by Alex | Oct 10, 2006 | Language, Work
Thanks to J. Angelo for his insight regarding my previous post. It is quite true that one of the problems that Philippine-based call centers face is the crop of young graduates who are really capable of communicating with customers. As M.A.K. Halliday has proposed in...
by Alex | Oct 8, 2006 | Language, Work
I do not quite know how to take a position on the quality of English language speakers here in the Philippines. One of my professors have always posed that question during and after classes. He has this observation that Filipino English speakers nowadays have better...
by Alex | Oct 5, 2006 | Business, Music
Emo. I have noticed in a few blogs (college students from UP, Christ, the humanity!) the use of emo to describe the state of angst. Emo, as a word (disputed as clipped form of “emotional” or “emotionally-driven hardcore punk”), came from its...
by Alex | Oct 3, 2006 | Education, Internet
Hmm… Why have I not thought about it? Okay. I have graduate with a BA in English Studies: Language from UP focusing on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as an attempt to specialization. A few professors thought (I hope they still think) that my undergraduate...
by Alex | Sep 30, 2006 | Internet, Technology
I seldom use my Yahoo! Mail due to my Gmail advocacy. Two days after typhoon Milenyo ravaged the Metro and a day after power got restored, I finally got to boot my PC and use some Net time. Lo and behold when I check my Yahoo Mail! They have got Beta. Seems like they...
