Lost in Space

Having received ugly looks from my housemates for using the TV to watch either the NBA playoffs or play the office or family guy reruns, I knew it was time to switch channels. Having fallen out of love with JackTV because they show too much wrestling (which I also fell out of love with when I reached 30), I was free to engage in the universal pastime of channel surfing which almost always boils down to discovery channel, national geographic, HBO, and baby tv, I caught Cars on Disney channel but only managed to watch the last few minutes where Lightning McQueen left radiator springs to participate in the climactic race. Was able to watch the end credits in full though. This shows how bored I was.

Flipping the remote, I came across Nat Geo's Known Universe: The Fastest. The episode talked about the theory of relativity and it caught my attention - despite the fact that I couldn't understand the explanations for the various concepts being floated around. I did manage to pick up some heavy terms such as spacetime, event horizon, warp, black holes and wormholes. So I guess I can carry on a conversation with the cast of the big bang theory without knowing what the hell I was talking about.

According to the show, the applications of relativity is around us. I was inclined to agree, as time really stood still while I tried to comprehend the world of astronmy, physics, and other sciencey stuff that eluded me before. Even the blood on my nose (from watching) seemed to trickle slower.

But I didn't give up. I bravely soldiered on finished the episode. Then promptly switched to the History Channel, which was showing a docu on who killed Ninoy.

Turns out they don't know either.

Suddenly, I miss being drunk this time of night...

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