MARGIENARY

Why do we embrace some new acquaintances but keep others at arm's length? I just had a chat with someone today and being the person that I am (INTJ Personality), our conversation keeps on replaying in my mind. We talked about the person's feelings towards my company. I was not suprised when she said she is not comfortable around me. (Actually, she said, "nahihiya kase ako sa'yo." In a translator's mind, this statement is replete with implicit meanings and my exegesis is that she's saying that she's not comfortable around me. This is not the first time of course that this phrase has been thrown my way; countless times actually! That is why this last time made me think that there may be a screw that needs a little bit of tightening or loosening in my person. I don't believe my personality is screwed up! :) (I know it was before, but Someone has been working on it and with major success each decade of life!) At the moment, I don...

There are two very important vocabularies in the English language that is not present in the Kalanguya language: Thank You and Sorry. We had to borrow from the national language so we could have a word to express these concepts: Halamat (Salamat) and Pahinhiya (Pasensiya). I logged on to my friendster this morning and there waiting for me was a new testimonial. It was another one from my sister. She took my pseudonym Ironheart and came up with an acrostic of some kind. It was nice; all the words she said there was very touching and sincere. When I read it, a question came to me: Why can't Sarah say it to me up front? We are very close and she tells me everything (at least that's what I think, but who knows?] :) but why can't she tell me verbally all the things she writes in her testimonials. This question and a few more that I have asked myself over the years seemed to boil down to one thing: the Kalanguya Culture. Tell a Westerner or a lowlander Filipi...

There are two very important vocabularies in the English language that is not present in the Kalanguya language: Thank You and Sorry. We had to borrow from the national language so we could have a word to express these concepts: Halamat (Salamat) and Pahinhiya (Pasensiya). I logged on to my friendster this morning and there waiting for me was a new testimonial. It was another one from my sister. She took my pseudonym Ironheart and came up with an acrostic of some kind. It was nice; all the words she said there was very touching and sincere. When I read it, a question came to me: Why can't Sarah say it to me up front? We are very close and she tells me everything (at least that's what I think, but who knows?] :) but why can't she tell me verbally all the things she writes in her testimonials. This question and a few more that I have asked myself over the years seemed to boil down to one thing: the Kalanguya Culture. Tell a Westerner or a lowlander Filipino that her loved on...