#d's adventures in learning tagalog

[darkicedragon]

:( I can hear the difference between them, but remembering which is which is... Brain is not allowing the information to stay at the moment, ahah. Context will help when they're separate and when they're together, then I don't need to know which is which. 😅

[moonlitdiane]

Hello! I moved from my old blog, @dianethus​ to here, you can probably call this a re-intro!

Diane | 18 | Filipino-Chinese | She/They | Pansexual | Scorpio | xNTP | Neurodivergent | Psychology Major | Graphic Designer | Practicing Wiccan

I’ve been trying to write since I was around 12 years old with silly little k-pop and percy jackson fanfics. Even though I cringe now whenever I think about the things I wrote, I still believe it was a necessary phase that all writers have to go through to become better.

I mainly write for the #OwnVoice movement that focuses on the South East Asian experience and especially the experience of being queer in an Asian environment. I aim to give the queers of Asian history whose stories never got to be told a voice. I write to expose the world to Philippine Mythology and the stories passed down from ancestor to ancestor. I also aim to conjure up nostalgic imagery in the readers' minds.

low fantasy. I'm not that really good at world building but I'm in love with the idea of everyday magic.

supernatural.

historical.

angst. I'm SORRY but writing and describing pain is a different kind of joy for me.

found family. I'm gay.

cosmic motifs.

enemies to lovers. oh for someone to see all my worst parts and still fall in love with me. also consider: childhood friends to enemies to lovers.

religious trauma & guilt. I went to a catholic school what did you expect?

The Revolution Will Not Be Vilified.

Evil Is Sexy.

Trapped In Another World. I want to be Isekai-d so bad.

Song Fic. Most of my titles are actually song lyrics or my basic outlines follow the structure of a song.

“Slender Aphrodite has overcome me with longing for a girl,”

Somewhere In Limasawa Street is a queer historical fiction story set in 1898 when the Philippine-American war is just beyond the horizons and 19 year old mestiza, Lucena Candella is in the middle of a war with herself. Sheltered and painfully aloof, she meets brave but brash, Urduja Kalangitan, who is as emotionally aware as a rock and who happens to be the Revolutionary Army's best gunman—maybe that's what pulled quiet Lucena to her.

Between paper planes, porcelains, and battle scars, Lucena slowly learns to love, and that scared her. It scared her because she wasn't allowed to love that woman with the scarred smile and wild hair.

This is my main WIP and my passion project. I really wanted to write something that I can dedicate to the queers of history, the indigenous and people of color whose queerness is never told.

The title is a reference to Limasawa Street by folk pop band, Ben&Ben, I actually used the album and a few singles as inspiration for the plot. 

WIP Playlist. This story will be unapologetically Filipino.

“Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil,”

The Devil’s Choir is a low fantasy story following the adventures of seven unlikely friends who just want to go apeshit and run away from their shitty town. That is until they’re thrown into a you-need-to-save-the-whole-world mess without their written consent. Lucifer and Dionysus show up at their door step, dragging them head first into an abyss that even the Gods refuse to fall into. A war between the golden age and the future, it’s now up to this peculiar gang to save the world from the real threat.

The seven deadly sins but make them moody teenagers. this story has gone through so much revising for years! Found family, enemies to lovers, and unwilling heroes? check.

Unintentionally a copy of American Gods. It was too late until I realized the plot was kind of similar to American Gods. Help. 

WIP Playlist. I smell chaos, don’t you?

“It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.”

Manila Encounters is a paranormal urban fantasy story unfolding right in the pearl of the orient seas. When the clock strikes 3 AM and the lights of the skyscrapers turn dark—when the city sleeps, the monsters roam free. Deep between the alley ways of Manila city, look out for kids with a certain glow and bite behind their smiles. Look for the ones with sunkissed tans who speak in tongues. Look for the ones whose feet barely dip into murky bay waters and fingertips grazing moonlight. 

A dummy’s guide to Filipino folklore. Manila Encounters was inspired by a hashtag on Twitter of the same name where people wrote their own twist to Filipino urban legends and folk stories.

Oh great, another Percy Jackson rip-off. the main characters are demi-gods or descendants of Gods. Original, I know.

WIP Playlist. driving at midnight sort of vibe.

"You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us."

And I Love her is a queer romance story about a girl who just recently moved into an old but well maintained cottage in some seaside town in Europe—and she finds in the middle of dusty furniture and underneath cobwebs, a rotary telephone sitting there unused for decades. It rings unexpectedly one day and what greets her is a soft voice belonging to someone who lived 60 years ago.

a dreamnotfound fanfic inspired this. and the South Korean horror film, The Call. 

gay yearning agenda. so much yearning. so much. I’m projecting.

WIP Playlist. My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand, taking mine, but it's been promised to another

A selected list of fics from my AO3 account. It’s gay.

I drowned a long time ago. Sakusa Kiyoomi isn’t in love. He’s devoted. Serial Killer AU.

Maaaring bang magkunwaring akin ka pa? A Tagalog Haikyuu fic based on the movie, Camp Sawi.

Marupok na puso ko. A Tagalog Haikyuu fic where they do the Filipino thing and get drunk.

My good puppy. My first try at writing smut. Jesus Christ.

Be my mistake. Where Kuroo Tetsurou calls up Tsukishima Kei one last time.

Make it hurt. The two times Atsumu Miya saw the entire universe behind Sakusa Kiyoomi’s eyes.

I still have a lot of stories that I hope to finish, I find it hard to discard or erase story ideas. So I hope one day, you can all watch me finish this list.

We Don’t Belong Here / Viva La Filipinas / Luna De Sangre Conspiracy / Lilith and Lysander’s Guide To Immortal Godparents / Lonely Hearts Club / A Lady’s Guide to Princes and Principles / Attack Block / Empty Thrones /  A Double Take / Stupid Cupid / Idle Town / Alice? / The 30 Day Deal / Lost Stars / The Apocalypse Program / Heartstrings  / Disastrously Danae

[mahalzevran]

DA 20+ Questions

Tagged by @antivan-surana​ thanks! Tagging @situationnormal​ @the-dread-doggo​ @acepavus​ @aroundofgwent​ @lakambaeni​ @kxnways​ @fuckbioware​ (no pressure ofc) and anyone who wants to?

The rest is under a read more because it’s long

01) Favourite game of the series?

Origins, only because you got less and less op as a mage as the games went on. I love all the games tbh.

02) How did you discover Dragon Age?

My friend got my sister into it. They kept talking and talking about it so finally I was like “ok lets see what the big deal is” and here I am now

03) How many times you’ve played the games?

I’ve done Origins twice fully, DA2 four times fully (omg I didn’t realize this until now lol) and DA:I just once fully. I have one unfinished playthrough of Origins with a Cousland, and I’m in the middle of maybe two of DA:I. I think I’ve gone back and replayed certain parts of both Origins and DA:I plenty of times.

04) Favourite race to play as?

Elf I guess? Though I’ve only fully played as a human and elf. I’m in the middle of a dwarf playthrough and I’m thinking of doing a qunari one in the future. It might change idk.

I just really liked playing as an elf in Origins so that’s why I got into elves. But the funny thing is, I wasn’t even thinking of playing as an elf when I played for the first time. I wanted to play as a human. I just did it on a whim.

05) Favourite class?

Mage, hands down. Realistically, they’re the most versatile class. They can do range and melee since anyone can learn how to fight with weapons. But the last two games won’t let you so :)

Also, this stems from the fact that I’ve been a harry potter fan since I could remember.

06) Do you play through the games differently or do you make the same decisions each time?

In my full, proper playthroughs that I’ve finished, it’s slightly different but still the same basic ideas. Sided with mages, agreed with Anders, etc.

But I am planning to try an evil playthrough in the future so

07) Go-to adventuring group?

DA:O (I have two)

Leliana, Wynne, Shale - the OG crew; they were my main crew in my first playthrough and it was a pretty even party

Zevran, Leliana, Alistair - the elf crew; esp. with Rhian they’re all elves because I saw a theory that Leliana is half elf and I’m down

DA2

It’s a mixed bag. If I’m not playing as a mage, I usually take Anders a lot because we need a healer and Merrill can’t heal. I tend not to take Sebastian as much after I max his friendship. After Sebastian, I take Aveline the least. Other than that I just mix it up. Unless I’m romancing someone, then I take them every time.

I’d love to take Anders, Fenris, and Merrill out more often but I hate how mean they all are to each other (looking @ u bioware 👀)

DA:I

My first playthrough, I mixed it up a lot in the beginning but then I ended up bringing Solas, Cole, and Blackwall a lot near the end for some reason?

I love taking Vivienne, Dorian, and Solas out, especially if I’m playing a mage, because it’s such a pretty fireworks show

In general though, if I’m romancing someone I take them with me almost always.

08) Which of your characters did you put the most thought into?

I think it’s a tie between Rhian and Lu.

09) Favourite romance?

To no one’s surprise, it’s Zevran :3

Solas is second because I just really like that angst.

10) Have you read any of the comics/books?

I’ve read The Silent Grove, Those Who Speak, and Until We Speak (because someone gifted me the Omnibus) and The Calling.

I also have Hard in Hightown, which I should probably read lol, and the art book of inquisition.

11) If you read them, which was your favourite book?

The Calling solely because of my mom Fiona and my dad Duncan. 

12) Favourite DLCs?

Awakening because I love everyone and its also really funny that Rhian, who is 19 at that point, had to basically babysit people older than her and also run a whole arling.

I love both Legacy and Mark of the Assassin. Mark of the Assassin was really funny (though I hated the stealth part). I love Legacy specifically because when I was fighting Corypheus, both Varric and Anders K.O.’d and it was just me and Carver. It was a special family moment bringing down a whole entire magister together. I also hc that that was canon and it brought Kaia and Carver closer together.

13) Things that annoy you.

I’m gonna talk about the game bc if this is about the fandom, then that’s a whole other thing.

Anders’ writing for one. It doesn’t make sense that he’d approve of giving Fenris back to Danarius. And also that he wouldn’t tell f!Hawke that he’s bi? Then there’s the fact that Anders, Fenris, and Merrill all don’t get along when they have a lot in common.

Anything that was written by Lukas Krisdkjsdhkdk. Aveline, Sera, etc. he did a really bad job.

Also didn’t like that mages got less OP in the last two games.

There’s also the tone-deafness? Dorian, a brown man, saying slavery is ok. And also there’s the dialogue between Solas and Vivienne where Solas supposedly “owns” Vivienne. I think he says something like “may you learn”? Solas, a white person, saying this to Vivienne, a black woman, when there’s obvious colorism in Thedas? I think not.

There’s probably other but I can’t think of them right now.

14) Orlais or Ferelden?

Orlais is too snooty and Ferelden doesn’t season their food. I pick Seheron and Laysh because that’s where the Asians are at.

15) Templars or mages?

Mages

16) If you have multiple characters, are they in different/parallel universes or in the same one?

Originally, my canonverse was Rhian, Kaia, and Luwalhati. Alden and Bolin were part of an AU. Then Alden finagled his way in there, then I decided to have Bolin in there too. So now i have twin Hawkes and Bolin is part of the Inquisition (if he’s a companion or not, I haven’t thought about)

I have plenty of other OCs that I’m planning on, but they’re currently sorted into a different universe.

17) What did you name your pets? (mabari, summoned animals, mounts, etc)

Pikamon for the Origins mabari. It’s a mix between the names of my two dogs, Pikachu and Cinnamon

Cinnachu for the DA2 mabari, also a mix of Pikachu and Cinnamon.

Lu’s mount is the royal sixteen (hart), which is given to you by Clan Lavellan if you manage to keep them alive iirc, and its name is Luntian, the tagalog word for green which is her favorite color. (In a teen!Lu AU, her mount is the bog unicorn bc she’s an edgelord)

18) Have you installed any mods?

It would be more surprising if I didn’t. How else would I manage to have my characters look like the’re poc?? And also get rid of whitewashing and have some continuity. I usually just do cosmetic mods if it’s my first playthrough. Then I do like “cheats” after I finish the game fully.

Fun fact, I once spent like 2+ hrs modding Origins to have the Zev romance the way I want. I also stayed up until like 5am trying to make Solas look like his concept art lol (it didn’t really work)

19) Did your Warden want to become a Grey Warden?

Rhian didn’t not want to become a warden. She read about them and thought they were an honorable order, but she didn’t expect to ever have a chance to become one. Her goal was to just go up in the Circle hierarchy, maybe even become First Enchanter. Then when the time came, she didn’t really have much of a choice.

20) Hawke’s personality?

Kaia is blue and Alden is purple

21) Did you make matching armor for your companions in Inquisition?

At first, I didn’t get what the big deal was with crafting. It didn’t seem fun at all lol. Then I tried it and was hooked. I don’t have them matching, but I do tend to try to match my Inquisitor with their LI in some way.

My usual procedure for armor in Inquisition is like this. I make everyone wear heavy armor and pick the materials that have the highest attributes, not caring how ridiculous the colors are. Then I go to tint them using a guide for each companion’s color scheme. This is the same for helmet but I usually have them turned off or have no one wearing one.

The only exception is Varric, Cole, and Blackwall. I have Varric wear the rogue armor that looks like his DA2 outfit, and Cole and Blackwall wear the Grey Warden heavy armor. I tint the grey warden armor using a guide for its color scheme.

I have Bull, Vivienne, and Cole wear their unique helmets.

22) If your character(s) could go back in time to change one thing, what would they change?

Rhian - She’d probably want to re-do how she told Zevran that she wasn’t exactly dead.

Kaia - Taken Quentin’s threat more seriously and killed him before he got to Leandra

Alden - He has no regrets

Luwalhati - wouldn’t have taken Sam and Wis with her so they wouldn’t have had to have died in the conclave explosion

Bolin - None, all of his decisions led him to Dorian and he’s happy with that.

23) Do you have any headcanons about your character(s) that go against canon?

They’re all at least part Seheron?

I also hc that neither Carver nor Bethany die because Kaia was able to cast a barrier on both of them before the ogre got them. Then they both became Grey Wardens because Carver contracted the taint in the expedition and wouldn’t join the Wardens unless Bethany came with him too.

Another hc I have is that Sebastian didn’t leave when Anders was spared and stayed to help out. But he went his separate way after because he still didn’t approve of sparing him.

Oh shoot, I almost forgot. The most against canon thing I’ve done probably? Rhian didn’t do the Ritual but she did slay the archdemon without dying. Rhian’s an arcane warrior, so when she slayed it, she was partway in the fade. Being partway into the fade was enough for her essence, I guess, to survive it. But she’s not mortal anymore and kind of a spirit now? So she periodically has to chill in the fade because being in the real world takes a toll on her.

25) Who did you leave in the Fade?

In the game, it was Stroud. I killed Loghain and no way is Alistair gonna be trapped in there. Fiona will be sad. So I made Alistair king in the game only, so Stroud was the one that was left.

This is another off canon thing I did. In my actual canon, Alistair is the warden contact. The Hawke that comes to the Inquisition is both Kaia and Alden. Alden brings Fenris with him because he doesn’t go anywhere without his Boo-Boo. Bethany and Carver also come because Weisshaupt was being weird and it seemed like they would be safer in the Inquisition. Lu + her party, Alistair, Kaia, Alden, Fenris, Bethany, and Carver all come to Adamant. Because there’s so many people, everyone was able to escape the Fade. No one is left behind.

26) Favourite mount? The nugs! All of them :) 

Though I don’t really use the mounts lol

[findpenpalsover20]

hello everyone! my name is shannon, i’m 25, from southern california (usa). i’m half african american and half filipino! i’m taking a break from college because i'm working two jobs, but my course was music education.

i sing and i’ve been playing guitar for 13 years. I spend a lot of time watching youtube (covers, makeup tutorials and video game playthroughs), reading, making youtube covers, drinking coffee and tea, and jam sessions anywhere and everywhere with friends. My favorite shows to watch at the moment are Black Mirror, Orphan Black, and a D&D campaign called Critical Role on twitch.

i’m looking for a snail mail penpal (from anywhere really) to talk about life and adventures and get to know better. i like to send little doodles and stickers, care packages and mix cds in my mail, so get ready for that :) i’m trying my best to learn both Spanish and Tagalog, i know more Spanish (3 years high school classes) than I do Tagalog so i would also love to have a buddy to help me out if possible.

if you’d like to be penpals just send me an ask at my blog (shaymae.tumblr.com)! peace and good vibes to you all :)

[dae-seeme-rollin]

tagged by one of the best people I know- @benre1lly !!! ty!!

he tagged me twice in two different but similar posts so I decided to do it in one post :P

first off: 11 facts

-American Asian- specifically Chinese Filipino

-Born and raised in the good ol’ U.S of A

-Can speak Tagalog fluently, currently learning Mandarin, knows some Spanish

-Been trying to draw since 9, didn’t make a whole lot of progress till 11

- first gaming system I got was a Nintendo DS lite for Christmas 

- I play in my school’s orchestra with the freshmen- I’m a sophomore lol (gonna brag a bit but tbh we sound pretty dang good)

- I LOVE DOGS AND SPACE!!!!!!! 

- I’ve had 4 teeth pulled out twice, when I was 6 or 7 and another time when I was 12 or 13 lol (and even with those teeth pulled out I still managed to get braces :\)

- I do not like bacon

- Never broke any bones (at least not yet..hopefully it stays that way)

- I memorized the whole episode of “The Powerpuff Girls Best Rainy Day Adventure Ever” thanks to the VHS recording I did when we had cable haha

Rule: Tag 20 followers you want to get to know better :) Name: lol maybe next time Nickname: DD Gender: female  Star Sign: sagittarius Sexual Orientation: hetro Hogwarts House: hufflepuff Favourite colour: pink  Favourite Animal: DOGGOS mainly but I really like animals in general

Time right now: 8:30pm

Cat or dog person: DOG Favourite fictional character: ummmmmmmh... too many.. Favourite singers/bands: The Fold, Adele, a bit of Sia, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Renee Goldsberry, Pippa Soo Dream Job: animator/pro violinist but I’m beginning to think that those career choices won’t be as plausible as I thought it would be..*sigh* we’ll see I guess Current number of followers: 489

What made you decide to make a Tumblr: originally it was when the ninjago fandom here was very small and I saw good art and I wanted to be a part of it. Stayed for the amazing friends and of course D A N K M E M E S (also side note: there’s been an increase of super amazing new artists circulating the tag and it’s beautiful ;u; granted, I don’t check as much as I did before but from what I’ve seen, I was blown away)

Why did u pick your URL: it’s a combination of my favorite things/shows. Although the “super” in my url is supposed to represent “super mario” Now that I think about it, I kinda wanna change it to Luigi??? but it honestly doesn’t have the same catch to it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

tagging only a few people bc i’m lazy and I also have to write a short speech..(as always, no pressure to do it or feel free to do it even if I didn’t tag you :P)

@ninjahijabimuse @mastrender @piggiman @doodlederp-64 @rodgertherock @dipper-the-destructor @cptdipdop @jiosen

EDIT: if you do this no need to do two- unless you really want to XD

[chara-killer-bear]

All

Organ Asks!

Brain: Ever thought of killing someone? How?

If female, I would slit their throats and cut off their vocal chords. Then saw their limbs apart and shred the rest of the body. As for the head, I’d probably throw it into the ocean. The limbs I’d probably use for art references such as drawing H A N D S, or how to draw fucking F E E T. After I’m done taking as much references I can before it rots, I’d probably just shred them to bits and throw it into the ocean as well. If male, WHOO BOY. I would just basically just cut off their own dick and make them choke on it. Then cut off their balls and chop it into pieces and feed it to the dogs. Rest of the body I’ll just throw in the ocean. Seems really unrealistic, and it really seems unlikely I’d kill anyone, but that’s how I imagine it. :/

Thyroid: Ever screamed in public?

Honestly a couple of times back in 8th grade, because I recall that’s when I started to feel existential depression– It’s kinda weird considering people heard screams but then they’re all like “oh that’s just a normal thing”

Trachea: Top three songs?

- Can’t Sleep Love by Pentatonix

- Lone Digger by Caravan Palace

- Jenny by Studio Killers

Lungs: Do you like the taste of your own blood?

Yep.

Heart: Are you in love? Is it unrequited?

Yep! And nope!

Esophagus: If you ate someone, what bit would you eat first?

Honestly, the heart :”)

Liver: Do you drink?

Water, yes. 

Spleen: Ever been seriously injured?

Tbh, the most injury I’ve ever had was either accidentally slamming my face onto the shed and completely stabbing my upper lip real deep–

Or the multiple times I scraped both of my knees, especially when they haven’t healed and really fresh and I scrape them even more on the concrete :”)

Stomach: how would you change yourself if you could?

Not be the most procrastinating shit in almost everyone I know in my squad???

Gaulbladder: What animal best describes you? Why?

P A N D A !! OR P E N G U I N !!

Kidney: What fandoms do you belong to?

- Creepypasta

- Mogeko

- Hetalia

- YOI

- Killing Stalking

- Satan and Me

- Stranger Things

- Don’t Hug Me, I’m Scared

- Hamilton

- Undertale

- OFF

- FNAF

- RWBY

- Yandere Simulator

- American Horror Story

- Forest of Drizzling Rain

- Adventure Time

- Bee and Puppycat

- Vocaloid

- Homestuck

- this list will probably go on so I’ll cut it off here :”)

Pancreas: Favourite gore/guro scenario?

I would honestly go for someone’s guts exploding from their upper torso, while their heart is still beating and kept intact inside their chest and their brain has exploded every where and their arms are dismembered from their body.

Large intestine: What sickens you?

Pedophiles, disgusting liquids on me, honestly not much disgusts me to the point where I shiver every time

Small intestine: Any kinks?

Ye but I ain’t telling you :”)

Ureter: Most embarrassing moment in public?

Secret :”)

Bladder: Where do you live?

California where the memes are fresh

Urethra: What languages do you speak?

Mainly English.

I’m still learning Spanish, parts of Tagalog, and other various languages.

Rectum: Chosen weapon in a zombie apocalypse?

Gun to end my life :”)

[callousedwings]

Let's Ask d Experts: Milk farmer #CloverTastingRoom

First and foremost, we want to thank Clover Sonoma for allowing us to do the interview without an appointment. This post is not sponsored by Clover Sonoma which was formerly known as Clover Stornetta (we love their milk btw!).Here’s our vlog of the day.

This part of project interview was done by MaskedExplorer and cousins, known as M.E. and Coz in our vlog. Coz will become occasional guests in our channel! So exciting!!

Content :

Visiting Tips

Q n A

Location of the pop-up tasting room :

330 Fell St. San Francisco, CA 94102

Tips for visiting pop-up milk tasting:

Come early in the beginning of the scheduled day. Find more events here. 

There will only be curbside parking spots. A block ahead (one-way street) there are spots across the street from the houses, get ready to be in the far left lane, ( We almost witness an accident, a small SUV crossed from far right) passed the playground on the right side of the road.

Ask for children’s area and goodies.

There were yogurt and whipped cream when we were there on the right-hand side while the milk varieties booth was on the left-hand side. 

You could bring home the plastic wine inspired milk glass.

Post your pics in Social Media. 

A post shared by Callousthenics Wings (@slothchef) on Jul 13, 2017 at 12:33am PDT

Let’s Ask questionnaire process for #CloverTastingRoom

Weekend at Downtown SF, what were we thinking? Curbside founding was almost a miracle. Not to mention the house owner complaints. If polygloting was a skill, we just aced it right then there. Thankful for multilingual ability that ease our way out of trouble. 

“Just half an hour, uncle.” We spoke in Tagalog. 

“Half an hour, yes? Promise?”

Pheww, we got out of the Tasting Room after only 23 minutes, but who’s counting. In between that, the fun of field tripping trailing us all the way home. Moooo!

Our welcoming hosts @Cloversonoma #CloverTastingRoom.

Let’s ask the Experts with #CloverTastingRoom

We stepped out of the traffic. The three bobbing heads peeled their eyes away from the playground and looked forward, fussing with their masks. Was it nervousness? Even when this was their second time doing it, there would always be that jitter arising within them. It’s just part of the game.

The place was quaint and reminded us more of a small cafe, or was it froyo and boba joint nowadays? Straight in front of us were two pairs of eyes, already smiling and inviting. Body languages sure spoke volumes. After a couple sips, or more like gulp of milk, which seemingly calmed the nerves, the three masked visitors took a deep breath and jump in.

Q: Thank you. Do you mind if we ask several questions?

A: No problem! So what was the question? 

Q: Why is the company called Clover? 

A: Because the cows eat clover, clover green grass and the cows are out on the green grass. So I think that's how it's started a hundred years ago. Clovers have good protein. 

Q: How can you become an expert at milk farming? 

A: Well, a lot of hard work and practice. Practice makes perfect. So, when we were younger, we would like to follow our parent and watch our parent and we started to help them. So, you just need to learn and you listen and you talk to other people who have been doing it for a long time. You talk to other farmers, and you ask them, What do you do everyday? and follow them around, shadowing and start practicing. For farmers, there are different trainings and meetings to learn new things too.

And a lot of us farmers have older family members who taught us about farming. Then going to college and taking classes to learn about food, nutrition, and husbandry. So, there are lots of ways you can learn to become an expert farmer, and you know what? You never stop learning.

The very knowledgable featured farmer family’s matriarch. 

Q: Is there a special grass that makes the milk taste good? 

A: Yeah, actually, clovers. So that probably back to how Clover got its name a long time ago. 

Q: What is the funniest thing that ever happened on your farm? 

A: I don't know, there's too many. When I was little and learning how to drive the tractor to feed with the hay, 'cause sometimes when the grass isn't growing very good in the summer when it gets really hot, we have to feed them hay.  I was driving and my dad was on the back. And I was never supposed to press the pedal. I was only supposed to steer out at the big field. I decided that I was gonna try to press the pedal and when I press the gas pedal, he fell of the back riding behind her. It was pretty funny. 

Wish we could bring that mask home, mohoho!

Q: Two more questions for you. 

A: Two more? Ok.

Q: Is there different cow's milk, if there are, can you name some? 

A: So there are different varieties like fat-free, 2%, and whole fat. So like all cows make the same type, then from there, they can be different flavors, so we have regular milk, and then there's chocolate milk, and there's also some places that started to do root beer flavor milk and strawberry milk. But the black and white cows are called Holstein, the browns are called Jersey and the Jersey has a little bit of higher fat content than the milk that comes out of Holstein, make sense? 

Q: Yes. Who decided to do the milk tasting?

A: Well, we renamed our company from Clover Stornetta to Clover Sonoma, and when we were making these ideas about how to launch the brand, we decided to compare milk because it's a craft like wine, and we decided as a part of that, we would create pop-up milk tasting room, like a wine tasting room. So it came from our team, our marketing team. 

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[darkicedragon]

Learning prefixes in Tagalog.

Going to work - magtatrabaho. Working - nagtatrabaho.

How. How do you hear the difference at the start?? ... Oh my god, root word is 'trabaho/work' and Tagalog modifies with prefixes by repeating the first syllable.

Except when the first syllable has two constanants together, so they remove the second constanant and add in the next vowel.

HOW DO YOU KEEP TRACK OF THIS WHILE IN A CONVERSATION?? -- 'In the Philippines, its not considered healthy to spend too much time alone' ….. Well. That explains a LOT.

THE TOP COUNTRIES WERE NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING WTF.

Okay, thank you. -- Ah yes. I have gotten far enough in learning I've gotten to the part where word beginnings change depending on if the word before it ends in a vowel. 8')

[darkicedragon]

I liiive. Yeah, it was some 28 hours of travelling from time of leaving the house to arriving at gran's house. 😅 So I'm a bit more recovered but I'm also absolutely still on UK time and body is refusing adapt to the new timezone. I'm not sure I'm adapting to the 'feels like 34c' weather either. 😅😅 I'll go outside for a bit and then retreat back to where there's aircon.

Plus side, I haven't been bitten yet! Was fun re-reading the bug spray instructions during second application that I should only apply it once a day. When it maybe lasts 6-9 hours. ....Cool.

I'm sort of doing better with Tagalog, but also they speak the local dialect, so I can't quite tell if I'm not understanding, or they're not talking in Tagalog, pfft.

Well, since I'm here, I can practice my Tagalog on my learning apps and - I do not want to do the Pimsleur voice recognition stuff while I'm here. Even when I'm alone in a room, it's midnight and everyone else is asleep. Thanks, brain.

I did do a couple of handstand attempts outside on the grass in front of the others, because doing it inside on tiles or concrete is even less appealing, even though I've maybe overshot kicking up from a handstand a couple of times since I've started. Again, thanks brain. But I guess by doing it outside I'm also doing it in front of other people, which is nice to practice.

So yeah, I'm alive, but slightly dying, but also recovering! :)

[darkicedragon]

Things I still don't like about Tagalog.

A/Ko - I Ikaw/Ka - You Wala - Nothing Walo - 8 Kanin - Rice Kanan - Right (direction) WHY ARE THE COMMON WORDS SO SIMILAR.

Daan - Hundred Daan - Road (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

WHY AM I LEARNING THESE CLOSE TOGETHER.

[darkicedragon]

Saying 'our children' in Tagalog is

'(marker of object) (marker of multiple) child our'

:(

It's fine because multiple marker does make it easier so I don't have to learn a new word/word configuration for a multiple and can just slap in the multiple marker, but breaking this down is just making me more confused. But at least I'm trying to figure out sentence structure! Sort of. -- Wait.

Son is 'child (joiner marker) male'. Fine, easy.

'My son' is '(marker of object) child my (joiner marker) male' I KNOW IT MAKES IT FASTER TO KNOW THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE OBJECT AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING.

BUT YOU PUT THE PRONOUN -IN- THE PHRASE??

[darkicedragon]

Word order in Tagalog is fun. 😅

'My spouse wants to drink coffee' is literally

'Want drink spouse my coffee.'

I'm glad for the 'I to you' word which is a bunch easier for me to pick out compared to when it's like 'understand you (question marker) me', except when the question marker isn't used and - 8l;

[darkicedragon]

@delta-lykos​

What book is this from? I've been trying to find resources and kind of vibe with the way this one explains things. It's still confusing but it makes more sense than the book I have now.

It’s Basic Tagalog: Third Edition by P Apillera and Y Hernandez.

Looks like this:

They’ve got a website with some of the audio exercises on it over here (They don’t quite match up exactly to what’s in the book, but I assume some things were changed with the revision)

Why does this exist…

I made an attempt at it, and then just moved onto the next chapter, because nooooope.

[darkicedragon]

I am forever getting mixed up between ibig (love), isip (thought) and ipis (cockroach).

So I’m trying a different book in the hopes google translate might have an easier time with it. I’d originally thought the title was something like ‘three rooms of thinking’ but it’s actually ‘three stories of love’ and the first two blurbs are something like ’there was a picture taken when these two boys were younger and there’s a secret behind it’ and ‘there’s two best friends but what’s rigor’s secret?’ And then you get to the third one and I think the guy’s fiancee is taking him hostage or something?? Or the place that the guy wanted to propose is then a scene of a heist. I’ll probably ask my parents for a translation, pfft.

[darkicedragon]

Mahirap bumaba sa hagdanan, pero ang aking mga binti ay mas mabuti na ngayon.

 [Stairs are still difficult to go down, but my legs are better now.]

[darkicedragon]

Was talking to prettymuchobsessive about how if I started trying to learn Tagalog again while I wait to feel inspired to draw something else, I might end up not drawing anymore like what happened with writing. She suggested I do both and draw the words I’m learning/new words I come across. 83 So that’s what I’m trying out.