A washroom with Da Vinci Code

I went across a newly renovated hawker center and saw this sign yesterday.

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Which side for man; which side for woman?

To solve the puzzle, you got to have some basic knowledge of symbolism, or to see the Da Vinci Code movie/book.

The fad of Da Vinci Code has left its mark in front of this toilet.

Singaporean really have a sense of humour here, though it is a bit stressful for those running around to answer the nature call.

I wonder if a person sees a star of david outside a washroom, what should s/he do?

My advice is,

Do your research before do your business!

我有压力!你有压力!

最近在很多网上都能看到巴士阿叔。东南西北就把有关巴士阿叔的来龙去脉及后续跟踪都详细用英文记录报道。

今天早上就在播客宝典上又看到了巴士阿叔的尊容。

在Youtube上有关巴士阿叔的各种影片已经累计录得8百万点击了;就连这边的鬼佬也整天一个劲的Bus Uncle地不停。

巴士阿叔很红。

但我一直很纳闷,怎么巴士阿叔会那么红?

说实在,类似的吵骂我不只听过一两次。感兴趣的话,只要到国内的一个大城市,例如广州,夏天在上下班的时间去挤一挤那没有空调的公共汽车,运气稍微好一点的话,一定能听到更激烈,更下流,更搞笑,更无聊,更夸张,更戏剧化,更长时间,更不知所以然的吵骂。其实就是香港,我也曾经有幸在九龙看过这样的吵架。

前阵子不是还有清华教授的女儿在公交车上被售票员掐死的事情吗?也是公交车上的事啊!

可是当我今天再一次看巴士阿叔的短片时,我真的觉得它是很有趣。

”我有压力!你有压力!“

这不是每个现代都市人心里状况的典型写照吗?

“未解决!未解决!”

这正是造成这些压力的原因。

房子的贷款未解决;未来老了的医疗费用未解决;孩子的教育费未解决;今天的工作未解决;明天的考试未解决;儿子结婚未解决;今年旅游未解决;我还有个Blog未解决;…!

(香港有公费医疗,不过房子贵了些;新加坡的房子便宜点,不过医疗费未解决;大陆现在好像房子医疗教育都解决不了;台湾的房子医疗教育都不错,不过有个阿扁未解决,有压力!)

这么多未解决,所以现代人买东西要抢,坐车要截,上电梯要赶…

也许刚好那天巴士阿叔要去买便宜货抢不到,要坐的士截不着,要上电梯赶不及,再加上女友要分手…正好这时Elvis仔过来拍了他几下膊头(肩膀)…

其实任何一个平凡的都市人是不是都会有这种经历:事事不顺心,样样未解决的时候,被人拍了几下膊头,马上就间歇性突发狂躁症发作:午睡给人吵醒;开车给人抢道;买票给人插队…结果怎么样,每个城市都差不多。

当然未必每个人都有巴士阿叔那样的表演天分和口才。(香港有表演天分和口才的人确实比较多。)

我在想,抛开公德,法律这些大道理不说,也不要管巴士阿叔是谁,是不是很多人心目中都有个不同版本的巴士阿叔?

比如说,一个打工仔低头坐在办公室里接受老板的训话的时候,他脑子里想的也许正是巴士阿叔在骂人:他自己是巴士阿叔,老板变成了Elvis仔。

“我有压力! 你有压力!你为什么挑衅我!##×※%※×”

情绪上来了,要不要暴粗是个人问题了。

有趣,有趣!不过未解决。

Poincare Conjecture – on contribution

There are so many calculations/divisions/guesses/conjectures on who has made the biggest contribution to solve the problem or how much value the Chinese mathematicians has contributed to the final solution, after the news Chinese mathematicians put final pieces in global puzzle – Poincare conjecture came out.

This is a metaphor. Funny.

A Stage Play of the P Conjecture: Perelman vs Cao-Zhu-Yau

送交者: qed 2006年6月06日07:14:02 于 [教育与学术]http://www.bbsland.com

Stage 0: Poincare, the prophet, told people that there exists a tunnel which would go from this side of the mountain to the other side of the mountain.

Stage 1: Poincare announced that he found a mistake and that the tunnel he found could not go through the mountain but maintained his belief that there still exists such a tunnel yet to be found. This conjectured tunnel was then named “Tunnel of Poincare”.

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