Chapter 6.1
Sa Dining table.
“Ma, can you prepare snacks?” Gian
“OMO! Wag mong sabihing mag-aaral ka?” Tita Chinz
“Nothing sweet and greasy, it won’t too good for the memory” Gian sabay lunok ng ininom niya.
“Some wheat and olive oil” Gian sabay tayo.
“And egg yolk” Gian sabay akyat sa taas
“Kuya! Tulungan mo kong mag-aral—“ Gino
“Hindi pwede~ Ako kasama mo mag-aral” Tita Chinz sabay nag grin
Hindi na nakapagsalita si Gino dahil tinakpan ni Tita Chinz ang bibig niya.
“Tapos na po ako. Mag-aaral pa po ako~” Tin
Sabay alis niya sa table.
Tumingin sa taas at Ngumiti. Sabay akyat sa taas.
Sila Gian at Tintin nasa kwarto ni Tintin, sa table malapit sa kama at sa computer.
Si Gian syempre nakabangs, shirt at longsleeves.
Si Tintin naman nakashorts tapos t shirt sa loob sa labas spaghetti strap na red. Red.
Tintin’s POV
“I-change mo to into binary number” Gian
Tapos nag iisip ako, kunware lang.
10 seconds ko na tinititigan.
“Do you know what’s binary number?” Gian
Umiling iling ako.
HINDI KO NAMAN TALAGA ALAM EH!
“AISH!” Gian
Napahiga na lang siya sa kama sa sobrang aburido niya sakin.
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“Ok, I’ll start from the simplest form. Listen carefully! Hindi ko na uulit ulitin to!” Gian
Nagnod na lang ako.
“First, use ‘x’ as the number you’re trying to find” Gian
“What is ‘x’?” Gian
Nag isip ako.
Napaclap ako ng isang beses.
“Ah! *clap* …Alphabet~!” Tin
Sabay smile…engshh…nawala rin kasi sumimangot si Gian. So mali ako.
“I don’t know, ano ba yun?” Tin
“Yes, di natin alam. ‘x’ is the unknown number” Gian
Ahhh…
“What are the unsolved cases called?” Gian
“x-file?” Tin
“Correct” Gian
“What was the term adults used to refer to our generation when we were younger?” Gian
“x-generation?” Tin
“Yes! We name that as x.” Gian
Tapos nakatitig lang ako sa kanya habang siya nakatingin sa paper at nagsasalita…
“ x = 2 to the power of 30 x 10 to the power of -7.” Gian
Hayy, ang gwapo niya talaga, di ako makapagconcentrate nito!
“Replace it with 2 into the logarithm.” Gian
Si Gian, ang gwapo niyaaaaaaa!
“LogX = (2^30x10-7) , LogX = (30log2-7log10) . Therefore, LogX = 2 so x = 10 ^ 2 = 100 , but we’re supposed to write is as a binary number, what is it? What is 100 as a binary number? Try to solve it” Gian
“H-huh?” Tin
At muli, nahilamos niya na lang sa mukha niya yung palad niya.
I HATE MATH! TAPOS!
“Bakit? Kilala mo ba sila?” Tin
Tapos kinuha ko yung picture ng Bigbang at 2NE1.
“GD.TOP.Taeyang.Seungri.Daesung.CL.Dara.Bom.Minji.” Tin sunod sunod kong sinabi habang tinuturo kung sino sila ganito at ganyan
“EWAN!” Gian
Noone’s POV
“Ya!” Gian
At narinig nila Tita Chinz, Tito Drew at Tito Mar na sumigaw si Gian.
Kaya nag tiptoe sila papunta sa baba habang si Gino naman ay binaba ang binabasa niya at biglang sumigaw ng…
“Kuyaaaaaa!” Gino
Agad siyang kinuha at tinakpan ang kanyang bibig dahil istorbo daw.
Tintin’s POV
“Do you understand decimal binary number?” Gian
“Oh, 10-20-30” Tin
“Binary number?” Gian
“…” Tin
“It’s a way to show 0 and 1” Gian
“Pero bakit? Anong use nun?” Tin
“Anjan ang computer para magamit” Gian sabay turo sa computer
Tiningnan ko lang.
Tumayo siya bigla.
“ In the year of 1974, the Arecibo observatory send a message out to space. If aliens really exist, then they would hopefully reply to the message. But in what language where they to send? English? Tagalog? Korean? Japanese? Di natin alam ang alam nila. So using numbers 0 and 1, it can help interpret the message. Therefore, the message was sent in binary code” Gian
“Oh! Para maintindihan ko ang aliens, kelangan kong malaman ang Binary code. I must learn this. I’ll put a star next to it. Did they reply?” Tin
“Not yet at the moment.” Gian
“Aish” Tin
Biglang nag sad face ako pero nawala rin.
“But then again, the universe is so wide, right?” Tin
“That’s right! Because the universe was so big, a log system was created” Gian
“Talaga?” Tin
Tapos nag nod siya.
“The log was made to translate wide things. Teka, bakit ba ayaw mo na lang gumive up? 1 week na lang before the finals” Gian
Nilagay ko yung pen ko sa table at unting unti ngumuso at ilalagay ko na yung point finger ko sa cheeks ko.
“Little Gian~” Tin
“Ya!” Gian
Tapos tinanggal ko ng mabilis.
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Nakahiga ako sa kama ko at nakatingin sa taas na bond paper na may print sa gitna na 1 inch na dot.
Nag reremind sakin yung sinabi ni Gian sakin.
“7000 words per every minute that I can read, resulting for me that I have 200 IQ.” Gian
Concentrate.
“Just relax yourself, inhale, exhale” Gian
Nung tinitingnan ko yung dot parang nawala yung paper tapos yung dot andun parin pero sa loob ng dot yung mukha ni Gian.
