Laughter is the best medicine

So, I've been asked several times why i end laugh. Well, technically, i was asked why i was laughing when i was apparantly reading a math book. No, the math is not funny, despite what you guys think. Most of the time, its that my mind wandered off and recalled a previous incident, perhaps prompted by the music in my ears. Sometimes these incidents bring a smile to my face, sometimes they bring out the tears. But then again, no one asks me why i cry when reading a math book (i guess its second nature to them to cry when reading math books. Alternative explanation is that i dont cry. Take your pick.)

But anyway, let me relate 2 incidents that made me laugh. Today, for some reason, I walked around Hyde Park with a sword in hand. Actually, it was a sword in paper bag, which tore apart, hence became sword in hand. At some point in time, i felt like one of those gangsters in chinese movies, who walk around with concealed parangs, waiting for a gang fight. For those of you that know the gangfight story, pls explain it to that bewildered woman that walked her dog while staring at me. On top of that, I was walking back towards Regents, and i pondered about the spy's inability to protect himself. Then, i hoped that i might be set upon, and could, like the gangsters in the movies, with great flourish, brandish my weapon and hunt my dinner. Sadly, i entered market in the park with no further incident.

Because the lobby is undergoing renovation, the back is now the lobby, and its faster to enter regents from market in the park, esp for south tower pple. However, for the North tower pple, its equally troublesome either way. So i was bemused when this couple, who were carrying tennis rackets, which i assume were not for previously stated gangfight purposes, pressed the button for the lobby (from the basement that is). So much for being athletic. After they got out, i couldn't control myself, so let out a laugh. And then i got another bewildered look from this black guy. Who lives on the 36th floor. Now you tell me, how can i not laugh?