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This is the latest hit - pick-up lines! I don't know if the gag show, Bubble Gang, really started this cool and very entertaining, despite being corny and cheesy most of the time, stuff. Moreover, a comedy movie was shown in theaters in relation to this, entitled Boy Pick-up starring Ogie Alcasid. From my days in the hospital as a volunteer nurse, I have picked up two most entertaining and keep-worthy pick-up lines from my supervisor and resident physician. It goes like this: One. Nurse: Doc, calculus ka ba? Doctor: Bakit? Nurse: Kasi, tiyak sa 'yo lang ako babagsak. Two. Doctor: Nars, kapuso ka ba? Nurse: Bakit? Doctor: E kasi pinapatanong ng Nanay ko kung pwede ka bang maging kapamilya. Pick-up lines have become the energizers during my series of trainings. I even got one dedicated to me. It says: Participant: Sir Cris, Meralco ka ba? I replied: Bakit? Participant: Kase, habang nakikinig ako sa 'yo, lumiliwanag ang buhay ko. There were even lines cr...

I found this article very helpful in honing my technical writing skills. I copied it from a post in the facebook by one of my friends. Then I dug deeper into the definitions and examples to fully elaborate the recommended dos and donts in writing... and come up with a good writeup. Here it goes... 1.        Avoid alliteration. Always. Alliteration is when you have multiple words with the same sounding prefix. Or it means beginning words with the same letter in a sentence. It is a figure of speech wherein the same sound is repeated in a sentence for comical effect or simply to gain the attention of the reader. Example:             Bob Bought Big Blue Balls. Ralph rarely ran round rugged rocks. 2.        Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the...