All posts by Steph Jallorina

About Steph Jallorina

Steph Jallorina is an academic ghostwriter, a life+style writer and a Christian faith blogger. She is tested to spread the word of hope and to motivate people press on their daily grind. When she is not writing she puts on either her dancing or running shoes. This year, she would like to hike to Jebel Jais the highest peak in UAE, and to shoot a video of her dancing Ed Sheeran's Shape of You upon reaching the summit.

The Easiest Ways to Teach Yourself Tagalog

There are a thousand and one ways to learn Tagalog on your own. Let me tell you the story of my sister and her husband. My brother-in-law is of Italian-French descent.

He is smart and charming, but tends to be an introverted kind of guy. My sister, a natural genius and embryologist, is a Filipina like me. They’re a beautiful, smart couple. Continue reading The Easiest Ways to Teach Yourself Tagalog

The Five Types of Tagalog Adjectives: Descriptive, Possessive, Demonstrative, Interrogative and Indefinite

Adjectives, or Pang-uri in Tagalog, are words that modify the nouns or pronouns by giving some information about them.

Examples of this information could be somethings color, how many of them there are or how it looks like.

You probably already know what adjectives are.

If you say in English, “The apple is red.” the word “red” here is the adjective since this word describes the apple. Continue reading The Five Types of Tagalog Adjectives: Descriptive, Possessive, Demonstrative, Interrogative and Indefinite

sample of chicken adobo

How to Cook Adobo | Recipes in Tagalog

Adobo is perhaps the most popular Filipino dish next to Lechon which is the national dish. If lechon is the “king” of Filipino foods, adobo is the “common Filipino.” Every true Filipino knows how to cook adobo. Abobo perhaps is as old as Filipino culture itself. Historians have recorded that even before the Spanish colonists arrived, indigenous Filipinos were well-versed with preparing their food with vinegar and salt. This won’t come as a surprise to you if you are familiar with how fast food can spoil in tropical climates. Continue reading How to Cook Adobo | Recipes in Tagalog