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Carmina's review on Summit Hotel in Tacloban

Last year my dad had informed me he will be getting married in Tacloban the place his wife grew up in the Philippines . My dad said he would like all of his family members to attend since they couldn't go to the one in the United States. Carmina booked her flight during Philippine Airlines ’ year-end sale at the start of 2026. I told my dad about my travel plans for a short trip from Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19. My cousins also asked for my flight details so they could book the same flight. My dad said he will book my room for me sharing with two family members at  Summit Hotel in Tacloban . Sending me the confirmation booking information for my reference.  As the months went by, before I knew it, the big day had finally arrived—a rare event that doesn’t happen too often. Everything had been carefully planned by my dad and his wife, Tita Cielo. When we arrived, the check-in time was 2 PM, but there was a mix-up with the rooms. Some were ready for check-in, but the one...

You're English is Better than Others

You're English is Better than Others

Reason why I say this I have a lot of friends asking for a favor from me.

I had a friend who had told me I am good in English and wanted me to check their language on their resume to see if their grammar was correct.

My friend was saying your English is better than mine and I am applying for a job. I need a favor if you can check upon it to see how I can make changes.

The funny part my friend gave it in a jpeg (picture). I had typed it in from the beginning by checking how the format is supposed to look these days.

The resume I had was old school took me two hours to type and corrects everything. My friend kept asking me if it was done. I felt I had a deadline to meet.

I had emailed back the resume to my friend in Microsoft Word.

My friend Yann had applied a job at the call center working from home. Yann was telling me she is not good enough to speak English. I was telling her based on her sample of what she gave me she speak well enough for customers to understand.

Yann just need practice to speaks well enough and not have a slang while talking. Yann was telling sometimes she cannot understand why a different dialect is a caller when they explain on the phone. 

You will come across people their dialect is deep and the way they talk is hard to hear.

I gave Yann a short cut on aberration common used when you're talking to someone to understand what letter they are letting you know.

There are times Yann feels frustrated. I keep telling her at least you have a job that pays well enough to work at home. 

I have a best friend who I keep asking to look for a job we began listing what experience she has to narrow it out what job she can apply for my way to give a push.

Sometimes you don't realize you're English is Better than Others only when they begin talking to you.

For a person who grew up in California and English being her first language it is common to keep talking even though you live in the Philippines.

I may sound slang the way I talk but people say I talk too fast. I've heard other people talk fast when I am watching videos in Facebook doing their vlog. I don't think I am alone just the way we talk seem we're in a hurry.

No matter if I live in the Philippines my English is better from all my friends. I speak English at home. Even though I may have slight slang tone in my voice I am still Americanize.

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