Posts Tagged: interesting

Community / Personal — 1 Comment
18
Dec 06

Conversations that go nowhere

I am someone who has had more than one person’s share of conversation bloopers. Lessons learned?

First of all, if you are not yet comfortable enough talking with someone, and are already running out of topics to talk about but still want to keep the conversation going — do not talk about this. You will be likely to reach a sucky stale.

Self: Haha, I can’t think of other things to talk about! I’m terrible with conversations!
Not a conversationalist either: Really?? Me, too!
* Silence for several minutes.

Then, if you do not feel like elaborating on a philosophy, do not go into it at all. Shallow, boring, cliched statements are never welcome.

Acquaintance: Good luck!
Self: I really don’t think we will make it, but we will definitely be doing our best.
Acquaintance: That’s okay. [dry statements about a certain philosophy]
Self: Yeah, of course I know that. [dry statements supporting that philosophy]
Acquaintance: [more dry statements]
Self: Yeah…
Acquaintance: Yeah.
* End of the online conversation. We did not talk again for weeks.

Lastly, if you are too tired, do not bother conversing.

Friend: Kris, umuulan… (Kris, it’s raining.)
Self: *smiles* Ng ano? (With what?)
Friend: *confused* Umuulan. (It’s raining.)
Self: *smiles some more* Ng ano? (With what?)
Friend: *even more confused* Umuulan. (It’s raining.)
Self: *starting to become intrigued* Ng ano nga? (I asked what with.)
(But Gen has a quick mind.)
Friend: *silent for a while* … Cats and dogs?

Hah.

Computing — No Comments
27
Nov 06

Another joke list

I came across this pretty good selection of funnies while blog-hopping. Among the more interesting ones are the jokes about the evolution of a programmer, interesting things about computers in the movies, and an interview with Bjarne Stroustrup.

Enjoy!

Community — No Comments
4
Oct 06

Die-hard romantics

A die-hard romantic is walking along an isolated road when a masked man suddenly grabs him and points a gun to his head. The robber will pull the trigger if he refuses to hand over his wedding ring. What does he do?

I realized yesterday how ironic it would be if the romantic chose to fight for the ring. Especially for the romantic, the wedding ring would be a symbol of the love and commitment that exists between him and his wife; being a romantic, he transcends the worldly and values this metaphor. But then, is not valuing the ring more than his life actually sticking more to the worldly than to the divine? The romantic gives more value to the ring, which is but an earthly symbol of the love and commitment between the couple, and risks losing his life, without which what the ring represents, the actual divine, would be lost.

Community — 3 Comments
20
May 06

Unbelievable age gap

CNN-IBN reports a very unusual story:

Age is no bar for love. This was proved when a 33-year-old man in Malaysia tied the knot with a 104-year-old woman, who had married 20 times before.

I do not really know how to think of that. For real love, for the sake of spirituality, for money, for fame, or because of perversion — I am not to judge, but I must say that I am more than slightly shocked.