Thursday, July 27, 2006
College Bluesthis was an interesting incident that happened to a friend of mine.
they had a test in chemistry (college) and my friend almost had a perfect score, except for one item (lucky brat!) whihch ironically, he got right.
the question was whether
Mercury,Hg, is a metal. my friend, having been through hell back in highschool under one of the scariest yet "brilliant" chemistry teachers knew the answer was yes. unfortunately for him, his teacher in college thought otherwise. so being the diligent student that he was, my friend approched the teacher and said that the answer was yes, Mercury is a metal. now this is where things get interesting, the teacher says that my classmate was wrong and that mercury is a non-metal. of course my friend defended his answer and this is where his teacher says one of the most stupid things i ever heard, (note:this was originally in cebuano) "why are you trying to argue with me your just a student and im an MS (Master's Degree) holder." (well, it was something like that) but anyways, my point is the genius of a teacher was relying on the fact that he already had a masters degree, and because of that, anything that he says (with respect to chemistry) should be accepted as true. it would have been no problem if his claim was true... but it aint! in the end, he's just putting himself and his so-called Master's degree to shame. all the more should he be embarrased with himself, i mean, it would have been better if he was making his "non-metallic" claim (hey, non-metallic claim, there's a certain ring to it) based on a reference such as a book or maybe a highly classified experiment which proved that mercury is non-metallic, that way if he was wrong, he could put the blame on someone else hehe but nooooo, he decided that mercury was metallic because he's an MS graduate.. all the more that he would be embarrased when he finds out that mercury is metallic. tsk tsk
so after telling you my friends story, it has come to my attention (once again) that our country is definitely in need of a transformation, not only in the educational system (down with stupid teachers!) but also with the culture and character of our people. lets not think that just because we're at the top or we're better off than others doesnt mean that we are no longer susceptible to making mistakes. :P
quote/s:
some big unknown dude: "
Ako ang nagpatay kang Rizal!" (i killed Rizal!)
Marvin: "
Ako ang mopatay sa gapatay kang Rizal!" (im going to kill Rizal's killer)
dude: "
Testingi!"(come and try)
-my friend doesnt actually know the guy. lucky for him, he didnt get clobbered :P
drummerboi at 3:44 AM
Thursday, July 06, 2006
BBall...its been a while since i last played the game, i even thought that i would no longer be able to play when i reached college. fortunately hunger has forced me to look for another means of entertainment (my little allowance is preventing me from spending and eating a lot nowadays, so im going to have "abstain" from playing DotA... noooooo!!) and so out of scarcity and want (and i thought i didnt learn anything in my economics class back in highschool) i ended up hanging around the basketball court, and after playing i realized how much i missed the sport. i knew that wasnt going to be my last. the thrill of playing and running back and forth around the court, passing, shooting, stealing, shouting (not to mention hearing your teammates cursing), it was just as i remembered back in highschool (oh boy, i sound as if its been years since i was in highschool). although the people who i play with are now more aggressive and not necessarily as good as my friends back then, but i still enjoy playing with these guys (not to mention the regular side comments from Matt). and so now i play basketball more often and im in the rehabilitation phase of my addiction for DotA (this game really is addictive so watch out) and i really cant guarantee that im gonna get over this game (DotA). but one thing is for certain, if im not in the internet cafe, im in the basketball court.
quote: "
pabili ng regular yum."-me, as i gave my order to the MANAGER of a McDonald's store somewhere in davao.
drummerboi at 4:11 AM