Monday, October 6, 2008

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...!

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