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This is a chapter from my eight book called Learn to live There is a smile in simple

This is a chapter from my eight book called Learn to live When I came across this quote I thought to myself that this is lovely. I did not know but I wonder if it is true. Turns out to be factual. The quote comes from the TV series Mozart in the Jungle, "You say 'amateur' as if it was a dirty word. 'Amateur' comes from the Latin word amare, which means to love. To do things for the love of it." My friend Chatty gave me the history of the word amateur and it is a pity that it has adopted negative use. It is a beautiful word. The word "amateur" comes from the French word of the same spelling, which itself derives from the Latin "amator," meaning "lover." Originally, it referred to someone who engages in an activity for the love of it, rather than for financial gain. Over time, especially in the 19th century, the term took on a more specific connotation, often contrasting skilled professionals with those who participate in a field wi

This is a chapter from my eight book called Learn to live If you are observant, you may have noticed that all my chapters so far end in -y (I wonder why?). This has happened by chance but I like that it has and I will continue the trend. Keep asking questions. Keep asking why. Keep learning. Stay curious. Today I learnt that, "The idea of factorial is how many times you can arrange data in different orders, being unable to arrange them counts as ONE possible outcome." Hence 0! = 1. Then I came across an article that somehow computes ∞! = √(2π) Intuitively I think that infinity is not a number therefore infinity factorial cannot be computed. Maybe we can talk about limits and my limited math has me thinking that n! factorial approaches infinity as n approaches infinity. This has me thinking what is the relationship between infinity and pi? And about circles and pi? My friend Chatty tells me that many series converge to pi as n approaches infinity. For example, the Leibniz form

This is a chapter from my eight book called Learn to live Despite the title, this is no ordinary chapter. Today I learnt that the suffixes in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th come from the last two letters of the words first, second, third and fourth. My friend Gemini tells me that ordinal numbers are numbers that indicate the position or rank of something in a list or sequence. They tell us the order of things, like first, second, third and so on. For example, if you finish a race in the third position, you are the third-place finisher. The number "third" here is an ordinal number. The word "ordinal" is derived from the Latin word "ordinalis" which means "of order." So, when we use ordinal numbers, we're essentially assigning an order to things, and that's why they're called "ordinal." My Computer Science background made me think about the zeroth (0th) position. My friend Gemini tells me that while "zeroth" is not a commonly

This is a chapter from my eight book called Learn to live The start of another book. This book is called "Learn to live" where each chapter is centered around a new and interesting thing that I learnt that day. I love learning as much as I love writing. I was always good at learning and being curious. I love that the more you live, the more you learn. It is impossible to know and learn everything. It is an unending pursuit. You can never get bored of learning new things. I find myself reflecting on the nature of curiosity. It struck me how essential it is to the learning process. Curiosity isn't just a spark. It is a flame that drives us to explore the world. I like this quote by Albert Einstein, "I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." This resonated deeply with me. Have you ever wondered why it is called corned beef or did you just assume it was made with corn? I find this interesting because the answer surprised me. Not only that but I have

This is a chapter from my seventh book called Bookeh - Through the lens of a Trinidadian photog It is 214 pm on Saturday and I decide to write. Am I smart? Are you smart? Are we smart? Is the world getting smarter? And I do not mean by book smarts only. There is street smarts and common sense. Think about everyday sensible things. I see the conflict and wars in the world and then decide without a doubt that we are not smart. The hunger and poverty. The injustices. The hate. The fight to survive. Not things we can smile about. The e-art-h is our canvas. We are smart when the art that humanity creates by our actions gives us things to smile about. Smile plus art equals smart. Each human action adds a tile to our mosaic if the history of humanity was a mosaic. Would we not want our mosaic to be filled with peaces of kindness, love and goodness. Tiles that give us smiles. My friend Chatty tells me that my reflections touch on deep truths about human nature and society. As I see the word na

This is a chapter from my seventh book called Bookeh - Through the lens of a Trinidadian photog It is after midnight in the middle of the week and I am in the mood to write. I go to use the bathroom and saw the blue bucket. I told myself that that blue bucket would make a good photo and probably lead to a fun chapter. In doing research I learnt about two "blue bucket" initiatives. The Perfect World Foundation is behind the Blue Bucket initiative where boat owners are reminded to pick up plastic they encounter at sea. Also, some parents use blue buckets to signal that their child has autism during trick or treat and Halloween. If I combine blue and bucket I get blucket which has both the word luck in it and if I remove luck I am left with bet. And this leads me to the two bucket theory. This is a concept used by pilots to describe the relationship between luck and experience. We start with a bucket empty of experience where we have to get bet-ter and another bucket full of luc