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✴Mind Contest (Part 1)✴
Nang makapasok kami sa Hall ay pinagtinginan kami. Hanggang dito ba ay nalaman nila ang tungkol sa nangyari sa labas? Pero kung sabagay di pa rin nakakapag taka yun.
"Hen tinawagan mo na ba si kuya Jared?" tanong ni Yana.
"Oo nga pala. Wait lang ah." at tumayo sya saka lumayo sa amin.
"Hoy babae bakit ang bilis mo mapa oo yun?" pang aasar ni Min.
"Huh? Pinagsasabi mo?"
"Naku kunwari pa." natatawa namang dagdag ni Jullia.
At ayun na nga inasar namin ng inasar si Yana kaya ang ending pulang pula sa hiya samantalang kami naman ay halos di makahinga sa kakatawa.
"What an uneducated group of ladies."
Napatigil naman kami sa pagtawa at pang aasar kay Yana ng marinig namin yun at nakita namin ang osang babae na halata sa mukha nya ang pagiging superior at pagiging mapang mata. Naramdaman ko ang pangmamaliit nya kaya naman kumunot ang noo ko.
"Excuse me?" taas kilay kong tanong.
"What kind of lady your are? Why are you laughing so loud to the point that the other contestants are getting annoyed and distracted."
"Well then we're sorry." wala namang ganang sabi ni Yana "It's not our fault to distract them, as far as I know you are not allowed to review when you were inside this hall but look."
"Stop it Yan." napatingin naman kami kay Henry na nasa likod ng matanda "You will gain nothing in this old hag stop wasting your time."
"You.."
"First of all ma'am we're not going to say sorry because as far as we all know we didn't broke any rules inside this hall. Second dont look down on us or underestimate us you'll make yourself in trouble if you do." sabi ko at saka nag bow.
"You bitch! Who do you think you are to talk back to Madam Le? You are really dead when the game start." sabi naman ng babae sa likod ng matanda pero hindi namin sya pinansin.
Bakit ba? Wala naman kaming kasalanan eh. Naramdaman ko ang inis ng matanda pero di pa rin nawawala pangmamata nya sa amin, anong akala nya bobo kami? Aba naman. Okay sana kung taga doon sa M.A ang magsabi saking bobo tanggap ko pa dahil mas matalino talaga sakin ang iba doon pero itong matandang to?
"Ano lagyan ko na ba ng bulaklak sa ulo yan?" bulong sakin ni Yana.
"Hindi nakakatawa, Yan." -Min
"Nakakaasar kasi gusto ko sana sya paglaruan"
"Hayaan mo na Yan matanda na yan eh baka paurong ang ugali nya." natawa naman ng mahina si Min at Yana kaya mas nainis ang babae sa harap namin.
"You will be eliminated in first round." galit na sabi ng babae at nagkibit balikat na lang kami.
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Nakaupo kaming lahat ngayon dito sa gilid ng stage at nakatingin naman ng masama ang mga kasama naming contestants sa amin, may nagawa ba kami? Well hayaan na.
"Grabe naman sila talagang nilayuan tayo?"
"Baliw ka pala Min eh pano ba tayo di lalayuan eh kinausap natin ng pabalang ang isang judge." -Jullia.
"Masama kasi ugali." nakasimangot na sabi ni Yana kaya pinat naman ni Hen ang ulo nya namula pa ang gaga.
"Hayaan nyo na basic lang yan sa inyo." di na kami nagsalita si Number One na yan eh.
"GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME TO MIND CONTEST!" pumalakpak ang lahat pero ang iba naman ay sumigaw pa "THERE'S A LOT OF CONTESTANTS THIS YEAR AND ALL I CAN SAY IS THEY'RE SO SMART." mas lalo pang lumakas ang hiyawan "BECAUSE OF THIS WE'RE GOING TO MAKE OUR QUESTION MORE DIFFICULT THAN LAST YEAR." so mas madali pala last year? o baka mas madali to? "THE CONTESTANT OF MYTH CATEGORY PLEASE COME FORWARD ON THIS STAGE!"
"Pano ba yan ako una?!" natawa naman kami kay Yana.
"Sa likod ka lang para kunwari di matalino." natatawa namang sabi ni Min.
"Okay." at naglakad na rin papunta sa stage si Yana.
Napakunot naman ang noo ko dahil sinadya ng ibang player na ilagay sya sa di gaanong nakikita well mas okay yun para naman mas nakakanganga pag nalaman nila kung gaano kagaling si Yana sa Greek Mythology.
"THE FIRST LEVEL IS EASY THE SECOND IS HARD. WHO EVER WIN WILL PLAY IN LAST ROUND UNDERSTOOD?"
"YES." This easy as pie.
"YOU ONLY HAVE TO RIGHT YOUR ANSWER IN THE LITTLE WHITE BOARD IN YOUR DESK AND WHO EVER HAD THREE WRONG ANSWER WILL BE ELIMINATED." madali lang pala ang mechanics "IN EASY LEVEL ONE CORRECT ANSWER IS EQUIVALENT TO FIVE POINTS AND EVERY EXTRA ANSWER OR TRIVIA WILL BE TWENTY POINTS. IF YOU HAVE AN ANSWER AND TRIVIA YOUR SCORE WILL BE TWENTY FIVE."
"Easy as pie." naiiling na sabi ni Min.
"Si Yana pa ba?" natatawa namang sabi ni Kassey.
"YOU ONLY HAVE FIFTEEN SECONDS TO ANSWER AND TO GIVE US A TRIVIA, THE FIRST QUESTION. WHO IS THE GOD OF SUN AND LIGHT, GOD OF MUSIC AND HEALING? FIFTEEN SECONDS TIMER STARTS NOW."
Tiningnan namin si Yana na bumuntong hininga saka nagsimulang sumulat. Baka masyadong obvious na si Apollo ang sagot kaya trivia na lang ang kailangan ni Yana.
Hanggang sa umabot na ang fifteen seconds at isa isa na silang tinanong sa trivia. Sampu sila pero pito pa lang ang nakakasabi ng triva at halos lahat na rin ng tungkol kay Apollo nasabi na hanggang sa turn na ni Yana binigay sa kanya ang mic saka sya nagsalita.
"Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. The ideal of the kouros a beardless, athletic youth, Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of music, truth and prophecy, healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis. Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as Apulu. As the patron of Delphi (Pythian Apollo), Apollo was an oracular god—the prophetic deity of the Delphic Oracle. Medicine and healing are associated with Apollo, whether through the god himself or mediated through his son Asclepius, yet Apollo was also seen as a god who could bring ill-health and deadly plague. Amongst the god's custodial charges, Apollo became associated with dominion over colonists, and as the patron defender of herds and flocks. As the leader of the Muses an Apollon Musegetes and director of their choir, Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and poetry. Hermes created the lyre for him, and the instrument became a common attribute of Apollo. Hymns sung to Apollo were called paeans. In Hellenistic times, especially during the 3rd century BCE, as Apollo Helios he became identified among Greeks with Helios, Titan god of the sun, and his sister Artemis similarly equated with Selene, Titan goddess of the moon. In Latin texts, on the other hand, Joseph Fontenrose declared himself unable to find any conflation of Apollo with Sol among the Augustan poets of the 1st century, not even in the conjurations of Aeneas and Latinus in Aeneid XII 161–215. Apollo and Helios/Sol remained separate beings in literary and mythological texts until the 3rd century CE."
Nagkatinginan kaming lima na nandito sa gilid ng stage at natawa kaming lima nang makita namin na napanganga ang lahat. Umpisa pa lang yan. Nagkaroon na points and thirty points ang binigay kay Yana dahil sa haba ng Trivia nya ang mga kaninang nangliliit sa amin ay napanganga.
"SECOND QUESTION. WHO IS THE GODDESS OF WAR?"
And again madali lang yan. Athena. hart hart hahaha sya pinaka gusto ko sa lahat.
"Athena was the Greek virgin goddess of reason, intelligent activity, arts and literature. She was the daughter of Zeus; her birth is unique in that she did not have a mother. Instead, she sprang full grown and clad in armour from Zeus; forehead. She was fierce and brave in battle; however, she only took part in wars that defended the state and home from outside enemies. She was the patron of the city, handcraft, and agriculture. She invented the bridle, which permitted man to tame horses, the trumpet, the flute, the pot, the rake, the plow, the yoke, the ship, and the chariot. She was the embodiment of wisdom, reason, and purity. She was Zeus; favourite child and was allowed to use his weapons including his thunderbolt. Her holy tree was the olive tree and she was often symbolised as an owl."
Another nakangangang manonood. Lahat ng sinabi ni Yana hindi yan memorize lang. Lahat ng yan alam nya. Hindi nga ata nag review yan eh.
Nagbago ang mechanics at this time ay trivia na lang ang sasabihin sa tanong at paunahan na sila sa sasabihin. Lima na lang sila na natira sa final round ng easy level.
"THIS IS THE LAST QUESTION FOR EASY LEVEL. WHO IS APHRODITE?"
She is the goddess of beauty and love and so on and so fort alam na namin yan iba naman. Nang si Yana na ang nagsalita again napanganga sila.
" Aphrodite is usually said to have been born near her chief center of worship, Paphos, on the island of Cyprus, which is why she is sometimes called "Cyprian", especially in the poetic works of Sappho. However, other versions of her myth have her born near the island of Cythera, hence another of her names, "Cytherea". Cythera was a stopping place for trade and culture between Crete and the Peloponesus, so these stories may preserve traces of the migration of Aphrodite's cult from the Middle East to mainland Greece. According to the version of her birth recounted by Hesiod in his Theogony, Cronus severed Uranus' genitals and threw them behind him into the sea. The foam from his genitals gave rise to Aphrodite hence her name, meaning "foam-arisen", while the Giants, the Erinyes or furies, and the Meliae emerged from the drops of his blood. Hesiod states that the genitals "were carried over the sea a long time, and white foam arose from the immortal flesh; with it a girl grew." The girl, Aphrodite, floated ashore on a scallop shell. This iconic representation of Aphrodite as a mature "Venus rising from the sea" (Venus Anadyomene) was made famous in a much-admired painting by Apelles, now lost, but described in the Natural History of Pliny the Elder. According to the Iliad, Aphrodite was considered a daughter of Zeus and Dione, the mother goddess whose oracle was at Dodona."
Isang malakas na palakpakan ang marinig mula sa crowds at wala nang nagawa ang dalawa nya pang kalaban. Tatlo na lang ang natira at wala man lang kahirap hirap ang gaga. Napailing na lang kami dahil hanggang sa last part ay bored na bored sya hanggang sa matapos.
"Akala ko pa naman mahihirap ang tanong." inis ngang sabi samin ng makarating sya sa lugar namin kaya natawa kami.
"Easyhan mo lang kasi di naman to kagaya sa Mint Academy na nakakaluwa ng utak." natawa naman kami sa sinabi ni Min.
"THE NEXT CATEGORY IS MATHEMATICS." tumayo naman agad si Jullia at nag good luck kami sa kanya. "YOU ONLY HAVE FIVE SECONDS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. FIRST IS MULTIPLICATION." easy hahaha "70037462837 MULYIPLY BY 718376388847"
Bakit ba napapabuntong hininga sila? Aba ganun ba kasing dali ang tanong?
"5.031326e+22" nakangalumbaba pa ang baliw.
"FIVE POINTS FOR MISS JULLIA. NEXT QUESTION. DIVISION. 346,297,249,432,942 DIVIDED BY 3,464,953,462" Wala two second naka buzzer na agad si Jullia.
" 99,942.828447992"
Mapapawhoa ka na lang eh kami naman tawa lang ng tawa sa mga nangyayari. Bwisit tong mga to ayaw patalo pero mga bored naman hahaha.
"WHAT IS THE SQUARE ROOT OF 54,973,492"
And then again wala pang five seconds nag buzzer na si Jullia ending nganga ang lahat. So basic, yung calculus nga minamani lang ng babaeng yan eh yang square root pa kaya? Aba di na nakakapagtaka.
"Excuse me." napatingin naman ako sa lumapit sa amin.
Lmao. Ang pogi, foreigner. Pero di sakin nakatingin. Sinundan ko ang tingin nya and bingo kay Jasmin sya nakatingin habang si Min naman ay nanonood sa kaboredan na ginagawa ni Jullia sa stage.
"Yes? What is it?" tanong ko at nabaling naman sakin ang tingin nya.
"May I know the name of that lady?" I know si Min ang tinutukoy nya.
"And why would I tell you her name? Can't you wait until the game is over?"
"Ah. No. Of course I can I just want to know as soon as earlier."
"Min" napatingin naman ako kay Henry "Min is her name. Wait until her game is finish."
Nagthank you lang ang lalaki at lumayas na, well nakuha nya naman di ba? Nickname nga lang. Nang ibalik ko ang tingin ko sa stage nakita kong nakasimangot si Jullia na pabalik sa amin.
"Anyare? Natalo ka?" gulat kong tanong at umiling sya. "Eh bakit ka nakasimangot?"
"Ang boring kasi eh."
Mahina naman kaming natawa nila Kass at Yana si Henry naman poker face lang. Kanina pa nga ata yan nabobored dito eh.