Scanlations

I remembered back when I was a Toma fan, mahilig akong magbasa ng scanlations ng "Ikita Kotoba"....  ?ano yung scanlations?

---for the people who really patronize Filipino products (which includes TV shows, magazines and comics) so much that they shield themselves from foreign products, "Scanlations" is probably a combination of "scan" and "translation"... Madalas ginagawa 'to sa mga manga. They "scan" the manga, translate the Japanese speech bubbles so that we can understand them, then they upload it in the internet for everyone to read. ooohh.. nice.

~ but why translate? Sino ba kasi nagimbento ng iba't ibang lenggwahe na naririnig natin ngayon? Perhaps it's an impossible wish na mawala ang language barriers that we have at the present.

SOLUTION 1: TELEPATHY
Wow. Pano kaya kung meron tayong telepathy? What if we have the ability to read a person's mind? That would surely erase the language barriers.. coz we don't need any language! All we have to do is concentrate and we will already know what they are thinking. Cool...

but boring. Yeah, super boring. If we have that kind of ability, we don't need to speak. Mapapanis lang ang mga laway natin. And everywhere you go, you'd hear SILENCE. And there'd be NO MUSIC. There'd be NO BOOKS OR ANY PRINT MATERIALS (how can we know what the paper is thinking?)

SOLUTION 2: A GLOBAL LANGUAGE
This is the most feasible solution. Establish a global language that everyone is required to speak. Meron na ngang ganyan dito e. English ang tawag dun. Because of that global language, countries are able to understand each other. But for me, we haven't achieved the highest level of a global language. Because for most countries, the global language is just their second language. What if everyone speak the same language strictly? What if all other languages are eradicated, leaving one which we are required to use? Maybe it could be a better place. LOL.

Meron kasi tayong tinatawag na strong nationalism, pati na rin ang ibang bansa. Because people love their country so much that they still choose to use their mother language (o kaya tinatamad lang silang matuto ng iba). It's not that I hate my country or anything, but it's just my opinion that what if we take our nationalism aside and focus on global unity?

As long as there are "countries", "flags", and "national language", there will always be barriers between countries. Siguro pag sinakop na tayo ng aliens, magiging isang bansa na lang ang lahat ng countries sa mundo.