Saturday, August 15, 2009

I'm reading this AWESOME book right now. It's called The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time. It's hilarious! The author writes in such a way that the main character, a 15-year old Special Needs kid (he has Asperger's Syndrome), writes in first person, so the way he writes is basically how a special needs child would view life and whatnot. It's refreshing, funny, random, insightful (everything i like in a book!). It's a fantastic book seriously, so GO OUT, GET A COPY, AND READ IT.














An example of how random it is- The character doesn't like composite numbers, so he labels the chapters in prime numbers!

And reading this book has led me to a startling discovery...

Me: ... So this character labels the chapters in prime numbers! Oh and my saxophone teacher knows i don't practice at home haha.
Father: How many times do you practice a week?
Me: Once or twice.
Father: Since you're on holiday now, start with 5 this week, then go on to 7, then 13. Ha! I know my prime numbers!
Me: You missed 11
(Everyone who hears starts laughing)

Later...

Me: I found out Papa doesn't know his prime numbers hahaha
Uncle1: What's a prime number?
Me (to another Uncle): Uncle, what are the first few prime numbers?
Uncle2: HUH. I only know even and odd numbers la

...That either these three men and those in their generation never learned their prime and composite numbers, or these three just never studied haha.

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