Noble Escapade

Why do all the bad luck in the world converge when you're striving to do what you want. Parang may foul play talaga eh.

I saw an article in Manila Bulletin that a Nobel Prize Laureate (Physics) will have a talk at the UP Film Institute today FOR FREE. Syempre, Physics winner yun, di dapat ma-miss. Maaga ako umalis ng bahay para di late. Kaso:

1. Nasiraan ang una kong sinakyang jeep. Nag-aaway pa yung driver at yung isa kasi ayaw ibigay nung driver yung bayad para bumaba na kami.
2. Yung ikalawang jeep naman. Mehn, "Manong, you're like pagong slow naman eh. The biker is faster pa nga oh." Parang prosisyon.
3. Late tuloy ako ng 20 minutes. Nung dumating ako, puno na daw ang Film Institute. Bawal pumasok. May live feed sa CS Audi at doon nalang daw manood. Naman!
4. I took Ikot jeep. Kaso ritual na sa C.P. Garcia na traffic araw-araw. Ang sarap ngang maging Magneto at iitsa ang mga kotse pamhimpapawid eh. Ohh, bakit ganuun.
5. Nasa CS Audi na ako! 45 minutes late. Nakanangpuchapakshit, yung live feed eh nauutal. Alam niyo yun, yung buffering kapag nanonood ka ng streaming sa net. Kainis! Nung luminaw eh question and answer portion na.

In short, wakwents. Yung mga andun sa Film Institute eh mga oldies na. Super big time pala yun. Hihi, Leo kung ano-ano ang pinapasok.

Anyway, pumunta nalang ako dun sa Dialogue kinahapunan. Nakalagay sa brochure: not a public event. Yes, mga kasama ko eh mga officers ng DOST, mga PhD ng NIP, Ateneo, UA&P, professors, etc etc. Kapal talaga ng mukha ko. Pero may students din naman. Mga Atenista, taga-MBB, NIP, Chemistry ang mga kilala kong pumunta. Si Mikki andun, kaso di niya ko nakita.

Ang cool nung speaker. Si David Gross, ang nakadiscover ng Quantum Chromodynamics, yung theory na nagexplain kung bakit ang mga protons ay di nagtutulakan sa nucleus despite the same charge. Professor siya ng theoretical physics sa Santa Barbara, CA. Mahilig siyang sumagot ng integrals.

There's a misconception about physicists. They're not geeky. They're not those people with thick glasses who talk about numbers all the time. They're actually funny people. They have good conversational skills and are very witty. They're not know-it-all. They don't look intelligent, they walk normally (haha) and you'll always be amazed that that man is a physicist.

Ang saya nung Dialogue. The questions were great and equaled by witty answers. May free food pa after courtesy of Chocolate Kiss. Free entrance na nga, may free food pa, ang galing pa nung speaker.

Oooh, very inspiring.