Holiday mood

This month is the last month of my first year (of working in this institution). That means: from next month on, I can take a leave. Woehoe ... holiday mood is on. :D

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Conciseness

Found this line:

Conciseness is an important characteristic of good mathematical exposition.

Shouldn't be a surprise for someone who was titled 'the concluder' :P

Implicitly Explicit

A friend once said in a society where it is natural to say things implicitly, everyone involved would understand an implicit statement. Paradox lies behind the fact that by being implicit, one is actually being very explicit.

I am not much of an implicit person, but there are situations where I'd prefer to use non-so explicit words. And much to my own surprise, I kinda enjoy it!

Mathematicians = Lovers ?

"Mathematicians are like lovers .... Grant a mathematician the least principle, and he will draw from it a consequence which you must also grant him, and from this consequence, another." ---Fontenelle

Suppose the above premise is true, does it mean the worst lover one can get is a mathematician? ;-)

Bilingual Service

Have you ever attended a bilingual service? I have, several times. But the one I attended last Thursday was the first of its kind.

Usually 'bilingual' means translation is provided, that one could survive by understanding either. This one was special because in this particular service, 'bilingual' means it was assumed that all attendees are 'bilingual' -- able to understand both language! Some part of the service was done in Indonesian, other part in Bataknese. The solist also sang English songs. Hmm ... perhaps it should have been called a trilingual service. :D

Remember Thomas?

When I was in college, there was a particular T-shirt design, "Remember Peter?" under a picture of a rooster.

"Remember Thomas?" popped-up after my previous posting.

"Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." [Jn 20:29, NIV]