made a cover of that song for Pepsi and can be seen/heard at yahoo! music. But, its not only the foreign artists who made covers of that song, Filipinos as well have their own versions of the popular songs. From the English laguage, Filipinos have translated the songs into our native tongue.

Payong, Low and Lampa, are examples of the popular foreign songs that are translated to Tagalog. Translated to the fact that it ruined the essence of the original songs. Some Filipinos liked it, some are annoyed and some people found it as funny. Whichever it is that we felt when we have heard the songs, it still boiled down to a single point and that is, unoriginality. We made a mistake of translating foreign songs to tagalog. Why? because, one, we have ruined the song. Two, we have immitated it, three, we have put our country into shame and four, we have lost our identiy and wasted our talents. It's as if that we don't use our head anymore. We often get ideas from other countries, adopt it and claim it as ours. It's comparable to the remakes of the"novelas" of other countries. We're making an image to our fellow countrymen and ot the world that we have lost our sense of originality and that we can't compose/ make movies/novelas, without grabbing ideas from the works of other countries.

Talent is not enough. And in this world wherein a lot of people have vast talents. Distinction is much harder. We need to stand out. We need to show how we differ from the others. We need identity. If we keep on immitating other peole's works then, how can we be known? How can we be worthy of the talents that are given to us? If we keep on immitating and getting ideas from other people, do you think we'll stand out? We'll just be compared and judged. We'll be degraded. And if translating the songs to Tagalog is not immitating, can you tell me what it is? Can you prove to me that it is ORIGINAL? Is translating a form of originality?

Perhaps translating the songs have somehow helped us. But think of the image that we are creating to the world and most especially, to the Filipinos. Aren't we ashamed of it?Maybe some people would say that what they did was not bad at all. In fact, they're entertained by it. BUT is it still appropriate that we make fun of our own talents and works? Aren't we degraded by it? Have we lost our pride or our sense of self?

If we ask ourselves, do we still have our own identity? Can we survive without the ideas of other countries? Filipinos are talented, and that is non debatable but, we're not harnessing it. We're too lazy to improve those abilities that might help our country and our economy. We're not thinking outside of the box and let ourselves get out of our comfort zones. We want instant cash up to the point wherein we're risking the quality of our products and abilities. And as a result, we end up having low class products. And that is why we are not progressing.

We cannot control the lives of the people behind it. Especially if it is the only way that they could earn money. If we really want to translate songs, we should translate the thought and not the words. That's the law of "Pagsasaling-wika". Not the words, but the thought. And maybe if they'll do that, you could somehow prove me wrong.




note: This is just an opinion. You may agree with what i have said and you may not. I don't intend to humiliate the people who excerted their efforts just to translate the songs. I'm speaking in general. And if ever i have offended anybody, well, sorry..^^,

PEACE!^^,

10:31:40

it's amazing how people could pretend
and act as if they don't care
and how ironic could it possibly be
when we tell others "i'll let you be free"?

it's weird how people could say goodbye
and let them walk away from their lives
and then wake up the next day
and regret it for not making them stay

it hurts to hear people lie
just to get away from the situation
mislead people to make them happy
but let them live in fallacy

we know that sacrifice is a choice
we chose to lie, we chose to cry
we chose to live in vain and say goodbye
but we can't hide what our heart's true desire

Twilight effect

reading my mind would be the best way to know what i'm really thinking of. It would be great if someone or somebody would know what's really bothering me since then. But then again, it would be scary to be with that person. Thinking that he knows what's really bugging me. LOL. anyway, i can't sleep that's why i'm doing this. Well, i always sleep this late but, this time, i'm not feeling sleepy.

guess what i'm tryin to say is that, yes, i've been thinking of something or not. nah,.. never mind. minutes from now i'd be forcing myself to sleep because i still have to wake up early.

what can i say. i'm a vampire.(Twilight effect)
LOL.

goodnight.
"Twilight again, he murmured." Another ending. No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end."
Stephanie meyer(twilight book1)

My Favorite Liar

My Favorite Liar

“It is my intention to work into each of my lectures … one lie”

One of my favorite professors in college was a self-confessed liar.

I guess that statement requires a bit of explanation.

The topic of Corporate Finance/Capital Markets is, even within the world of the Dismal Science, an exceptionally dry and boring subject matter, encumbered by complex mathematic models and obscure economic theory.

What made Dr. K memorable was a gimmick he employed that began with his introduction at the beginning of his first class:

“Now I know some of you have already heard of me, but for the benefit of those who are unfamiliar, let me explain how I teach. Between today until the class right before finals, it is my intention to work into each of my lectures … one lie. Your job, as students, among other things, is to try and catch me in the Lie of the Day.”

And thus began our ten-week course.

This was an insidiously brilliant technique to focus our attention - by offering an open invitation for students to challenge his statements, he transmitted lessons that lasted far beyond the immediate subject matter and taught us to constantly check new statements and claims with what we already accept as fact.

Early in the quarter, the Lie of the Day was usually obvious - immediately triggering a forest of raised hands to challenge the falsehood. Dr. K would smile, draw a line through that section of the board, and utter his trademark phrase “Very good! In fact, the opposite is true. Moving on … ”

As the quarter progressed, the Lie of the Day became more subtle, and many ended up slipping past a majority of the students unnoticed until a particularly alert person stopped the lecture to flag the disinformation.

Every once in a while, a lecture would end with nobody catching the lie which created its own unique classroom experience - in any other college lecture, end of the class hour prompts a swift rush of feet and zipping up of bookbags as students make a beeline for the door.

On the days when nobody caught the lie, we all sat in silence, looking at each other as Dr. K, looking quite pleased with himself, said with a sly grin: “Ah ha! Each of you has one falsehood in your lecture notes. Discuss amongst yourselves what it might be, and I will tell you next Monday. That is all.”

Those lectures forced us to puzzle things out, work out various angles in study groups so we could approach him with our theories the following week.

Brilliant … but what made Dr. K’s technique most insidiously evil and genius was, during the most technically difficult lecture of the entire quarter, there was no lie. At the end of the lecture in which he was not called on any lie, he offered the same challenge to work through the notes; on the following Monday, he fielded our theories for what the falsehood might be (and shooting them down “no, in fact that is true - look at [x]“) for almost ten minutes before he finally revealed: “Do you remember the first lecture - how I said that ‘every lecture has a lie?’”

Exhausted from having our best theories shot down, we nodded.

“Well - THAT was a lie. My previous lecture was completely on the level. But I am glad you reviewed your notes rigorously this weekend - a lot of it will be on the final. Moving on … ” Which prompted an arousing melange of exasperated groans and laughter from the classroom.

And while my knowledge of the Economics of Capital Markets has faded in time, the lessons that stayed with me were his real legacy:

• “Experts” can be wrong, and say things that sound right - so build a habit of evaluating new information and check it against things you already accept as fact.
• If you see something wrong, take the initiative to flag it as misinformation.
• A sense of playfulness is the best defense against taking yourself too seriously.

I’ve had many instructors before and since, but few that I remember with as much fondness - and why my favorite professor was a chronic liar.

source:http://www.zenmoments.org/my-favorite-liar/

Paghikab

Sa tuwing tayo ay nakakaramdam ng pagkaantok, pagkabato, pagkapagod o pag tayo'y nakakakita ng himuhikab, tayo ay napapahikab din. Ano nga ba ang nasa likod ng gawaing ito? bakit tayo humihikab? at bakit nakakahawa ang paghikab? Ano ang dahilan kung bakit tayo humihikab?

Ang paghikab ay isang imboulntaryo na gawain na kung saan ito'y hindi natin mapipigilan o makokontrol. Ang lahat ng tao ay humihikab, kahit ang mga hayop ay humihikab din. Sinasabing kahit ang mga batang nasa loob pa lamang ng sinapupunan ng magulang partikular sa mga sanggol na 11 linggo na ay nakakahikab na rin. At mas madalas daw na humihikab ang mga lalaki dahil sa mas marami silang muscles sa katawan na nangangailangan ng oxygen(Walter Smitson, propesor ng psychiatry and director of the Central Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati Medical Center). Ang pagtibok ng ating puso ay bumubilis ng 30% sa tuwing tayo ay humihikab. At ang normal na paghikab ay tumatagal lamang ng 6 na segundo. Sa tuwing tayo ay nakakaramdam ng pagkapagod o pagkabagot, ang ating paghinga ay nagiging iba sa ating normal na paghinga. Ito ay mas mabagal kaysa sa normal kaya naman ito ay nagdudulot ng pagkabawas o pagkakulang ng oxygen sa ating katawan. At sa teoryang ito, ayon naman kay Dr. George A. Bubenik, M.D., ng University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, ang paghikab ay nakakapagpadagdag ng supply ng oxygen at nakakapagpabawas ng carbon dioxide sa ating katawan. Ngunit hindi ibig sabihin na ang paghinga ng maraming oxygen ay nakakabawas ng ating paghikab. At hindi rin ibig sabihin na ang paghinga ng maraming carbon dioxide ay makakapagpadagdag ng ating paghikab. Maaaring sa ibang tao ay insulto para sa kanila ang paghikab ng ibang tao sa harap nila, ngunit ayon sa pag aaral, ang paghikab daw ay isang manipestasyon ng paggana ng utak ng tao na nagdudulot ng paginit nito. Kaya’t sa tuwing umiinit ito ay humihikab ang tao upang mapalamig ang ating utak. Ito rin ay nangyayari dahil sa mga neurotransmitters sa ating utak na nag cocontrol sa ating emosyon, pagkagutom, mood atbp. Mas maraming supply ng mga neurotransmitters, mas madalas tayo na hihikab.

Isa pang teorya ay ang paghikab daw ay isang uri ng paguunat. Pinapataas nito ang ating blood pressure at ang bilis ng pagtibok ng ating puso habang inuunat an gating panga at ang mga muscles at joints nito. Ang Surfactant, isang mistulang langis na bumabalot sa ating baga na tumutulong sa ating paghinga at tumutulong sa pag iwas sa pagguho ng ating baga ay isang substansya na ikinakalat sa ating baga sa pamamagitan ng paghikab. Kaya't sinasabi sa teryang ito na ang pagpigil sa ating paghikab ay magdudulot ng kahirapan sa ating paghinga. Isa pang kagandahan sa paghikab ay ang pagpapalamig nito sa ating utak at ito ay ayon sa hypethesis ni Andrew C. Gallup at Gordon Gallup ng University of Albany(2007). Ito ay napatunayan nang sila ay gumawa ng isang experimento kung saan ang mga subjects ay binigyan at pinaglagay ng heat packs sa noo nila habang nanonood sila ng isang palabas ng mga taong humihikab. Ang mga subjects ay nakaramdam at nagpakita ng paghikab ng mas maraming beses kaysa sa noong sila ay naglagay naman ng cold packs sa kanilang noo. At upang maiwasan ang madalas na paghikab, ang paghinga sa pamamagitan ng ilong ay makakatulong dahil isa rin itong paraan ng pagpapalamig ng ating utak. Sinasabi rin na ang paghikab din ay nakakatulong sa regulasyon ng temperatura ng ating katawan.

Ang paghikab din daw ay nakakabagbalanse ang pressure sa ating ear drums. Nangyayari ito sa sandaling tayo ay humikab at nakarinig at naakramdam ng pagputok sa ating tenga na ang tanging taong humihikab lamang ang nakakarinig. Madalas itong mangyari pag tayo ay nasa mga lugar na matataas ang pressure gaya ng sa loob ng eroplano, sa kabundukan kapag tayo ay umaakyat at bumababa, na nagiging dahilan ng pagkatabingi ng ating ear drums sa halip na ito ay pantay o tuwid lamang.

Bakit nga ba nakakahawa ang paghikab? Kahit ang pagbabasa tungkol sa pahikab ay nakakahikab din...at 55% ng mga tao ang hihikab din makalipas ang 5 minuto matapos makakita ng ibang taong humihikab. Alam nyo ba ba ang mga bulag ay humihikab ng mas maraimng beses kapag nakakarinig ito ng audio tape ng mga humihikab? Ayon kay Catriona Morrison, isang lecturer ng sikolohiya sa University of Leeds, ang pagkahawa daw sa hikab ay isang uri ng pagpapakita ng “empathy” sa humihikab. Ibig sabihin, binibigyan nating halaga, simpatya o pag intindi ang nararamdaman ng isang humihikab na tao. Sa isang siyentipikong pagpapakahulgan, ang dahilan ng pagkahawa sa paghikab ay ang “mirror neurons”. Ang mirror neurons ay ang ating ginagamit sa paggaya sa gawain at ginagawa ng iba at sa pagkatuto o pagaaral ng mga lenggwahe. Ang hikab din daw ayon sa mga pagaaral ay isang uri ng “herd instinct” kung saan sa isang grupo ng mga hayop, ang paghikab ay isang paraan ng pagkakaisa sa nararamdaman nila gaya ng paghikab ng isang hayop sa harap ng kaniyang mga kasama upang maiparating niya sa iba ang pagkapagod na nararamdaman niya. Sa ganitong paraan, ang kanyang mga kasama ay hihikab din at makikiayon sa kanyang nararamdaman. Ayon din kay Gordon Gallup, ang nagsabing ang pagkihab ay isang paraan ng pagpapalamig ng utak, ang paghikab daw ay maaaring nagsimula sa nakaraan kung saan ang paghikab daw ay isang uri ng mensahe na may kaaway na paparating o may masamang mangyayari.

Ang paghikab sa mga hayop ay may iba-ibang gamit sa pakikipagkomunikasyon. Para sa mga Baboons, ito ay ginagawa upang takutin ang kanyang mga kaaway at inilalabas nya ang kanyang ngipin. Para naman sa mga Siamese Fighting Fish, hihikab lamang sila pag sila’y nakakita ng kanilang kaparehong lahi at minsan ay may kasama pang pag atake sa kanila. Ang mga Guinea Pigs naman, ang paghikab ay isang paraan ng pagpapakita ng kanilang galit at pagiging superyor. Sa mga Adelie Penguins, ang paghikab ay isang paraan ng panliligaw. Sa mga tao naman, ayon kay Walter Smitson isang propesor at dirktor ng Central Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, ang paghikab ay maaaring magpahayag ng di berbal na mensahe sa ating mga kasama o kausap. Humihikab din tayo kapag tayo ay nakakaramdam ng mga matitinding emosyon.

Ngunit kung may kagawian ang paghikab, mayroon din naming mga paniniwala tungkol dito. Sa mga Griego, ang paghikab daw ay hindi idinudulot ng pagkabagot kundi ito daw ay nangyayari dahil ang kaluluwa daw ng isang tao ay tumatakas sa ating katawan upang sumama sa mga panginoon sa langit. Ang iba pang paniniwala sa paghikab ay kapag hindi daw tinakluban an gating bibig sa paghikab ay maaaring pasukan ito ng demonyo at nakawin ang kaluluwa ng humihikab. Sa sinaunang sibilisasyon sa Maya, ang paghikab naman ay isang uri ng pagpapakita ng “subconscious sexual desires.” Sa Latin America, sa Kanlurang Asya, at sa Central Africa, ang paghikab daw ay isang produkto na may ibang nakakaalala sayo o ikaw ay pinaguusapan.

May mga masama ring naidudulot ang sobrang pahikab, at ito ay maaaring maging dahilan ng pagkakaroon ng vasovagal reaction na nagdudulot ng pagbagal ng pagtibok ng puso. Bababa ang blood pressure ngisang tao at mababawasan ang pagsupply ng dugo at sa halip na ang dugo ay magpunta sa sa ulo ay magpupunta ito sa mga binti. Isa pang karamdaman na maaaring maidulot ng labis na paghikab ay ang Aoritic Aneurism dahilan sa pagkakaroon ng highblood pressure at atherosclerosis o ang pagtigas ng arteries. Maaari itong mangyari sa dibdib at sa puson ng taong may karamdaman. Ito ay nangyayari kapag nagkaroon ng punit ang aorta at sa paglaki ng punit na ito ay ang part eng aorta na kung saan hindi dumadaloy ang dudo ay mapupuno at maaaring maitulak ang mga sanga ng ng aorta. Maituturing na sintomas sa mga karamdamang nabanggit ay ang labis na paghikab kasabay ang labis na pagtulog sa umaga.

Sanggunian:

http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=7713

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003096.htm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3076713

http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=7713

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/yawn.html

http://www.uc.edu/news/ebriefs/yawn.htm

mga katanungan na may halong kalokohan.

may mga bagay sa mundo na mahirap ipaliwanag kung bakit ganito, bakit ganun( prang sineskwela lang ang dating ah)

1. Bakit sa gabi lang may nagtitinda ng balot?
2. Kung balot ay tinitinda sa gabi, bakit sa umaga rin lang tinitinda ang taho?
3. Para saan ang peace sign tuwing kinukuhanan ka ng picture? Di ba kaya lang ginagawa ang peace sign eh dahil sa baka makapikon ka ng tao o kahit anong negatibo mang maidudulot sa iba?
• kung ganun narin lang, ibig sabihin ba noon naooffend ang tao sayo pag tinitignan ka nila? napipikon? bkt? panget? wahahahha!
4. Bakit ang mga Pinoy, puro gaya?
5. Bakit kailangan pang tagalugin ang mga kanta ng kano gaya ng umbrella, clumsy, zombie, you look wonderful tonight, low at kung ano-ano pa. (Narinig ko yan sa isang jeep na nasakyan ko lately. Parang may isang buong compilation sya ng mga kantang tinagalog... BADUY! nakakapikon!)
6. Bakit ayaw natin ng locally made na gamit? (guilty as charged.hehe)
7. Pag kaya nag "psst", "hoy" at "ui" tayo pag nasa ibang bansa, malalaman kaya natin na tao ang tinatawag natin?
8. Sa mga taga Iglesia ni Kristo: anong mangyayari sa inyo(physically) pag kumain kayo ng dinuguan? hehe..
9. Sino ang nagimbento ng Arinola? babae kaya siya o lalaki?
10. Uso pa ba ang harana ngayon?
11. Tumatalon ka ba tuwing bagong taon? kung oo, tumangkad ka ba naman?

paunawa:
ang mga kanatungan na ito ay may mga halong kalokohan.
Matino pa po ang aking pagiisip. hehehe^^,

we'll be someone

soon everything would be over
all of the worries and pain would be gone
as we falter to a different horizon
we can land to the place where we've once imagined

we may be no one in this moment
but someday we'll be a someone
we may not move out of our shadows
but someday, light would shine through us

we don't need praises to shine
we want the experience for wisdom
we don't need to show off ourselves for popularity
all we need is to prove that we're worthy

and if one day you'll see us soaring
maybe someday you'll realize what we're once aiming
we've come through a lot of obstacles
and now we're almost close to what we've worked hard for

either or neither?

good luck,.. or just plain miracle?
i'm still in shock and in doubtof what happened this day.
maybe what they saw and heard was really the real thing.
but, there's still a part of me that tells me that there's something wrong that had happened,
and there's a part that tells me that we deserved it.

whatever it is, i know there's a good reason about what had happened this day,
plain luck and,... yes, a miracle..


maybe what i did was right.

i didn't expect anything in return. i, including my group, just did what we feel that's right. we did it not to win but to just enjoy the performance. that's it! we're not up to the prize or anything tangible,.. what we wanted was to do it for ourselves and to prove that we can do ut as much as anybody can^^,