The Bat

[Lorenzo]

Theodore Roethke


The Bat

By day the bat is cousin to the mouse.
He likes the attic of an aging house.

His fingers make a hat about his head.
His pulse beat is so slow we think him dead.

He loops in crazy figures half the night
Among the trees that face the corner light.

But when he brushes up against a screen,
We are afraid of what our eyes have seen:

For something is amiss or out of place
When mice with wings can wear a human face.

[ligiah]

 heheh! ako ning i dedicate sa akong favorite bat... si R. amplexicaudatus. mao na akong crush na bat! hehehe!

[hazel]

Dedicated na para nimo, Gai! hehehe

[ligiah]

hahaha! LOL!

[Lorenzo]

heheh! ako ning i dedicate sa akong favorite bat... si R. amplexicaudatus. mao na akong crush na bat! hehehe!

hahaha, what a lucky bat si Mr. Amplex

[ligiah]

hahaha, what a lucky bat si Mr. Amplex

hahaha! this is what happens when you spend too much time with bats... you suddenly find them soooo cute and cuddly that you would like to kiss them! LOL!

[Lorenzo]

haha! mao ba kiss diay? ay lucky jud si Mr. Amplex, jud.
Gai, have you ever kissed a bat before? hahaha becareful for the teethy ones

Hmmm, i spend alot of time in the lab analyzing diatoms. Why is it that I never developed a huggable love for mud? LOL

[ligiah]

haha! mao ba kiss diay? ay lucky jud si Mr. Amplex, jud.
Gai, have you ever kissed a bat before? hahaha becareful for the teethy ones

Hmmm, i spend alot of time in the lab analyzing diatoms. Why is it that I never developed a huggable love for mud? LOL

nah... nose kiss lang! hahaha... with Mr. Amplex of course... i just had this urge get him (him man jud) close to me kay cute gyud kaayo ni siya nga bat. hahahahah! mura ni siya ug dog (iro ba!) ang iyang ulo ra jud as in...

but i have also been bitten A LOT of times... but by P jagori... mao nga everytime nga maka retrieve mi dili na lang ko mo retrieve ug P jagori kay basin unya ug matu ok nako! LOL! bad me! baho ra ba gyud ni kaayo ning mga P jagori! hahaha! and the teeth oh my... i still remember them sinking into my thumb... you must just not panic and pull your finger away so fast or else they'll sink deeper... ouch! hehehe!

bitaw... hahaha! but i think diatoms can be amazing to look at under the scope.... heehee! but never mind the mud! hahah!

[Lorenzo]

hahahaha! Ah mao ba diay Gai? Now you make me want to visit a zoo to see P jagori. Ka luuy pood nimo gi-bite-an ka ni Mr. jags. I guess its part of the relationship, sometimes we get bitten, sometimes dili.

Sigoro if i try to hold jagori, he'll call his friends and attack me. LOL

Gai, mura diay ug iro ang nawong sa bat? You know, i can actually see some kind of semblance.

Hmmm

[hazel]

Now, dong Insoy wished he was a bat.

[ligiah]

hahahaha! Ah mao ba diay Gai? Now you make me want to visit a zoo to see P jagori. Ka luuy pood nimo gi-bite-an ka ni Mr. jags. I guess its part of the relationship, sometimes we get bitten, sometimes dili.

Sigoro if i try to hold jagori, he'll call his friends and attack me. LOL

Gai, mura diay ug iro ang nawong sa bat? You know, i can actually see some kind of semblance.

Hmmm

hehe.. i do not know if you will find P jagori there... as far as i know, it is a species endemic to the Philippines. hehehe! tan awa na lang siya sa picture... heheheh!

mo bite pud ang diatoms nimo? joke!

yes... mura kaayo ug iro ang nawng sa mga fruit bats... pero sa mga insect bats... mura sila'g baboy tan awn... hehehe! what a description. but yeah.. it is true!

fruit bats can actually be called flying foxes too because mura jud sad ug fox ang facial features nila... hehehe! wa na nag lecture na ko! heehee!

[Lorenzo]

no no im scared of heights uy. If i was a bat, i'd be the odd looking bat that was walking on all four appendages, de-evolving into a mouse.

LOL

I would be easy pickings for bigger carnivores

[ligiah]

Now, dong Insoy wished he was a bat.

LOL! hmm... unsa kaha ni siya nga species kung na bat pa? hahaha! joke lang Bran!

[ligiah]

no no im scared of heights uy. If i was a bad, i'd be the odd looking bat that was walking on all four appendages, de-evolving into a mouse.

LOL

I would be easy pickings for bigger carnivores

hahahaha! LOL! kaluoy sad nimo Bran... dili diay ka pwede ma bat diay! hahaha!

[Lorenzo]

LoL, hmm whichever bat species that walks on all four.
The chubby lil bat, that would be me.

[Lorenzo]

hahahaha! LOL! kaluoy sad nimo Bran... dili diay ka pwede ma bat diay! hahaha!

Hahahaha!! Sigoro iro lang ko.
Ikaw?

[ligiah]

LoL, hmm whichever bat species that walks on all four.
The chubby lil bat, that would be me.

LOL!

[ligiah]

Hahahaha!! Sigoro iro lang ko.
Ikaw?

on land... i wanna be a... tarsier! hahahaha!
and in the sea... i wanna be a dolphin!
pili an sa sah?

[Lorenzo]

Cute man nang tarsier, Gai. Good pick

And a dolphin is an intelligent animal, good pick again.

Hahaha sus kuyawa pood!


Cute bitaw no? Lami i-kusi-on.

[ligiah]

Cute man nang tarsier, Gai. Good pick

And a dolphin is an intelligent animal, good pick again.

Hahaha sus kuyawa pood!


Cute bitaw no? Lami i-kusi-on.

LOL! tarsier na man ko daan Bran... akong buhaton na lang is mo morph na sad into a dolphin! LOL!

[hazel]

this thread is like watching a movie

[ligiah]

this thread is like watching a movie

unsa man nga genre Gin?

[hazel]

friendship turn into romance.

[Lorenzo]

hahaha Gai, your cousin is so silly diba?

[ligiah]

friendship turn into romance.

LOL! untwa???

[hazel]

hahaha Gai, your cousin is so silly diba?

[ligiah]

hahaha Gai, your cousin is so silly diba?

silly... silly nga halang! Joke! Ingani among kaliwat tingali Bran... mga silly people... but smart! hehehe!

[Lorenzo]

Gai, kahibalo ba ka sa Spanish? Kai ug kaibao, sigoro mo esturya na lang ta in spanish diri.

[Lorenzo]

silly... silly nga halang! Joke! Ingani among kaliwat tingali Bran... mga silly people... but smart! hehehe!

Of course, Boholana gud mo. Spart, ug isog pa jud, anak gud ni dagohoy

hahahaha

[ligiah]

  di ko kamao mo spanish amigo! hahaha! danish lang ang other language nga akong nahibaw an...

[Lorenzo]

a di man ko kahibalo ug danish, Gai. Can you teach me basics ?

[ligiah]

a di man ko kahibalo ug danish, Gai. Can you teach me basics ?

but you also have to teach me spanish... a language for a language... (ngek!)

[Lorenzo]

hahaha! i can do that. Sige, i like it


So how do you say these in Danish?
a) How do you do?
b) My name is

[ligiah]

a. How do you do? - Hvordan har du det?
b. My name is - Mit navn er... (this one ' Jeg hedder' is more frequently used and it's english translation is 'i am called ...')

Hej! Jeg hedder Ligaya. Hvordan går det? Og hvad hedder du? (Hi! I am Ligaya. And what is your name?)

[Lorenzo]

How do you actually pronounce some of these words, Gai?

So for Hvordan har du det, do i say it this way? (hev or dan har doo det')
and for Mit navn er, do i say it this way? (mit na ven erh) ?

Wow the pronunciations of these words are foreign to my tongue.

So, Hej! mit navn er Bran, hvordan har du det!


or in Spanish;

Buenos tarde Gai, yo estoy satisfecho satisfacerle. Mi nombre es Brando, y espero que usted pueda enseñarme palabras más danéas. ¿Usted habla o entiende a español en todos?

[ligiah]

oh! so you also would like to get the pronunciation right? this is gonna be tricky... the danish language, when spoken is very difficult as it seems like you are swallowing your words or something... well anyway this is how you pronounce the phrases:

Hvordan har du det [vordan ha' du deh]
Mit navn er [mit nawn erh]
Hej [hai]

so yeah... my goodness... what have you been telling me in spanish? can you translate that and complete with the pronunciation? hahahaha!

[Lorenzo]

Danish is very intriguing, haha. Thank you so much for the pronunciation.

Buenos tarde Gai, yo estoy satisfecho satisfacerle. Mi nombre es Brando, y espero que usted pueda enseñarme palabras más danéas. ¿Usted habla o entiende a español en todos?

Buenos tarde Gai= Good afternoon, Gai. (you can say buenos dias, buenos tardes, buenos noches depending on the time of the day) the pronunciation is: Bwenos tardei

Yo estoy satisfecho satisfacerle= I am satisfied/pleased to meet you.
Pronunciation is: yo estoy satis fesho satis fattherlai (when speaking spanish, there are many ways to say a 'C', the proper Spanish way in saying a 'C' is with a soft 'th' sound. The same way you would say 'Th' in the word 'thumb'.

Mi nombre es Brando= My name is Brando
Pronunciation: Me nombre es Brando

Espero que usted pueda enseñarme palabras más danéas= I hope you can continue to teach me more Danish words
Pronunciation: Es-pero ke oosted pweda ensenyar-mee palabras mas dan-eyass

Usted habla o entiende a español en todos= Do you speak or understand any Spanish at all?
Pronunciation: oosted 'abla o entyendey a espanyol en todoos

[orChids]

Theodore Roethke


The Bat

By day the bat is cousin to the mouse.
He likes the attic of an aging house.

His fingers make a hat about his head.
His pulse beat is so slow we think him dead.

He loops in crazy figures half the night
Among the trees that face the corner light.

But when he brushes up against a screen,
We are afraid of what our eyes have seen:

For something is amiss or out of place
When mice with wings can wear a human face.

The sexiest bat I've seen was Val Kilmer.(did I spell it right kaha?)And I love that bat.