Kobe Bryant: A Legacy I was never a fan of his, because I always rooted for his rival team (Boston Celtics). But as time passed by I admired his athleticism and his determination in the sport, and how he reaches out to his fans. I looked up to him by then and I didn't know until his death earlier this day that he had the same faith as mine (Roman Catholic). Well, one thing for sure is that everybody will miss him and basketball will never be the same. If there's one thing I would say about him is that he's "Venomenal", since he was given the title "Black Mamba" which comes from the animal of the same name and his mark in NBA history. Basketball fans and sport analysts would even compare his playing style to that of fellow superstar Michael Jordan. What else can I say about this legend? "Determination is the key to success", this is the message he left for us, most especially to all the aspiring basketball players in the world. Rest in Peace!

Spanish and Tagalog Sa mahigit tatlong daan na taon, sinakop kami (mga Pilipino) ng mga Kastila at dahil diyan natuto kami gumamit ng mga salitang espanyol....kahit hanggang ngayon. Mula Hunyo ng taong ito, pinagaralan ko ang wikang Espanyol sa internet. Kahit paano, nadalian ako dahil maraming kaparehong salita na pwedeng mahanap sa Espanyol, tulad ng intindihan = entender, kwarto = cuarto, umpisa = empezar, kalye = calle, at iba pa. Sa madaling salita, ginamit ko ang kaalaman ko sa Tagalog para maging bihasa ako sa Espanyol sa madali at mabilis na panahon. Por más que tres cientos años, los españoles nos (los filipinos) colonizaron y porque de eso, aprendimos usar las palabras españolas....incluso hasta ahora. Desde el junio de este año, estudié el idioma español en el internet. Algún tanto, tenía un tiempo fácil porque hay muchas palabras similitudes que pueden encontrar en el español, por ejemplo entender = intindihan, cuarto = kwarto, empezar = umpisa, calle = kalye, y más. En otras palabras, usé mi conocimiento del tagalog para ser puedo de fluidez en español de la manera fácil y rápida. For more than three hundred years, the Spaniards colonised us (Filipinos) and because of that, we learned how to use Spanish words....even until now. Since June of this year, I started studying Spanish in the internet. Somewhat, I found it easy because there are many similar words that can be found in Spanish, for example entender = intindihan, cuarto = kwarto, empezar = umpisa, calle = kalye, etc. In other words, I used my knowledge in Tagalog to learn Spanish in the easiest and fastest way.

"Es posible para aprender español y russo en el tiempo mismo?" Recientamente, yo comenzó aprendo español en Duolingo y con una nativa hablante, pero mi español no es tan bien todavia. Por algún tiempo, admiré las culturas de los latin americanos y russos. Todo sabemos que los idiomas español y russo son muy diferentes porque el russo tiene una sistema escritura diferente (ese es Cyrillic). Adicionalmente, russo es el idioma eslavo a diferente de la idioma español que es una lenguaje romance. Finalmente, la grammatica es muy diferente también. Quisiera oír algunos retroacciónes para lluevo perspicacias.