Did I spell it right?

A couple of months ago, I happened to see the 2008 SCRIPPS National Spelling Bee on TV at a hotel where my friend was staying. This was when Sameer Mishra was hailed the national champion with the word “guerdon”.

As we were watching, Noel and I, spelling contestants in our high school (although I was just an alternative), could not contain how possibly these kids learn to spell, know the definition, the alternative pronunciations and even the languages of origin at such a young age? I was totally amazed at how they were able to spell out words I did not even know existed. The SCRIPPS format was different from ours. There, each word is intended for each contestant. And in our case, each word is intended for all the participants. Theirs is a bit tougher because once you cannot spell the word right, you will automatically be eliminated. (That’s what I know so far) Unlike ours, the scores are summed up at the end of each round, and that’s when the judges determine who will proceed to the next round. Unfortunately, we did not win in the contest.

Let’s play some games here. Test ten people you know, maybe in school or at the office to spell out the following words and see if they can pull off.

…demitasse, quadrat, diener, hyssop, macedoine, basenji, numnah, chorion, nacarat, sinicize, hyphaeresis, taleggio and esclandre. (For the correct pronunciations though, please refer to www.dictionary.com)

I’d be hoity-toity if I say I spelled at least one word from that list because I really did not. They were way too out-of-this-world for me. Maybe Noel did one or two.

Now, I am becoming crazy over the winning words for the past years of SCRIPPS and I am forcing my friend Johanna to spell them out. I tried to be the best pronouncer and like me, she also failed.

Here is a peek of the 2009 SCRIPPS National Spelling which I missed. This girl is amazing!

Not an apology

I was on self-exile from the blogworld for more than half a year now. I think I lost my interest in inscribing the remarkable circumstances that happened in my life in all those times. I think I was so preoccupied by the pressures and problems brought about by the nature of my work. I think I wasn’t wise enough to take advantage of my time in reading and writing but rather wasting it through streaming videos of insignificant people and events, and porn.

This is not actually the first entry after that long hiatus. I did make some post a week ago where I talked about my resignation from the company I used to work for and my sentiments from the not-so-good experiences and finally my decision to just move on. I must have been at the zenith of my emotion that time that I chose words, due to my imprudence, which have allured varied reactions from the readers and creating quite a trouble in the office of the man I talked about in that article.

I am not really sorry for what I have said in that article but I decided to take it out from here to protect some innocent people who, in a way, have been affected by my comments and more importantly to protect myself from further harm as I am not anymore sure if some people I know would still take the same path as I do. I think I have had my fill of resentments and disappointments already and to get involved in any way with them again is like sitting on air for twelve hours. Now, how excruciating can that be?

I’d rather look forward and focus on improving myself to be the best in manning the task at hand. I’d rather read a book on geology and learn some Czech words and expressions. I’d rather unclutter our house and look after dogs, Shane and Matt. I would rather make, as many as I can, articles that I can post in here.

And if there’s still time, I might even revert back to watching porn again.

Hehehe….