More Power

Right after asking a question to clarify an ambivalent term in our Theo141 long test, my teacher Mr. Acevedo told me he can’t go to the Gratia Night tomorrow because he has to facilitate a healing mass for his “very sick” mom. Poor Sir Acevedo, he’s actually a nice teacher.

Anyway, to end our conversation, he told me “More Power na lang sa inyo.” I obviously thanked him and wished his mother well.

This was the height of the long test and I’m supposed to be concentrating on my answers to the true-or-false questions but oddly enough, the back of my mind started scrutinizing the two words: “More Power.” It was like half of my brain was busy answering the test while the other half was analyzing how someone, who teaches that the yearning for power is sinful, wants to wish me “More Power.”

Maybe it’s more politically correct (or more Theo141-ly correct) to say “More Blessings na lang sa inyo.” Then again, maybe I’m just over-analyzing stuff. But then again again, I still prefer wishing someone “More Blessings” rather than “More Power” – there’s just this sanctity in it.

Plate Number Arithmetic

When I’m commuting to school or back home, I can hardly do anything but think. Well, I can also eat some drive-thru food, engage in a few catnaps, or talk to a friend who is also commuting, but most of the time I can only reflect on something. However, whenever I’m not thinking of anything, or whenever I simply choose not to think of anything that will just make me worry about it, I usually add the three digits of the plate numbers of nearby vehicles that pass ours by. Naturally, the sum of the three digits should not be less than 3, nor should it be higher than 27. But here’s a neat trick I discovered out of boredom during my tricycle travels. Let me call it Jules’s Theorem (bwahahaha!):

Anyway, suppose you have a plate number with numbers taking the form of:

A B C . 9 1 X, where X is any number from 0 to 9 (duh, hehe)

If you wish to add the numbers up, just remove the number 9 and voila! You get the sum of the three digits, which is 1 X.

For example, if my plate reads WCS.912, the sum of the digits of my plate number is 12 (I just removed the 9) because 9 + 1 + 2 = 12. Similarly, for a plate that reads XFJ.918, just remove the 9 and you get 18 as the sum of the digits of that plate.

Hehe imagine what boredom can do.

testing

cool.. hehe though i don't think i can religiously transcribe my life here