Congrats to Greenpinoy!
Jan16

Congrats to Greenpinoy!

Congratulations to my friend, Jason of Greenpinoy! Here’s his good news: Ang video ng interview ay mapapanood sa FIRST EPISODE ng THE GREENPINOY SHOW!!! 🙂 Ang The Greenpinoy Show ay mapapanood exclusively sa Projectube weekly mula March 1 2008 (tentative schedule). Susunod ang ibang mga detalye. Exciting!!! And guess who his first guest is! Photo from Greenpinoy Tada! Sir Ramon Bautista – UP Film Prof, host of MTV’s...

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Batang 80’s: Loaf of bread, container of milk, stick of butter

One of my favorite Sesame Street clips! Here’s the info from the YouTube page: “A loaf of bread, a container of milk and a stick of butter”. From 1972, the classic animated segment about memory, which has done a pretty good job of sticking in the memories of a generation of Sesame Street viewers. Produced by Jim Simon’s Wantu Studios, the same company that made equally distinctive animation for The Electric...

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Batang ’80s: Batibot

Remember this, anyone? I learned English from Sesame Street and then learned Filipino from Batibot. Nakaka-miss ang 80’s!

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Kyou no Nihongo
Nov22

Kyou no Nihongo

Ohisashiburi! That means, “It has been a long time!” And it really has been a long time since I posted anything under Kyou no Nihongo. Anyway, I just learned new Japanese catch phrases yesterday and I mean to share them to you: Puri-tsu created by JJ magazine It’s a combination of the words, princess and tsukin (which means to commute). Puri-tsu refers to mean women who commute to work looking like royalty. Motepuyo...

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Bring the bento on!
Oct15

Bring the bento on!

All food and culinary enthusiasts would find this interesting: Photo from Wikipedia.org The Japan Foundation, Manila and the Shangri-La Plaza Mall invite Filipino culinary talents to showcase home-grown Filipino ingredients and products and prepare intricate and artistic bento (lunchboxes) by joining the 1st National Bento Competition. The National Bento Competition is open to Filipinos aged 16 and above who can illustrate the fusion...

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Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2007
Aug03

Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2007

It’s August once again and those who have been studying Nihongo for some time now know that it is this month that the Japan Foundation opens the registration for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). From the Japan Foundation, Manila press release: The Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) will be held on Sunday, December 2, 2007; it will commence simultaneously at 9:00 a.m. in three (3) different venues – at the De...

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