Between the three of us, we brought the following books:
Telling lies, Paul Ekman
From Socrates to Satre: The Philosophic Quest, T.Z. Lavine
Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes
Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales, collected from various cultures
Lonely Planet India
Lonely Planet Nepal
Lonely Planet Pakistan
These books were selected after careful deliberation about their weight (we have to carry them up mountains in Nepal and Pakistan) and interest value. I also brought two issues of The Economist but they are not really worth mentioning.
So, here's a little game for our faithful and most appreciated readers. For the first reader to guess correctly who brought which book, we will present a photograph of us in an exciting place doing a pose of the reader's choice! We will also try to hold up the reader's name while doing this.
As a hint, I will divulge that of the non-Lonely Planet books, Tim brought two , Elgin brought one, and I brought one. We each brought one Lonely Planet guide. This reduces the possible combinations to a mere 180 (if I'm not wrong).
Shout out your answers in the comments below!
May 8, 2009 at 8:56:00 PM GMT+8
eh how did you get so many combinations.. anyway my guess would be..
roger don quixote; lonely planet nepal (and the two economist issues)
elgin socrates; lonely planet pakistan
tim fairy tales & telling lies; lonely planet india
?
May 10, 2009 at 9:01:00 PM GMT+8
zihao you fool you're not supposed to get everything right on the first try. now you've cost many other people a whole lot of fun. (i suppose you could guess intelligently, but how much of your answer was tyco?)
anyway you win. hooray. what pose will you have us do?
(5 choose 2) x (3 choose 2) x (1 choose 1) times 3! = 180 combinations (if i'm not wrong)
May 10, 2009 at 11:54:00 PM GMT+8
i also got 72!
it's (3x2x1) - for the lonely planets
and (4C2)x2 - for the other 4 books
:D
you'll do your pose over cny next year.
May 11, 2009 at 12:27:00 AM GMT+8
haha erm.. good at guessing i suppose.. (prob due to exp. with numerous facebook quizzes).. [if only i had mcq papers for exams...]
anw yeh.. dun think i'm so tyco to guess with probability of 1/180.. counted (4C2)X2X3! = 72 possibilities..
pose.. pose.. hmm that's the hard one.. suggestions anyone? haha.. oh do i get to choose the PLACE too?
May 12, 2009 at 11:47:00 PM GMT+8
haha u all modify the signature pose (the one elgin-roger did all over vietnam and cambodia last yr..) for all 3 of u lah, on the mountain top or something... don't risk your necks though...
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