Fleur (phExchanger) Blogs

I have not posted for quite awhile ‘coz I’ve been hooked with other activities. But today, I can’t help but share when I read a post from Paulo Coelho entitled “The Five Regrets” – the regrets of a person in deathbed. Surely, once you read this, you’ll know what I mean. So here it is. 1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. This is said to [...]

Do you have trouble organizing and speaking your thoughts infront of an audience? Do you know that there is a simple structure to do it? Most of us have studied sentence construction since the intermediate grade. The study included correct subject-verb agreement and verb tenses. Then, theme writing followed after we were taught how to write correct and coherent sentences. Still, the lessons were not enough for a student to be able to write critically. In fact, only few students [...]

Do you still remember what was it like twenty years before? What was your hairstyle, the dresses you wore, the friends you were with? If you stayed in the same place for the last twenty years, then there’s no trouble in remembering what it was like before. But for some who might have migrated to another place, some details are now blurry. It might not have been totally forgotten. Its just that the memories have been taken over by other [...]

I have not heard nor read about Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park until a few days ago. Yet, I would like to help even just a little so I am posting this information here. Let us help spread the word especially if it involves environmental protection.

Looking back as far as I can remember, the part I least like for any English subject is composition writing or theme writing. This usually happens just after the opening of classes, after Christmas vacation, and Valentine’s day wherein students are tasked to narrate and write the events that transpired during those periods. “Grrrrr…. how will I start?” was always my immediate reaction. As much as possible, I avoided any extracurricular activities that involved writing until I graduated. But that [...]