#jm krings

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JM Krings

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in South Africa, we do a mix of African and the UK/US canon for English, but I'll focus on the African works. and since you know some Dutch, you may want to try reading Afrikaans in the original too〜

— Mhudi, Sol Plaatjie (a historical romance in early-colonial South Africa ; the first English language novel published by a black southern African. very good, intereting)

— Things fall apart, Chinua Achebe (a Nigerian novel, and one of the most famous and important works of African literature. but most of us hated it in school to be honest)

— Nervous Conditions, Tsitsi Dangarembga (a feminist bildungsroman in post-colonial Zimbabwe)

— Disgrace, JM Coetzee (literary classic, but kinda depressing)

— Kringe in 'n bos, Daleen Matthee (a wonderful and beautifully written novel, with some environmentalist themes. apparently the English translation is not great, sadly)

— Raka, NP van Wyk Louw (an epic poem. every Afrikaans speaker will have studied this since at least our parents' generation, and it's good)

— Mirakel, Reza de Wet (Eng. Miracle) (Mirakel is her most commonly studied play and the English translation is done in the high-school drama syllabus, but her other works of often studied too and worth reading)

— Periandros van Korinthe, DJ Opperman (a play, kinda Shakespearean actually. classic that most Afrikaans speakers are familiar with)

— Kanna hy kô hystoe, Adam Small (this play, written in Kaaps dialect, is just part the cultural awareness. Small's poems are studied in school)

— the poems of Ingrid Jonker

Hi! I’m interested to know which books from your country are common to read in school where you’re from. Do you have books that most people will have read after finishing school? What are the classics everyone just knows about? (So like even if you haven’t read it you have a pretty good idea what it’s about) Please reblog/comment/send an ask and tell me where you’re from and what books are in your country’s education canon. I’m mostly interested in people writing in your native language/from your country but if you want to add some foreign books that’s cool too!

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So ngayon lang ako nagkaroon ng time ikwento yung nangyari nung saturday

12/18

Christmas party namin ng 5pm. Eh wala pa akong maayos na tulog nun kasi may shift ako nung 9am-1pm tapos rekta bahay ako after ng shift ko, si rr dinaanan lang ako sa office kasi sasabay siya sa mga kateam niya magbuhat ng electric guitar tsaka ng bass. Kaya sabi ko gising nalang ako ng 3 iidlip lang ako e walangya nagising ako 4:50 na e ang registration 5pm. Hahahaha tapos tawag na ng tawag si rr sakin minamadali ako kasi magpeperform nga sila, gusto niya mapanood ko siyang tumugtog sa stage.

Bale mga 5:30 nakaready na ko kasi naglinis nalang ako at nagpalit nalang ng damit tapos kasabay ko sila kuya tsaka mga classmate niya lumabas kasi punta silang school, may battle of the bands daw silang papanoorin. Eh paglabas namin ng pilar sobrang traffic na kaya sabi ni kuya maglakad nalang daw kami which is okay lang sakin kasi aabutin talaga ako ng 10years pag sumakay pa kami ng jeep. Nakarating kami ng southland in 30mins ng paglalakad tapos pumila na ko ng trike kasi sila kuya dumiretso na ng pmms. Tapos habang nasa pila ako sabi ni rr magsstart na daw sabi ko okay lang yan kasi makakahabol naman ako.

Nakarating naman ako ng office, pagdating ko nagraraffle na sila. Nung nakita ko si JM sa labas nagemote kaming dalawa kasi namiss ko na siya e, di na kami same ng shift kaya bihira na kami magkita sa office kaya nung nakita ko siya sa labas hinatak ko siya sa loob sabay tambay kami ng mobile bar nagiinom ng mga alak dun hahahaha napili pa kami kung anong kulay iinumin namin. Mga 8pm nagstart na yung performance ng GAM-UK , sila JM tsaka sila Che yung nagperform. Natatawa pa ako kasi nagtatanong sila bakit daw hindi ako nagperform/sumayaw e sabi ko wala akong time kasi panggabi nga shift ko. Tapos after nila yung cluster naman namin na GAM-AU inaasahan nga namin na magkakalat sila sa stage kasi sobrang minadali lang yung practice nila tsaka never silang nabuo sa practice tapos si TL grabe sobrang galing sumayaw hindi niya hinayaan magkadead air tapos nagkaroon ng mini party sa harap kasi hinatak nila mga boss namin pati yung mga anak niya at nagsayaw sila sa harap (kaya kami nanalo hahahaha) after ng cluster namin nagperform naman sila kulot. Habang nagseset up sila ng gamit sa stage naghanap na ko ng pwesto ko para mavideohan na siya, tumabi ako kila Cherry at JM tapos ayun kasama ko ibang team magsupport kila kulot abd sobrang comedy kasi parang tanga si Albert hahahaha naging macho dancer siya ng 10mins sa harap habang nakanta sila Janine.

After nila magperform tumambay ako kasama sila Cherry at JM sa may mobile bar tapos nagsasayawan kaming tatlo, maya-maya sumali samin yung dalawa naming beks na si Danielle tsaka Kim. Tapos mga team HK naman pumunta na din sa likod kaya ang dami na namin sa likod na nagpaparty party.

Nung natapos na yung program at nagparty na lumapit sakin si Niño at binigyan ako ng shot glass, sabay sabi ng “cheers” edi inom din ako tapos si gago nagulat ako ang tapang ng binigay sakin pinagmumura ko siya kasi ang init sa lalamunan hahahaha tapos maya-maya binigyan na naman niya ako ng cocktail juice sabay sabi ng “ubusin mo yan ha!” e tinatawanan namin siya kasi wasak na siya, paano simula umpisa dun na nakatambay sa mobile bar kaya kami naman nilalasing niya pati kay TL abot siya ng abot e. Kaya nung monday inaasar namin siya kasi nagafter party pa daw sila tapos si Niño sobrang wasak hahaha ang comedy pa dun kasi nung party namin halos lahat ng team may picture siya kasi kahit di niya kilala or close inaabutan niya ng alak kaya ngaun ang ‘idol’ na tawag namin sa kanya. Kaya yung juice na binigay niya sakin pinaubos ko yung kalahati kay Topher. Maya-maya lumapit na sakin si RR tapos nagpaparty na kami, natutuwa pa kaming dalawa kasi ang saya namin dun sa likod, nagtatalunan pa kami habang nakaakbay siya sakin tapos may mga hawak pa kaming mga alak e ramdam ko ng lasing na din si rr kaya sinasabihan ko na siyang magdahan dahan kasi uuwi pa kami. Tapos humiwalay na ko kay R kasi hinanap ko mga kateam ko, nung nakita ko si Kim tinawag ko siya tapos sabi ko inom kami sa mobile bar, mga mamshi di ko alam kung nakailan na ko tapos ang tatapang na ng nilagay nung barista bwisit yun after nun nakiparty ulit kami ni bakla as in lasing na din ako nun. Nung lumabas ako ng venue nakita ko si pola sabi ko magpee kami e lasing na din siya tapos hiniram namin susi ng kotse ni cley kasi may kinuha si pola edi after dun diretso kami ng cr, tawa lang kami ng tawa sa lasing namin paglabas niya ng cr hinahanap niya yung susi di niya maalala pag tingin namin nasa basurahan na e nakakadiri kasi may mga tissue yun e alam na saan galing mga yun kaya tawa kami ng tawa tapos tinataguan namin si cley.

After ng party pumunta kami sa isang parang kainan, tapos nagisang round pa ng red horse yung mga lalaki. Kami ni Jo nagkekwentuhan lang pati si Darv, si TL Drew bumili ng chicken tapos si Darwin naman bumili ng sisig kaya busog na busog din kami tapos kami ni Jo lamon lang ng lamon hahaha.

* Panlalake yung attire ko nung christmas party namin para same kami ng porma ni rr hahaha pogi ko e

12/17

Mga 4am nakauwi na kaming lahat. Mga 1pm na ko nagising e may usapan kami ni kulot ng 10am. Hahahahaha pagkagising ko bungad kagad niya sakin “wala na talagang pinagbago, late ka na naman nagising” e sabi ko sakit ng ulo ko e hahahaha tapos ayun nilibre niya ako sa jollibee para maglunch kasi sabi ni mama di na daw ako naglunch XD sinumbong ako hahahaha tapos dumiretso kami ng Baclaran Church para magsimba at ipabless yung mga necklace na binili namin after namin sa church pumunta na kami ng World Trade at nakasalubong namin yung isa niyang kateam na si Kring kasama gf niya. Halos ilang hours din kaming nagikot ikot ni RR kaya sobrang sakit na ng paa ko, e nakadoll shoes lang ako kaya lalong masakit yung paa ko kc di ako sanay kaya sabi ko magpapaa nalang ako kaya binitbit niya yung sapatos ko. Wala na kong pake kung pagtinginan ako kasi ang sakit na ng paa ko pero aliw na aliw pa din kami mamili ni kulot. Bumili ako ng isamg dress, tuwang tuwa si rr kasi sobrang bagay daw sakin mukha daw akong babae dun kaya binili ko na tapos binilhan ko ng gift si Mama na bracelet na may name niya, binilhan ko din si Tito Rene ng cap, tapos si kulot binilhan niya ng tactical pen si kuya tapos binilhan niya din ako ng flappie yung anti-rape na alarm kasi gabi na daw ako umuwi tsaka minsan nakikiback ride nalang ako sa trike tapos naglalakad nalang ako pag nasa street na namin.

Tapos sobrang unexpected pa kasi nakita ko yung crush kong dancer dun kasama boyfriend niya. Naging crush ko yun nung sumali ako ng star magic tapos nung wala si kuya Part siya muna nagturo samin tapos sobrang cute niya kaya titig na titig ako sa kanya nung nakita ko siya dun sa may kainan na pinilahan namin ni kulot. Natuwa din kami dun sa binilhan namin ng pagkain kasi 125php lang dalawang ulam at isang rice na e tapos ang laki pa ng servings e pareho kaming patay gutom ni RR hahahaa.

Mga 1am na kami umuwi kasi nagikot ikot pa kami kung saan saan tapos pagdating ng southmall nagmcdo pa kami.

Advance celebration na namin ng Christmas yun kasi di kami magkasama sa monday, nasa bohol kasi siya ngayon kasama si Tito. Sulit naman yung saturday and sunday ko last week kasi ang saya naman ng mga nangyari tapos nakapagdate pa kami ni RR.

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170214

My Valentine’s post!!!

OKAY SOSOSO

id like to say how stressed I was the night before aka 170213 thinking of a sweet but subtle way of asking Ess to be my valentine bnvdsdncka I had it all planned out actually like I was gna surprise her with Jollibee takeout and “Will you JolliBEE my Valentine” but then I realised our scheds don’t match up for lunch and i sTARTED SWEATIN??????? good thing good thing i have critical thinking skills lol so i decided to get her starbucks yes so now about the day itself:

i went to school early even tho my class was at 9 because u make sacrifices for those u love lol. i made ian kuyog me to starbucks casino and yes i made the barista put ‘i love you’ instead of a name hohoho i had to text her dad for her order bec whenever we go to starbucks,, i sit while ess and kten order so i was a lil lost and kten kept telling me to get green tea latte but??? i didnt feel like that was a morning drink so!! i followed her dad and got her a caramel frappe and then we went to robi cause i wanted to give ess cookies n cream hershey’s bec i remb in gradeschool she kept eating dat shit and slightly cause of kookie and i bought chocolates for my classmates too!! and yes she was in the classroom alr when i was done but good thing class didnt start yet hohoho and i made her friend i think keer call her to meet me outside and we exchanged gifts!! oh,,i also gave her a lil greeting of happy valentines day and you know it all, youre my bestfriend and she gave me chocolates and 2 letters too of u meme a lot to me + memes and a legit one which was rly nice i love yellow and she gave me yellow and she made the chocolate wrapper pink and awe yellow and pink lemon and strawberry pikachu and cow nose yes yes yes and my friends gaveme gifts too like jezzy gave a rose w a bear and anikka gave a yellow rose and joey gave almond pepero and it was A Good Day fam it was a beautiful valentines day with great weather and i had a great attitude and awe ppl were so happy when i gave em chocolate it was adorable i gave chocolate to ms kring and ms kayv and sir jm too and it was nice oh it was also nice cause sir jm was our lecturer for bandaging and hes so nice i rly like him he taught well and we got to talk with him after he allowed us to leave and we shared jokes and talked about like life experiences and stuff and i rly like how he treats us as friends and students at the same time like yes this is the kind of discipline that will mold young people well this is Effective i rly like him i missed ms ankee tho i wanted to give her chocolate on the day cause giving chocolate after..im too shy to do that but yes it was a good day hmmmmmm i dont remember what i did when i got home lol OH WAIT I DO NOW. YES. I SLEPT OMG I WENT W MY FRIENDS TO CASA THEN THE PARKING LOT OF ABC CAUSE CASA AND DESSERT WERE FULL AND I GOT PICKED UP WHEN THEY WERE GNA GO TO ACACIA and they saw ess!!

and the next day

them: “lamias pagkaon gabii uy”

me: “lamias tug nako gabii uy”

while sarte

mam: “nagunsa mo gahapon?”

sarts: “nag cross stitch”

and ufybvinsf iconic

me to sir: how was valentines day sir

sir: hahahahhaha i. was. alone

me: but sir i gave u chocolate!!!

sir: hahaha yes u did thank u

DAMN I GOT KO WHEN I GOT HOME 

but oh oh also i got to see kyle cause i hung out w 10 after so long :’)