Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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The Art of Words
10 Unfamiliar Filipino Words
- Tagalog: talasarili
English: diary
Meaning: A daily record, especially a personal record of events, experiences, and observations; a journal.
Example: Sinusulat ko ang aking pinagdaanan sa aking talasarili.
2. Tagalog: yakis
English: sharpen
Meaning: To make or become sharp or sharper.
Example: Kailangan nang iyakis ang aking lapis.
3. Tagalog: miktinig
English: microphone
Example: Lumalakas ang aking tinig sa tuwing gumagamit ako ng miktinig.
Meaning: An instrument that converts sound waves into an electric current, usually fed into an amplifier, a recorder, or a broadcast transmitter.
4.Tagalog: kawingan
English: hyperlink
Meaning: A word, phrase, picture, icon, etc, in a computer document on which a user may click to move to another part of the document or to another document.
Example: Mas napapadali ang aking trabaho kapag gumagamit ako ng kawingan.
5. Tagalog: pook-sapot
English: website
Meaning: A set of interconnected webpages, usually including a homepage, generally located on the same server, and prepared and maintained as a collection of information by a person, group, or organization.
Example: Gagawa ako ng pook-sapot para sa aming proyekto sa paaralan.
6. Tagalog: sulatroniko
English: e-mail
Meaning: A system for sending and receiving messages electronically over a computer network, as between personal computers.
Example: Natanggap ko ang kanyang mensahe sa tulong ng sulatroniko.
7. Tagalog: pang-ulong hatinig
English: headset
Meaning: A pair of headphones with a voice transmitter attached.
Example: Nakinig ako ng musika gamit ang pang-ulong hatinig.
8. Tagalog: awanggan
English: infinity
Meaning: Any unbounded space,time or quality.
Example: Ang pagmamahal ko sa kanya ay lagpas awanggan.
9. Tagalog: pantablay
English: charger
Meaning: One that charges, such as an instrument that charges or replenishes storage batteries.
Example: Pwede ko bang hiramin ang iyong pantablay?
10. Tagalog: anluwage
English: carpenter
Meaning: A skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures.
Example: Siya ay isang mahusay na anluwage.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
