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One of the most fun things about our being together is that, fundamentally, we\u2019re both from science streams. Ling of course is from the pure sciences Biology and Chemistry; and myself, Physics and Chemistry, and now in information systems and computing.<\/p>\n
Now, as both of us are educators, we both continue to think about our subject materials. And in the last few years of marriage, have on occasion had disagreements about a particular application works. Like say for instance: that on a car\u2019s fuel consumption. Ling insisted that fuel consumption is based mainly on distance traveled. The longer the distance you drive, the more fuel you burn. I said fuel consumption is based more on fuel used in acceleration needed to increase velocity, e.g. moving a stationary car to a velocity point. Once constant velocity is achieved, you’re consuming less fuel compared to initial acceleration.<\/p>\n
In any case, we continue to have fun exchanges like the one yesterday night while we were enjoying a game of Hakuna Matata<\/a>. I was driving the safari jeep in the game then looking for Olive Baboons<\/a> (the mission required us to capture the monkeys\u2019 reaction to a remote-controlled camera LOL). Ling said, thoughtfully:<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, dear. I was thinking while driving today\u2026 should we keep a big scissors in the car? I mean, what if one day we accidentally drive our car into a river? Or if we drive it down a cliff, and the car is about to explode? If we had a scissors, we can quickly cut the seat belts loose to extricate ourselves right?\u201d<\/p>\n Never mind that there\u2019re no rivers here for the driver to drive into: I mean, you\u2019ll have to consciously be wanting<\/em> to drive into the Singapore River first. And let\u2019s not even get started on cliffs.<\/p>\n Ling did say a couple of times before that pregnancy affects her brain cells. So, I\u2019ll have to blame it on pregnancy, and indulge her. Next time we go to $1 store at Hougang Mall, I\u2019ll need to buy one of those big scissors and store it in driver\u2019s door compartment.:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the most fun things about our being together is that, fundamentally, we\u2019re both from science streams. Ling of course is from the pure sciences Biology and Chemistry; and myself, Physics and Chemistry, and now in information systems and<\/p>\n