Our loving ways – Filipino Culture
“Mahal kita, mahal kita, hindi ito bola.”
The phrase is the first verse line of a song which was written by a teenager, so said a DJ of the time, in the early 1970s. That’s almost four decades ago. And yet we still hear it played on the radio, especially around this time of the year.
The line literally means “I love you, I love you, I am not joking.” Bola means a ball, as in basketball. To “make bola,” a patent and peculiar English Tagalog statement, derives from Tagalog: e.g. Binobola mo lang ako, which implies saying untruths but in such a charming manner that what the speaker says appear to be true. It’s related to “binibilog ang ulo,” literally making a head round — bola (ball) and bilog (circle) have the same shape around. It remotely recalls “drawing circles” around
Click here to continue readingHelp for a broken hearts
Each of us at least once in our lives, suffering from a broken heart. Our loved ones, we are disappointed, and we are left with a broken heart sick.
The situation is very painful to bear and you can like your world has come to an end. But then, what has happened and will not be possible in most cases to reverse the case.
With a broken heart, your life is chaotic and miserable, they lose interest in everything and every day that passes adds more pain. This downward trend often leads to other serious mental disorders such as depression, if you are not a few steps to get your life back on track.
Speaking in terms of life
The first thing you should know is that life will go on, no matter how terrible is the pain you have suffered. A sad fact that you are left with a broken
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