Yesterday I wasn't able to write what happened in LB. Long story short, we were champions. Here are the events that happened to me in chronological order.
That morning I woke up 4:30 and went straight to the sofa. I still wasn't supposed to wake up until 15 minutes later but anxiousness got me in no time. I just curled myself up and leaned on the sandalan though. Basically sleeping but ready to wake up anytime.
Then I took a bath- and took my time too. Arrived late at Philcoa though. The FX was awfully slow; /walang diskarte/. It'd slow down and woo literally every single person along Commonwealth, which resulted in slow rolling the whole time. The vehicle itself wasn't bad, but the driver wasn't just very brightwitted, if there's such a word. We weren't late for the contest/registration so it didn't really become a big deal.
Well, because I was late I didn't get to eat breakfast. Also there was no nearby canteen in the building, what with UPLB being up in the mountains and all. While the opening ceremony stalled for an hour or so, sir Maxwell along with some others decided to drive (Ron's car) to fastfood chains outside. Got a Mcdo Chicken Burger with fries using the coupon.
They arrived while the shortened opening ceremony was underway. Since we were sitting right in front of the stage, it was a bit shameful to eat inside the auditorium. But I was hungry. Also, everyone around me was eating already so I went ahead and did the same.
Good thing I did, because we were Team 1 and apparently the randomization was not so random. We entered round A.
The easy round was incredibly trivial. As in, it was full of trivia questions. We didn't lead then, only got around 4 or so out of 7. We got back up around the last few stretches of the difficult round. We ended up 30 points in the lead, received a trivia question which Yves also answered correctly. Free hawk bags (for kids) and 1k.
So we were already finalists and were confined a room for maybe 3 hours. Lunch'd (free cold KFC funshots) Duolingo'd, napped, studied, Facebooked, brushed my teeth, and filled up raffle tickets which the other guys left when round C came up. Fooled around and chatted a bit too.
The finals was really fun! Worth the not-so-boring wait (I'm pretty good at chilling out by now). There were a lot of hula moments (praise God for that) like Holes and Liquidus (that was in round A though). And CTU was behind us the whole time. They were good.
The last question was the most fun by far. I forgot how to Laplace transform, but the question was thankfully multiple choice. By a not-so-logical process of elimination, we chose D.
The answer was D.
CTU's answer was C.
"YES!!" I blurted or more like shouted, slightly falling off my chair. Literally. Okay maybe I really did fall off the chair. But it was so elating! That feeling of triumph and victory after a very tense and close fight. The 50k prize wasn't even on my mind. I was just so happy about winning. It's something I've almost forgotten after a few years of not joining contests.
And now I want to win again.
The trip home wasn't very notable. Everyone was tired asleep. The travel was really fast though; all in all it was only a little more than 2 hours.
My parents were naturally happy. I was still a bit desensitized with joy. I slept. And on to today.
Today I chilled. Didn't do anything acads-related except start
Today the summer moon called. Supposedly. I'm pretty sure it wasn't her, though. People (girls) were listening on the background, and they were giggling and all. I didn't like that so I ended the call as fast as possible. I think they were just fooling around. Confirmed that it wasn't her later tonight. Don't know what to think about this.
Today I third-wheeled. I arrived at Trinoma around 4:30. The meeting time was 5. UST friends arrived a little past 6, a few minutes into the movie. So meanwhile I met up with elise, who had someone tagging along. I instantly knew he liked her, just from the face she gave off (that proud smile; she likes being in the center of controversy) and his stance and distance. I had to show that I didn't. It wasn't hard. They went to karaoke and I tagged along, since they are rather amusing thing to watch.
Around 6 we went to watch That Thing Called Tadhana. I didn't think it would be very amusing. But in all fairness I was slightly amused. Too much face screen time and too little scenery, unlike in Leap Year. The shots were good though, or what they call cinematography. And I liked the ending. The subtle foreshadowing made it good.
The ideas and ideals, well, that's another story. The director got the point across that Tadhana/Destiny shouldn't be relied on. And that you should rely on your own efforts. "Habulin mo. Mahal mo eh."
From a Christian viewpoint, both effort and destiny merge together. It's kind of a predestination issue. How should I put it? Destiny is what we make it, but what we make it is destiny too. A bird will neither fall nor fly unless the Sovereign wills it so. The conflict usually arises from not recognizing the different wills of God, which aren't really different wills but more like different things. It is in the language we use that we are unable to differentiate.
What made me really think is the idea of love at first sight. Why would you love someone at first sight? Why would you commit yourself to someone who you barely know? Why would you commit yourself to someone at all? These questions, especially the last, need some pondering.
That morning I woke up 4:30 and went straight to the sofa. I still wasn't supposed to wake up until 15 minutes later but anxiousness got me in no time. I just curled myself up and leaned on the sandalan though. Basically sleeping but ready to wake up anytime.
Then I took a bath- and took my time too. Arrived late at Philcoa though. The FX was awfully slow; /walang diskarte/. It'd slow down and woo literally every single person along Commonwealth, which resulted in slow rolling the whole time. The vehicle itself wasn't bad, but the driver wasn't just very brightwitted, if there's such a word. We weren't late for the contest/registration so it didn't really become a big deal.
Well, because I was late I didn't get to eat breakfast. Also there was no nearby canteen in the building, what with UPLB being up in the mountains and all. While the opening ceremony stalled for an hour or so, sir Maxwell along with some others decided to drive (Ron's car) to fastfood chains outside. Got a Mcdo Chicken Burger with fries using the coupon.
They arrived while the shortened opening ceremony was underway. Since we were sitting right in front of the stage, it was a bit shameful to eat inside the auditorium. But I was hungry. Also, everyone around me was eating already so I went ahead and did the same.
Good thing I did, because we were Team 1 and apparently the randomization was not so random. We entered round A.
The easy round was incredibly trivial. As in, it was full of trivia questions. We didn't lead then, only got around 4 or so out of 7. We got back up around the last few stretches of the difficult round. We ended up 30 points in the lead, received a trivia question which Yves also answered correctly. Free hawk bags (for kids) and 1k.
So we were already finalists and were confined a room for maybe 3 hours. Lunch'd (free cold KFC funshots) Duolingo'd, napped, studied, Facebooked, brushed my teeth, and filled up raffle tickets which the other guys left when round C came up. Fooled around and chatted a bit too.
The finals was really fun! Worth the not-so-boring wait (I'm pretty good at chilling out by now). There were a lot of hula moments (praise God for that) like Holes and Liquidus (that was in round A though). And CTU was behind us the whole time. They were good.
The last question was the most fun by far. I forgot how to Laplace transform, but the question was thankfully multiple choice. By a not-so-logical process of elimination, we chose D.
The answer was D.
CTU's answer was C.
"YES!!" I blurted or more like shouted, slightly falling off my chair. Literally. Okay maybe I really did fall off the chair. But it was so elating! That feeling of triumph and victory after a very tense and close fight. The 50k prize wasn't even on my mind. I was just so happy about winning. It's something I've almost forgotten after a few years of not joining contests.
And now I want to win again.
The trip home wasn't very notable. Everyone was tired asleep. The travel was really fast though; all in all it was only a little more than 2 hours.
My parents were naturally happy. I was still a bit desensitized with joy. I slept. And on to today.
Today I chilled. Didn't do anything acads-related except start
Today the summer moon called. Supposedly. I'm pretty sure it wasn't her, though. People (girls) were listening on the background, and they were giggling and all. I didn't like that so I ended the call as fast as possible. I think they were just fooling around. Confirmed that it wasn't her later tonight. Don't know what to think about this.
Today I third-wheeled. I arrived at Trinoma around 4:30. The meeting time was 5. UST friends arrived a little past 6, a few minutes into the movie. So meanwhile I met up with elise, who had someone tagging along. I instantly knew he liked her, just from the face she gave off (that proud smile; she likes being in the center of controversy) and his stance and distance. I had to show that I didn't. It wasn't hard. They went to karaoke and I tagged along, since they are rather amusing thing to watch.
Around 6 we went to watch That Thing Called Tadhana. I didn't think it would be very amusing. But in all fairness I was slightly amused. Too much face screen time and too little scenery, unlike in Leap Year. The shots were good though, or what they call cinematography. And I liked the ending. The subtle foreshadowing made it good.
The ideas and ideals, well, that's another story. The director got the point across that Tadhana/Destiny shouldn't be relied on. And that you should rely on your own efforts. "Habulin mo. Mahal mo eh."
From a Christian viewpoint, both effort and destiny merge together. It's kind of a predestination issue. How should I put it? Destiny is what we make it, but what we make it is destiny too. A bird will neither fall nor fly unless the Sovereign wills it so. The conflict usually arises from not recognizing the different wills of God, which aren't really different wills but more like different things. It is in the language we use that we are unable to differentiate.
What made me really think is the idea of love at first sight. Why would you love someone at first sight? Why would you commit yourself to someone who you barely know? Why would you commit yourself to someone at all? These questions, especially the last, need some pondering.
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