our class is now on the contemporary stories, so we have finished "Games" this story is about a girl that keeps on changing voices and names whenever she calls to her boy friend in his office so the guys office mates think that he is a "chickboy" until the girl realizes that what she's doing is wrong.
to answer the blogs question we are ask to compare the canon stories to the contemporary stories, i chose the relationship part. The stories in canon are the old type or style of courting a girl or dating it's so old fashion since the stories were written in the past and also the setting of the stories while here in the contemporary stories the type and style has a bigger gap because the story we read was on a modern setting.
since I'am talking about relationships, on the earlier days of it guys must handle the girl with care. meaning they have to really get the girls trust and especially the family of the girl. in the earlier years guys must work, like chopping woods and getting water from the the "poso" in order for the girl's family to have water during the whole day. another is the guy must only court the girl on their house and holding the hands is a big big deal that time. another is in the much earlier year rich families are used to fixed marriage especially if the parents of the girl has a big amount of money to pay to the boys family. so what they do is in order for them to be paid they let their daughter marry the son of the family that they should return a favor. for me i think it is wrong to have a fixed marriage especially if the girl doesn't have any love for the boy she's going to marry.
let us now go to the modern days of courting and dating. now a days having a gf or bf is not a big deal anymore for some out there it is like a game now their couples and then suddenly they split up and find another fast. now a days courting is never done in the girls home, they often meet up in malls or in some other places. finding a bf or gf is fast now a days especially we the technology. first is the internet, we can find a lot of people in friendster, myspace, zorpia, multiply, etc... after knowing them in the net you can ask for their ym ID after that you just chat for a while and the next step is you get each others cellphone number and then with just a several text you may be dating the one you meet on the internet. it's fast and some call it speed dating.
well for me i still go for the old style. courting the girl at home and chivalry is still present when courting a girl. because for me my respect for a girl is high. and that's all i have to say.
:)
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Saturday, February 9, 2008
gender...
we have just finished another two stories at class. "Love in the corn husk" and "The corral"
the two authors of the stories are both women, i think they are describing on the women live on the 50's to 70's. just like on the two stories that we have finished last week, patriarchy is seen on the stories that male is more dominant on a family, well the women's status on the 19th century is more different than the women of the 20th century.
women in the 19th century actually don't do that much, example is women should stay at home and take care of the children and should serve her husband after work, while women in the 20th century is stronger, because they already work and takes care of the family at the same time. women now a days is like a super women, because they can multi-task which men don't do it often.
as for the story, for me it has conflicts like regrets, because first is from the "Love from the corn husk" Tinay saw the letter of the man who loved her on their past but she have nothing to do because she already had a husband and had a son and upcoming baby. while the second story which is "The corral" Pilar chooses on to be with although there is a man that love and adore her, but on how she acted she had no choice but to choose Mr. Perfecto, a principal of the school she teaches. it's like she's trap on a circled room that has two door and the first door was already locked because of her attitude and have no choice but to open the last door for her. but the last door is good for her because she has already a stable life if she chooses that door. just like that.
:)
the two authors of the stories are both women, i think they are describing on the women live on the 50's to 70's. just like on the two stories that we have finished last week, patriarchy is seen on the stories that male is more dominant on a family, well the women's status on the 19th century is more different than the women of the 20th century.
women in the 19th century actually don't do that much, example is women should stay at home and take care of the children and should serve her husband after work, while women in the 20th century is stronger, because they already work and takes care of the family at the same time. women now a days is like a super women, because they can multi-task which men don't do it often.
as for the story, for me it has conflicts like regrets, because first is from the "Love from the corn husk" Tinay saw the letter of the man who loved her on their past but she have nothing to do because she already had a husband and had a son and upcoming baby. while the second story which is "The corral" Pilar chooses on to be with although there is a man that love and adore her, but on how she acted she had no choice but to choose Mr. Perfecto, a principal of the school she teaches. it's like she's trap on a circled room that has two door and the first door was already locked because of her attitude and have no choice but to open the last door for her. but the last door is good for her because she has already a stable life if she chooses that door. just like that.
:)
Sunday, February 3, 2008
"Like or Love?"
May i ask the reader of this blog, if your a guy how would you court a girl? and for the ladies how would you like to be courted by a guy?
Since our class finished another two shorts story for the third week, so its time to react on the stories. The authors of the two stories is trying to describe on how filipinos do when in a relationship. The first story was "The bread of salt" first of all i would like to say is that's the only time ive known that the english of pandesal is BREAD OF SALT. Anyway let's go on to the story, all of us guys courted a girl right? even once. for the story the boy there had a simple problem. he stepped down easily on his mission because of some scene that he made. i think he only got ashamed of the girl he really like. well maybe he could cover himself on that situation. if that would happen to me, maybe i would tell a joke or something to get away.
Second was 'The Summer Solstice", the author of the story shows that in the setting of the story, men should rule and women should follow the men especially the wives. but in the end of story Don paeng still worships his wife Dona Lupeng.
for me love and courtship now a days is hard to look at, because some of the filipino guys wants a fast and easy courting, not like on the early days courting a girl is very long and difficult because you have to get the girls trust and even the family's trust in you. Chivalry is still present now a days because for a guy like me, i still go for the chivalry method because i think it's effective and it shows how i highly respect a girl. In the early years, you marry because you love each other forever, but now love is just for a short time like, you love her because your still courting but when it comes to marriage the love lessen until the couples separate. only a few now a days are true to their loved ones.
Since our class finished another two shorts story for the third week, so its time to react on the stories. The authors of the two stories is trying to describe on how filipinos do when in a relationship. The first story was "The bread of salt" first of all i would like to say is that's the only time ive known that the english of pandesal is BREAD OF SALT. Anyway let's go on to the story, all of us guys courted a girl right? even once. for the story the boy there had a simple problem. he stepped down easily on his mission because of some scene that he made. i think he only got ashamed of the girl he really like. well maybe he could cover himself on that situation. if that would happen to me, maybe i would tell a joke or something to get away.
Second was 'The Summer Solstice", the author of the story shows that in the setting of the story, men should rule and women should follow the men especially the wives. but in the end of story Don paeng still worships his wife Dona Lupeng.
for me love and courtship now a days is hard to look at, because some of the filipino guys wants a fast and easy courting, not like on the early days courting a girl is very long and difficult because you have to get the girls trust and even the family's trust in you. Chivalry is still present now a days because for a guy like me, i still go for the chivalry method because i think it's effective and it shows how i highly respect a girl. In the early years, you marry because you love each other forever, but now love is just for a short time like, you love her because your still courting but when it comes to marriage the love lessen until the couples separate. only a few now a days are true to their loved ones.
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