平均分配這個概念

Gervais說，班上最近來了幾個Inuits（住在Quebec北面，不少人以打獵維生，即從前我們統稱為愛斯基摩的人種），他們很有趣。

「我教他們計數，他們都學得很好。但我把題目加入情景時，他們會忽然變得一竅不通。」

他說，教他們20除5等如4，大家都懂。可是將題目改為有20個蘋果，如果平均分給5個人，那每人有幾個的時候，他們竟然答不上來。

Gervais並不是首次接觸Inuit學生，於是他嘗試把題目套到他們的日常生活情景中： 「五個人一同去打Beluga鯨魚，如果鯨魚重20斤，那麼每人可以分到幾斤呢？」

學生還是答不到，因為⋯⋯

「原來他們是沒有平均分的概念啊。他們告訴我，分鯨魚時會以家中多少人作依歸，人口多就分多點，小點人就分小點。」

「那可否問他們，五個單身、未成家的獵人分鯨魚，那他們或者會明白平均分配？」我問。

Gervais笑了：「不可能出現這樣的五個人了，Inuits都是藤㨢瓜瓜㨢藤的，一大個家庭。」

幾天前看到有大學正在就最平均地分Pizza作學術研究；但原來，「平均分配」在這個世界上還未成為一個必然的概念呢。

"She can't even bend her leg right"

Mom has bad knee caps for some years, these days she said they hurt again.

I suggested her to do some stretching to relieve.

But showing her the warrior pose, the cat pose would not do, mom wants me to do it WITH her.

For 30 to 50 mins we twist the muscles, the spine and fold ourselves hard every evening.

Face towards the calendar; turn your left foot pointing the window; now twist yourself towards the TV; we describe the direction in a domestic way as mom mixes up left and right sometimes.

But she is making progress. Except some bending movements, her back stays quite straight for someone who is 67 years old.

Gradually I set up Chan's yoga studio; I unroll a yoga mat, turn on the indian yoga music from youtube and an essential oil diffuser. The studio is tiny so sometimes I put my left foot on Milly's bed, or left hand, she has never rejected.

Mum finds that she sleeps better after stretching and urges me to set up the studio every evening.

"This afternoon I saw a woman in the park pulling her own thigh. She can't even bend her leg right!" Wow wow, now we have a stretching critic!