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Math Is a Verb

When the world’s most disliked school subject is not a spectator but a player sport; when you need to do math rather than just read about it—the very reason why pop or general math books seldom help raise the mathematical or quantitative literacy of their armchair readers.

Recreationally speaking, math is a noun, but painfully or cognitively speaking, math is a verb—reading and understanding a math proof is one thing; guessing and checking and failing repeatedly and finally proving or solving a math problem is the actual thing.

by MathPlus December 28, 2020

Mask Therapy

When someone deliberately uses masks to ignite their creativity, such as donning a face mask while venturing in the wilderness or in an open air surrounding, with no one around, in the hope of getting some novel ideas for a project, or of experiencing an aha to a wicked problem.

After being stuck for weeks with an unsolved math problem, Prof. Dean decided to go for a mask therapy, by trekking some off-campus mountainous region, and hoping to be rewarded with some insight during the trip.

by MathPlus June 21, 2021

Stop Pursuing Things, Start Pursuing Him

When what you need is the presence of Jesus and His favor and blessing in your life to make you a success, and not the material things you have accumulated.

If you let your big job title, fat bank account, or connections with people of influence be your life success, you’ll feel like a failure when these are gone; however, when you’ve Jesus in your life, you needn’t try to be a success, because you’re a success—stop pursuing things, start pursuing Him.

by MathPlus January 2, 2019

Why Singapore?

1. Tax haven for Eduardo Saverin-like fugitives and gambling hub for syndicates.
2. Housing for hard-to-please Asian mistresses or mainland Chinese concubines.
3. Housing for illegitimate children and adopted godchildren or grandchildren.
4. Second residence in case of rioting against minority Chinese in home country.
5. Safety and security because public protests or strikes and guns are banned.
6. Wayward son or daughter attending international school or local polytechnic.
7. Filthy rich Japanese and Arabs seeking kinky sex escorts at five-star hotels.

Singapore is more than a mere tourist destination of choice. Ever wondered the unspoken “why Singapore?” for businessmen and long-term foreign residents?

by MathPlus November 24, 2018

Trump Got a Shot, So Should You!

The slogan by health experts to pro-Trump white racists, supremacists, and evangelicals, who were dissuaded by scientifically challenged pastors and conspiracists from getting a Covid-19 vaccine, because doing so could speed up their trip to the other side of eternity.

Doctors reminded hardcore Trumpists and QAnonists that even their “anointed” political savior had been vaccinated, so the message to them is: “Trump got a shot, so should you!”

by MathPlus April 29, 2021

Santa Claus is immune to Covid-19

WHO’s comforting message to millions of anxious children worldwide about Father Christmas to assure them (without proof) that despite his older age they needn’t worry about his health during this pandemic crisis, as he would be able to deliver their presents on Christmas Eve—however, they are reminded that they and Santa Claus must adhere to physical social distancing and must obey their parents to sleep early on December 24.

Because Santa Claus is immune to Covid-19, WHO confirmed that most countries—except those few nations that forbid Christmas because it is an “infidel” or pagan festival—would relax their quarantine rules to enable Santa and his flying reindeer to enter their airspace, so that he could uninterruptedly and unobstructively deliver the presents before December 25.

by MathPlus December 14, 2020

Pignant

When a woman is approximately π months pregnant, or is slightly past her first trimester.

When asked by her nosy colleagues whether she’s expecting a baby, Alice geekily told them that she’s pignant, much to their confusion by what she meant.

by MathPlus May 24, 2021