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Sampung Salitang Hindi na Halos Nagagamit

In our world today, we get to forget a lot of things like for example: Our own words, from our own language. This post aims to at least bring back to life some of the many words that we rarely get to use in our daily lives.

Rurok

English: Climax

Meaning: Rurok is a word synonymous to “Climax” in English or “Pinakamataas” in Filipino.

Ex: Ito na ang rurok ng Mount Kanlaon.

2. Pahimakas

English Word: Last Farewell

Meaning: Used to express good wishes on parting.

Sentence: Sila ay naghanda ng kaunting salu-salo para sa pahimakas ng kanilang anak.

3. Payneta

English Word: Comb

Meaning: A strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair

Sentence: Ang payneta ni Anna ay marumi.

4. Alimusom

English Word: Scent

Meaning: A distinctive smell especially one that is pleasant.

Sentence: Tila dumikit sa aking damit ang kanyang alimuson.

5. Gat

English Word: Sir

Meaning: formal or polite term of address for a man

Sentence: Nagbigay ng pasulit si gat alonte kanina.

6. Pang-ulong hatinig

English Word: Earphones

Meaning: A device that holds an earphone and a microphone in place on a person’s head.

Sentence: Gumamit ka ng pang-ulong hatinig ng mas

marinig mong mabuti.

7. Yakis

Meaning: To make something sharp or sharpen

Sentence: Magpapayakis ako kutsilyo.

8. Sambat

English Word: Fork

Meaning: An implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting.

Sentence: Si Jr ay hindi sanay kumain ng walang sambat.

9. Badhi

Meaning: lines on the palm of one’s hand

Sentence: Binasa ng manghuhula ang aking badhi at sinabing maganda ang aking kinabukasan.

10. Antipara

English word: Eyeglasses

Meaning: are devices consisting of glass or hard plastic lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person’s eyes.

Sentence: Binilhan ko si Kayla ng antipara upang makatulong sa kanyang pagaaral.

Choices within Choices: Splitting STEM into Two, the Future of Education?

Me, and a great friend of mine had a talk about education one night. In the middle of it all, he said something about the idea of having the choice between a medically-focused strand or an engineering focused strand; kind of like fragmenting STEM into two to better conform to the student’s preferred field. I thought that his idea was very interesting. My friend’s idea of diversion delivers a great array of advantages, like for example: it’s much more tailored to the student’s preference. Say if we are to focus solely on the medical field, the student would have a greater idea on the field itself, hence giving him/her greater preparation for the course itself. He/she may even be more motivated to push through, knowing that he/she chose the correct strand for his/her dreams. Most STEM students I have met wanted to go to a course related to medicine however, some of them (like me), are struggling with mathematics; a subject that some of us deemed unnecessary for our future courses. Of course, some form of mathematics and the more fundamental ones are absolutely necessary but, the more technical ones such as Calculus are the ones some of us found quite cumbersome; a problem that is then removed if said idea was a thing.

While my friend’s idea really is interesting and advantageous in some aspects, I also thought to myself that around teenage years, we are still yet to find who we really wanted to be. STEM is made to be somewhat general to give students the chance to find what they really wanted in the future. If we are to split STEM into two, it might be highly likely that students are to be confronted with a much more difficult decision way before they enter senior high school so, I think STEM is fine as-is right now.

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

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Why do this?

Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
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Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
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If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

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