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collection of scrabble words

2-Letter Words with Definitions

Bold indicates word cannot be extended with "S'
Plus sign (+) indicates word can be extended by "ES'

AA           rough jagged lava found in Hawaiian volcanos

AB           an abdominal muscle

AD           short form of advertisement

AE           one (Scots.)

AG           agriculture

AH           (verb) to say "Ah" for joy etc

AI            a three-toed South American sloth

AL           an East Indian tree

AM          a present tense of the verb be         

AN               a form of the indefinite article
AR               the letter "R"
AS               to that extent
AT               in the position of
AW              exclamation of disappointment
AX               (verb) to work on with an axe
AY               an affirmative vote (also AYE)
BA               the eternal spirit in Egyptian mythology

BE               (verb) to exist
BI                a bisexual person
BO               Amer. slang for friend
BY               near; a side issue (pl. BYS)
CH               English dial. for I
DA               a Burmese heavy knife
DE               preposition meaning of or from, in names
DI                a plural of deus (a god)
DO               (verb) to achieve; a celebration (pl. DOS)
EA               a river (dial.)
ED               education
EE                Scots. dial. for eye (pl. EEN)
EF                the letter "F"
EH               (verb) to say "Eh" for surprise etc
EL                an elevated railway
EM              a printer's measure
EN               a printer's measure, half of an EM
ER               an expression of hesitation
ES+             the letter "S"
ET                a past tense of eat
EX+             the letter "X"
FA                a musical note
FE                a Hebrew letter
FY                an interj. expressing disgust (also FIE)
GI                a judo or karate costume
GO               (verb) to depart; a Japanese board game (pl. GOS)
GU               a simple violin used in Shetland (also GJU, GUE)
HA               an exclamation of surprise
HE               a male
HI                an exclamation of greeting
HM              interj. expressing thoughtful consideration
HO               interj. calling attention
ID                part of the psyche
IF                 a condition
IN                (verb) to harvest
IO                a cry of joy
IS                 a present tense of be
IT                 impersonal pronoun
JA                yes
JO+             a sweetheart
KA               (verb) to serve (also KAE)
KI                the spirit of Japanese martial art, see QI
KO               a Maori digging stick
KY               cows (also KYE)
LA                a musical note
LI                 a Chinese distance unit
LO               look, behold
MA              mother
ME              a musical note (also MI)
MI               same as ME, above
MM             exclamation of satisfaction
MO              a moment
MU              a Greek letter
MY              belonging to me
NA      interj. of disbelief
NE               arch. form of not
NO              a no vote (pl. also NOES)
NU              a Greek letter
NY+             (verb) to approach (pl. also NYS)
OB               an objection
OD               a mystic universal force
OE               a grandchild in Scotland (also OY, OYE)
OF               belonging to
OH               (verb) to exclaim "Oh" for surprise
OI                interj. calling attention
OM              a syllable intoned as part of a mantra
ON              to go on
OO              wool (Scots.)
OP               an abstract art style
OR               the heraldic colour gold
OS+             a bone
OU              a bloke
OW             interj. expressing pain
OX+             a mammal with hooves
OY               same as OE, above
PA               father
PE                a Hebrew letter (also PEH)
PI                 (verb) to jumble or disorder (pr.p. PIEING, PIING)
PO               a chamber pot
QI                a Chinese life force
RE               a musical note
SH               interj. requesting silence
SI                 a musical note
SO               a musical note (also SOH)
ST                an exclamation of impatience
TA               thanks
TE                a musical note
TI                 a small tree
TO               as far as
UG               (verb) to cause hatred
UH              interj. expressing disbelief
UM              interj. of hesitation
UN              one
UP               (verb) to increase
UR               interj. expressing hesitation
US               a third person pronoun
UT               a musical note
WE              a third person pronoun
WO             a curse
XI                 a Greek letter
XU               a Vietnamese coin (pl. XU)
YA               you
YE                you
YO               a call for effort
YU               precious jade
ZA               contraction of "pizza"
ZO               a Himalayan cross between a yak and a cow (also DZO, DSO, ZHO, DZHO)

3 Letter Words

AAH AAL AAS ABA ABO ABS ABY ACE ACT ADD ADO ADS ADZ AFF AFT AGA AGE AGO AHA AID AIL AIM AIN AIR AIS AIT ALA ALB ALE ALL ALP ALS ALT AMA AMI AMP AMU ANA AND ANE ANI ANT ANY APE APT ARB ARC ARE ARF ARK ARM ARS ART ASH ASK ASP ASS ATE ATT AUK AVA AVE AVO AWA AWE AWL AWN AXE AYE AYS AZO BAA BAD BAG BAH BAL BAM BAN BAP BAR BAS BAT BAY BED BEE BEG BEL BEN BET BEY BIB BID BIG BIN BIO BIS BIT BIZ BOA BOB BOD BOG BOO BOP BOS BOT BOW BOX BOY BRA BRO BRR BUB BUD BUG BUM BUN BUR BUS BUT BUY BYE BYS CAB CAD CAM CAN CAP CAR CAT CAW CAY CEE CEL CEP CHI CIS COB COD COG COL CON COO COP COR COS COT COW COX COY COZ CRY CUB CUD CUE CUM CUP CUR CUT CWM DAB DAD DAG DAH DAK DAL DAM DAP DAW DAY DEB DEE DEL DEN DEV DEW DEX DEY DIB DID DIE DIG DIM DIN DIP DIS DIT DOC DOE DOG DOL DOM DON DOR DOS DOT DOW DRY DUB DUD DUE DUG DUI DUN DUO DUP DYE EAR EAT EAU EBB ECU EDH EEL EFF EFS EFT EGG EGO EKE ELD ELF ELK ELL ELM ELS EME EMF EMS EMU END ENG ENS EON ERA ERE ERG ERN ERR ERS ESS ETA ETH EVE EWE EYE FAD FAG FAN FAR FAS FAT FAX FAY FED FEE FEH FEM FEN FER FET FEU FEW FEY FEZ FIB FID FIE FIG FIL FIN FIR FIT FIX FIZ FLU FLY FOB FOE FOG FOH FON FOP FOR FOU FOX FOY FRO FRY FUB FUD FUG FUN FUR GAB GAD GAE GAG GAL GAM GAN GAP GAR GAS GAT GAY GED GEE GEL GEM GEN GET GEY GHI GIB GID GIE GIG GIN GIP GIT GNU GOA GOB GOD GOO GOR GOT GOX GOY GUL GUM GUN GUT GUV GUY GYM GYP HAD HAE HAG HAH HAJ HAM HAO HAP HAS HAT HAW HAY HEH HEM HEN HEP HER HES HET HEW HEX HEY HIC HID HIE HIM HIN HIP HIS HIT HMM HOB HOD HOE HOG HON HOP HOT HOW HOY HUB HUE HUG HUH HUM HUN HUP HUT HYP ICE ICH ICK ICY IDS IFF IFS ILK ILL IMP INK INN INS ION IRE IRK ISM ITS IVY JAB JAG JAM JAR JAW JAY JEE JET JEU JEW JIB JIG JIN JOB JOE JOG JOT JOW JOY JUG JUN JUS JUT KAB KAE KAF KAS KAT KAY KEA KEF KEG KEN KEP KEX KEY KHI KID KIF KIN KIP KIR KIT KOA KOB KOI KOP KOR KOS KUE LAB LAC LAD LAG LAM LAP LAR LAS LAT LAV LAW LAX LAY LEA LED LEE LEG LEI LEK LET LEU LEV LEX LEY LEZ LIB LID LIE LIN LIP LIS LIT LOB LOG LOO LOP LOT LOW LOX LUG LUM LUV LUX LYE MAC MAD MAE MAG MAN MAP MAR MAS MAT MAW MAX MAY MED MEL MEM MEN MET MEW MHO MIB MID MIG MIL MIM MIR MIS MIX MOA MOB MOC MOD MOG MOL MOM MON MOO MOP MOR MOS MOT MOW MUD MUG MUM MUN MUS MUT NAB NAE NAG NAH NAM NAN NAP NAW NAY NEB NEE NET NEW NIB NIL NIM NIP NIT NIX NOB NOD NOG NOH NOM NOO NOR NOS NOT NOW NTH NUB NUN NUS NUT OAF OAK OAR OAT OBE OBI OCA ODD ODE ODS OES OFF OFT OHM OHO OHS OIL OKA OKE OLD OLE OMS ONE ONS OOH OOT OPE OPS OPT ORA ORB ORC ORE ORS ORT OSE OUD OUR OUT OVA OWE OWL OWN OXO OXY PAC PAD PAH PAL PAM PAN PAP PAR PAS PAT PAW PAX PAY PEA PEC PED PEE PEG PEH PEN PEP PER PES PET PEW PHI PHT PIA PIC PIE PIG PIN PIP PIS PIT PIU PIX PLY POD POH POI POL POM POP POT POW POX PRO PRY PSI PUB PUD PUG PUL PUN PUP PUR PUS PUT PYA PYE PYX QAT QUA RAD RAG RAH RAJ RAM RAN RAP RAS RAT RAW RAX RAY REB REC RED REE REF REG REI REM REP RES RET REV REX RHO RIA RIB RID RIF RIG RIM RIN RIP ROB ROC ROD ROE ROM ROT ROW RUB RUE RUG RUM RUN RUT RYA RYE SAB SAC SAD SAE SAG SAL SAP SAT SAU SAW SAX SAY SEA SEC SEE SEG SEI SEL SEN SER SET SEW SEX SHA SHE SHH SHY SIB SIC SIM SIN SIP SIR SIS SIT SIX SKA SKI SKY SLY SOB SOD SOL SON SOP SOS SOT SOU SOW SOX SOY SPA SPY SRI STY SUB SUE SUM SUN SUP SUQ SYN TAB TAD TAE TAG TAJ TAM TAN TAO TAP TAR TAS TAT TAU TAV TAW TAX TEA TED TEE TEG TEL TEN TET TEW THE THO THY TIC TIE TIL TIN TIP TIS TIT TOD TOE TOG TOM TON TOO TOP TOR TOT TOW TOY TRY TSK TUB TUG TUI TUN TUP TUT TUX TWA TWO TYE UDO UGH UKE ULU UMM UMP UNS UPO UPS URB URD URN USE UTA UTS VAC VAN VAR VAS VAT VAU VAV VAW VEE VEG VET VEX VIA VIE VIG VIM VIS VOE VOW VOX VUG WAB WAD WAE WAG WAN WAP WAR WAS WAT WAW WAX WAY WEB WED WEE WEN WET WHA WHO WHY WIG WIN WIS WIT WIZ WOE WOG WOK WON WOO WOP WOS WOT WOW WRY WUD WYE WYN XIS YAH YAK YAM YAP YAR YAW YAY YEA YEH YEN YEP YES YET YEW YID YIN YIP YOB YOD YOK YOM YON YOU YOW YUK YUM YUP ZAG ZAP ZAX ZED ZEE ZEK ZIG ZIN ZIP ZIT ZOA ZOO

Words with all vowels in

EAU AA AE AI OE 

Words with all consonants in

GLYCYLS RHYTHMS TSKTSKS

CRWTHS CRYPTS FLYBYS FLYSCH GHYLLS GLYCYL GLYPHS LYMPHS MYRRHS NYMPHS PSYCHS RHYTHM SPRYLY SYLPHS SYLPHY SYNCHS SYNTHS TRYSTS TSKTSK XYLYLS

BYRLS CRWTH CRYPT CYSTS DRYLY FLYBY GHYLL GLYPH GYPSY HYMNS LYMPH LYNCH MYRRH MYTHS MYTHY NYMPH PHPHT PSYCH PYGMY RYNDS SHYLY SLYLY STYMY SYLPH SYNCH SYNCS SYNTH SYPHS THYMY TRYST TYPPS WRYLY WYNDS WYNNS XYLYL XYSTS 

BRRR BYRL CWMS CYST DRYS GYMS GYPS HYMN HYPS LYNX MYTH PFFT PSST RYND SCRY SPRY SYNC SYPH TSKS TYPP TYPY WHYS WYCH WYND WYNN WYNS XYST

BRR BYS CRY CWM DRY FLY FRY GYM GYP HMM HYP NTH PHT PLY PRY PYX SHH SHY SKY SLY SPY STY SYN THY TRY TSK WHY WRY WYN

BY HM MM MY SH

4 Letter Words with 3 vowels in

AEON AERO AGEE AGIO AGUE AIDE AJEE AKEE ALAE ALEE ALOE AMIA AMIE ANOA AQUA AREA ARIA ASEA AURA AUTO AWEE BEAU CIAO EASE EAUX EAVE EIDE EMEU EPEE ETUI EURO IDEA ILEA ILIA INIA IOTA IXIA JIAO LIEU LUAU MEOU MOUE NAOI OBIA OBOE ODEA OGEE OHIA OLEA OLEO OLIO OOZE OUZO QUAI RAIA ROUE TOEA UNAI UNAU UREA UVEA ZOEA

5 Letter Words with 4 vowels in

AALII ADIEU AECIA AERIE AIOLI AQUAE AREAE AUDIO AURAE AUREI COOEE EERIE LOOIE LOUIE MIAOU OIDIA OORIE OURIE QUEUE URAEI ZOEAE

Q Words without a U after

QINDARKA SHEQELUM BUQSHAS QINDARS QINTARS QIVIUTS QWERTYS BUQSHA FAQIRS QANATS QINDAR QINTAR QIVIUT QWERTY SHEQEL TRANQS UMIAQS FAQIR QAIDS QANAT QOPHS TRANQ UMIAQ QAID QATS QOPH SUQS QAT SUQ

Highest Scoring Scrabble Words

2 Letter Words
AX EX JO OX XI XU BY HM MY  
3 Letter Words
JIZ ZAX ZEK FEZ FIZ PYX WIZ BEZ BIZ COZ CUZ KEX ZAP ZIP
4 Letter Words 
QUIZ JEEZ FOZY HAZY JAZz WHIZ CHEZ COZY JEUX JINX JOKY MAZY QOPH ZYME
5 Letter Words 
JAZzY
JACKY  JIFFY  JUNKY  QUAKY  ZAPPY  ZAXES  ZINKY  ZIPPY  FURZY  HAFIZ  QUACK  QUAFF  QUICK  QUIFF  WOOZY  BOOZY  COZEY  CRAZY  ENZYM  FUZzY  HAMZA  JAMMY  JEMMY  JERKY  JIMMY  JIMPY  JOKEY  JUMPY  KUDZU  KYLIX  QOPHS  WHIZz  ZILCH  ZINCY  ZYMES 
6 Letter Words
MUZJIK  QUEAZY  EXEQUY  FROWZY  MUZHIK  QUARTZ  QUEZAL  WHEEZY  ZINCKY  BLOWZY  HAMZAH  SCHIZY  ZEBECK  ZEPHYR 
7 Letter Words
MUZJIKS  BEZIQUE  CAZIQUE  JUKEBOX  MEZQUIT  KOLHOZY  SOVKHOZ  ZINKIFY  ZOMBIFY  ASPHYXY  JAZzILY  JEZEBEL  MUZHIKS  PACKWAX  QUETZAL  QUEZALS  QUICKLY  QUIZzED  SQUEEZE  SQUIFFY  ZYMURGY

J, Q, X, Z

These are the highest scoring letters in the bag but they are not the only way of scoring. Don't waste them but try to play them as soon as you can. These letters have a high value because they are awkward; having them on your rack will cut down the variety of plays you make.

The X is the most flexible of the 4; you should aim to score around 30 with the X other than at the very end of the game where opportunities will be scarcer. Remember there are five 2 letter words containing the X - AX, EX, OX, XI and XU.

If you are looking to learn a few useful unusual words, the J, Q, X, Z words are good ones to concentrate on. A good way to remember them is in pairs e.g. OJIME (a carved bead used as a clasp) and OXIME (chemical compound) or TOAZE (alternative for tease) and TOUZE (to haul). 

basic information of the philippines

Basic Facts

Official name

Republic of the Philippines

Capital

Manila

Area

300,000 sq km

116,000 sq mi

People

Population

91,077,287 (2007 estimate)

Population growth

Population growth rate

1.76 percent (2007 estimate)

Projected population in 2025

118,685,776 (2007 estimate)

Projected population in 2050

147,630,852 (2007 estimate)

Population density

306 persons per sq km (2007 estimate)

791 persons per sq mi (2007 estimate)

Urban/rural distribution

Share urban

63 percent (2005 estimate)

Share rural

37 percent (2005 estimate)

Largest cities, with population

Quezon City

2,160,000 (2000)

Manila

1,673,000 (2000)

Caloocan

1,157,881 (1999 estimate)

Davao

1,147,000 (2000)

Cebu

662,000 (2000)

Ethnic groups

Malay (including Tagalog, Visayan, Ilocano)

95 percent

Chinese

2 percent

Other

3 percent

Languages

Filipino (official; based on Tagalog), English (official), indigenous languages

Religious affiliations

Roman Catholic

84 percent

Muslim

5 percent

Other (including nonreligious and other Christians)

11 percent

Health and Education

Life expectancy

Total

70.5 years (2007 estimate)

Female

73.5 years (2007 estimate)

Male

67.6 years (2007 estimate)

Infant mortality rate

22 deaths per 1,000 live births (2007 estimate)

Population per physician

860 people (2004)

Population per hospital bed

1,000 people (2001)

Literacy rate

Total

96.3 percent (2005 estimate)

Female

96.2 percent (2005 estimate)

Male

96.3 percent (2005 estimate)

Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP)

2.9 percent (2002-2003)

Number of years of compulsory schooling

7 years (2002-2003)

Number of students per teacher, primary school

35 students per teacher (2002-2003)

Government

Form of government

Republic

Voting qualifications

Universal at age 18

Constitution

2 February 1987, effective 11 February 1987

Armed forces

Total number of military personnel

106,000 (2004)

Military expenditures as a share of gross domestic product (GDP)

1 percent (2003)

Economy

Gross domestic product (GDP, in U.S.$)

$99 billion (2005)

GDP per capita (U.S.$)

$1,192.30 (2005)

GDP by economic sector

Agriculture, forestry, fishing

14.3 percent (2005)

Industry

32.2 percent (2005)

Services

53.4 percent (2005)

Employment

Number of workers

37,115,292 (2005)

Workforce share of economic sector

Agriculture, forestry, fishing

37 percent (2005)

Industry

15 percent (2005)

Services

48 percent (2005)

Unemployment rate

9.8 percent (2001)

National budget (U.S.$)

Total revenue

$17,732 million (2005)

Total expenditure

$14,805 million (2005)

Monetary unit

1 Philippine peso (P), consisting of 100 centavos

Major trade partners for exports

United States, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, and Taiwan

Major trade partners for imports

Japan, United States, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan

Energy, Communications, and Transportation

Electricity production

Electricity from thermal sources

64.40 percent (2003 estimate)

Electricity from hydroelectric sources

15.90 percent (2003 estimate)

Electricity from nuclear sources

0 percent (2003 estimate)

Electricity from geothermal, solar, and wind sources

19.70 percent (2003 estimate)

Number of radios per 1,000 people

161 (1997)

Number of telephones per 1,000 people

41 (2005)

Number of televisions per 1,000 people

136 (2000 estimate)

Number of Internet hosts per 10,000 people

3.5 (2003)

Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people

82 (1996)

Number of motor vehicles per 1,000 people

34 (2002)

Paved road as a share of total roads

10 percent (2003)

Sources

Basic Facts and People sections

Area data are from the statistical bureaus of individual countries. Population, population growth rate, and population projections are from the United States Census Bureau, International Programs Center, International Data Base (IDB) (www.census.gov). Urban and rural population data are from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), FAOSTAT database (www.fao.org). Largest cities population data and political divisions data are from the statistical bureaus of individual countries. Ethnic divisions and religion data are largely from the latest Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) World Factbook and from various country censuses and reports. Language data are largely from the Ethnologue, Languages of the World, Summer Institute of Linguistics International (www.sil.org).

Health and Education section

Life expectancy and infant mortality data are from the United States Census Bureau, International Programs Center, International database (IDB) (www.census.gov). Population per physician and population per hospital bed data are from the World Health Organization (WHO) (www.who.int). Education data are from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) database (www.unesco.org).

Government section

Government, independence, legislature, constitution, highest court, and voting qualifications data are largely from various government Web sites, the latest Europa World Yearbook, and the latest Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) World Factbook. The armed forces data is from Military Balance.

Economy section

Gross domestic product (GDP), GDP per capita, GDP by economic sectors, employment, and national budget data are from the World Bank database (www.worldbank.org). Monetary unit, agriculture, mining, manufacturing, exports, imports, and major trade partner information is from the statistical bureaus of individual countries, latest Europa World Yearbook, and various United Nations and International Monetary Fund (IMF) publications.

Energy, Communication, and Transportation section

Electricity information is from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) database (www.eia.doe.gov). Radio, telephone, television, and newspaper information is from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) database (www.unesco.org). Internet hosts, motor vehicles, and road data are from the World Bank database (www.worldbank.org).

National Tree : Nara (Pterocarpus indicus)

National Flower : Sampaguita (Jasminum sambac) National Bird : Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi)

National Gem : Philippine Pearl

The Philippines is an archipelago located in Southeast Asia (longitude: 122° 00 E and  latitude: 13° 00 N ). It is surrounded by water comprising 7,107 islands and islets. On the  east is the Pacific Ocean, on the west is South China Sea. See Philippine Map. The northernmost group of islands in the Philippines is Batanes which is only 190 kilometers from Taiwan, while the southernmost island of Tawi-Tawi, is a mere 60 kilometers away from Borneo.

Official Name: Republica ng Pilipinas |

Republic of the Philippines

Land area: 115,830 square miles or 300,000 square kilometers. The total land area of the Philippines is comparable in size to Italy.

 Highest peak: Mt. Apo in the island of Mindanao is 2,954 meters or 9,691 feet above sea level.

 Climate: Tropical with 2 distinct seasons: wet and dry.

Dry season: from November to May
Wet season: from June to October

Average year round temperature: 27° Celsius / 81° Fahrenheit

Population: 88.5 million as of August 2007 (Projected to be 92 million in 2009)

Currency: Peso (PHP) Philippine Peso Currency Converter for the latest exchange rates.

Peso Denominations: 1,000; 500; 100; 50; 20; 10; 5; 2; 1; 0.50; 0.25; 0.10; 0.05; 0.01

 Official Languages: Pilipino and English

 Capital City: Manila (Metro Manila is the National Capital Region or NCR)

 The National Capital Region comprises the cities and municipalities of: the City of Manila, Caloocan City, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque City, Pasay City, Patros, Pasig, San Juan, Taguig, Quezon City and Valenzuela.

 Form of Government: Republic with three (3) equal branches of government namely: the Executive, the Legislative and the Judiciary.

 Chief Executive & Head of Government: The President. The Executive branch include the Cabinet comprising of Secretaries of each Department.

 Legislative: Congress of the Philippines comprising of the Senate (upper house) presided by the President of the Senate and the House of Representatives (lower house) presided by the Speaker of the House of representatives.

 Judiciary: Supreme Court of the Philippines comprising the Chief Justice and 14 Associate Justices

 More Facts & Trivia About the Philippines

 There are more than 10 million Filipinos living overseas, of this, about 8 million are OFWs or Overseas Filipino Workers. According to the Central Bank of the Philippines, overseas Filipinos remitted a record high of US$ 17.348 billion to the Philippines in 2009, a 5.4% increase compared to 2008. The bulk of the remittances comes from the U.S., Canada, Saudi Arabia, U.K., Japan, U.A.E., Italy, Singapore and Germany. These remittances account for 10.8% of the country's GDP (Gross Domestic Product).

 Dr. Jose Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines can read and write at the age of 2. He grew up speaking 20 foreign languages including French, Greek, Chinese, Latin and German.

 The karaoke is a Filipino invention, not Japanese. Karaoke meaning "singing without accompaniment" in Japanese was invented by Roberto del Rosario. He called his invention "Sing-Along-System", which was later called karaoke.

 The Philippine flag is the only flag in the world that is displayed upside-down when the country is in war (red on top and blue at the bottom when in war).

 The Philippines is considered the "text capital of the world". In 2006, there were an estimated 35 million cell phone subscribers in the Philippines and about 350 to 400 million SMS (Short Message Service) or text messages are sent daily. This figure was more than the total daily text messages sent in the U.S. and Europe combined. However, China has overtaken the Philippines by sheer volume of users. It is estimated that in 2007, the Chinese sent an average of 1.6 billion text messages daily with more than 500 million cell phone users. While Filipinos sent an average of a billion text messages daily with about 50 million cell phone users. Even though the Chinese sent more text messages in total, they send an average of only 3 text messages per cell phone per day, while Filipinos sends on average 20 text messages per cell phone user per day. 

Although the land area of the Philippines is roughly 1/30th of the United States, The Philippines has a total coastline of 36,289 kilometers while the total U.S. coastline is a modest 19,924 kilometers.

 The world's rarest and most expensive seashell, the "Conus Gloriamaris" is among the 12,000 species of seashells found in the Philippines. And 488 coral species out of the known 500 coral species worldwide are found in the country.

How many languages are there?

There are over 70 different languages spoken in the Philippines with over 450 distinct dialects coming from those languages!

Narrative of Experience(sample)

Narrative of Experience

May 21,2010, 4 pm, our RE 107 class under Ms. Corazon Fuentes sponsored the daily mass at the NDMU chapel. The whole class was the one in charge in all the things to be prepared or done on the mass (readers, choir, offers etc.). The said sponsorship serves as the class practicum as an application of our course “The Liturgy and Sacraments”. 

The celebration was officiated by Fr. Joan Paez who was introduced by Jeff in his call to worship. The celebration focuses on the theme taken from the gospel of the day (Jn 17:11-19) which says that God sent us into this world to help Him establish His kingdom. I was the one who read the first reading and Angel Lee sung the responsorial Psalm.

Prior to such activity, we have also experience preparing cut out letters to be used in the theme of the mass. Preparing and cutting such letters was a fun involvement for us as a group. We had a bonding doing such project.

Indeed, RE 107 leaves great experiences to all of us. Aside from learning and active participation in the Christian community, we have enjoyed a lot the activities as well as the company of our classmates and teacher.

                                                                                                E F. L

Reflection on the Integration Program (sample)

Reflection on the Integration Program

Catholic Christian as I am, there is indeed a need for me to understand liturgy and sacraments and its relation to my development as a human. More than just understanding basic things about these matters, it is call for me to put into actual practice what I have learned in our course “The Liturgy and Sacraments” to make it effective and above all to exercise my being a Christian.

My participation in the mass, as an integration of our lessons, made me realize that I am a part of a Christian community. It calls me to take part actively in the church by simply being functional in the community of Christ. I really enjoyed participating in the mass. It made me feel proud of myself because I have become a part of the Eucharistic celebration in commemoration of God’s greatness and salvific acts. And that I have done something in return for Christ’s goodness to me. My participation may be a very simple form of giving back to the Lord all the honour and glory but I guess freeing myself from any other activities and giving my time to Him is more important.

As a whole, RE 107 strengthens my belief that I am a Christian, therefore I need to participate in the Christian community and that is through partaking in God’s works and mission, by giving Him my precious time, by participating in the liturgy and by living His sacraments.

                                                                                    E F. L

Reflection on the Integration Program (sample)

Reflection on the Integration Program

Nothing can really beat experience being the best teacher. I’ve been attending catholic masses before but only in this period, when I usually attending because of the course RE 107, I realize their true form of worship.it does not actually differ from us non-Catholics. Other activities are just called differently as well as some are done in different manners. For me, it’s not a big deal for non-Catholics to attend Catholic masses provided that you stick with what the teachings of Jesus Christ tell you. I’ve learned a lot in this integration program. Now I understand partly, if not all, how it is to be Catholic.

           

Before, I find Catholic mass boring and do not allow active participation from the people. That is because their songs are not that joyous and they usually use a guitar or an organ only as accompaniment.  Unlike during our Divine service in the Church, we have enough instruments that could make us sing loudly and really dance during our praise and worship.

           

Somehow I understand their means of worship through this integration program. Maybe they just prefer these slow kinds of songs but as I sing with them, I knew that deep in their hearts, these songs are imbedded, together with their full desire of worshipping the Father.

           

I am happy to be a part of this integration program. Though the activities are limited, it is still good since we’ve only focus unto that activity alone. It does not affect me when other people would question why I am attending Catholic masses because I understand that we mean the same things but we do it differently.

C B. E