Friday, October 29, 2004
apart from the history prof dressing up as Lenin, the neuro prof was no less eccentric. To the consternation of the Americans, he continues talking in a stilted British accent (Zed instead of Zee)." Wot a breath of fresh air init? ", carries on swearing freely ("shit, the projector's not working again, aww.. don't piss me off"), pokes fun at american football (i don't understand a shit about the game!!!!), and tells us inane stories in the middle of the lecture and then makes lame but funny attempts to link the stories back to the topic of discussion, the most famous one being the Nepalese being spiritual (if u ask one of them whether they are Buddhists or Hindus, they will say "yes") and the fact that post synaptic potentials can be stimulatory even if they're hyperpolarising or depolarising .....took me a really long time to geddit. the silence of the whole lecture hall after his story was as thick as .... er... oh nevermind.
but i think the past few days takes the cake. in response to our being rather quiet in lecture (*bah* "i'm fed up with the whole lot of you!!") he made us sing a Scottish folk song in an attempt to "loosen us up" so every lecture one verse will put forward and we would go on for a few minutes doing the choir routine. it didn't help much, but it did confirm my suspicion that this Englishman has gone abit barmy from 30 years of no soccer, no good beer and the Wisconsin Winter.
Anyway, its Halloween season here and the whole town's going slightly crazy dressing up and walking around drunk . I'm willing to bet there is going to be another riot this year. Our neuro class got interrupted today by a roving group of buggers dressed up as cows and matadors carrying around Hifis blasting matador music. They made a 4 round foray around the lecture theatre just after we finished the choir impersonation. the Prof. was clearly bemused and kept asking them to "stay and sing the song my man!"
apart from that; i guess exams are over for now (more like a stay of execution than clemency), and i just ate freaking fish head curry!. it turns out that theres this malaysian chef working in a restaurant in the outskirts of the city and he just flown in 2 weeks ago. i was enjoying nonya sambal and beef rendang and stuff like that, when suddenly jaby moaned about fish head curry. the guy heard us talking in hokkien and whipped out the fish head curry he was saving for dinner. damn man! it was 100 percent authentic. *burP*
if that restaurant stays open by the time i graduate, i'm goddamn going to stay in Madison for grad school. sure there are good Chinese restaurants in the west coast, but where in the world are u able to find penang laksa, roti prata (canai) et. al right in your freaking doorstep away from home?
but i think the past few days takes the cake. in response to our being rather quiet in lecture (*bah* "i'm fed up with the whole lot of you!!") he made us sing a Scottish folk song in an attempt to "loosen us up" so every lecture one verse will put forward and we would go on for a few minutes doing the choir routine. it didn't help much, but it did confirm my suspicion that this Englishman has gone abit barmy from 30 years of no soccer, no good beer and the Wisconsin Winter.
Anyway, its Halloween season here and the whole town's going slightly crazy dressing up and walking around drunk . I'm willing to bet there is going to be another riot this year. Our neuro class got interrupted today by a roving group of buggers dressed up as cows and matadors carrying around Hifis blasting matador music. They made a 4 round foray around the lecture theatre just after we finished the choir impersonation. the Prof. was clearly bemused and kept asking them to "stay and sing the song my man!"
apart from that; i guess exams are over for now (more like a stay of execution than clemency), and i just ate freaking fish head curry!. it turns out that theres this malaysian chef working in a restaurant in the outskirts of the city and he just flown in 2 weeks ago. i was enjoying nonya sambal and beef rendang and stuff like that, when suddenly jaby moaned about fish head curry. the guy heard us talking in hokkien and whipped out the fish head curry he was saving for dinner. damn man! it was 100 percent authentic. *burP*
if that restaurant stays open by the time i graduate, i'm goddamn going to stay in Madison for grad school. sure there are good Chinese restaurants in the west coast, but where in the world are u able to find penang laksa, roti prata (canai) et. al right in your freaking doorstep away from home?
