Bad english! Go to your room!

Everytime I have the chance to read my recent posts, I couldn’t help but laugh at my english. Thing is, I know the basic grammar rules but I still find it hard to converse or write in english. Like now, I was just reading my previous post and caught myself frowning at how I construct my sentences. It’s embarassing

I remember when I was in elementary, my teacher once gave us a take home exam. It was a 2-page essay about our most unforgettable experience (why do teachers always ask students to write about their most unforgettable experience?). Since, I couldn’t even fill the first page with words, I wrote my essay in Filipino and then asked my Dad to traslate it for me. But my father had a degree in Political Science and B.S. English and he was also a speech writer of a congressman (I’m so proud of my Dad!!), so I only got disappointed when he handed me the translation. Not because his grammar was a disaster, but it was too good for a 9 nine year old girl! Nobody would believe that I wrote that essay. I ended up locking myself in our room (me and my sister used to share room) for more than 4 hours just so I could accomplish that 2-page essay. My teacher had a lot of corrections in my work but at least, I was the one who wrote it. I was fine with that.

Now, I still do that. I mean, I still lock myself in my tiny room (my sister already got married) to write for my blogs. And believe me, I’ve wasted a lot of yellow papers for constantly erasing words and re-writing sentences! I can’t seem to get contented with my articles. I think I need to buy a mechanical pencil, a big eraser and nice notebook.