Bob Ong Quotes Translated (Part 2)

PAG-AARAL (ON STUDYING)

"Mag-aral maigi. Kung titigil ka sa pag-aaral, manghihinayang ka pagtanda mo dahil hindi mo naranasan ang kakaibang ligayang dulot ng mga araw na walang pasok o suspendido ang klase o absent ang teacher. (Haaay, sarap!)."

Study well. If you stop going to school, you'll regret it when you get older because you wouldn't have experienced the extraordinary joy brought by days of school breaks, suspended classes or when the teacher is absent (Aahh, yummy!).

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"Nalaman kong marami palang libreng lecture sa mundo, ikaw ang gagawa ng syllabus. Maraming teacher sa labas ng eskuwelahan, desisyon mo kung kanino ka magpapaturo. Lahat tayo enrolled ngayon sa isang university, maraming subject na mahirap, pero dahil libre, ikaw ang talo kung nag-drop ka. Isa-isa tayong ga-graduate, iba't-ibang paraan. tanging diploma ay ang mga alaala ng kung ano mang tulong o pagmamahal ang iniwan natin sa mundong pinangarap nating baguhin minsan..."

I have learned there are a lot of free lectures in the world, you yourself will create the syllabus. There are many teachers outside the school, you decide who you want to learn from. All of us are now enrolled in one university, there are many difficult subjects, but since they are given for free, you lose if you drop out. All of us will graduate, each taking different paths. Our only diploma are the memories that would remind us of the help and love we have given to this world that we hoped to change at some point..."
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"Hikayatin mo lahat ng kakilala mo na magkaroon ng kahit isa man lang paboritong libro sa buhay nila. Dahil wala nang mas kawawa pa sa mga taong literado pero hindi nagbabasa."

Encourage everyone you know to have at least one favorite book in their life. Because no one is more unfortunate than a person who is literate but do not read.
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"dalawang dekada ka lang mag-aaral. kung 'di mo pagtityagaan, limang dekada ng kahirapan ang kapalit. sobrang lugi. kung alam lang 'yan ng mga kabataan, sa pananaw ko ehh walang gugustuhing umiwas sa eskwela."

Studying would only take you two decades. If you don't keep at it, it'll cost you five decades of destitution. It's too much of a loss. If young people only knew, in my opinion...nobody would choose to avoid school.
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