anne’s sponge

The day I stepped into my Symbolic Logic class in College, I fell in love with it. I enjoyed translating statements to symbols, drawing inferences, testing the validity of arguments through formula, etc. To me it is an avenue where the dynamics of language and the preciseness of mathematics intersect. How it penetrated my system that I literally jumped at the chance of teaching (yea, I was once a Professor) it years back. 

If you are fond of puzzles and numbers, news must have reached you that SUDOKU has become a phenomenon. I heard that some TV programs even air people solving “sudoku” live. What an ordeal! Oh, how about that “Beauty and the Geek” Asian guy solving the Rubik’s cube in a matter of seconds? I would rather fly a kite.

This latest “sudoku” craze is all about filling the squares in each grid with numbers. To find what the fuss is all about, I tried it out one time when I was skimming through the newspaper. Unlike crossword puzzles (either you know the word/phrase or you don’t ), “sudoku” is a trial and error numbers game. You can rely on reason and common sense. But holy shamoly, all the LOGIC in you may not be enough as the level of difficulty progresses. You would need lots and lots of patience. I was humbled after a few games. Now I check the level first. If it is not 2, I would most definitely forget about it.

The Superior Court had issued its final judgment on my divorce. I am SINGLE again (It feels strange when I hear myself say it). When the word got to my good old friends, the lull was hard to miss. It turned out they did not know whether to congratulate or commiserate. I had to laugh that they saw through my appendage “woohoo” (instead of “huhu”). I should be happy about the adjudication since I initiated the filing. I had a little trouble convincing them it was all for the best. They have known us for like ten years after all. It is hard to tell what is mapped out in the END. But I am beyond doubt enthused about this new BEGINNING. 

         The day after, I decided to give myself a treat.  Boy, did I splurge instead of brood. To my heart’s content I bought myself a Palm Treo 650. A bluetooth phone and a handheld, with MP3 (I dig MYMP lately), cam and more …..it is equipped with just the right tools I need to keep me occupied especially now. Drawbacks? I cannot think of any except I was a little conscious flaunting it at first. I would let it ring off the hook until nobody is close enough to see.  If only to listen to Alicia Keys (MP3) sing : “Some people want diamond rings, some just want everything. But everything means nothing if I aint got you.” Hehe. Ayos!!!!