) (Chinese): We have the destiny to meet across a thousand l be strangers even when face-to-face.

face. Anna: Perfect for long distance relationship victims/hopeless romantics Like, wel l, us. Jam: This is like the P.S. to Donnes A Valediction Forbidding Mourning. 2) Hanapbuhay (Filipino): To work. Jam: It literally means to look (hanap) for life (buhay). Anna: As my brother pointed out, its not to look for money, but life. Find life in and bring life to what you do. 3) Hygge (Danish): A feeling of coziness and a sense of warmth and companionship. Anna: The mark of a good, lasting relationshipany kind of relationship. Could als o be quality HOHOL (Hang Out Hang Out Lang)! 4-5) Stira and sukha (Sanskrit): Ease and effort, respectively. Anna: In yoga, every asana (pose) must be of equal stira and sukha. Everything w e do on the mat must be applied off the matyou know youve found your passion when you are in the space between ease and effort. 6) Padayon (Bisaya): To continue, onward, or even go forth. Anna: Its the battle cry of every changemaker. When in doubt, when down, padayon. Jam: In other words, gora lang. 7) Paliparang pandaigdig (Filipino): International airport, but literally airport f or the world. Anna: Theres just something about the word daigdig that shakes you to the core. 8) Belum (Bahasa Indonesia): Not yet, but with a positive, optimistic connotation. It used for events not yet undertaken or experienced, yet that are hoped to be. Jam: As we say in Global Changemakers, a no is a yes that hasnt happened yet. 9) Bukas Nalang Kita Mamahalin (Filipino): Literally I will love you tomorrow inste ad, but it connotes having The Right Love at the Wrong Time. The desire to love h im/her tomorrow or in another lifetime instead. Jam: Ive always found this line Sublime. Ineffable. A handful of my friends know m y love and fascination with this line, and when I tell other people about it, th eyre like, and I think thats precisely because the line is simply ineffable. 10) Mamihlapinatapei (Yagan): A look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to initiate. Anna: How to pronounce this, I dont know. But we all have felt That Moment. Of do ubt, hesitation, of like, of want. Jam: This is for the inarticulate torpe out there. 11) Uros-uros na gugma (Bisaya): Uros is flow or wave and gugma is love. Anna: Waves of love. Huge, powerful waves of love. Waves can be beautiful and de structivethink of a surfer who rides a wave versus a tsunami that wipes out a com munity. Fitting description for love! Jam: Phonologically (phonetically?), if you can speak Bisaya well, this is like d aigdig it shakes you to the core. 12) Lesprit de escalier (French): Literally, the spirit of the staircase, but also t he feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the thing s you should have said. Anna: The shoulda, woulda, coulda. 13) Sprezzatura (Italian): A certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and ma ke whatever one does or says appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it; the Oxford English Dictionary defines it as studied carelessnes s. Jam: I first heard of this from English 101: Introduction to British Literary Hi story, from my favorite professor and thesis adviser, Dr. Jurilla. It hasnt left my consciousness since. Its a motto, a way of life. Anna has a wonderful illustra tion for this: she has been described as a duck who floats and appears so gracef ul, yet paddles her ass off beneath the water surface. Thats sprezzatura right th ere. 14) Sourire (French): Literally, to smile. Jam: sous means under, so sous + rire (to laugh) = sourire. In other words, under y augh is a smile. KILIG.

15) Vacilando (Spanish): The act of wandering when the experience of travel is mo re important than reaching the specific destination, or [to go] somewhere, but doe s not greatly care whether or not he gets there, although he has direction. Anna: The pahampas hampas lifestyle with direction. Thats you and me, Kaps! As J.R. R. Tolkien said, Not all who wander are lost. :)