I don't think so. but my teacher in high school told us filipino was taught in another country. i forgot what country it was though.

I heard some people before speak in chinese. I have absolutely no idea how they distinguish the syllables.

if you want to learn a fourth, I suggest filipino. i think it's easy to understand ('cause words are pronounced the exact way it's written). my cousin in Wisconsin can understand fil.. 'cause both his parents are from here. but he only speaks english haha.

when we talk, I speak filipino, he replies with english..

it's either "bisaya" (dialect of my mom), or japanese (for anime).

what languages are you learning?

I wish I knew how to speak a third language.. just so I could say I can speak three. :)

i think there are quite a lot. but I only know english and filipino. i'm in manila too. haha

haha. thank you.. and about the three poems written for "arza", there are also versions of those in our native tongue... filipino. hahaha with the same "first letter rule"

the name names of people are just our names scrambled haha

i'm really hoping it wins a girl's heart. yeah, more than half of the story of the forger is based on my life. WAHAHA

I think I already revised it around 5-6 times... maybe more. from 2400+ words, it's now 2,944. haha

but i'm not hoping for the prize anymore though... there came a lot of competitions... and hellishly good ones too. i'm making an effort on forger... that one has a greater prize it if wins... (applicable only for me though. ^_^)

I'm 1/4 done in reading abe lincoln and it made me revise "forger".

I noticed I had uncountable errors in word organizing. (there were a lot of lines and words that were better off gone.) that book's a really good teacher for me. haha

Thanks for all the support!!