Grandfather Power

I do not presume to know the inner workings of the car engine. I do not know what a radiator looks like. I do not know where the spark plug is located. The only thing I can probably recognize is the car battery. That is why when our driver popped open the hood while our war-car L200 was parked in mcdo, i peeked inside to increase my knowledge of car engines. Sure, it looks complicated and all, but despite my limited knowledge, there is something under the hood that I am quite sure shouldn't be there. I'm not making this up. Under the hood were a pair of old rubber shoes, tied to one of the engine parts. What's up with that? Well, whatever. As long as the car starts and moves, they can even throw in a grapefruit in there for all I care.

We pretty much don't know how most of the stuff around us work. We just have faith in them.

Anyway, My cousins (3 of them) and I went to san juan yesterday to play badminton with my brother's in-laws. My bro's father and mother-in-law were there, plus a few of their relatives. Seeing that they were in their 50's, Our first impression was "this is going to be easy". After playing a couple of games, my bro's father-in-law and his brother challenged my hussler cousins to a game. I thought my cousins were going to own them... WRONG! My cousins were completely decimated. 15-0. 2 sets.

Now it really wasn't THAT embrassing. My titos were actually pretty smart players. As they said after the game, Wala sa lakas ng tira ang galing. Sure, my cousin moves faster, hits stronger, and probably has more stamina, but my tito was a lot smarter! He isn't a doctor for nothing. But what was funny was what my tito said to me after, "Actually, they lost to two grandfathers".

Brains do beat brawns XD

It's still best to have both. Like me. B-)
Well. No. Not really. But i sure wish i did. XD

Fillers

No news except for pacquiao, here's a math question for the incredibly bored:

A sadistic professor addresses a group of 20 students. He announces that the following day he will decide whether to flunk them or pass each one. The students will be blindfolded, a red or blue hat will be placed on each student's head, and the students will be placed in a circle. Then the blindfolds will be removed, and each will be asked in turn the color of their hat. If they answer correctly, they will be passed, otherwise they will be flunked.

Each student will be able to see the color of every other student's hat, but not their own. If the professor detects any signaling by facial expression, gesture, posture, vocal quality or the like, everyone will be shot. Each student will only be allowed to speak one word, "red" or "blue".

The students meet that evening, and come up with a strategy that will ensure that at least 19 of the 20 will be saved. What is this strategy?


Prizes for the first 10 solutions!

One Big Fight!

For the past week, whenever you look at the newspapers, listen to the radio, or watch TV, 2 words will definitely be there: MANNY PACQUIAO. This guy is the most famous person in Philippine history. If team pacquiao runs for the 2007(?) elections, it'll be a landslide victory for them, even if all the other politicians, honest ones or otherwise, band together. *Snicker* Who am I kidding, all the politicians are corrupt. I'd make a poll, but I don't know how to. ><;; Oist charles, paturo naman.

I can't imagine the amount of pressure Manny has to deal with. The fate of the ENTIRE NATION is resting on his shoulders. This guy is perhaps the only thing holding our nation together. Pretty soon, our National Anthem will be changed from Lupang Hinirang to "Para sa Iyo (ang Laban na to)". Yes, for those of you who don't know, Pacquiao now has his own music CD! All sung by him. And of course, with great powers comes great showbiz potential.

I really really hope he wins. Skillwise, I think Morales is a lot better than Pacquiao. Plus the fact that Morales is, in Ragnarok terms, "makunat". He wasn't even bruised after their first fight while Pacquiao was a bloody mess. But then again, Pacquiao still has a clear advantage in speed and power. Whatever happens, it's going to be a good fight on Sunday.

Oh and by the way, ever since that fluke win versus barrera, Manny's hasn't won a big fight. Let's not count the two pakains ok? (Thailand fashung guy and Hector Velasquez). I just can't imagine the disappointment millions of people will feel if Manny loses ><;; This has got to be the biggest buildup for an athlete ever.

All the media propaganda worked. Now I feel that this fight is no longer just an ordinary boxing match. Sure, it's still Pacman and El Terrible in that ring. But you can't help but feel that the entire nation is watching this fight. Every Filipino, regardless of social status, ethnicity, religion, or any other differences, is rooting for Manny. And in a nation struggling with rampant corruption in the government, greedy selfish politicians, and a crappy economy, this fight has become a mirror of our own struggles in life. We want Manny to win because, at some level, we can empathize with him and we want to believe that we can defeat all obstacles through sheer faith and willpower. Fight! With all your heart and soul, we can win!

Man that was cheesy. If the fight on Sunday will be made into a movie, there's going to be a flashback scene between the rounds. Then when the 6th round bell sounds, all the filipino's watching will channel their energy to Pacman and he will finish off Morales with a left straight while shouting defiantly.. "MABUHAY ANG PILIPINAS!"

GO PACQUIAO!! TAPUSIN MO NA YAN SA 6th!!!

No sense of direction

I've lived in here in manila for like 21 years now, and up to now, I still get confused in the Ermita area. Mabini, M.H. Del Pilar, Padre Faura, Pedro Gil, Bocobo.. they all look the same to me. I went to RP last sunday to meet with some friends and instead of going down at Pedro Gil, I made para in Padre Faura. At first I was disoriented but then I saw this tall building that looks like Rob Place. Stupid thing is, for some reason I thought that RP was the only tall infrastructure in that area. Never mind that it can be a condominium or something... It must be RP. So with full confidence, I walked on.

Big mistake. I walked all the way to Hyatt. Dumbass. I was pretty tired from walking (and the badminton earlier that morning) and I desperately need something to drink. Good thing there's a 7-11 just around the corner. It's one of the certainties in life. When in a bind, there's always a 7-11 nearby. Convinient convinience stores.

Damnit, I really should pay attention to roads.

And on with the ramblings. I had some pretty weird dreams lately, but nothing tops the one I had earlier. In the dream, I was back in high school and get this, we had 2 new foreign exchange students from Russia. Then they hatched a really sinister plot to take over the world and all the while shouting "For the Fatherland! For Russia!". I woke up thinking.. What the hell was that? I have absolutely no idea how my subconcious got those bit and pieces. ><;; Some cookie psychic said that dreams contain hidden meanings. I wonder what this is all about? What deep philosophical insights did that dream contain? What socio-cultural implications did the Russians have? Why can't I dream of Charlize Theron instead?

Sunday the 15th

Hmmm.. now that didn't have the same impact as friday the 13th. This was supposed to be written on that damned day but I was pretty busy back then. No, really, I DO have stuff to do at work too. (once in a while that is, if i hurry) XD

What's with this bad luck anyway? People just want something to blame went things get screwed up. The peso was down by .025, stock market was also down 10 points. Analysts blame it on interest rates and friday the 13th. Atlanta Hawks lose again, blames poor defense and friday the 13th. Then again, the hawks just suck. Go Joe Johnson! Loser.

Man, I still can't believe why I'm not ruling the world. I have all the solutions to people's problems, more or less. Friday the 13th? You know why that date keeps popping up every year? It's because of that darn gregorian(julian? anglo saxon?) calendar. You get months with 30 days, 31 days, 28 (or 29 days). Woe is me, I didn't know that "knuckle" trick you use to determine which months have 31 and which have 30 days until around late high school ata. Banban. ><

So here is the solution for solving the dreaded friday the 13th, this also solves the confusing 30 and 31 day months.

Every month will only have exactly 4 weeks.
Add an extra month after December. Preferabbly to me named after me.
December 16* is a double day. That way, I get to celebrate my birthday on 2 days. This is also a special non working holiday.

See? 365 days in a year. On leap years, my birthday will be a 3ple day!

No more friday the 13th! Fridays=7x+5 where X €{1,2,3}.

Man I'm tired. I hope everybody will have great week ahead of them. Here's a dancing mog to give you all good luck:


*to be converted to match the new calendar.

Oh happy day!

At last, after nearly 2 years of waiting, after 2 years of having to deal with my friends asking (rather sarcastically) "oh? nsan na ipod mo", I finally got my ipod! Yey! Oh happy day!


There's a catch though. I can't use my ipod until I buy a new computer. My old PC's cd rom drive is busted so I can't install the Itunes software ><;; bah. Well, it's about time I bought a new computer anyway. I'm sick and tired of having to wait for 10 minutes for it to boot. I'm sick and tired of having the "low system memory" warning always popping up. I even have to wait for a couple of minutes to load word and excel! ><

Oh well, because of the limited budget, I wasn't able to get the pentium dual core, 2gigs of ram, and 300 gigs of HD. XD Ah. Farewell my old computer. We had lots of memories together.. (whisper card while doing my POM exam is one of them XD) I shall always remember you! :D

Weee! new computer! I'd be tempted to play MMORPG's, but they're just too damn time consuming. I'd rather spend my time doing something more constructive.. like watch crappy shows like Ripley's Believe it or not freaks.

The most stupid invention ever

Ok, here is one of my most embarassing moments. Apparently, it was so embarassing that I subconciously altered my memory to pretend that nothing ever happened. First of all, here is the culprit:

STUPID REVOLVING DOORS

The fiberglass is so damn shiny and clean that it becomes nearly transparent.

A couple of months ago, I was in greenhills with my friends and there was a line going into promenade because the revolving doors is holding people up. Here is an illustration of what happened:

I was wondering why people are lining up and instead of waiting for my turn, I walked right into the invisible force field. BAM! It was so kakahiya. Lakas nung pagtama ko. Everyone was looking at me and thinking, wow what a fuggin moron (including my friends) >< There was no... "ok ka lang, fred?" Just "HAHAHAHA PUCHA D NAMIN KILALA YAN!".

Nope, the story doesn't end there. I was in promenade again. I was telling another friend of mine the revolving door incident I had. Then guess what happened. BAM! It happened again (on a different part of the doors though). Now, this is what this friend of mine narrated to me earlier tonight. I was like "Pucha isang beses lang nangyari pare..." But he was pretty adamant that the second time actually happened. I guess I tried to forget the second time XD

Stupid revolving doors.
When I become the rule of Earth, I will outlaw these shits.

not a morning person

It was an ordinary morning in the Tay residence. I woke up to the smell of freshly brewed coffee and hot pandesal. As I was walking towards the dining room, suddenly 25 uzi wielding ninjas appeared out of nowhere! Good thing I was awake, else I wouldn't had been able to defend myself. After the bloodbath, I continued to the kitched have breakfast.

No, actually nothing like that happened. Early morning are the pits. Even ninjas wake up at 10am. I agree with Jessica Zafra, anyone who willingly gets up at 7am and isn't in the agricultural sector are only doing so to mock us late risers.. The only consolation of having to wake up at this abysmal time is having a breakfast meal in Jollibee or Mcdo. Mmmm... longganisa meal.

That is why the people waiting in line in the above mentioned fastfoods are in a pretty crabby mood (me included), they just aren't morning people.

If you make me the supreme ruler of the earth, I will outlaw working before 9am! Furthermore, I will subtract a day from the week. Five weekdays is just too freakin long. Plus, I will ban Orange and Lemons from singing. BLECH.