The mathematical equivalent of “Got Milk or Not?” A question that is normally asked by Ah Beng’
s and Ah Lian’s—Singapore’s and Malaysia’s young men and women, whose attires and antisocial behaviors make them look
like some odds in a sea of evens—to check whether some
math courses are worth attending, or some dear
math titles are worth buying, especially if they contain an obscene number of challenging questions with few solutions.
With three-odd months left behind bars, Jack, whose
ex-
gang buddies had repeatedly encouraged him to turn over a new leaf, by attending night
math classes, smsed them: “Got Pi or Not?”