Bouncing Neutrinos

CWTS - Physics Style

I used to make jokes on what I fancy CWTS would be like for Physics majors. Jokes like: Maybe physics majors would be sent to the war at Basilan to compute for the trajectory of artillery fire and stuffs like that. CWTS afterall stands for Community Welfare Training Service and what more service can we give the Filipino community than to use our knowledge of Physics against the insurgents in Mindanao? It is afterall for the protection of Democracy! Hahaha! Kidding.

Anyway, the National Institute does not share my fancy to send their students to the warfront. So in what way did NIP deem we serve the community? By staying in the library: for a sum of 56 hours this semester. STARTING 2 WEEKS AGO!!! How could we do that with only a month to go 'til the end of classes?! And in what way do physics majors serve the country by "geekifying" themselves in the library for hours?! Basilan would've been better; there's no Medal of Valor for understanding Quantum Mechanics until I exsanguine from nasal hemorrhage.

But as it turned out, it wasn't all bad. The NIP library is "my kind" of library. It isn't restricted like the other campus libraries: no ID needed and we can be noisy - its so free... it's liberating! The airconditioning is perfect, and we can use the computers with internet access and printer - for free! And the BIG plus is: other than us physics majors, no one else is there that sometimes I'm all alone! It's absolutely perfect for spending quiet times reading the Bible. And it's filled with tons of diverse books, but of course only about Physics - just when you thought it can't get more complicated.

As of now I've only scraped 15 hours: 41 hours to go! Now I only need to reach near light speed velocity to get this over and done with - perhaps after time dilation in my reference frame, I would be thinner and just in time for the sembreak.

Joby's Birthday!

Joby turned 20 last Friday. He treated us to dinner and movie, thanks man! We ate at Gilligan's and I didn't like the service, I discourage you to eat there. We watched Evan Almighty, not witty nor very funny; I don't recommend it. But that's not the point. What bought the evening was old friends meeting again and catching up with one another, perhaps not on stories but their company sure was a breath of fresh air after being fed up from all the Physics.

(Marco made us do the "Korean" pose. Nathan and Joby were not feeling too cooperative.)

Correspondence

Dearest Philip,

    Here's a photograph of our new house, pretty isn't it? Reply when you recieve this letter. We have a new address, but that's obvious isn't it? I hope to see you soon.

                                                                                                        Yours,
                                                                                                        Annie

My darling Annie,

    I got your letter. The house is nice. I will try to be there in a month. It's hard not having you around, it always is; but I'll manage.

                                                                                        Wishing you're near,
                                                                                                             Philip

1 vs 100

Mr. Ariel Rodriguez from ABS CBN contacted me on short notice last week if I could join their new gameshow: 1 vs 100. At first I was reluctant since most of my friends don't want to join me but my "game" attitude got the best of me; SO... I'M GOING TO BE SEEN ON NATIONAL TV! (I think).

The game involves a "1" who in this case is Mariel Rodriguez who needs to beat the "100" or "the mob" which includes me to win 2,000,000 pesos. Every question has a corresponding amount of money and is multiplied by the number of people in the mob that got a wrong answer and is eliminated. The mob only has 6 seconds to answer trivia ranging from the Paris Hilton perfume to the fattest of Snow White's dwarves.

I went to the station with my friend kuya Janus who I manipulated into joining, hahaha. I got the first question wrong, what do I care what Filipinos offer to Santa Clara for her to stop rain? Can she in the first place?! Good thing the question was removed for typographical errors: AND YOU"LL BE SEEING ME THE WEEK AFTER!

Only 8 of us from the mob made it through to next week. I was disappointed that I won no money though; Mariel took the money instead of trying to beat us 8. And all I won is just a T-shirt as one of the “unbeatables”. Oh well. Thought you guys should know I might appear on the show next Saturday, September 8 since Mariel addressed me often as “the Physics teacher” to which Edu promptly corrects with “Physics major”. I might also be seen the week after, but the taping is this Saturday since they’re 2 weeks advanced so I still don’t know.

Pffft! Physics teacher. They wish. Hahaha!

Review

I watched The Simpsons on my own because my brothers already made plans to watch it with other people. It was ok. The usual Simpsons humor, very witty, very American. But I think they mellowed the jokes down a little since kids might be watching. Anyway, its The Simpsons, so its a good movie; I recommend it.

Awkward moments on the cinema: I was already laughing at the joke before (after 5-10 seconds) the others laugh.
I rate the movie 6.5/10.