http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=user%3aJacko&o=DateDescendingSearch results for 'user:Jacko'en-USXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/LostAndFound/bqbc/post.htmWed, 01 Oct 2003 05:50:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:9556jackoHello, everyone. It's been a long time since I last posted here . My poem "This Child" stole me a spot from Poetry.com's "Best Poems and Poets of 2003!" I just thought I should mention that cuz now it feels good, especially knowing that there is only 200 or 201 chosen. I have to submit them a new poem to have a shot at their prize money. Honestly though, I don't know how they have chosen "This Child" cuz the message is hackneyed and the wording isn't that all intellectually sound. Anyhoo, here's the poem I made: Lost and Found Laughter that meshes and dances With neon lights and infrequent car blares, Erupting from cliques on plaza benches Where silly happiness keenly stares At the oblivious eyes of these strangers. ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ASendNumberTypePoem/bvql/post.htm#6762Wed, 03 Sep 2003 07:36:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:6762jackoWhat if let's make it an open poem and finish it? Actually, we can start afresh, then at the end of the poem, we put: EnglishForums.com, blah, blah, blah...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ASendNumberTypePoem/bvql/post.htm#6426Sun, 31 Aug 2003 22:50:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:6426jackoI'll try to implement those corrections if tha's gonna make this better, but yeah thanks for the inputs.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ASendNumberTypePoem/bvql/post.htm#6411Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:05:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:6411jackoHaha, kit, ya found a lot of errors, but hey poem does not have to be "gramatically correct," right? Or as I've been told. Anyway, thanks for pointing those out, but yeah, the main idea is the only one I really care about, like for example, there should be a "with" after the third line, but I did not care.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnIncomprehensiblePoemMade/bvqn/post.htmSat, 30 Aug 2003 19:58:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:6354jackoThree Hours to Live Moment grows life from childhood In an hour's time voided of retraction Smiles on faces must not allude To the innocent's sullen disposition Exodus or apocalypse, the second varies From the first hour's timeline 'Tis the hour to see lives be the ancillaries Framed by childhood's acting serpertine Third hour's of the essence Hour that converges love and hate It's the stage of adult's scents Sniffing world with noses that berate Fourth hour no longer comes to exist For its beginning is the beginning of end Six feet below the ground, lives cease 'Tis the living seeing what you earned How much have you accomplished In your wake and consciousness Would you see the remaining be pleased Or mourn...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ASendNumberTypePoem/bvql/post.htmSat, 30 Aug 2003 19:55:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:6352jackoExpunge your mind of any thought Especially that of a distraught Think of who share your friendship Hope you see me in that trip Consider me your friend or not You'll always have a place in my lot I may not make you smile all the time But I'll always share you what is mine Message may not be written by me But its writer's gave it to me for thee To sincerely extend my appreciation For your warmth friendship and devotionhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NotQuiteDoneYet/bbqz/post.htmSun, 24 Aug 2003 07:44:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:5479jackoI was pissed so I started writing this poem, but I'm no longer pissed so I don't know how to end. I guess I can try it tomorrow or wait 'til I get furious again. Here it is: The fairest of face should you scar Your name will be known well Among the leaders and armies of a war Til death shall slap you into hell When you seed hate in a heart that loves Prepare for the demise of your emotion For that hate shall free the black doves That'll enslave you in a living dead's prisonhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/EspeciallySpecially/bbnb/post.htm#5444Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:26:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:5444jackoI don't think there's much of a difference. I use them interchangeably, but hopefully I am using them correctly.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AsIfIWasIWere/brxp/post.htm#5245Fri, 22 Aug 2003 07:01:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:5245jackoIf I were a cannibal, I would hunt and eat all o' ya.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LogicPuzzles/bbbd/post.htm#5242Fri, 22 Aug 2003 06:43:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:5242jackoWell...here's what I got... The knight can ONLY say"yes" because by saying "no," he's saying he is not a knight. So tha's solved. On the other hand, the knave can say "yes" and he will be lying because his companion would be a knave. The knave can also say "no" and he will be lying because he can say that companion is a knight. What exactly is your question? Determine each one to be eithe a knight of a knave?http://www.englishforums.com/English/Story4Comments/xpg/post.htm#5232Fri, 22 Aug 2003 04:16:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:5232jackoAnyone mind telling me how long this few minutes before the end of the world going to end? I don't know where the story is going. lolhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LogicPuzzles/bbbd/post.htm#5230Fri, 22 Aug 2003 03:45:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:5230jackoI don't know if it's possible to tell whether the person who responded was a knight of a knave. The knight can ONLY say, "yes." The knave can ONLY say "no."http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarBet/brbw/post.htm#4972Tue, 19 Aug 2003 05:11:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4972jackoGramatically speaking, I don't think any of the three is. I would say: "We treat your vacation like it were our own." I know it sounds weird, but it has something to do with the subjunctive form of the verb is : were . If you want it to sound better: "We treat your vacation as if it were our own." If I am right, then no one wins the bet.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MindBoggler/2/qlx/Post.htm#4939Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:32:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4939jackoAnother guess: He fell down from the ladder, then dropped the egg from his hand when he was already on the floor.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SingleQuotationMarks/qlq/post.htm#4833Mon, 18 Aug 2003 05:17:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4833jackoIf you are citing a direct quote from a book, and inside that, there is another quotation, you would use single quotes. In Whatever Your Name Is , Netafura Yokohama approached to Gagohamo Mortimo with "angry eyes, and said, 'kiss my butt'." Angry eyes, and said, "kiss my butt." is the direct quote, but since I already used double quotes to cite this quote, then the double quotes that surround kiss my butt becomes single quotes. There might be other uses, but that's the only one I know of.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Riddles/qzw/post.htm#4806Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:47:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4806jackoGot it, I think. Glove. Hand is the other skin when you put in a glove. Glove is sort of like the outer skin. It can point when there's a hand in it, otherwise, it's not in motion.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CrazyCrazyCrazyAerosmith/2/pmn/Post.htm#4805Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:42:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4805jackoAlso, I'm sure there are online sites out there that could do that for ya. Maybe you could find help from http://poetry.comhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CrazyCrazyCrazyAerosmith/2/pmn/Post.htm#4804Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:39:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4804jackoOh. Sorry for that misconception.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Riddles/qzw/post.htm#4803Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:37:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4803jackoMy head. When I am filled with crap in my brain, I point at people. If it's empty, I'm like whatever. It has two skins, one is the skin protecting it, the other are the Blogger skins I've just looked. Hehe, j/k.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CrazyCrazyCrazyAerosmith/2/pmn/Post.htm#4735Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:37:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4735jackoThere is no rule on what is the right age to learn a foreign language, but it is during one's childhood learning a foreign language, is a lot easier and faster. I was just reminiscing about one of my questions as a child. Before, I wonder why is that I knew the time slots of virtually all programs on television, while my older sisters and my parents did not, even though they have been watching TV longer than I did. Now, it strucked me. I no longer know many of the time slots of even a few number of TV programs. It's because I've gathered so many information that my brain, though scientists say that brain can store infinite amount of informaation, takes a while to store more things. Hopefully, my brain is not deteriorating yet coz I'm...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CrazyCrazyCrazyAerosmith/2/pmn/Post.htm#4734Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:25:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4734jackoFirst, congratulations on your achievement. I was just wondering about your finding a professional translator. If you have a translator translate your poem for you, wouldn't that defeat some of the power of your poems? They are written in Hungarian and the ambassador found that power in Hungarian words. If you have someone translate that into English, then the translator would be the one choosing the words for you. How sure are you that those are the words you would use if you were to be the one to write in English. For all I know, the real power of the poem is not only the idea or theme behind it, but the words carefully chosen to represent the idea. Don't quote me on that because as I've said from a previous thread, I am not an...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SelectBestAnswersEachQuestion-Statement/qzn/post.htm#4733Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:18:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4733jackoI can see an error in th question: "What, if anything, is wrong with the following sentences?".http://www.englishforums.com/English/SelectBestAnswersEachQuestion-Statement/qzn/post.htm#4732Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:15:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4732jackoIs this a homework you're asking us to do for you? Just asking.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Riddles/qzw/post.htm#4726Sun, 17 Aug 2003 08:10:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4726jackoOohh, tricky one. What do I love more than life and fear more than death? For me, life is the most important gift and I don't wanna die too early... I am really poor, but I have a lot of things, but more importanty I'm alive. If I were rich, then I won't ask for more money, unless... I dunno. I guess as there is nothing more important than life. I dunno, I'll mull over this more and guess later.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnotherQuestion/dgm/post.htm#4539Sat, 16 Aug 2003 09:55:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4539jackoMost of the words in a language are derived from words in another language, aren't they? But basically, many words trace their root to Latin or Greek. I am not sure about this, so please correct me if I'm wrong.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MyOnlineJournal/5/jcc/Post.htm#4537Sat, 16 Aug 2003 09:52:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4537jackoWhat's sth? I see it from the board every once in a while. Is it a replacement for a filtered word?http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThisChild/prv/post.htm#4510Sat, 16 Aug 2003 00:39:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4510jacko"I think you should try doing some more. We could all be nicely surprised." I don't know about that. AFAIK, I am not really an artistic or poetic person. I was just bored, so I thought I should try to make one. I can't stand writing poems, especially when there are a lot of things to do out there. I guess it's not my passion. Thanks for the nice comments though, everyone.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SoundsAwfulInEnglish/xnv/post.htm#4482Fri, 15 Aug 2003 21:42:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4482jackoThe great things about poems is that you can interpret it your own way, but my interpretation of this poem, most likely the wrong interpretation....Pieter, is this something emotional? When I read it, it was sort of like someone died while giving birth. Weird, but that's how I saw it. I wanna know what's poem really about, too, Pieter.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GovernmentsMainPriorityEducation-GuestSofia/pzv/post.htm#4480Fri, 15 Aug 2003 21:33:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4480jackoYeah, and I'll find my own structure, hopefully when I become a seasoned writer, though I have no plans in becoming one.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MyOnlineJournal/4/jcc/Post.htm#4478Fri, 15 Aug 2003 21:26:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4478jackoMaj posted something, then I replied to it, but both poofed. I dunno... *shrug*http://www.englishforums.com/English/GovernmentsMainPriorityEducation-GuestSofia/pzv/post.htm#4448Fri, 15 Aug 2003 05:35:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4448jackoSorry as I didn't mean style, but structure of writing.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GovernmentsMainPriorityEducation-GuestSofia/pzv/post.htm#4447Fri, 15 Aug 2003 05:35:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4447jackoWoodward is a teacher! OMG, I should be more careful with my comments, seriously! I just have a question, do we really have to follow that old, boring, hackneyed style of writing: introduction, body, and conclusion? I do it for my college paper, but do we really have to?http://www.englishforums.com/English/MyOnlineJournal/4/jcc/Post.htm#4446Fri, 15 Aug 2003 05:30:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4446jackoI don't know how old you and your friends are, but I don't wanna get there yet. I'm still young .http://www.englishforums.com/English/MyOnlineJournal/4/jcc/Post.htm#4439Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:42:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4439jackoAlso, reality check here...isn't love and sex part of the whole social facet of life?http://www.englishforums.com/English/MyOnlineJournal/4/jcc/Post.htm#4438Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:40:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4438jackoDo you think caring for other people does not involve love? If you are sick of divorce, doesn't that constitute you want to find true love? Sex? Don't worry, I'm aware of that and it's not the kind of thing I would talk to people I don't know personally. Sex, is both emotional and physical. I don't have anything agains those folks who goes to online dating site, but there is no need to if you can find one right in your own backyard.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThanksForThisSite/pzq/post.htmThu, 14 Aug 2003 23:31:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4436jackoI've been here long enough and I haven't even dropped by in this section to say, "thank you." I will do that now: Thank you.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MyOnlineJournal/3/jcc/Post.htm#4435Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:25:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4435jackoI guess nothing. No one thing, by itself, can make me happy. If there's one, it will encompass many things, which I would say being able to make others happy and not see them dissolve with no fight in the challenges of life.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GovernmentsMainPriorityEducation-GuestSofia/pzv/post.htm#4434Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:21:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4434jackoFirst, don't use I in this paper because you haven't really instantiated part of your experience. You are only stating what you think and you wouldn't be writing this paper unless that's what you really think, I hope so. I don't see the thesis statement, or if I do, I don't see your supporting of it. It sounds to me that your thesis is: Since the last century, most of goverments have understood the importance of education and they have made large programes for teaching people to read and write. You never actually talked about how most of the governments understood the importance of education in the last century. Also, which programs? Next, where does this whole section on health and work comes from?http://www.englishforums.com/English/MyOnlineJournal/3/jcc/Post.htm#4430Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:11:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4430jackoSo what? A thing called contentment? It's just tiring and exasperating seeing the same scene everyday. Unpopular people seeking to fit in. Popular people worrying to keep their image clean. (That rhymed ) Unwealthy people seeking wealth. Wealthy people worrying to protect theirs. People ranting how economy is down. People finding other stuff to worry when they seem to be secure enough to live life happily. Divorce here and there. Gosh, if I will go with this trend, I certainly won't be happy in life.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MyOnlineJournal/3/jcc/Post.htm#4428Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:00:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4428jackoWhere did you get that idea? I value my professional career, you're right on that, but there are many things that I also consider. I was thinking about what your earlier post (one before your last one), I presume that you are referring to my social life? It that's what you meant, I understand your belief. I encountered many people who have stereotypical views about divisions of life, such as intelligent people have to look nerdy, or intelligent people does not have much life. It's just I am glad to say that I'm happy to break stereotypes. But sometimes, I don't know if I should be flattered or offended, just like when I first met this friend, he was like, "Berkeley? You don't look like a Berkeley material to me." As I've said, you don't...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MyOnlineJournal/3/jcc/Post.htm#4422Thu, 14 Aug 2003 22:32:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4422jackoI'm lost.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MyOnlineJournal/3/jcc/Post.htm#4418Thu, 14 Aug 2003 22:05:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4418jackoWhat do you mean? I let people know what happens in my life, preferably people I know, but I set my limits to how much I'll let them know. I am sure that I can trust all my friends, hopefully It just sucks though that my friends are busy working when I don't have work because most of them are getting prepared for their Senior year. Anyway, college is fun because you get to know a whole new different world! Dang, I really like college lol. Can't wait to a 4-year universities tho because people will be mostly the same age as I am. 2 more years! woohoo!http://www.englishforums.com/English/MyOnlineJournal/2/jcc/Post.htm#4415Thu, 14 Aug 2003 21:05:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4415jackoI am not that optimistic. People have the misconception that I think life is a utopia. No, I don't. In fact, I dislike those self-help books that talk about life as if it's a perfect panorama of harmony and simplicity. It's hard to explain...but I only live life once and I don't want to live decades of all pain and difficulties. It's better to make it better than not try at all because the former gives you something good to look forward to.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SoundsAwfulInEnglish/xnv/post.htm#4400Thu, 14 Aug 2003 18:04:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4400jackosorta like it...sad...reads hilariouslyhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/MyOnlineJournal/2/jcc/Post.htm#4340Thu, 14 Aug 2003 07:17:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4340jackoMy view of the world is that it is a neutral place. We are the ones who make it great or bitter. I would like to share my view of life, however. I think life is great! I am lucky to live life even just once. I will try to fulfill what I have or want to do or to be in life. If I succeed, great. If not, great. As long as before I exit this world, I can tell myself that I did something to make a difference, not only to myself, but more importantly to others, then I am proud of myself. Personally and honestly, I think that making a difference in other's lives to the best of your abilities is far more rewarding than trying to better one's life because if you see that life around you runs smoothly, then it'll have an impact on you whether you...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThisChild/prv/post.htmThu, 14 Aug 2003 07:10:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4339jackoI guess I can consider this my first real attempt at finishing a poem: This Child It’s those first cries Or should I say music in the ears A beginning for new whys Marked by happy and loving tears Not knowing the possibilities That lie in this soft and innocent mind Careful upbringing that frees The sweetness of a fruit out of its rind Be careful, however Not to contaminate this possible genius With words that shall never Inspire this new life’s prettiest Muse Much pride that estranges This child from the only world That employs and accommodates Both weak and strong with no withhold Be careful not to spoil The power in this temple For this child is the breeding soil For both a devil and an angelhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/IdiomsStylisticEffect/2/xmz/Post.htm#4317Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:51:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4317jackoActually, I meant they were not really teachers, but they view themselves as teachers, by the way they act and stuff.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Story4Comments/xpg/post.htm#4314Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:18:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4314jackoforth and back...http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishIsACrazyLanguage/2/xhv/Post.htm#4313Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:17:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4313jackoBut as I was saying, even before I came to the US, I've been speaking English in school. Many would be surprised to see many good Filipino writers in English w/o setting foot on a pure English-speaking country. I am looking more into this.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IdiomsStylisticEffect/xmz/post.htm#4312Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:12:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4312jackoI guess I should just listened to my current teacher, besides, my teacher now is the judge of the current state of my writing. So far, I haven't had problems with my first college English teacher because I didn't feel using idioms during that time. The only teachers I'd have problems with were people who think they are teachers and stuff (I guess, I shouldn't have used the word so-called earlier, huh? It made it sounded like they were real teachers)...anywho, so yeah. I should ask inputs from people who don't know me, like forums, and real teachers.