In Memory of Lolo Pepe
Typewriter lang ang gamit niya noon, at ang hirap mag-bura ng mga mali. Kaya kapag ako na papagod sa trabaho bilang manunulat, parang naririning ko siyang nagsasabi, "Kung ako may computer, hindi lang 1,000 libro ang naisulat ko."
Maraming isinulat ang Lolo Pepe ko katulad ng Balarila, Panitikan, at ang Thesaurus-Dictionary English-Pilipino. Ang Lolo Pepe ko ay itunuring na “Bayani ng Wikang Pambansa”. Dahil sa sipag at tiyag niya upang magkaisa ang ating bayan, ginawa niya lahat upang maging National Language ang Tagalog.
Trivia: Ang paborito ng Lolo ko na si Jose Villa Panganiban ay Kapeng Barako at Champorado. Kailangan ang kape ay galing sa Batangas at kami ay galing Tanauan at ang merienda na kanin na may tsokolate ay upisahan kainin galing sa gilid ng plato at yun ang medyo malamig na at hindi makakpaso.
Never Ending Constant Improvement
My Lolo always said to me that I will too be a writer like him one day, and I am. The things that I learned while hanging out in his office-library drove me to author "The Beef Lover's Cookbook", which was published by National Bookstore and sponsored by San Miguel Corporation featuring ingredients of products from Monterey, San Miguel Beer, Magnolia Cream Cheese, and more.
Later this year, as it has been approved, by God's Grace and Mercy, I am going to release my "Culinary Dictionary." It is currently in the process of selecting words that are going to be illustrated as per request of the publishing house.
It is my goal to bring the world together with the language of food - like being able to order a hamburger in any country you are in, in a way, like he did, instilling Tagalog as the National Language to bring unity our country that has between 120 and 175 languages, out of which 4 are no longer spoken.
Lolo said that the Filipino language is a living one as it constantly evolving and always changing. I think you can say the same for Philippine cuisine.
As a living language, Taglish is okay, that's why airplanes cannot be called 'sasakyan panghimpapawid. As Philippine cuisine is adaptable, we can create the same food with different ingredients, which are based on what is available locally like kung walang calamansi, lagyan ng lemon.
His pet peeve word was 'upuan' which is the Tagalog word for 'chair'. He couldn't stand the fact that the purists wanted to call it, "salung-pwet". He raised his hands in the air while walking around in a fury shouting, "Salong-pwet, salong-pwet.- ano ba talaga ang salong-pwet - hindi yan upuan... yan ay toilet!" Ang bastos nga pakingan - at magpasalamat tayong lahat dahil ang salong-suso ay hindi din na tuloy kaya ang suot pa din ng mga babae ngayon ay bra.
Why do I have to write on the web?
Having reached a high level of success in this field of online industry, notably one of the writers for one of the top reviews sites in the US, once a BusinessBlogWriter, and now an SEO expert, I am glad that he had taught me all his secrets.Now that I can create more time, I have turned to blogging for my own pursuit, which is about anything Filipino.
Online work is very challenging, as the Internet audience is very finicky, and one has to go with the trend. There are writing skills that cannot be learned from any book, and these I have. There are other online skills that one can only learn with studying all the time.
The mission online is making a website reach the top ranking of Google search engine results. I can do that with only 2 articles like this example is another reason why I am probably one of the best Philippine writers. This is what I am trying to achieve with this new blog.
If a Picture Paints a Thousand Words
What qualifies a good writer? If they can paint a picture with words.
Bloggers have it easy as adding images makes it more attractive. But, can Google read images? Alt Tab might do the trick. Will it make the website rank? Content and keywords are the ruling factors in this industry.
A blogger has to be more than just self-serving. What kind of information does an article share. Is it simply about a personal experience? Can a one-liner that can change the world? It has to be the pursuit of something more...
What is that pursuit that qualifies an excellent writer?
Is it entertaining?
Is it well-written?
Does it have a lot of visitors and comments?
Are there a lot of followers?
How much time was spent in writing the article?
Was there extra time and effort made in creating the post?
Hey, is that it? Take a few snapshots, place nice sounding words, and put it on Tumblr? Make friends with other writers and bloggers to use the power of web linking?
Heck, then to be called an excellent writer, one should join a popularity contest.
An excellent writer gives helpful information. Hopefully, one that is uplifting. Like Wikipedia, there has to be something learned.
Kung may natutuhan ka na kahit isang bagay dahil sa isinulat kong ito, ang ginawa ko ay hindi nasayang.
Please visit any National Bookstore branch to buy a copy of my cookbook and the dictionary of my Lolo. For people overseas, you may get your copies at Amazon.com. Author's note: I would like to thank Sooo Pinoy for creating their 'Ultimate Blogger's' Contest. It was a turning point in my life and helped me decide to regularly update various blogsites.
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