Taglish, Singlish, Whateverlish

Back from the CG gathering, I turned on my PC, connect to the internet and visited Planet Naga as usual. To my surprise, the number of views from my previous post reached 200 in one day! I was actually planning to do some editing and correct misspelled words since I was already very sleepy last night and had no time to do so. Hmmmm.. There’s nothing much to do about it anyway.

In Singapore, blogging had become my habit so I can improve my English writing (and speaking) skills. I’m not used in speaking English… I think most Filipinos are not either. I just don’t understand why it is scarier to speak English when Filipinos are around. Why do Filipinos really need to become good English speakers?

In my present job, there are a lot of Japanese bosses who doesn’t speak good English but it did not stop them to work in a foreign country and lead the locals. It did not stop them to excel in their jobs. Even Singaporeans are not that good, too. They even have their own version of English: The Singlish (either a direct translation or combination of Mandarin, Malay and English-- [Ayoh! If today cannot, then tomolo also can!]). Though there are times their sentences are grammatically wrong, they can still communicate and are able to work in big companies. The important thing is, everybody can speak and understand English. But then again, Singapore is now trying to take this culture away from the schools.