Friday we were really, really worried about Keith. His legs had been badly sunburned the day before while island hopping. He could barely walk. Watching him limp around, I got a foot stool for him to put his legs up on while we waited to go shopping. He had been to the clinic, but it didn't look like he was doing better. I decided from then on if we ever did water activities again in the future, to have sunscreen on me to ensure he put it on every half hour.
We went down to Ariel's House beach front and met up with the BBC staff that were off duty but willing to hang out with us. We went walking along the beach when drums behind us alerted us to a coming parade. I took that chance to get pictures with police and with people in the parade. We then made our way on, momentarily taking shelter for 3 minutes when a brief rainstorm came by.
We went past the D'Mall and on. We learned that everything sold at the D'Mall was actually expensive and was sold for less at a less accessible place called D'Talipapa. We spent our afternoon there. On the way back we all split up. I went back to D'Spa for another aloe massage. It was dark out when I left. I stuck with the beach front and worked my way to BBC's Ariel House. Sitting there enjoying the beach, I hung out with the staff, ate, drank, and relaxed. The whole day had been relaxing, but I just sat and enjoyed the ocean and it's breezes. It was nice.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Philippines: Thursday
Thursday I awoke thoroughly sunburned. My lip took the worst though. I dreaded the moment it would blister (and blister it did). Applying aloe on my face, arms, and legs, I felt relief that I didn't have a swimsuit with me. If I had, I would have been incredibly more miserable. God works in mysterious ways.
Us girls went to D'Mall and looked around there. We got massages at the D'Spa. I chose that place because of the Aloe massage for sunburned people. The other girls enjoyed their first experience. We went to the Obama Grill for lunch. I ordered some amazing chicken curry and a mango shake with mango slices. The staff opened up the inside diningroom for us. It is surrounded by windows, so we got a nice view still. However we were in air conditioning. They know sunburned people when they see them. It was here that we saw a part of the movie, "Centurion." Afterwards we went walking and chilled along the beach. I got my hair half braided and miss those braids to this day.
Us girls went to D'Mall and looked around there. We got massages at the D'Spa. I chose that place because of the Aloe massage for sunburned people. The other girls enjoyed their first experience. We went to the Obama Grill for lunch. I ordered some amazing chicken curry and a mango shake with mango slices. The staff opened up the inside diningroom for us. It is surrounded by windows, so we got a nice view still. However we were in air conditioning. They know sunburned people when they see them. It was here that we saw a part of the movie, "Centurion." Afterwards we went walking and chilled along the beach. I got my hair half braided and miss those braids to this day.
Philippines: Wednesday
Wednesday we were up and ready for our first island hopping experience at 10am. It was a three hour trip out on the open ocean. We visited Puka Beach where I bought lots of pretty things. Puka Beach has all the shells and blue rock. It was gorgeous. The "sand" there is all shell, and you sink into it so very easily. The water is just as clear and blue there as ever though.
From there we went to an area called Crocodile. There weren't actually crocodiles there. However there was a zone that was just for snorkeling. I was the first to jump in. We were all afraid the water was like 5 feet deep and we would jump onto corral. That wasn't the case. Once I was in, I saw we were easily 20 feet above the ocean floor. I told the others to get in already. We had a lot of fun.
Then we continued on around, returning to our beach from the south. It was a marvelous trip. We realized though that perhaps our sunscreen didn't quite work. Keith didn't use any except on his face. He was sunburned pretty bad. We had a quick lunch and then went on our island tour. We went to their mountain. It was not a mountain to me. More like a footstool for my Korean hills and an ant to my Korean mountains. However it provided a nice view. I also got to have what looked like an eagle sit on my arm. That was pretty cool. It started to rain. We stopped by Puka beach again and I swam in the rain. Then we went back to the BBC.
For supper, we got a ride to D'Mall and went to the Hobbit House. It is a place that is served exclusively by midgets. The theme was the hobbits and Lord of the Rings. It was a neat setup. I was surprised that the first ten pages of the menu were dedicated to their beer selection from around the world. I ordered tacos and something else which I have forgotten. It was yummy. That evening I went and got a Lava Stone Massage and a Head Massage with careful instructions to avoid my sunburned thighs.
From there we went to an area called Crocodile. There weren't actually crocodiles there. However there was a zone that was just for snorkeling. I was the first to jump in. We were all afraid the water was like 5 feet deep and we would jump onto corral. That wasn't the case. Once I was in, I saw we were easily 20 feet above the ocean floor. I told the others to get in already. We had a lot of fun.
Then we continued on around, returning to our beach from the south. It was a marvelous trip. We realized though that perhaps our sunscreen didn't quite work. Keith didn't use any except on his face. He was sunburned pretty bad. We had a quick lunch and then went on our island tour. We went to their mountain. It was not a mountain to me. More like a footstool for my Korean hills and an ant to my Korean mountains. However it provided a nice view. I also got to have what looked like an eagle sit on my arm. That was pretty cool. It started to rain. We stopped by Puka beach again and I swam in the rain. Then we went back to the BBC.
For supper, we got a ride to D'Mall and went to the Hobbit House. It is a place that is served exclusively by midgets. The theme was the hobbits and Lord of the Rings. It was a neat setup. I was surprised that the first ten pages of the menu were dedicated to their beer selection from around the world. I ordered tacos and something else which I have forgotten. It was yummy. That evening I went and got a Lava Stone Massage and a Head Massage with careful instructions to avoid my sunburned thighs.
Philippines: Tuesday
Tuesday, we slept in a little and had a late breakfast. I walked back down to the D'Mall and ended up at the beach front where starbucks was at. I chilled there, enjoying the view, reading my kindle, sipping a caramel frapp without whipped cream.
Then I went for a nice long walk along the beach. Or tried to. It was high tide at this point. Silly me decided to take the beach back instead of the road... and since it was high tide... I ended up walking knee deep in the water. Wearing jeans for that was a bad idea.
We all went out and got a Greek lunch. High tide was leaving. We went sunset sailing on one of their sailboats. The sailboats are pretty nifty. You have this long wooden center that is like a foot and a half to two feet wide. Then there are these small beams that come out and attach to runners. Those beans have netting on them that you sit on, right above the open ocean. Sometimes a wave would rise up under you or right in front of you, splashing you and getting you all wet. We returned soaked but happy. I learned my sundress was see through when wet and kept the lifejacket on until Willis loaned me his shirt. I wish I could have sailed everyday. We got some airtime out on those waves. The others were a little sea sick but I was fine and loved it. That night we got our complimentary in-room massage by the BBC.
Then I went for a nice long walk along the beach. Or tried to. It was high tide at this point. Silly me decided to take the beach back instead of the road... and since it was high tide... I ended up walking knee deep in the water. Wearing jeans for that was a bad idea.
We all went out and got a Greek lunch. High tide was leaving. We went sunset sailing on one of their sailboats. The sailboats are pretty nifty. You have this long wooden center that is like a foot and a half to two feet wide. Then there are these small beams that come out and attach to runners. Those beans have netting on them that you sit on, right above the open ocean. Sometimes a wave would rise up under you or right in front of you, splashing you and getting you all wet. We returned soaked but happy. I learned my sundress was see through when wet and kept the lifejacket on until Willis loaned me his shirt. I wish I could have sailed everyday. We got some airtime out on those waves. The others were a little sea sick but I was fine and loved it. That night we got our complimentary in-room massage by the BBC.
Philippines: Second Day
Monday morning dawned bright and beautiful. Truly a paradise. We had breakfast at the BBC. Our package came with coupons for free breakfasts and drinks. The night before, supper, had also been free. Now I tried one of their yummy breakfast items. French toast with fresh mango slices. While everyone else really dug in, I discovered I could barely eat my meal much less all the fresh fruit they served. Being in South Korea had really shrunk my stomach. Being in a paradise where I could eat any type of food I wanted whenever I wanted, I soon experienced never being hungry. I lost my appetite simply because I was always eating. Sadly this led to a gain of 5 kg my the end of our trip.
After breakfast, we met up with a guy who took us to the east side where water activities were taking place. I hung out at the boat house (it was two big bamboo rafts tied together with a house on top each one... with bamboo matting on the floor) and swam a bit there while the others went jet skiing. Keith waited too, only without jumping in like I did. Then we went parasailing. That was so much fun. You put on a harness. They let out the parachute. You get on the platform on the back of the boat, sit under this metal thing, they hook you to it, then slowly let you into the air. It was a gentle ride that offered a great view. I mistook our shadow on the ocean below for a mante ray. Willis thought that was pretty funny.
We went back for lunch. We went to the Obama Grill. A small rain storm was coming in. High tide was there as well. Guess who jumped off the steps into the ocean. Me! Guess who stood in the trench of a wave for a picture where the water only was at my calves, with a large wave cresting at my head? ME! Guess who was soaked haha. Then it started to rain. We ate and then headed back to the BBC.
Then the BBC took us for a banana boat ride. I was worried they would try to flip us, but thankfully they didn't. It was a lot of fun. After that we got changed and headed to the D'Mall to find a new place to eat. Italian! We each ordered pastas and the girls ordered pizza which they shared. It was so amazing. Went back that night for another full body massage.
After breakfast, we met up with a guy who took us to the east side where water activities were taking place. I hung out at the boat house (it was two big bamboo rafts tied together with a house on top each one... with bamboo matting on the floor) and swam a bit there while the others went jet skiing. Keith waited too, only without jumping in like I did. Then we went parasailing. That was so much fun. You put on a harness. They let out the parachute. You get on the platform on the back of the boat, sit under this metal thing, they hook you to it, then slowly let you into the air. It was a gentle ride that offered a great view. I mistook our shadow on the ocean below for a mante ray. Willis thought that was pretty funny.
We went back for lunch. We went to the Obama Grill. A small rain storm was coming in. High tide was there as well. Guess who jumped off the steps into the ocean. Me! Guess who stood in the trench of a wave for a picture where the water only was at my calves, with a large wave cresting at my head? ME! Guess who was soaked haha. Then it started to rain. We ate and then headed back to the BBC.
Then the BBC took us for a banana boat ride. I was worried they would try to flip us, but thankfully they didn't. It was a lot of fun. After that we got changed and headed to the D'Mall to find a new place to eat. Italian! We each ordered pastas and the girls ordered pizza which they shared. It was so amazing. Went back that night for another full body massage.
Philippines: Info and First Day
So I am sure many of you have been waiting to hear about my Philippine experience. Sadly I misplaced my notes from the trip. I will try to get everything I did written, but I may forget some of the things I wanted to tell you.
It was definitely a cultural experience. I grew up in the midwest and experiencing other culture in America alone has been big for me. For example, when I went to Hawaii there was a quite a change in culture. It was a good thing I had gone though as it helped South Korea not seem so foreign. Though going to the Philippines was in some ways like going home (food products), it was another cultural change that I am glad I didn't experience without first experiencing South Korea.
In the Philippines, at least on Boracay, the main mode of transportation is tricycles. A motorbike with a one-wheeled covered carriage next to it. They were not the only thing crowding the streets. I have never seen so many stray dogs in my life.
Probably the one thing I was most happy to see there was the much beloved rootbeer. A pop item sorely missed back in South Korea. There was also recess peanut butter cups, but the BBC's banana peanut butter shakes replaced the chocolate candy easily.
There was music playing from almost every shop or place to eat. It was like stepping back into the late 90s. The music that played on the radio during the late 90s and really early 2000s was what was being played there. I heard so many songs that I had long forgotten. It was a rather pleasant experience.
Something that is just a way of life on Boracay is the rain. They usually had clouds surrounding them by evening. The rain, as a general rule, hit the other islands instead of ours. Every two days or so though, Boracay got a good long rainstorm as well. It was those storms that brought down branches, coconuts, and tore up seaweed... because only after such storms did debris appear on the white beach. Otherwise the beach was kept clean and clear. The locals are proud of that beach and if you so much as smoke on it, you get arrested.
Saturday, our group of 3 left here really late at night. I think it was about 10pm. We caught a taxi to Gyeongsan Station. From there we took a ten minute train ride to Dong Daegu station. Walking to Dong Daegu's bus section, we waited for our bus to leave for Incheon. It was a long bus ride. Maybe 4 hours.
Sun - We arrived in Seoul at Incheon Airport really early in the morning. Probably about 5:30am. We met up with two others completing our group of 5. We exchanged our money, ate breakfast, and finally boarded our plane to Manilla. In Manilla we got lunch. Keith and I ate at a pancake house. Afterwards, with Willis' help, we got passport pouches that go around the waist. Something to store money in. Then we went to our next terminal. While there I ran for a quick foot massage. It was heavenly. I could have had one longer if I had realized that we had an hour more than I thought. I didn't realize we had switched time zones. I'll take this moment to say that Cebu airplanes are not the best. Take nothing for granted except the seat you sit in. Everything else comes at a price. I'm surprised they didn't charge us to have a lifevest handy. We caught a plane to north side of island. We landing on what looked like a random piece of concrete. It was the shortest and bumpiest landing I have ever had. It is also the first place where the airport building is just one room. We walked in, picked up our luggage, and went outside where a guy stood holding a sign with Willis' name on it. He guided and paid the rest of the way. We too a boat to boracay. It was rather fun. Then we caught a van ride to the Boracay Beach Club. The staff there made us feel right at home. I loved them so much. Still in shock from the airplane ride, having their friendly smiles and fruit drinks really made a difference. Supper we has at Ariels House beach front. Ariel's House is a part of the BBC, but they have a beach front section across the road. We went over there for supper and to enjoy the sunset. I ordered Aloha Wings and Chicken Fingers. While we were waiting for our food, Andrea and I went out to play in ocean. The water was neither warm nor cold, just perfect. The white sand is super fine. I have never seen or felt anything like it. It is as fine as flour, packs easier than anything, breaks apart as easily as anything, and doesn't cake on your feet like wet sand might elsewhere. Also, the sand is firm enough that you don't sink down into it. Like walking across a lawn. After supper, we went for a walk down the beach towards a shopping area that also was full of more hotels and resorts with their own accompanying eating places and such. It was pretty incredible. There was three or four different groups fire dancing. After a bit, I went and got my first full body first massage. It was really nice, but I learned that I still have back injury from Jeju Island.
It was definitely a cultural experience. I grew up in the midwest and experiencing other culture in America alone has been big for me. For example, when I went to Hawaii there was a quite a change in culture. It was a good thing I had gone though as it helped South Korea not seem so foreign. Though going to the Philippines was in some ways like going home (food products), it was another cultural change that I am glad I didn't experience without first experiencing South Korea.
In the Philippines, at least on Boracay, the main mode of transportation is tricycles. A motorbike with a one-wheeled covered carriage next to it. They were not the only thing crowding the streets. I have never seen so many stray dogs in my life.
Probably the one thing I was most happy to see there was the much beloved rootbeer. A pop item sorely missed back in South Korea. There was also recess peanut butter cups, but the BBC's banana peanut butter shakes replaced the chocolate candy easily.
There was music playing from almost every shop or place to eat. It was like stepping back into the late 90s. The music that played on the radio during the late 90s and really early 2000s was what was being played there. I heard so many songs that I had long forgotten. It was a rather pleasant experience.
Something that is just a way of life on Boracay is the rain. They usually had clouds surrounding them by evening. The rain, as a general rule, hit the other islands instead of ours. Every two days or so though, Boracay got a good long rainstorm as well. It was those storms that brought down branches, coconuts, and tore up seaweed... because only after such storms did debris appear on the white beach. Otherwise the beach was kept clean and clear. The locals are proud of that beach and if you so much as smoke on it, you get arrested.
Saturday, our group of 3 left here really late at night. I think it was about 10pm. We caught a taxi to Gyeongsan Station. From there we took a ten minute train ride to Dong Daegu station. Walking to Dong Daegu's bus section, we waited for our bus to leave for Incheon. It was a long bus ride. Maybe 4 hours.
Sun - We arrived in Seoul at Incheon Airport really early in the morning. Probably about 5:30am. We met up with two others completing our group of 5. We exchanged our money, ate breakfast, and finally boarded our plane to Manilla. In Manilla we got lunch. Keith and I ate at a pancake house. Afterwards, with Willis' help, we got passport pouches that go around the waist. Something to store money in. Then we went to our next terminal. While there I ran for a quick foot massage. It was heavenly. I could have had one longer if I had realized that we had an hour more than I thought. I didn't realize we had switched time zones. I'll take this moment to say that Cebu airplanes are not the best. Take nothing for granted except the seat you sit in. Everything else comes at a price. I'm surprised they didn't charge us to have a lifevest handy. We caught a plane to north side of island. We landing on what looked like a random piece of concrete. It was the shortest and bumpiest landing I have ever had. It is also the first place where the airport building is just one room. We walked in, picked up our luggage, and went outside where a guy stood holding a sign with Willis' name on it. He guided and paid the rest of the way. We too a boat to boracay. It was rather fun. Then we caught a van ride to the Boracay Beach Club. The staff there made us feel right at home. I loved them so much. Still in shock from the airplane ride, having their friendly smiles and fruit drinks really made a difference. Supper we has at Ariels House beach front. Ariel's House is a part of the BBC, but they have a beach front section across the road. We went over there for supper and to enjoy the sunset. I ordered Aloha Wings and Chicken Fingers. While we were waiting for our food, Andrea and I went out to play in ocean. The water was neither warm nor cold, just perfect. The white sand is super fine. I have never seen or felt anything like it. It is as fine as flour, packs easier than anything, breaks apart as easily as anything, and doesn't cake on your feet like wet sand might elsewhere. Also, the sand is firm enough that you don't sink down into it. Like walking across a lawn. After supper, we went for a walk down the beach towards a shopping area that also was full of more hotels and resorts with their own accompanying eating places and such. It was pretty incredible. There was three or four different groups fire dancing. After a bit, I went and got my first full body first massage. It was really nice, but I learned that I still have back injury from Jeju Island.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Korean (Hangul) versus English
The Korean language, or Hangul, is the second hardest language for English speaking people to learn. So if the English language is as silly as it is, imagine how much more impossible Hangul would be. My grandpa sent the following to me and I felt it appropriate to share with you.
You think English is easy??
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear. 19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let's face it, English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England, nor French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital, ship by truck and send cargo by ship, have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down; you fill in a form by filling it out; an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
PS. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick' ?
You lovers of the English language might enjoy this:
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP'
It's easy to understand UP meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?
Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.
We lock UP the house, and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning.
People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.
To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.
We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP !
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary.
In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost one quarter of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used.
It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP.
When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so........it is time to shut UP !
You think English is easy??
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear. 19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let's face it, English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England, nor French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital, ship by truck and send cargo by ship, have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down; you fill in a form by filling it out; an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
PS. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick' ?
You lovers of the English language might enjoy this:
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP'
It's easy to understand UP meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?
Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.
We lock UP the house, and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning.
People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.
To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.
We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP !
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary.
In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost one quarter of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used.
It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP.
When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so........it is time to shut UP !
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