‘Things To Mind’ Archives
Exercise regularly
Many of us are rather stubborn in heeding instructions even if we know they are good for us. We tend to turn a deaf ear upon hearing them. Or if we take time to listen, we simply do not follow them nor apply those principles in our lives. This propensity seems to be innate. Take exercise for instance. Health experts strongly recommend that, and we need not be told about it for its having been underscored repeatedly in various media outlets. Despite knowing it, plenty of us neglect its wisdom, [...]
Low-cost products
The proliferation nowadays of cheap products like these used items, otherwise known as ukay-ukay, and these so-called Chinese/Taiwanese products, is a great blessing. It is saving people a lot of money and enables them to survive the poor man’s way. But while these products prove to be friendly to the poor and needy, these are not quite welcome to some. At times, they are even being discouraged and even prohibited. Despite such negative reception, these products prevail, apparently on [...]
Joke, joke, joke
Jokes, the good ones, are like gems that people crave for. We like them, love them, even collect them for our own consumption, as though they were chewing gums that we can masticate in times of need. And so it’s no surprise to see books containing jokes of various kinds. We can see them crowding some shelves of bookstores. They have been collected from different sources, some of which are fictional, some drawn from true-to-life experiences. Believe me, many of these books are bestsellers. [...]
Winaray is the name
Our language here in Eastern Visayas is called by different names, most common of which are Waray-waray, Waray, Lineyte, Sinamar, Leytenhon, Samarnon, Lineyte-Samarnon, and Winaray. I would like to argue, however, that if we are to have only one name for our native language here, it should be the latter and nothing more. You will notice that the rest of these names pose some kind of semantic problems and are therefore disqualified as official names for our language. This means that their [...]
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