The day when I got so lucky
Here’s the story on how I got PHP 50.00 worth of prepaid load and PHP 125.00 in school last Friday.
My original plan last Friday was that I would only watch the quiz bee so as to support my blockmates and after it, I would go back home. You see, it was our college day two days ago (actually, it started last Thursday and it yesterday). If it was not for the attendance, I did not go to school!
During the latter part of the contest proper I had this SMS conversation with one of my HS friends.
Christian: Woot! Nakakuha ako ng 50 na load!
Perfect: Sige, makakarma ka rin niyan!
Christian: Hindi kaya! Nakasagot ako kanina dun sa mga tanong para sa mga audience, nanonood kasi ako ng quiz bee
Perfect: Basta, makakarma ka pa rin niyan, sinusumpa ko!
Christian: Whatever!
Sorry for those poeple who can’t understand Filipino/Tagalog, I don’t have time to translate it. Just before the championship round, the quiz master announced that there were questions for the audience to answer and whoever would answer the question correctly would get load! Pakapalan na ng mukha… I was able to answer the question “What city would host the Olympics in 2012?”, why wouldn’t I know the answer? It’s the place I want to go someday… London!
And just before the quiz bee had ended, the karma that my friend was telling me came. I thought at first it was a bad karma and in the end, I realized that it was a good one. Talking about blessing in disguise…
One of the members of the faculty was calling me and my two blockmates who were with me (one of them was a contestant in the quiz bee but alas, he was eliminated). We were asked to enter a room packed with other students. Another blockmate of mine also entered the room (also a contestant of the quiz bee who was eliminated), she thought that we were already going so she went with us.
And after some more seconds we were surprised that we were the contestants in a reality based show oriented competition, no it’s not PBB, it’s more like the program of the other channel which was now removed from the face of the television!
Yeah, we were proclaimed as the contestants, on the spot! What’s this? “Impromptu Challenge”? Lol. There were six teams, composed of four students (one contestant from each level) and a member of the faculty. My team was the white also known as transparent team (hey, when did white become transparent?). Obviously, my other three blockmates were in the other teams. During that time, I can’t help but laugh, you see, I thought “on the spot” was only applicable in HS, but now I knew that there is also “on the spot” in college and the faculty members were so funny! You won’t even think that they were instructors!
It was really like playing in a TV show, but this time, no cameras, no interviews and lower amount of prizes. In the first phase (there were three phases), there were six challenges. The main objective was to gain the most little amount of time. We had three minutes to finish every single task, failure to finish a task will mean time penalty.
The first challenge was intradermal (I’m not sure if it’s called like that or how it’s done) where somebody from the group had to inject distilled water on our skins. It was really painful! It was like ten bees puncturing a certain part of your skin! It was the only challenge that we were able to finish. The second one was Pinoy henyo where a piece of paper will be pasted/tapped on your forehead (something like that) and you had to guess the word/s in that paper correctly with the help of another person who can only answer by yes, no or maybe so as to limit your ideas and in the end, arrive with the correct answer. The third was something like “kissing card game” … the game that I hate most. The first person had to suck a piece of plastic and pass it to the next person by blowing it, and in return that next person would suck it and the process goes on until the last person gets it. In the fourth challenge, three of us had to hold folders to guide a ball to a paper bag, one had to drop the ball and that ball had a question in it which another contestant has to answer. The fifth one was called “Fear Factor”, there were five pieces of styrofoam on a table, every member of the group had to choose one and eat whatever inside it. The choices: earthworms, rats, lizards, flies, and black beetles… all alive and kicking! Joke! The real choices were donut, lemon, tomato, one day old egg, and an uncooked egg. The one that I get was the donut! Haha! I think it was from Go Nuts Donuts because it was so sweet! Lol! The last task was to do a puzzle! There were five puzzles, one for each member and it was only the fourth year student who was able to finish her puzzle.
After the times were tabulated, we were surprised that we were still on the game! Whoa! Two teams were eliminated. Phase two was easier, all we had to do was to listen to a clue and form the answer out of the letters of our college. Alas we lost (there was also another team that was eliminated). The good part was that our team ended with 3rd place and we received PHP 500.00! We had to divide it into five as we were five in the group. The faculty member we had in the group decided to give to us his prize so all in all, I got PHP 125.00 from joining that challenge!
The next time that we will have our college days, I’ll make sure that I will watch the quiz bee and that I will be a contestant of the challenge! Lol!
