An observation. I'm not quite sure if this is one of those English-American differences, but how come Mayer is pronounced as Myer and Myer pronounced as Mayer? This is not like a general pronunciation for every word that spelled this way though, but for some, and for this particular observation I am referring to people's names.
I mean, "MAYER" has the root word May, so like you would pronounce the month of May so will you pronounce May-yer as Mayer like John Mayer right? And "MYER" on the other hand that has the root word My should be pronounced as My-yer rather than May-yer, right? Don't you think?
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
I Don't Know How To Swim!
Yeah right. In fact, this is so right. What? You think I'm kidding? Think again!
Early this morning I called LGSRC to inquire about swimming classes for adults. I've been to these famous health clubs and they told me the season for swimming is over and they are in the last week of their classes so no good for me right? I met somebody who goes to this facility in Los Gatos and she mentioned swimming classes is whole year round, so that lifted my hopes right there. It is really ridiculous for a 29 year old to request a private swimming instruction, in fact, Americans would find it hilarious that this grown up adult woman doesn't know how to swim. Seriously?!
I guess I could blame all of these to my mom! Growing up in the Philippines should have given me an innate skill to swim, what with those 7,000+ islands! My mom as I remember won't even let me go camping with the girl scouts because she's afraid something would happen, she would always think something bad would happen to me and that extent of her protectiveness did not allow me to venture into sports, or in this particular concern, swimming. It is sad. Now I am so tensed to learn how to swim, and I have less than three months!
I see that America is just a different world with the way parents would encourage their child to indulge in activities especially sports. You would see young girls with very beautiful well-toned legs and it really makes me mad why mine have cellulite! I was driving in the super highway and I see a young girl, must be 10 years old, on her bike, crossing the street all alone I wonder where she's headed. See, children here have that particular kind of liberty to explore, maybe because the streets here are safer, and people would really give way to a pedestrian no matter what. You would never find that scenario in the Philippines I guess. Schools have programs for this young kids and they go participate in soccer, football, baseball, and the what not.
Oh well. Youtube is there, I am actually watching beginner swimming lessons for 3-9 year olds! Duh...
Early this morning I called LGSRC to inquire about swimming classes for adults. I've been to these famous health clubs and they told me the season for swimming is over and they are in the last week of their classes so no good for me right? I met somebody who goes to this facility in Los Gatos and she mentioned swimming classes is whole year round, so that lifted my hopes right there. It is really ridiculous for a 29 year old to request a private swimming instruction, in fact, Americans would find it hilarious that this grown up adult woman doesn't know how to swim. Seriously?!
I guess I could blame all of these to my mom! Growing up in the Philippines should have given me an innate skill to swim, what with those 7,000+ islands! My mom as I remember won't even let me go camping with the girl scouts because she's afraid something would happen, she would always think something bad would happen to me and that extent of her protectiveness did not allow me to venture into sports, or in this particular concern, swimming. It is sad. Now I am so tensed to learn how to swim, and I have less than three months!
I see that America is just a different world with the way parents would encourage their child to indulge in activities especially sports. You would see young girls with very beautiful well-toned legs and it really makes me mad why mine have cellulite! I was driving in the super highway and I see a young girl, must be 10 years old, on her bike, crossing the street all alone I wonder where she's headed. See, children here have that particular kind of liberty to explore, maybe because the streets here are safer, and people would really give way to a pedestrian no matter what. You would never find that scenario in the Philippines I guess. Schools have programs for this young kids and they go participate in soccer, football, baseball, and the what not.
Oh well. Youtube is there, I am actually watching beginner swimming lessons for 3-9 year olds! Duh...
Monday, August 6, 2012
The Umbrella Deal
One of the things that I can't help to notice is the use of an umbrella only when it is raining. Oh, by the way, only when its raining but not all of the time. Here in California, we get so little rain in a year that the market for umbrellas is really poor, haha! At least in my opinion...
I was amazed at first when I saw people walking in the rain and they were like so cool. In the Philippines though, that is not the real deal or else you would definitely catch a certain cold or fever. Thing is of course, we have cleaner air in the US compared to the Philippines so that explains why people could walk under the rain unarmed.
In the heat of the summer though, the use of an umbrella is not really called for, at least, speaking for the American people as far as my observation is concerned. If you see somebody walking with an umbrella on a hot summer day, believe me you, it could only be an Asian.
Just saying...
This observation is the only thing that's been holding me back from using an umbrella nowadays. It is funny, but it feels like it is really wrong somehow. Oh well...
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