The Big Five-O
For the first time in the history of my life, my weight has finally reached 50 (kilograms)!! Yayyyy!!! I thought this day would never come :D I know I owe all of it from the pregnancy, otherwise I wouldn't even have crossed 48, but standing on the scale, looking down and saw that number 50 brought a joy I can't explain. Maybe this is how people on a diet feel when they just lost 5 kgs. In any case, I'm happy and in a good mood although the weather was really crap this morning. Windy and rainy :( Autumn is definitely here, summer's gone. But I'm not complaining. Not today :D
Here's the result from last week's quiz:
1. Barbara Eden.
2. Edelweiss.
3. Polygyny. (FYI, one female with many males is called "polyandry").
4. Five.
5. Muscat.
6. Baking soda / baking powder / bicarbonate soda.
7. A Tale of Two Cities. (Actually, I was going to ask "What are the two cities in "A Tale of Two Cities?" But I thought that was more difficult, don't you think?).
8. Dido.
9. Gandhi.
10. A.
This time round, I have 7 takers!! SEVEN!!! That's almost a double of the previous number of contestants! Yay, I'm so happy! Thank you guys for spending time in doing the quiz. *hug* For those who read my blog, knew some of the answers but didn't bother to try, you know who you are, shame on you! :p
The winners: (I'll only mention 1-3 this time)
1. Joe and Nagi, both with 8 points.
2. Hasto with 7 points. He actually got 8 points but I found out that he got one of the answers by looking up a book! Minus one point for that, sorry :D
Other contestants (in alphabetical order): Tina, Tony, Zheng and Zita. Better luck next time, guys! Thanks for taking part, see you in my next quiz :D
Do you want to see how I look when I was little? Click here. If it wasn't for the earrings, I think people would have mistaken me for a boy! :( I have more pictures like that, I'll post it in my photo album once my site is up and running. Site? What site? A-ha! Just wait and see... (this is probably going to be a long wait.. hihi).
It's very boring to see cricket match on TV lately. There's this ICC Championship going on in England. I don't really understand why countries like USA, Bangladesh and Kenya are even considered in the championship. I think it's a complete waste of time. Especially USA. Probably if they have their own World Championship of Cricket, they'll do very well, just like they do in baseball and ice-hockey. I mean, come on! They don't really have to play, with both eyes closed Australia and New Zealand would defeat them anyday. The only countries worth mentioning in this championships are Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies, India, Pakistan, England, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Apart from Zimbabwe (I think they're good but not as good as England and Sri Lanka which are in their pool), they will be in the semifinals. The others (USA, Kenya and Bangladesh) are just there to make up numbers. Why can't they have their own pool instead? Get this. Put Australia, New Zealand, South Africa in pool A, West Indies, India, Pakistan in pool B, and then England, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in pool C. The three musketeers, USA, Kenya and Bangladesh can have their own pool. Wouldn't then matches in all the pools be worth watching? Pick on someone your own size! I mean, Australia defeating (sorry, "trashing" is more like the word suitable here) USA in cricket (with breaking a record, obviously) is not a proud moment. It boosts their players' performance, but what's the point, really?
Putting weaker team in each pool is just a conspiracy theory so that all the big guns will be there in the semifinals. We know who'll be in the semifinal before the championship starts. Why bother doing this "who are you trying to impress" round?
Here's the result from last week's quiz:
1. Barbara Eden.
2. Edelweiss.
3. Polygyny. (FYI, one female with many males is called "polyandry").
4. Five.
5. Muscat.
6. Baking soda / baking powder / bicarbonate soda.
7. A Tale of Two Cities. (Actually, I was going to ask "What are the two cities in "A Tale of Two Cities?" But I thought that was more difficult, don't you think?).
8. Dido.
9. Gandhi.
10. A.
This time round, I have 7 takers!! SEVEN!!! That's almost a double of the previous number of contestants! Yay, I'm so happy! Thank you guys for spending time in doing the quiz. *hug* For those who read my blog, knew some of the answers but didn't bother to try, you know who you are, shame on you! :p
The winners: (I'll only mention 1-3 this time)
1. Joe and Nagi, both with 8 points.
2. Hasto with 7 points. He actually got 8 points but I found out that he got one of the answers by looking up a book! Minus one point for that, sorry :D
Other contestants (in alphabetical order): Tina, Tony, Zheng and Zita. Better luck next time, guys! Thanks for taking part, see you in my next quiz :D
Do you want to see how I look when I was little? Click here. If it wasn't for the earrings, I think people would have mistaken me for a boy! :( I have more pictures like that, I'll post it in my photo album once my site is up and running. Site? What site? A-ha! Just wait and see... (this is probably going to be a long wait.. hihi).
It's very boring to see cricket match on TV lately. There's this ICC Championship going on in England. I don't really understand why countries like USA, Bangladesh and Kenya are even considered in the championship. I think it's a complete waste of time. Especially USA. Probably if they have their own World Championship of Cricket, they'll do very well, just like they do in baseball and ice-hockey. I mean, come on! They don't really have to play, with both eyes closed Australia and New Zealand would defeat them anyday. The only countries worth mentioning in this championships are Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies, India, Pakistan, England, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Apart from Zimbabwe (I think they're good but not as good as England and Sri Lanka which are in their pool), they will be in the semifinals. The others (USA, Kenya and Bangladesh) are just there to make up numbers. Why can't they have their own pool instead? Get this. Put Australia, New Zealand, South Africa in pool A, West Indies, India, Pakistan in pool B, and then England, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in pool C. The three musketeers, USA, Kenya and Bangladesh can have their own pool. Wouldn't then matches in all the pools be worth watching? Pick on someone your own size! I mean, Australia defeating (sorry, "trashing" is more like the word suitable here) USA in cricket (with breaking a record, obviously) is not a proud moment. It boosts their players' performance, but what's the point, really?
Putting weaker team in each pool is just a conspiracy theory so that all the big guns will be there in the semifinals. We know who'll be in the semifinal before the championship starts. Why bother doing this "who are you trying to impress" round?
posted by Monica | 8:33 AM
3 Comments:
Lho curang!!! Jawabanku yg liat buku kan salah... ya ga usah dikurangi dong pointku... huuu dasar nepotis!! nagi trus yg dimenangin...
why is hasto mentioning "nagi" in all the comments i have seen ? hmm .. have to find out. anyone out there willing to translate for me, please ?
i think the rationale behind the inclusion of usa, kenya etc. is to actively endorse cricket as a world sport. the more the countries playing cricket, the better the future will be for cricket. i know it is a cake walk for senior teams when they play the minnows => in all probability, most senior teams don't like it and ricky ponting candidly has signaled he does not believe usa would learn from that game against australia anyway. how can they, the game was over before usa could uncover what had happened!
but if these minnows don't have the opportunity to play alongside full fledged teams, how do you reckon they can progress ? can a professor with a ph.d turn his back on an undergraduate student because they are not on the same level ? hmm ..
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