Mathematical laughs

I'm doing this module called Mathematical Thinking also known as GEK1517 elegance apart. Our professor 'Leung Man Chun, Leonard' is the funniest guy alive. When you glance at him all that stands apart is his diamond studded belt and tropical taste for half sleeved shirts. But once he begins lecturing you're in for serious laughs. (That's him on the left! Linked the image from his website)

Prof has this funny way of speaking interjecting sentences with 'heeheehee'. Serious, no jokes. Imagine this. "So this is the proof of Pythagoras Theorem by shearing and rotation. Heeheehee. Heeheehee. (realizes no one is laughing). Okayyyyy..." Besides having a good laugh during lectures, not to mention the 'closer' interaction in tutorials (read scary), you actually learn some interesting math stuff and feel smarter.

I had my usual conversation with Prof the other day after tutorial. We spoke about his roots in Hong Kong and how long he had been at NUS. He then asked me where I was from and shared insights like 'You'll are very good at language...(Indians that is)", "You must be probably speaking some Cantonese by now" and "It's always nice talking to you". Well what can I say...!

Changing crushes

You won't believe it but I have crushes on the most unlikely candidates for the strangest reasons known to mankind.

Picture this. I'm standing outside Super Snacks waiting in the loongest queue. There's only one girl behind the counter taking orders from the most impatient, bratty people you've imagined. And just when you think you've seen enough of them there come some more. And I start feeling sorry for this girl who's doesn't have a millisecond to spare now with a huge mob in front demanding waffles at 12:00am.

Well my turn to collect my chocolate waffle does come and this girl smiles despite the obvious frustration while handing it over. That's when I fall for the smile. To me it seemed like the best smile in ages but I'm pretty sure I imagining all this...It's certainly not new for me to do so.

And just to let you gauge my idiocity I've also had crushes on girls wearing ballerina shoes, female supervisors with cute accents and waitresses with unconventional looks. I'm a boy. Guess I have the right to be idiotic...yeah!

(The pic above shows Super Snacks probably in the olden days when it was open during daytime)

HCA Hospice Care visit

I recently joined the NUS Community Service Club. I've wanted to for long. I'm part of this group called the NUS HCA Hospice Care which organizes visits to terminally ill elderly patients. Basically we drop by the patient's house and try to cheer them up, carry out household chores like sweeping and dusting and run other errands for them.

Believe me the few hours we spend at the patient's house are brimmed with positive, vibrant energy. You can just feel it. Everybody there has a common goal. To selflessly serve the patient. Besides it's a whole lot of fun to meet the other volunteers. (Top: A pic of me with some volunteer friends after our visit)

Today I went to visit a 78 year old man who lives at Lakeside. He's bedridden and is looked after by his wife. We helped him out of the bed and took him for a stroll outside on a wheelchair. We spoke to him in Malay and sang songs for him. He was getting out of his house after months and had this bright smile on him throughout though he could'nt speak.

I feel great today. Great to have made someone smile and great to have met the other fantastic volunteers.