One of my favorite mistakes is making typos.
I am irritated by this. Annoyed by his. I roll my eyes when I get corrected because I know it’s my fault, my fault, my fault. But.It’s.Just.So.Hard.To.Edit. It takes another person to let me see what my fault was. Gahd, I’m so lazy.
I hate editing my material. I’d rather edit or write. Not both. I hate doing both.
Then, again. This is my job. T_T
Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up.
Source: BrainQuote
I never thought I’d find myself writing professionally.
More often than not, I see a lot of errors in what I write. Sometimes, its within the data given to me. I misspell words or forget to include important contact details.
On certain occasions, I would find grammar mistakes after reading my work. I would confuse the purposes of dashes and hyphen and so on. I’m lucky if I detect them. If I can’t, online softwares or my boss will. Ouch.
Because of this, I fail to fully appreciate my outputs. I can see more faults than facts. More errors than essence. (Does this makes me a good copy editor then? XD)
But recently, I stumbled upon a blog (which URL and name escaped me) containing something like this: “Ten reasons to appreciate the writer in you.” I read until the bottom, but what caught my eye was the number 1 reason: Write, write, write. Forget about editing.
Then it hit me. I wasn’t there to edit. I was there to write. Writing is more challenging than editing. It is the reason millions of people are online/ reading print media. I was supposed to make a goldmine out of a single crap and sell it to a lot of people. This is the part where I should be free. I should be the one to add as many marshmallows and rainbows to my creation.
So I began doing just that. I wrote and wrote, and didn’t mind the technicalities for a while. But, I never forgot about editing. The crap will stay as such when it’s not polished. After writing, I did my best at editing. This time around, I am not as anxious.
I still have a few misspelled words, here and there. I still forget to include logos and some contact details. But this time around, I am happier with my work. It has more facts, more essence, more heart. Write like it’s your last. :)
I don’t like beer or most wines. Also, I do not like to drink when I write. Will have to barter those glasses with food. Any type will do. :]
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I caught this on the right side of an online article I was reading. For a brief moment, I thought it was an advocacy ad encouraging members of the social media community to write and or go on writing.
But it was an ad for an upcoming writer’s congress somewhere in the US. [But, come to think of it, it really did its part in getting my attention.]
It also bugged me. Is there really no such thing as a writer’s block? Are we just really too lazy or occupied? Is this just an excuse for those who really want to write but could not?
I do not know the answer, myself. I hope I do. Because now, I am uselessly typing away, unaware, uncaring. :(
Sometimes, I think of myself as a boring person. Mga 30% boring ako. I think. So I make up for it by being crazy through computer-mediated communication. Because I don’t want to be boring. It’s boring.
HAHAHAHAHA.
So, kung may mga araw na hindi maganda yung gising ko, I try to look for something which can shoo away the boredom and monotone of what’s about to happen. I ask stupid questions on Formspring, annoy people, write unfinished stories and EAT. Anything to pick up something to do and think about.
Like now, I should be writing a press release for Michaelmas, a Christian celebration (for one of our clients). But I am too bored to even click open Microsoft Word. And perhaps because of the need to be inspired, I looked for sites which house funny anecdotes and inspirational thoughts. Kind of like a virtual brain hopping.
And the title of this post got me interested. :)
attaaackk!
Because we haven’t seen each other in three weeks, because Friends with Benefits is out and because we have new sets of gossips to dissect and digest, that Jimma, Jennie and went to SM City Cebu last Saturday to unwind.
(Not-so-)Glitch No. 1: It was raining, but it was one of those fortunate days when I remembered to bring my umbrella with me. Yehey!
Glitch No. 2: Friends with Benefits is no longer among the list of the movies to be showed that night. T_T We decided to watch Crazy Stupid Love. No one wants to watch Planet of the Apes (Matt Damon no more), Smurfs in 3D and Conan. Hey, it’s a cold night. We deserve warmth, thankyou. XD
Glitch No. 3: We avoided National Book Store for obvious financial-related reasons. Instead, we went to Booksale. And Jennie saw Lourd de Veyra’s This is a Crazy Planets. Guess what happened next..
Glitch No. 4: We had to walk three blocks because we also rode the wrong jeepney, yehey! So, yeah, home at past nine in the evening.
But, darn..
1. Crazy Stupid Love is a must-watch movie. From Steve Carell’s understandably-always-problematic face (this kind of role always suited him) to Ryan Gosling’s bod, you’re sure to be entertained. The movie has “Modern Family-ish” issues among them. Something which I really love. [cue: other biases]
2. Going out with friends is different from just texting them, no matter how emotional one gets when he or she sends the messages. Again and again, there are just some moments which have to relived and remembered.
3. I am obsessively stalking every available Lourd de Veyra material online. Tsk. Hahaha! Visit spot.ph. You might catch him online. I love you, Lourd!
I have a new crush! [cue ear-splitting shriek]
And he’s younger than me (one? two years?)
And I haven’t met him before.
And we’re friends on Facebook.
And he looks a bit like Johnny Depp. :3
And when I showed some of his photos to my friend, Jennie, she immediately declared having a crush on him too. Waaah.
To my new crush:
Be very afraid, bwahaha! Just kidding. Just want to let you know that I will be stalking you. :))
My very good friend Jennie wrote this sometime in early February. I don’t know if it has something to do with Valentine approaching, LOL. [I'm dead if she reads this.]
But she’s a very good writer, especially when it comes to poetry. That’s why I decided to share this. It kind of struck me in a weird way. Hehe. Between me and her, she’s the more emotional one. The dreamer. Proud of you Jen! Keep writing!
Daisy, my favorite. I think the white ones mean eternal love. Jennie likes forget-me-nots.
As usual, thankyou, Google :)
What’s with a flower? I mean yea, it’s beautiful in every way but, why is it always a symbol for courtship, professions of love, or beauty? Men give women fresh flowers today and then what? Two, five, seven days later they become weathered weeds. Just give a stone, for all I care.
I mean, a flower is not enough to represent such a solid, deep, forever thing as love. It withers, it dies. Yes, it promises beauty and love but, I believe, for only a short time.
However, on the contrary, I think it can very well serve a purpose. It’s a man’s way of saying, “Hey! I like you ‘coz you’re pretty and cool but I’m not sure if I can feel the same way tomorrow.” Hell, few of the guys don’t even believe in what they call love these days.
Right. A flower can be a symbol of women, love and beauty. It can symbolize their majesty, royalty, charm, their frailty, ignorance… the hours, minutes, seconds of their importance.
How stupid a flower can be if she thinks she can last forever, that she can go through the test of greed, pride, time and still comes out not ravished, sparkling, unconquered.
And these men? Are the sizes of their brains the same? Come on, there are hundreds even thousands of things to represent what they feel for the person they love. A flower is a cliche. Don’t they have any initiative to profess their love in any unique way? Without doubt they can be a little bit creative and find something worthy for the lady’s eye – not something so finite it perishes moments after.
Unless, they think that a woman do not deserve more, or a flower is all that she deserves. Which is, for me, very shallow, insensitive and unreal. Of course, a flower brightens a woman’s mood because it’s her initial reaction, her appreciation for beauty and act of love. But didn’t it occur to you that if you give a woman something weird or alien she won’t just accept it and say she’s happy? That she might stop and think why on earth would anybody give her something like that?
Then and there, she may realize that however funny or weird that thing may be, its characteristics signify a deeper, more sensible and sensitive meaning of who you are and what you feel for her. That way, she may treasure not only your gift but your love as well.
So to hell with flowers. They are just vain creatures hungry for attention and affection. Which serves them right, because they can’t live very long and the spotlight is their only compensation.
In support of the National Telecommunications Commission’s (NTC) request for telecommunication companies to lower interconnection charges, Globe Telecom submitted a position paper detailing its proposal on reducing fees for subscribers calling and sending texts outside their respective networks.
In the position paper, Globe proposed a 3-year “glide path” implementation method beginning January 31, 2012 to allow mobile operators more time to restructure business plans and models given changes in pricing schemes, as well as to help cushion possible losses in revenues.
The NTC pushes interconnection charges for voice calls be lowered to P1 per minute from P4 within the next three years. For text messages, NTC requests charges be reduced to P0.15 from the current P0.35 per text. According to studies, the Philippines has one of the highest voice termination rates in the Asia Pacific region, averaging at $0.10, with most countries only in the $0.03-0.05 range.
Under the proposal submitted by Globe, charging for interconnection charges for voice calls is at P2.50 on the first year, P2.00 on the second year, and P1.50 on the third year. For SMS, charging is P0.25 on the first year, P0.20 on the second year and P0.15 on the third year, which is congruent with the NTC’s proposal. For landline, charging is P2.00 on the first year, P1.50 on the second year and P1.00 on the third year.
“Globe is in full support of NTC’s call to lower domestic interconnect rates among telcos. In fact, Globe also supports mobile to landline interconnection and vice versa, where interconnection fees should also be reduced. This way, subscribers will experience lower service charges,” said Atty. Froilan Castelo, Head for Corporate and Legal Services Group of Globe. “So as to give ample time for Globe to adjust its tariffs and billing system, Globe requests the NTC to implement these new charges by January 2012.”
To date, Globe is the only mobile operator that has submitted a proposal to show cooperation to the NTC. Last April, Globe completed full interconnection with Bayan Telecommunications (BayanTel) and Digitel Telecommunications Philippines (Digitel) in all areas of common presence and operations nationwide, benefitting subscribers who need not pay long distance rates to call another subscriber from a different network.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Yoly Crisanto
Head, Corporate Communications
Globe Telecom
Tel. No. 730 2627
Fax no. 739 3075
E-mail: globe.corpcomm@gmail.com
