Tuesday, April 30, 2013

helpful site about vocabulary

wordsmith.org

I was reading this blog and the blogger used AU CONTRAIRE then I wanted to get the meaning although when you examine the phrase, the meaning is quite obvious, but still, I was adamant.

then I clicked that site from google search engine.

blog for today

mozardien.com

i like its informative loaded content: from culture to music to -- deep--psychology.

first stop: why everybody lies (under psychology)

i havent ended reading it; i am reading it now.

sarcasm for today

What’s the point of commissioning artwork, then 

printing it too small for people to enjoy?

[ peter viney, nov 2010 @ his eponymous blog]


Sunday, April 28, 2013

blog for today

judebgallery.wordpress.com

if you love images--huge images and telling pictures--then this blog is for you.

i saw governor imee marcos and her son, borgy, over that site: she was promoting her movie, pintakasi. She is the 'produ' ( read: producer) of that urban-reality movie.

compliments for......


bongmendoza.blogspot

IMEE MARCOS ON HER LOVES, MARTIAL LAW, BETRAYAL AND LIFE AFTER EDSA
planetphilippines.com



flickriver.com

Gov. IMEE MARCOS. 
She inherited her Mom Imelda Romualdez-Marcos' artistic side and temper, while she was endowed with her late Dad and former President Ferdinand Edrolin Marcos' political savvy and zeal to serve his countrymen.

[text by Arlene Foz @ Traveltalks, TRAVEL PLUS, MARCH-MAY 2011]

Thursday, April 25, 2013

repose (atta vision!) for today

relative pronoun: THAT


always take note: relative pronoun is a bridge between a NOUN and a VERB and...THAT verb should agree its tense with the number of the noun. thus, singular noun + relative pronoun + verb [with S]

FOR advanced lesson: click this http://web.ku.edu/~edit/which.html

word : repose


1xrun.com
meaning # 1*  @ repose 1


tqarts.blogspot.com
meaning # 1 * @ repose 1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

meaning # 3 *  @repose 2 


flickr.com

surfingrainbow/facebook


 enjoyed the repose of a serene summer evening


*       http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repose                                                           

BLOG FOR TODAY


biznology.com


PETERVINEY.WORDPRESS.COM

i love his article about student time in the classroom.


old man and human

we went to a cemetery because today is the death anniversary of my aunt. the taxi had a tasteful playlist: price tag, you'll be (phil collins), forgotten the rest, but STILL under the general heading of tasteful, classy, melodic, great.


moniteau.net

[NOT the actual cemetery]


photo.massal.net


[NOT the actual cemetery]

Page Connors (just an alias, Page Connors is actually this stratagem-packed character from the film, Heartbreakers) lit the vortex candles ( is this the right term for those short, stubby white candles?) using this 2-peso priced stick matches. anyhoot, we brought these beautiful vase of flowers (roses, what are the names of the other two?)

My mom sat on the grass. I, too. and surveyed the serene environment. There were two horses; children goofing around....

Then, the old man nearby (a widower) offered a chair for my mom. It is so heartwarming to experience when people are nice, compassionate. I was in utter awe of that widower. A little note: he visits the grave of his late wife EVERY DAY!

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

commandment (movie) for today


1. untie me - dean (ray liotta)   heartbreakers

2. no more conning. no more


what is a caper? stratagem? ruse?

Heartbreakers movie.jpg
en.wikipedia.org

1.a caper-romantic

now what is a caper?

2. he discovered the ruse

3. stratagem

inflection


"A gift?" (English inflection*) then... "A gift?" (Russian inflection*) - Sigourney Weaver, actress from the comedy movie, heartbreakers


1. The act of inflecting or the state of being inflected.
2. Alteration in pitch or tone of the voice.
3. Grammar
a. An alteration of the form of a word by the addition of an affix, as in English dogs from dog, or by changing the form of a base, as in English spoke from speak, that indicates grammatical features such as number, person, mood, or tense.
b. An affix indicating such a grammatical feature, as the -s in the English third person singular verb form speaks.
c. The paradigm of a word.
d. A pattern of forming paradigms, such as noun inflection or verb inflection.
4. A turning or bending away from a course or position of alignment.    [freedictionary.com]

WITHOUT AND WITH APOSTROPHES

brand names that have no apostrophes:

1. Starbucks
2. Watsons
3. Debenhams  [see http://peterviney.wordpress.com/about/elt-articles/apostrophes/]
4. Harrods
5. Boots

...has apostrophes

1. McDonald's
2. TGIF's


Monday, April 22, 2013

lyrics that wisdomify me

from the song HUMAN by Jon McLaughlin

Hurt instead of healing

how to say it right


i am totally,like the video is staggering, because it is not just an audio on pronunciation BUT there is this --it is coupled with phonetic respelling (note: that IPA inside these two slashes!)

Sunday, April 21, 2013

theme: " sun"

#1 Here comes the SUN by hit the boom





          #2  Here comes the SUN by Nina Simone





    #3 Brighter Than the SUN  by colbie caillat


a yielding of poetry

SUMMER 2013

sun-bleached rooftop
a sun-kissed bench
a sun-drenched road

it reminds me to be sunny


parallelism for today

you'll about to begin the physically-grueling, mentally-draining, life-changing adventure!
-phil keoghan, host @ amazing race, season 20, episode 1

cool address for today: #1 and #2

1. Papeete, Tahiti


2. Bora bora, French Polynesia

commandment (amazing race) for today


looneyplanet.net

1. Partner Up with the Travelocity Roaming Gnome and traverse the North Face of the Eiger!

[season 22, episode 8, road block, switzerland]


2. Travel by river taxi to Eden Beach on Motu Piti A'au. Once there, follow the marked path along the shore until you find your next clue.


[season 22, episode 1, Bora bora, French Polynesia]


3. Fly to Santa Barbara! ( in Argentina, yes?)
    To begin your journey, choose one of the Ford Tauruses in the winery.

[season 20, episode 1, California]





scientific street


Saturday, April 20, 2013

action for today: raspberry tongue


foto: raspberrycats.wordpress

raspberry from a cat!


razblint.com

raspberry from a puppet!


http://persephonebustersblog.blogspot.com

raspberry from an icon [ albert einstein!]


zazzle.com

raspberry from Mickey Mouse!

summer 2013 theme song # 5 and #6


#5

#6


big educ question for today

is there an apostrophe in " Starbucks" ?
or none?

answer: wala, zero, none! Thus, STARBUCKS.

ex. We went to Starbucks and I made some major debacle in the restroom!

LEARN AND LISTENING ENGLISH FROM THE BEST for today


the icon BOB DYLAN

versions : BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO


#1


#2


#3






commandment(movie) for today


foto: steamboatfriday

movie: high fidelity

1.  Now, get your patchouli stink out of my store!

2. Leave the country!

                               -John Cusack to Tim Robbins

part of speech: YET

1.I HAVEN'T DONE YET

2.THE PROJECT IS EXPENSIVE YET BENEFICIAL TO THE DWELLERS.

Yet can either be: an ADVERB (1) or a CONJUNCTION (2)

word for today

Debacle. I got this while watching the storytelling type of a movie, HIGH FIDELITY, which is topbilled by my fave thespian in the person of John Cusack (his sister, Joan, who is a thespian too, is part of the flick too!). Debacle. John's character spoke about debacle on his latest girlfriend.

debacle. di bah kuhl. an ignominous--i mean--a sudden and ignominious failure (Google's pop-up meaning window) or it would also mean a fiasco. Spell fiasco. utter silence!

Friday, April 19, 2013

LOL for today

Jack Black in High Fidelty.
The Turn it Off Barry scene

question

movie: LONDON

" How exactly do you deal with it?" - Bateman (Jason Statham)

" You don't deal with it..... It deals with you." -Syd (Chris Evans)



Thursday, April 18, 2013

what's up there in your mind?

One of the hardest things when writing a review is doing our best not to be influenced by others' opinions, especially when we know something is amiss.
    -Precious Lee Cundangan

lesson a bit of LIE-LAY, Apostrophe, and .....


shoutout

I have just made my first major blooper  of the day: the singer of the song kind of blooper! 

title: tragedy
artist: abba

WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

uh-oh moment!

the right artist is: THE BEE GEES.

dang it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[why oh why old age seems to embroil me into some memory-challenged imperfection?]

commandment (movie) for today

movie: L O N D O N

'Hey, Syd, do us a favor, yeah. Don't touch the Buddha.'
                                             -Becca to Syd

witty remarks

"It's all part of the learning curve." 
                         -Agent Moneypenny to James Bond [in response to "Aren't you a little overqualified to be delivering messages?"]


screenrant.com


movie junkie mode for now

Movie junkie mode for now: 

AND  he hits the aquarium! Holy carabao, what a compelling scene ( and my BP shot up, like, 140 over holy carabao!!!!!)

movie: London

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

how to pronounce

ignominy.

click this link for the audio. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ignominy?s=t

type of student

provocateur

commandment (movie) for today


smh.com.au


movie:  S K Y F A L L

1. 'I said take the shot!'

2. 'I said take the bloody shot!


                     -M to Agent Moneypenny
                       the train-top and tunnel scene
3. 'LOOK, three of my agents are dead already. Don't embroil me in politics now!'
                    -M to Mallory, in front of the TV set

3. 'Good luck, double o 7 (007). Don't cock it up.'
                     -Mallory to James Bond

eternal series


foto. fannierosecandy.com


eternal series # 4

gummies are eternal

quotation for today

I made peace with your selfishness a long time ago. - Laurel talking with Ollie


 
-comicalliance
                                                          -  

vocabulary for today

ostensible [NOUN]; ostensibly[ADVERB].

1. Ordinary Wh-questions, by contrast, are at least ostensibly open-ended.
[sentence from http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/alternativequestionterm.htm ]


2. ostensible reason for protest was a proposed tax on the Japanese traders.
[http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/ostensible]

3. The ostensible purpose for going over to her neighbor's house was to borrow a cup of sugar, but she really just wanted to see her friend's new furniture. [http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_use_the_word_ostensible_in_a_sentence]



ALTERNATIVE QUESTION for today


twitter.com


iworkwear.au

 Calvin Klein or Zac Posen?
                      -mother to thea, arrow (tv drama)
                        some stock auction function


2. hire me or fire me. -james bond to mallory, skyfall

vocabulary

"WE gentrify the neighborhhod..."
                   -Oliver Queen
                    TV show, Arrow
word to ponder: gentrify

commandment (drama series) for today


justjared.com

1. No, sit. Sit. - Oliver to Walter
                          ground-breaking ceremony speech
2. Please, speak freely. - Oliver to Diggle
                                        old building entrance

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

grade 7


my cortisol moment for the day


foto. vecto.rs


morning while taking my breakfast, which is consisted of wrapped sausage or franks and scrambled egg, which is mixed with cut hotdogs, onions, and garlic, there are a couple of kids who have climbed up in the mango tree without request or permission!

10 tips on reading


locked ideas in parenthesis for today

This is in reference to the picture of my niece and her  daughter. She begged me to let my friends "like" the snapshot for she sent it as an entry for some Mommy and Kiddie Photo Contest.

thus, MY NIECE AND HER DAUGHTER (BACKGROUND)


SHOUTOUT for today

APRIL 16. TUESDAY

Thanks big for that heavy sarcasm. LOOK at my self-esteem: it has skyrocketed into dark and weedy rock bottom (shut up, I am entitled to oxymoronify my angst )


foto from meganbostic.com

Monday, April 15, 2013

from filipino to english for today


foto: annshealthykitchen.blogspot.com

maruya =  banana fritters

ayos. bongga!

MY CODIGO FOR: apostrophe



foto courtesy by ericdsnider.com

class/folks/guys: apostrophes can NEVER BE the bffs or teammates or be cuddly with the linking verbs.Like, Bag's are cute. [dang it!] THE real bffs of apostrophes are....ta dah!!!!...nouns. For example, Bag's zipper (for singular), bags' zipper (for plural)

try to visit: ericdsnider or click this link http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/02/21/quit-putting-apostrophes-in-last-names-i-mean-it/

SUMMER 2013 THEME SONG #4


verb for today

sniffle.    as in the mother sniffles after she kissed her long-lost son, Oliver  [tv show, Arrow]

Sunday, April 14, 2013

word for today

discombubulate

eternal series #3 and #4


foto: public-domain

#3 ceiling fan is...eternal.


juice.ph

#4 [temptations]ice cream is...eternal! [tumbler, please!]

Questions

if you are stuck with What's your name? and How are you? then, watch this video and there are a couple of questions in the lyrics that would help you how to ask questions without that queasy feeling.



if a person is good at either making questions or is exposed to questions, then that is a cool track. because you would end up either like her...
janine tugonon question and answer 300x184 Janine: The inspiration everyone needs

Janine Tugonon...she aced the Q and A portion of Miss U. That was so impressively goosebumpishly fanTASKtic!

or him...
Conan O'Brien....His questions and the way he asks are just topgrossingly funny ;and topnotch!

ASK QUESTIONS: be it the Wh-questions or the Am I-Is it-Are they-Have you-Had we variety...or the Do/Does/Didpractice 3x. ask question today.