Announcement: Rework of Website

During the COVID 19 pandemic, I started to have more time to try out different things, and one of them is poetry. I tried poetry since last 2 months as I think poetry have different forms, and it can inspire other people. Therefore, I posted different types of poems such as limericks and ballads, and I also try to experiment with different types too. Let me know in the comments what do you make of my poems.

Meanwhile, I decided to sort out my passages and added a tag called Earlier Works, as I notice a change in my works in this two months. The new name of this blog would be Writings from Alpha Gauss the Thinker, and the writings would be more focused on discussions of various topics, poetry and science-related articles from now on.  I will also post about once per week, instead of random intervals, unless there are series going on.

I may not be the best, but I try to be the best. As man is never ripen to fully reason: he can only be nearer and nearer, but not entirely. In the meantime, we can only try to expand our limits and inspire each other, to push our reason a bit closer to complete logic each day. And that's what I wish for this blog to be: an inspiration for people to think more logically and differently each day.

Alright, here is the new FAQ, and stay tuned for another post!

Q1: Can you teach us [Insert something that you don’t understand]?

A1: I will teach you if I have time and I am able to do so.

Q2: How can I be good at math?

A2: Don’t just remember the facts. Understand the concepts. I visualise the problem, use my intuition to identify impossible answers (for MCQ) and know the concepts. I also read a lot of books about mental calculation and thus know a lot of methods. The one that I use most of the time is Gelosia.

Q3: What are your strengths and weaknesses?

A3: I am good at most science-related things. I am also helpful to others. However, humanities and social interactions are my Achilles' heel. People also say that I am a bit arrogant.

(P.S. I am an INTJ.)

Q4: Who are your idols?

A4: In terms of mathematics, Karl Friedrich Gauss. In terms of science, Nikola Tesla. Although I would not call them idols as they are people I look up to instead of idolizing. People are idolizing beautiful and charming people all the time, and I prefer not to do so.

Q5: Why is your new pen name Alpha Gauss?

A5: My idol was Karl Friedrich Gauss and I want to express my love for mathematics. Besides, I want to hide my identity, while showing my change of reason. Alpha would be suitable for both female and male logic lovers. So my pen name becomes Alpha Gauss.

Pantoum for the Mathematics Male

There was once a man of numbers,

Who worked in a hotel of endless.

Spas and buffets enjoyed in slumbers,

The Infinite Hotel was one trendless.

He worked in a hotel of endless,

So his mind fought over sums booming.

The Infinite Hotel was one trendless,

Yet it is full: many were even rooming!

So his mind fought over sums booming,

But worst of all a tourist arrived.

Yet it is full: many were even rooming.

Still with the move of all, the hotel survived.

But worst of all a tourist arrived,

Leading a bus larger than the sun.

Still with the move of all, the hotel survived.

But times two this time: that caused the job done.

Leading a bus larger than the sun,

The next customers arrived: but irrationals zero to one.

Times two that time: that caused the job done.

Now it doesn't work, and the boss must run!

The next customers arrived: but irrationals zero to one.

They are not treated, and mourns are heard from far.

The plan doesn't work, and the boss must run!

The hotel must be closed, fleeing the customers are.

They are not treated, and mourns are heard from far,

The boss fires the male, but he can't deal with them.

The hotel must be closed, fleeing the customers are.

The math is unresolved, all due to the dumb.

The boss fires the male, but he can't deal with them.

Spas and buffets not enjoyed in slumbers!

The math is unresolved, all due to the dumb,

Even though there was once a man of numbers.

Note: This is adapted from the Tale of the Infinite Hotel.

Chaotic Supernatural

There was once a goddess of luck,

who by accident becomes a duck.

Tried reverting but failed,

She ran away and wailed,

And now to man fate sudden struck.

There was once a god beguilded,

Who ruled love since he was a child.

One day he was blind,

Arrows shot to mankind,

And now affections go really wild.

There was once a deity night,

Whose fear imposed was her whole might.

Yet then she had fainted,

Her brush madly painted,

And now darkness has won the fight.

The Worst Day Prolonged

As I was thinking what could go wrong,

It arrived as it was told before.

Since it is always mighty and strong.

Days before everything was smooth as song,

And lots of failure was impossible as war.

As I was thinking, what could go wrong.

Yet despair is a rope very long,

Tying to me always on the floor.

Since it was always mighty and strong.

And with every answer I fell into zugzwang,

Success was farer than fairy lore.

As I was thinking what could go wrong!

Then days of stress were yearlong,

Besides they were bound to me, I swore.

Since they were always, mighty and strong...

Scolds beated me in that game of ping pong,

While I was still staring at the sore scores.

As I was thinking what could go wrong?

Since it is always mighty and strong.