by Alex | Feb 21, 2016 | Language, Life
All that noise about Pacquiao probably wouldn’t die soon. Too bad in the midst of all of this, a lot is happening beyond a boxer’s unenlightened comments and the hate it stirred. In my circle of literary people, here’s what has happened just in the...
by Alex | Sep 27, 2008 | Language
A tip for lawyers and law students. As professionals you have to deal with your clients. Mind you that, in the future, when we pay you your retainers and per-hour/per-case rates, we’re paying you to translate law to a language we can understand (and guide us in...
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...
