Tagalog Quotes

There's more to life than love.

Don't say Fili, sister. Say Pili. In Tagalog, pili means to choose. Pino means fine. Pilipino equals 'fine choice.

Sana'y hindi umiikot ang mundo at tumatanda ang panahon. - Jea

Tapusin ang dapat tapusin nang may masimulan namang bago.

I won't be affected by your charm nor I will trap you into marriage. I've been there once, never again. - Kristine

...ang nabubuhay sa kahapon ay nabubuhay sa buntong hininga at ang nabubuhay sa kinabukasan ay nag-aaksaya ng hininga. Ngayon ako humihinga. Ngayon ako dapat mabuhay.

Alam ko, may mas malaki pang mundo na naghihintay kong magalugad, madaanan, matapakan o masulyapan man lang. Pupunta rin ako dyan. Hinay-hinay lang. Dayuhan pa ako sa sarili kong mundo. Parang alien.

Kung magkikita uli kami, bahala na uli si Batman. Ayokong paghandaan ang malayo sa katotohanan.

English is a language, not a measure of intelligence. (Howard Gardner would argue the otherwise.) Filipino/Tagalog is a language, not a measure of patriotism.

Wala pa akong nakikitang aso na nagpapakitang-aso. Pero maraming taong nagkukunwaring tao.

Boondocks' is simply the Tagalog word for mountains.

Kapag gusto mo yung tao, madali mong pagselosan yung kahit pinakamaliit na bagay... pero madali ka rin magpatawad. Isang ngiti lang, ayos na.

Kaugnay nito, tao lang yata ang may insecurities at ayaw nilang makitang may mas mahusay sa kanila. Yung mga hayop, kapag may hindi mapagkasunduan, wala nang bulung-bulungan o parinigan, upakan at banatan na agad.

For her, this was one of the happiest things on earth--to be in love with someone who is more in love with you.

What do you want, Alvaro? - Kristine Ikaw. Marry me. - Alvaro

I'm in love with you Coreen. Your name is embedded in my soul. Ang laking problema, hindi ba? Kaya sana mabaliw ka lang rin sakin para wala na tayong problem. So, I'm sorry, hindi kita iiwasan. Hindi kita lalayuan. I will forever be the pest in your life until you decide to love me back.

Ba’t hindi ikaw? I damn love you, Coreen. Hindi ko kaya. How many times do I have to tell you that? Namulat na lang ako na mahal kita at hindi iyon tulad sa pag ibig mo kay Noah na biglaan na lang naglalaho.

Tama ang pagbangon mo kapag ika'y nadapa, mas tama lalo ito kapag tinulungan mo ang kapwa mong bumangon sa mga pinagdadaanan nila.

She curses under her breath. It must be Tagalog because I catch, “mga lalaki,” the phrase for “men,” somewhere in there. “Hey,” I start to protest. “We’re not all—“ “Stop,” Mia cuts me off. “Don’t make it about you. Just listen.

Kung ang paglilibang ay gamot na pampalimot, paniguradong maraming taong sasama ang loob na kalimutan na lang ang kagustuhang makalimot dahil sa mahal ang makalimot.

If we could only learn to trust one another--Tagalogs trusting Ilokanos, Pampangos trusting Tagalogs. -The Cripple

Ang mga sagot ngayo'y baon-baon mo na sa kung saan ka man papunta. Sa paglisan mo ngayon, hindi ka na talaga babalik. Babalik ka man sa aking isip, nakaapak pa rin ako sa lupa kung saan bawat buhos ng ulan ay magsisimula akong mangarap muli. Ako na lang, mag-isa.

Some Austronesian words borrowed into English include ‘taboo’ and ‘tattoo’ (from a Polynesian language), ‘boondocks’ (from the Tagalog language of the Philippines), and ‘amok,’ ‘batik,’ and ‘orangutan’ (from Malay).

My tongue was handed down to me by datus and katipuneros. The truth is my mouth is a battlefield that you wouldn’t know how to fight in.

We will love her, protect her, all of us--Bisaya, Tagalog, Ilokano, so many islands, so many tribes--because if we act as one, we will be strong and so will she be. Alone you will fall prey to every marauder that passes by. I am not asking that you love Filipinas. I am asking that you do what is right, what is duty..." -The Cripple

Knowing the limitations of the native syllabry as a literary medium, the student cannot accept without qualification the usual explanation that the friars destroyed the relics of paganism among their converts, or that the literature was recorded on highly perishable materials which disintegrated before scholars could get a hold of them

Ang relationship, parang flappy bird... Hindi mo ito pwedeng basta-basta nalang bitawan.

Walang matibay na relasyon kung buhay pa ang mga Kalapating mababa ang lipad...

May magmamahal din sa’yo, huwag mong ipilit. Hindi porke gusto mo, makukuha mo. Hindi porke nakuha mo, gusto ka na.

Malaya ka sa mga oras na wala ka nang pakialam sa kung ano ang iniisip ng ibang tao tungkol sayo

Kinilig na sana ako eh, Parang kayo, pero hindi. Parang mahal ka, tanga hindi. Friendly ka lang pala.

Bisaya pala ang “sus ginoo ko”. Buong buhay kong ginagamit kala ko Tagalog, sus.

You may not speak Tagalog or know as much as you would like about the Philippines, but if we’d stayed, you wouldn’t have had all the opportunities that you’ve had here.

English is a language that lives in the middle of the mouth, but Tagalog is more of an open throat song that dances between the tip of the tongue and the teeth. My mouth feels too heavy, too thick, too slow to produce the light, rapid syllables Filipinos spit with such ease. I curse my parents for not teaching me the language when I was young, when the struggle would have seemed more like a fun game than an identity crisis.

but there are many languages on earth that are basically gender neutral, using the same word for he, she, and it, or not using pronouns at all. You’ve probably heard of some of them. They include: Armenian, Comanche, Finnish, Hungarian, Hindi, Indonesian, Quechua, Thai, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Yoruba.

The war in the Philippines gave English a successor word to “frontier,” used to refer to remoteness: “boondocks,” from the Tagalog, “a distant, unpopulated place,” adopted by U.S. soldiers fighting a shadowy war against hit-and-run enemies. Its usage was expanded in World War II and then shortened in Vietnam to “boonies.

Ang magagandang desisyon ay nagmula sa karanasan at ang karanasan ay nagmumula sa hindi magagandang desisyon, at Sa bawat PagKakaMali natin dun naman tayo Natututo.

kung kanino, kailan, at saan mo ito matatagpuan, walang makakaalam kundi ang dyos lang..'LOVE WILL KEEP US ALIVE!!!

Hindi ‘yun sa kung bakla ka o kung maton ka ... wala naman sa kilos ang puso, nandito ’yun sa loob.

Ganun ba ang mga bakla magmahalan. Puro etits ang alam. Kung wala bang yarian, hindi ka na ba mahal. Ganun ba ‘yun?

Masayang ingay ang buhay.

Ibubulong sa daigdig, aasang may makikinig

Stay safe ka ng stay safe..' bakit nung safe ka sakin nagstay ka ba?..'

Karanasan ang magsilbing aral sa tinatahak mong buhay.

Matatalino ang mga taong mas maraming pangarap na hindi masisira ng realidad!

Pick up line 101 Q: Ano ang paborito mong lomi? A: Ang LOMIgaya ka sa piling ko

May mga bagay na alam mong walang patutungohan pero pinagpapatuloy mo pa rin kasi dun ka masaya.

Padumating na yung oras na sinusubok na tayo ng panahon, sana mas piliin natin ang lumaban kaysa sumuko.

Sangkatutak na kape para simulan ang araw mo, Sabayan mo ng ngiti, eto ang tamang timpla sa nakakapagod na mundo.

Ang simula at wakas ay magkamukha; sa bawat wakas ay may nakalaang simula.

Bitawan ang nawala, asahan ang darating, magpasalamat sa kung ano ang mananatili.

Mas mahusay na maghintay, kaysa pilitin ang mga bagay na gusto mo agad mangyari.

FOOD Adobo (uh-doh-boh)---Considered the Philippines's national dish, it's any food cooked with soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, and black peppercorns (though there are many regional and personal variations) Almondigas (ahl-mohn-dee-gahs)---Filipino soup with meatballs and thin rice noodles Baon (bah-ohn)---Food, snacks and other provisions brought on to work, school, or on a trip; food brought from home; money or allowance brought to school or work; lunch money (definition from Tagalog.com) Embutido (ehm-puh-tee-doh)---Filipino meatloaf Ginataang (gih-nih-tahng)---Any dish cooked with coconut milk, sweet or savory Kakanin (kah-kah-nin)---Sweet sticky cakes made from glutinous rice or root crops like cassava (There's a huge variety, many of them regional) Kesong puti (keh-sohng poo-tih)---A kind of salty cheese Lengua de gato (lehng-gwah deh gah-toh)---Filipino butter cookies Lumpia (loom-pyah)---Filipino spring rolls (many variations) Lumpiang sariwa (loom-pyahng sah-ree-wah)---Fresh Filipino spring rolls (not fried) Mamón (mah-MOHN)---Filipino sponge/chiffon cake Matamis na bao (mah-tah-mees nah bah-oh)---Coconut jam Meryenda (mehr-yehn-dah)---Snack/snack time Pandesal (pahn deh sahl)---Lightly sweetened Filipino rolls topped with breadcrumbs (also written pan de sal) Patis (pah-tees)---Fish sauce Salabat (sah-lah-baht)---Filipino ginger tea Suman (soo-mahn)---Glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, wrapped in banana leaves, and steamed (though there are regional variations) Ube (oo-beh)---Purple yam

Kung lagi natin Iisipin ang sasabihin ng ibang tao, baka hindi na natin Maranasan ang maging masaya. Ikalat lamang ang pagmamahal at kapayapaan! Disiplina ng positibong enerhiya at paniniwala!

Lahat ng nauna sa akin, gusto mo iyo. ‘Yung laruan kong transformer, akin ‘yun dapat pero napunta sa’yo. Bakit, hindi daw bagay sa akin kasi malamya ako. Kaya, ang binili sa akin, manika. Nakakatawa hindi ba.

Lahat tayo ay gustong umasenso at gumanda ang buhay pero iwasan natin manghila pababa para lang umangat, Laging tandaan na mas masarap sa pakiramdam kung wala kang tinatapakan na ibang tao, respeto sa kapwa ang lagi mong baunin tiyak na mas aasenso ka pa patungo sa gusto mong marating.

Minsan may ibang dahilan Kaya mo nasasabi yung Salitang pagod kana. Siguro Isa sa mga rason ay ang malaking pag kakaiba ng ugali, sa kung anong trip, sa estado ng buhay, sa pananalita, sa mga galawan, sa pinapanuod, sa kinakain,??? . Ang dagok na kinasasangkotan mo ay hindi dahilan Para sumuko! ang problema at pagsubok ay kakambal na ng ating buhay hindi mo maiiwasan yun, palagan mo at yun ang naaayon, desisyon mo kung ano ang makakabuti sa bawat pagtawid mo sa problema, dun ka matututo. lawakan ang pangunawa, ang magpapabago satin upang maging mabuting tao..

Mężczyźni bez kobiet" / Mężczyźni bez kobiet (...) zapisanie samej esencji niebędącej faktami jest jak umówienie się z kimś po ciemnej stronie księżyca. Jest zupełnie ciemno, nie ma żadnych punktów orientacyjnych. A do tego powierzchnia jest za duża. Próbuję powiedzieć, że powinienem był się zakochać w M, kiedy miała czternaście lat. Ale naprawdę zakochałem się w niej znacznie później i (niestety) nie miała już wtedy czternastu lat. Spotkaliśmy się w nieodpowiednim czasie. Tak jakbyśmy pomylili umówiony dzień. Miejsce i godzina się zgadzały, ale dzień był nie ten. Lecz M nadal miała w sobie czternastoletnią dziewczynę. Ta dziewczyna kryła się w niej w całości – nie częściowo, jak w moim przypadku. Kiedy uważnie wytężałem wzrok, udawało mi się dostrzec, gdy przychodziła i odchodziła. Podczas seksu, gdy trzymałem M w ramionach, stawała się staruszką albo dziewczynką. W ten sposób zawsze żyła we własnym czasie. W takich chwilach bez namysłu tak mocno ją obejmowałem, aż sprawiałem jej ból. Być może za mocno. Ale musiałem. Nie chciałem jej nikomu oddać. (...) nagle stajesz się jednym z mężczyzn bez kobiet. Ten dzień przychodzi nieoczekiwaniebez żadnego ostrzeżenia, bez żadnej wskazówki, bez przeczucia, złego znaku, nikt nawet nie zapukał ani znacząco nie chrząknął. Mijasz zakręt i orientujesz się, że już tam jesteś. Ale nie możesz się cofnąć. Gdy raz miniesz ten zakręt, to miejsce staje się twoim jedynym światem. I nazywany w nim jesteś jednym z „mężczyzn bez kobiet”. Bardzo chłodno i w liczbie mnogiej. (...) A kiedy raz zostaniesz mężczyzną bez kobiety, twoje ciało głęboko przesiąknie kolorem tej samotności. Jak w dywan o pastelowych barwach wsiąka plama czerwonego wina. Choćbyś miał dużą wiedzę na temat prowadzenia domu, jej usunięcie prawdopodobnie okaże się straszliwie trudne.Z upływem czasu nieco zblednie, ale pewnie pozostanie plamą do końca twojego życia. Ma prawa jako plama, czasami nawet ma prawo do publicznego wypowiadania się jako plama. Będziesz musiał żyć z jej łagodnym blednięciem i wieloznacznym kształtem. W tym świecie inaczej brzmią dźwięki. Inaczej odczuwa się pragnienie. Inaczej rosną włosy. Inaczej zachowują się pracownicy Starbucksów. Solówka Clifforda Browna też brzmi inaczej. Inaczej zamykają się drzwi w metrze. Inna jest nawet odległość spacerem z Omotesandō do Aoyama Itchōme. I nawet jeżeli potem los ześle ci nową kobietę, jeśli będzie wspaniałą kobietą (a raczej: im wspanialsza będzie, tym bardziej), w tej samej chwili zaczniesz myśleć o tym, że ją utracisz. Sugestywne cienie marynarzy, dźwięk obcych języków, którymi mówią (grecki? estoński? tagalog?) wywołują w tobie niepokój. Nazwy egzotycznych portów całego świata napawają cię strachem. A to dlatego, że wiesz już, jak to jest być mężczyzną bez kobiety. Jesteś perskim dywanem w pastelowych barwach, a samotność nigdy nieznikającą plamą z portwajnu. Tak więc samotność przychodzi z Francji, a ból rany ze Środkowego Wschodu. Dla mężczyzn bez kobiet świat jest bezmiernym i bolesnym chaosem, ciemną stroną księżyca.

Sa mga pangalang-tao na nápapangunahan ng tawag sa tungkulin niláng hawak, ang ginagamit na pantukoy ay panangì kung ang tawag-tungkól ay salitáng banyagà, at pantukoy na pambálaná kung salitáng tagalog. SI Henerál Aguinaldo Ang Punong-hukbóng Aguinaldo

Eh, it's all fun and games until they swore up and down they were teaching me how to say 'good morning' in Tagalog and I ended up telling Mickey to 'go eat shit.'' Even in the depths of my possibly bottomless self-pity, that gets a laugh out of me. Leo knocks his shoulder into mine, another reminder of how fast we've filled up the air between us. 'Yeah, yeah, kumain ng tae.

Tiis lang kung anong meron tayo ngayon. Huwag tayo mainggit sa kung anong meron yung iba, iba't ibang panahon, kanya-kanyang pagkakataon.

Iwanan mo na ang lungkot at lumbay, Mabuhay ng masaya, at huwag sumabay sa agos ng problema.

But politics has no space in Rob’s mind right now or ever. Neither do his migrant roots nor does the Philippines, with which his parents maintain a sentimental bond and to which, while he was growing up, they tried to endear him, speaking to him in a mix of Tagalog and Bicolano, of which he remembers not a word, except Mabuhay and magayon, salamat, too, and taking him as often as they could on vacations to famous Philippine beaches, fiestas, and other sites, including Christmas in Manila.

Sana maalala mo munang maghilom ang mga sugat mong mag-isa bago ka sumubok ulit, Huwag mo muna ipilit, kung di ka pa handa.

Sulitin ang bawat sandali na mag kakasama pa kayo, dahil balang araw magiging kwento at alaala nalang ito.

Unti-unti ko ng natutunan tanggapin ang mga bagay na dati ayaw kong mawala.

Lahat ng pagsisikap mo ay hindi lang mapupunta sa wala, Magtiwala ka lang sa proseso at kakayahan mo, dahil yun ang hakbang patungo sa gusto mong marating.

Kung may isang tao na gustong maitama ang iyong pagkakamali, sila yung tunay na nagmamalasakit sayo, pahalagahan mo habang nasayo pa.

Kung gusto mo siya, ipaglaban mo, Pero kung ayaw na sayo hayaan mo na at irespeto mga desisyon niya. Gumawa ka na lang ng paraan para paikutin ang mundo mo na nag-iisa nang hindi siya kasama.

Kung may mga pagkakamali ka man nagawa sa buhay, huwag mong sisihin ang sarili mo o isipin na ikaw ay talunan, Dahil bawat pagsubok na pinagdaanan mo dun ka nagiging matatag sa iyong landas at natuto sa mga pagkakamaling nagawa mo.

Naniniwala ako na kapag gusto mo ang isang bagay, walang mahirap para sa'yo. Kada semplang... Pagpag, bangon, sugod lang. Magkakamali ka ng paulit-ulit pero magpapatuloy ka parin, dahil minsan kailangan nating madapa para sa mas tamang paraan ng pagtayo.'PADAYON LANG!

Tinatawag ng mga Tagalog ang kabuuan ng kapaligiran na sansinukob at santinakpan. Nakapaloob dito ang idea na ang lahat ng mga bagay ay nakapaloob o nakasukob sa tila mangkok na kalangitang tumatakip sa mga ito.

Hero opened her mouth, still unsure of whether to use English or Tagalog when talking to Paz. Paz had a habit of speaking to Roni in a mixture of English, Tagalog, and Pangasinan. It felt like Roni didn't really know the difference between Tagalog and Pangasinan, and moved between the two interchangeably as if they were one language. Nobody had told her otherwise, Hero supposed. But for Hero, listening to the mixture was like listening to a radio whose transmission would occasionally short out; she'd get half a sentence, then nothing -- eventually the intelligible parts would start back up, but she'd already lost her place in the conversation. But when Pol would come in, they'd switch to English, and like adjusting a dial to get a sharper signal, Hero would be able to tune in again.

[A]ng “aghám” sa sinaunang Tagalog ay pagkilála sa tunay na pagkatao ng isang tao. Ngunit ginagamit ito ngayong katumbas ng “siyensiya” o science at wala nang nagsisikap umalala sa orihinal nitóng kahulugan.

Huwag kang magalala.” My Tagalog is absolute shit, but I hope she understands what I'm trying to say to her, my assurance that she’s okay and that I won’t hurt her.

Ang wikang “Filipino” sa gayon ay isang ingklusibong wika at naglulunggating sumúlong at yumaman sa pamamagitan ng mga tunog, titik, at katangiang di-Tagalog ngunit taglay ng mga wika ng bansa.

Ang itlog ng isda, halimbawa, sa Tagalog ay gayon nga lamang at nilalagyan ng panuring para maibukod sa itlog ng manok o itlog ng ibon. Ngunit bihud ang itlog ng isda mulang Legazpi hanggang Lungsod Davao, vihud sa mga Ivatan, vugi sa mga Ivanag, at bugi sa mga Ilokano. May talamarong sa Palawan at puwedeng itapat sa hiram na limon o lemon.

Ang wikang “Filipino” sa gayon ay isang ingklusibong wika at naglulunggating sumúlong at yumaman sa pamamagitan ng mga tunog, titik, at katangiang di-Tagalog ngunit taglay ng mga wika ng bansa

Sumulat ako ng plano sa eroplanong papel. Pinalipad ko ito, pero bumagsak lang sa sahig. Pinulot ko ulit, pinalipad sa himpapawid. Alam kong babagsak lang sya sa sahig. Kaya hindi na masakit. Duon ko naisip na kahit ilang beses man syang bumagsak sa sahig. Nakalipad sya,kahit na sandali. Nag bigay ng kasiyahan sa aking mga mata. Sinabayan ng kaunting ngiti, sa aking labi. Napagod ako at nilukot ang eroplanong papel. Subalit ang plano ay nakalagay na sa pag-iisip. Ang tanging masasabi ko lang salamat Paginoon. Dahil binigyan ninyo kami ng papel sa napakagandang mundong ito. -Aron Micko

There are some 170 languages in the Philippines, almost all part of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family. I would assume most of the 170 are focal points within a language continuum. Tagalog was the name given to the focal point spoken in the Manila area.

20) What Do You Do For Fun? / What Are Your Hobbies? Ano Ang Ginagawa Mo Sa Libre Mong Oras? Ano Ang Iyong Libangan? (a-no ang gee-na-ga-wa mo sa lee-bre mong o-ras? a-no an gee-yoong lee-ba-ngan?) 21)

22) Yes / No. Hu-O (hoo-o) 23)

GANUN TALAGA" DI KITA NIYAKAP, AKALA KO’Y MAGIGING OKAY KA DI KITA KINAUSAP, AKALA KO’Y LALABAN KA LUHA KO’Y UMAGOS, SAPAGKAT SABI NILA’Y WALA KANA NANDILIM MGA MATA KO HABANG HABOL-HABOL ANG PAGHINGA. SINISI KO ANG LANGIT, BAKIT NGAUN PA, BAKIT SYA PA, BAKIT? BAKIT SA AMIN, SA AKI’Y NINAKAW KA’T PINAGKAIT? DUMALOY ANG MGA LUHA SABAY SA AKING PAGPIKIT DIBDIB KO’Y GUSTONG SUMABOG, KUMAWALA SA GALIT. NAISIP KONG IKAW AY SUNDAN NGUNIT PINIGIL AKO NG KARAMIHAN ORAS MONA DAW KAYA HAYAAN OO NA, PERO BAKIT KA’Y BILIS NAMAN? PAGKAWALA MO AMA MALALIM ANG DULOT IKINULONG AT IPINIIT AKO NITO NG LUNGKOT UMUSBONG AT NADAMA KO PATI ANG TAKOT SAKIT NA NARARANASAN, MERON PABANG GAMOT? SUSUKO NA SANA, NGUNIT BUMALIK SA BALINTATAW KO ANG IYONG TAWA AT MGA NGITI TINUYO NG PAGMAMAHAL ANG LUHA SA AKING MGA MATANG MULI HABILIN MO’Y NAGING DAAN UPANG BUMANGON SA PIGHATI MULI, LUMIWANAG AT NAGKAKULAY ITONG AKING LABI.

Nadidilidili ko na ang umaga ay nilalang upang ihanda sa pagtatamasa ng kasiyahan sa kinahapunan at ang gabi’y upang mangarap at magsaya sa mga alaalang pumupukaw ng damdamin. -Salome

The best example is boondocks. Originally in Tagalog it signified a mountain, but, when poor natives explained that they came from mountainous areas, outsiders imagined the word was a general term for any slummy or primitive place.

May mga bagay sa nakaraan na kusa mo nalang naaalala kasi nakasanayan mo na at hanggang ngayon di mo pa rin ito nalilimutan.

Do you want to learn Tagalog?” I asked, surprised. I had had no idea Shla had an interest in foreign languages. “I just… people try to speak to me in Tagalog, sometimes.” “Oh,” was all I managed. Outside the church my mum and I had frequented, the only other language people had tried to speak to me was Slow English. “Yeah, I just… I don’t know. I had to choose a language and it was a reason, and then it seemed useful for the competitions… Like, half the word that doesn’t speak English speaks Spanish. But…” She swallowed, glancing up. “I don’t want it. It’s not what I want and I… I’m a little angry, because the only reason Tagalog is anything like Spanish in the first place is that Spanish people decided to take over. And then, I don’t know, the English did too, and I’m English, right? But…” She gestured at herself. “I’m not.” “You are,” I promised her. “And you are not,” I added. It was equally true and in this, at least, I knew just what she felt. By leaving my country I had damned myself to never being home again, eternally in exile, even if I were to return to Ethiopia I would never just be Ethiopian. Shla had never left, but being adopted had left her with a feeling of loss, like she had lost the thread of her own existence, her own history. In the end, she was standing at the border, unable to declare her loyalty to any one country, or, it seemed, any one language. “But now you can’t drop it, you need to get your GSCEs.

the moment that I realized that my mom spoke three languages, not two. My mom has only ever spoken English to me, and for a very long time, I assumed that whenever my mom was speaking to another Filipino person, she was speaking Tagalog. I didn’t really have a good reason for thinking this other than that I knew she did speak Tagalog and it sort of all sounded like Tagalog to me. But my mom was only sometimes speaking Tagalog. Other times she was speaking Ilonggo, which is a completely different language that is specific to where she’s from in the Philippines. The languages are not the same, i.e., one is not simply a dialect of the other; in fact, the Philippines is full of language groups that, according to my mom, have so little in common that speakers would not be able to understand each other, and Tagalog is only one. This type of embarrassing discovery, in which something you thought was one thing is actually two things, and each of those two things is actually ten things, seems like a simple function of the duration and quality of one’s attention. With effort, we can become attuned to things, able to pick up and then hopefully differentiate finer and finer frequencies each time. —

Paano mo ikakatwiran sa isang musmos na Ang mundong ibabaw ay hindi laging kamahal-mahal?

Sumandal ka sa akin Sa isang haplos mo'y Bumalik ako sa pagiging iyo

Kung malabo man sa tingin ng iba yung mga bagay na ginagawa mo, wag kang gagawa ng dahilan para sumuko, Hindi uso ang salitang mahirap sa taong pursigido.

Huwag kang matakot sumubok, lagi mong tandaan na ang pag-katalo ay silbing aral sa mga karanasan mo at dun ka natututo.

Minamaliit ka nila porket walang wala ka ngayon. Ayos lang yan, Bilog ang mundo. Pabayaan mong gulatin sila ng panahon kapag nagkapalit na kayo ng sitwasyon.

Sa dami ng hamon ko sa buhay, mananatili akong matibay.

Hindi ako malakas, ngunit may malakas akong Diyos na nagpoprotekta sa akin bawat sandali ng aking buhay.

Mas ituon ang pansin sa mga taong nagbibigay inspirasyon sa sarili mo, kaysa sa mga taong naninira sayo. Mas Makakakuha ka ng positibong pananaw sa buhay.

Success for me is being happy sa mga choices na pinili mo na walang pagsisisi.

Tandaan palagi na kung wala sayo ang bagay na gusto mo, mas mabuting gustuhin mo ang bagay na mayroon ka, Sa ganito natin mahahanap ang tunay na saya.

May mga umaalis man, pero mas marami ang dumarating "People come and go" ika nga nila, totoo nga naman pero Pahahalagahan ko ito, kahit na may maganda o hindi maganda kang naidulot sakin, Mananaig parin ang "Kapatawaran" at "Pagmamahal" salamat ng marami

Di porke't talo ka ngayon, olats ka na habambuhay, Magtiwala ka lang sa kakayahan mo, Papabor din sayo ang panahon at pagkakataon na nakalaan para sa panalo mo.