[kahapon, kausap ko yun friend ko]
Rowick: magiging 40 pesos na daw yun subsidized meals namin, dati 30 lang
Ava: ah, talaga?
Rowick: nagmamahalan na lahat
Ava: oo nga.. tayo na lang ata ang hindi nagmamahal ah (sabay tawa)
Rowick: kaya nga e..
ilang gabi na akong hirap matulog,
ang daya naman kasi ng antok
sa gabi ako naghihintay
pero gusto niyang sa araw dumalaw
old:
1.) Chris --> old roomate
2.) Ching -->> old roomate
lost:
1.) eyeglasses; nahulog ata nung nanood kami ng Dubai
2.) batch ring; waah! sabi ko na eh, mawawala talaga yun. pero hindi ko pa din maisip kung pano sya mawawala. isa syang mystery na sinusubukan kong i-solve. tanungin nyo na lang ako pag nagkita tayo about the details.
new:
1.) Nike Air Unify shoes pero paborito ko pa rin ang Kyoto shoes ko
2.) New bed; lumipat na kasi ako sa baba ng double deck since wala na si Ching
3.) Hanabishi desk fan; kase may maliit na ceiling fan sa dati kong bed
4.) Therese -->> new roomate pero until end of October lang
5.) Tata -->> new roomate
6.) eyeglasses; buti na lang meron kamin optical allowance
Dati, sinabihan ako ng tita ko na bihira daw ako magsalita. Kapag umuuwi ako ng bahay, napakatipid ko daw magkwento. Nito ko na lang napapansin na tama nga sya.
Hindi naman talaga ako makwento pero lalong hindi ako makwento pag nasa bahay. Nasanay lang siguro ko na ganun. Tapos, nadagdagan pa ng epekto ng pagtira ko sa dorm nun college at ngayon naman sa boarding house.
Sa dorm kasi at sa boarding house, hindi ka required magsalita or magkwento. Kahit meron kang roomates, ok lang na tahimik ka. Hindi ganoon ka-nakakailang.
Tapos, may mag araw din na mag-isa ka lang sa kwarto kaya makakasanayan mo na ang katahimikan.
Gaya nung weekend, mag-isa lang ako sa kwarto pero dahil pumasok ako at lumabas nun Sat, hindi ko masyado na-feel ang pagiging 'home alone'. Pero nung Sunday ng gabi, na-realize ko na hindi ako nagsalita ng buong araw!
1130am ako gumising tapos nasa kwarto lang ako maghapon. Doon ako kumain. Nanood ako ng Billy Elliot (nakakaiyak talaga 'to), nakinig ng Disney 1 and 2 album, natulog ulit ng kaunti.
6pm na ko bumaba at isang beses lang ako nagsalita. Sinabi ko dun sa 3 year old na anak ng land lady namin na "ang taba mo na Moshi." Ang nakakatawa, hanggang nagyon, hindi pa nagsasalita ang batang ito. Para siyang si 'Boo' sa Monsters Inc pag nagsasalita, lalaking version nga lang.
Pagkatapos nun, nagdinner ako at nag-8pm mass. Medyo nakapagsalita na ko nyan kase mass e. Tapos kasama na din sa bilang pag kumakanta.
Gabi na nung may nakausap ako talaga habang nanood ng PBB.
Saka wala din pa lang nagtext (conversational) sa kin buong araw.
Ganyan madalas ang aking weekends at minsan din pag weekdays.
[mahaba ang kwento na 'to, pero gusto ko ikwento]
For the spirit of fun and of course learning, we've had a Financial Trivia Contest in the office courtesy of the Training Team. We were divided into 4 groups and the games were played every Tuesday and Thursday wherein 1 group competes against another.
Each game was composed of an Easy (250pts), Average(375pts) and Difficult(500pts) round composed of 5 questions each. The first 2 rounds were supposed to be answered by only 1 team member without repeating turns while the last round was a group effort.
We lost our first game because we've already forgotten how to compute future values and bonds. And yes, the other group was good.
Because of this, we started to browse through books to refresh our memory and be somewhat prepared for the next games. And I've memorized that formula of Future Values.
FV = initial amount x [1 + r (t)]; if it's not compounded
FV = initial amount x [1 + r ]^t; if it's compounded
Our second game was exciting because the competing team was leading the game up until the second to the last question. The last question was a multiple choice type question about Bonds. It was a tough one. Buti na lang nakahula kami! So, we won the game.
The third game was the most exciting as we were facing the unbeatable group. They are very good and they know how to solve accounting problems. And on game day, we were missing a team mate as she's on leave. The Training Team said we had to push through with the game.
I guess luck was on our side on that day. There were no computations in the questions. Pagalingan na lang manghula! We were leading by a small amount at the last question. But it was not yet over. If the other team gets it right and we do not, we'll loose. But it turned out to be the other way around.
That was our last game for the eliminations round. The team standing are as follows:
W L
Group 1 2 1
Group 2 1 1
Group 3 2 1
Group 4 0 2
This meant that Group 4 had to beat Group 2 so we can get into the Finals. Or if Group 2 wins, they should have a smaller total score than us, so we'll be the ones to compete for the Finals. It wasn't on our hands anymore.
But then, Group 4 won the game. And they were also missing a teammate on that day!
They had the same overall score with Group 2, so they were tied at the 3rd place.
Today was the Finals Round. The rules were reformatted -- there are still 15 questions but 1-10 have the same points at 100 each while the last 5 is worth 200 points each. The first 10 questions are still to be answered individually and only the last 5 are to be answered as a group.
There were 7 additional questions to add spice to the game. After each question, the team who has answered correctly was asked to pick the next question. If they pick one of the extras, they have an opportunity to earn points if they get it right. If not, it'll be subtracted to their score.
We were leading the game up until the 10th question. But they got most of the hard questions so the game was tied at 900pts when the 15th question was over.
But the game was far from over. There was still a final question. This time, we were asked to decide how much of our points will we bet -- if we get it right, it will be added; if not, it will be subtracted. We wrote this in a piece of paper and handed it over to the Quiz Masters.
Both teams did not know what was written in the paper.
The question was: "In 3 minutes, write down all the Main Stock Indices you know."
Of course, we should know these because we come across them every working day. We just wrote and wrote and wrote and at the same time panicked.
3 minutes elapsed and we submitted our answer sheets and were asked to leave the room and go back to work as they checked the answers.
After a few more minutes, they announced that it was 19 indices to 17 indices. It was in favor of our group! Our bet was 700 points while the other group is just 450. Buti na lang mas madami kaming naisulat na tama, kung hindi and daming mababawas na score sa 'min. Ayun, kami ang nagwagi. hehe
[sabi sa 'yo mahaba e..]
By the way, may price yun. We won SM GC's worth 500 pesos each.
Kagaya last Friday, nakanood ulit ako ng movie. Eto ang quotable quote for this movie. Medyo mahaba nga lang.
Chris: A while ago I asked John Clarke to give us a talk here at Knapely WI. Annie asked me to read it to you here tonight, and this is what he wrote: "The flowers of Yorkshire are like the women of Yorkshire. Every stage of their growth has its own beauty, but the last phase is always the most glorious. Then very quickly they all go to seed."
[laughter]
Chris: "Which makes it ironic my favourite flower isn't even indigenous to the British Isles, let alone Yorkshire. I don't think there's anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that's because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A satellite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that's such an admirable thing. And such a lesson in life."
'Yun ibang quotes, nakakatawa. Lalo na dun sa scenes na lumukuha sila ng photos for the calendar.
Dahil masyado na akong madalas lumabas sa mga nakararaang araw, kailangan ko ng mag-impose sa sarili ko ng austerity measures. Tiningnan ko ang meaning ng word na ito at eto ang lumabas:
| austerity - the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) |
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