Dear Maria,
Yes naman, first-name basis na tayo! XD
Thanks so much for the puto! They taste great! :D
Woww... how so fair of you~ Oh! And Speaking of Rizal, did you particularly like Noli or El Fili? XD Just curious~ Because you /do/ know that students abhor studying those, right?
Oh I see~ Ms. Vietnam, she does seem nice! Good for you po!
Well since I already asked about who you're closest to within the ASEAN~ what about Europe? ^^ (Aside from Spain~ I assume you're close since he /was/ here for 333 years. )
And yes, you answered my questions! Salamat po! :D
-Bliss
P.S. Nagpadala akong kutsinta para naman maka-bawi sa puto! ^^
Dear Bliss,
Kamusta! Thanks for writing again! It's really a pleasure hearing from you. :)
Ha ha :D You can call me anything you want basta komportable ka.
Sure~ no problem! Salamat rin pala sa kutsinta. Sobrang masarap! XDDD
Noli me Tangere and El Filibusterismo… Grabe. Ang galing talaga ni Rizal. Noong na basa ko yung mga libro, na move talaga ako. Before Papa (Spain) would confiscate any books I had about the revolution and make me go confession but I'm glad Kuya Andres made me read his copy. :D
Yeah, I know already. Not only have I heard complaints about the two books, I've already heard complaints from a certain student *cough*solitarycloud*cough* about how hard the Filipino language is in general. Nalulungkot talaga ako na ayaw ng mga estudyante mag-aral ng Pilipino. :(
In Europe? Well… I pretty much have at least okay relations with everyone there but most of the time I usually hang out with the other Asian nations especially the ASEAN and little Leste (East Timor).
Economically speaking Netherlands, Russia, and Kuya Igg- ay mali!… Kuya Arthur pala. Nakakahawa talaga si Kuya Alfred… Back to what I was saying, those three nations have helped me out a lot economically. Although, whenever I do visit I sometimes spend time with Ireland and Romania. Slovakia has been writing me letters too and she's really nice as well. :DDD
Sincerely,
Maria
The Philippines
P.S. Thanks again for the kutsinta. I sent yemas this time. X3
Notes/Translations:
Kamusta = hello
basta komportable ka = just as long as you're comfortable
Salamat rin pala sa kutsinta = thanks also for the kutsinta (a kind of rice cake :D)
Sobrang masarap! = really yummy!
Noli me Tangere and El Filibusterismo are two books written by the Philippines' national hero, Jose Rizal. During the Spanish colonial period, both books were banned because they portrayed the Spanish rule in a horrible light but still copies found its ways to the people's hands and they inspired them to revolt. In the Philippines, it's required to study both books at third and fourth year high school.
Kuya Andres is Andres Bonifacio. Bonifacio, also known ats the father of the KKK or Katipunan (the revolt group), is also one of the Philippines' heroes because he fought bravely against the Spanish colonizers. I'm assuming during the revolt-agains-our-Spanish-colonizers part in Phil. history, Maria stayed with Bonifacio until he was replaced with Emilio Aguinaldo (also another hero)
Nalulungkot talaga ako na ayaw ng mga estudyante mag-aral ng Pilipino = It's sad that the students don't want to study Filipino
According to Wikipedia, the Netherlands, Russia, and UK are the biggest trading partners of the Phil. in Europe while Romania(both members of Latin Union) and Ireland (Catholicism and the country that has the most Filipino nurses) have more cultural ties with the country. Not sure about Slovakia, but she's been writing to me in this letter series :DDD
ay, mali! = literally means wrong! ay is kinda like an expression. ay, mali! here is used as I'm wrong!
Kuya= literally big brother, can also be used as a sign of respect
Nakakahawa talaga si Kuya Alfred = literally means Alfred is infectious but used as Alfred is really influential (sorry can't think of the exact words at the moment TT^TT)
yemas = another kind of Filipino candy (it's really yummy! XDDD)
AN: For the really long apology note pls. go to chapter 28
Thanks again Ate Bliss! XDDD
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( Edit : 5/18/11)