Meanwhile, over at aNUS..

Monday, 3 September 2007
Posted at 12:02.35 and filed under aNUS, Visual Orgy

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Students were told of a new rule that no food n drinks are allowed in the School of Computing, and to use a pantry. But see what greeted them at the pantry



This is so bruce lee movie lah, the one with the sign that says “No Chinese and Dogs allowed”.  Somehow i think this summarises how aNUS regards undergraduates

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The hard truth

Sunday, 23 July 2006
Posted at 01:37.20 and filed under aNUS, Visual Orgy

For all my friends who have graduated and have trouble job-hunting, keep ur head up guys!

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Graduating friends

Monday, 17 July 2006
Posted at 02:53.11 and filed under aNUS, Visual Orgy

Lucky to be there with you on your day… ;)

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Physics Buddies

Posted at 02:35.13 and filed under aNUS, Visual Orgy

We ran the gauntlet together ;)

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Friends who were there..

Posted at 02:22.13 and filed under aNUS, Visual Orgy

Thanks for giving me face n coming for my graduation… :)

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My cheong valedictorian speech

Sunday, 16 July 2006
Posted at 13:44.36 and filed under aNUS, Musings

“Good morning Dean, professors (including the smirk face 阿宝, probably counting his mahjong winnings while sitting on stage). Not forgetting family and friends who have managed to drag themselves here on a Sunday morning after watching Germany knock the socks off Portugal at 3am last night, thank you for attending this commencement ceremony.

The 3-year journey in NUS is coming to an end for me and my friends. What can i say? It has been a journey of ups and downs, of pure happiness and outright disgust. I still ask myself sometimes when i’m feeling low: Should I have just stayed at NTU Computer Engineering?

In a way, I guess I got a bad start to NUS when the admin claimed that I didn’t submit my assorted forms, and they called me when I was at my firing range in army. I told them that i did, and even if there’s any problem, i cannot be on the phone when i’m at the range. The lady obviously didn’t believe me, until i placed the phone next to my M16 and fired away at Figures 12 and 15. Later the forms were found, probably due to the encouragement from my wife.

God knows what made me sign up for orientation camps, probably from missing the so-called “fun” from jc orientation. Probably also due to the fact that there are vegetables to be seen. The initial unity with my sci camp OG didn’t last for long, in fact not even till the last day of the camp. Different perspectives in lives, different ideas of fun resulted in the eventual split, which isnt that big a loss come to think of it.

I think a large part of my undergraduate days was spent indulging in the Indian Affair. An initial YEP to Bangalore in Dec 2003 was the initial date, before arrangements were made for a short date in June 2004 to check out a new site where I eventually led a team to visit in Dec 2004 for 2 days. The trips resulted in friendships that were definitely closer than the surface friendships that were established during orientation camps. Clubbing in DXO during science camp vs drinking indian beer directly from big bottles on the rooftop of our houses, take your pick. I chose the latter.

The sacrifices made for the 2004 trip stretched across a huge front. Less time with family and other friends, less time for academic endeavours etc. The latter was a killer when i flunked my Quantum Mechanics 1 module in Sem 1 2004. No doubt that Prof Dagomir made it a very tough module, and no less than 6 persons failed the module, but it was still a matter of putting in enough time and effort to understand the content and attempt to do better. I failed to do so in the 1st instance, and paid the penalty for it. 2nd time round, I think we managed to put in much more effort for the module and passed it. To me, it was the most impt module that i have taken in NUS, not that it taught me ALOT of things or I managed to ace it. It taught me how impt it is to put in effort and how I would be rewarded for sufficient effort put in. It threw me off the 1st time round, only for me, teck and kenny to come back much stronger.

In essence, alot of the physics modules are like this. Without sufficient effort, it is definitely possible to flunk a module. We struggled thru alot of stuff together, yet we managed to have fun in many areas, especially in the lab. I can still vividly remember our 1st lab session in year 1, which was supposed to be from 2pm to 5pm. We eventually got chased out of the lab at 6.45pm even though we could not finish the data collection, and hence kickstarted our career in data-creation. The 2nd lab next week involved heating water up to boiling point in a long and big glass tube, before tracking its cooldown to close to melting point. Dropping from 100deg to room temperature was pretty fast, and in order to cool it further, we had to put ice into the surrounding water bath, which was very inefficient. Learning from the prev. week’s experience, we put crushed ice between a folded piece of cloth and used that to rub up and down the glass tube.

Year 2, our Commanding Officer, LTC Yilin led us in starting the lab like 1.5 months before the start of semester. Year 2 lab eventually became the gathering place of all the yr 2 physics majors, with myself a regular occupier of the new couch where u often see me in a horizontal position.

Year 3 lab was stricter but we still got our way somehow, despite the constant naggings by Prof Tok who said that we weren’t professional enuff when we wore berms to lab, traded and played mp3s, ate ice kacang in lab (Joe took the lead from us and assumed that we could eat in lab, and he brought in a full meal, only to kena fucked).

Of course the final test of a physics degree lies in QM2 which is a die-die-oso-must-pass module by Prof Englert. It’s fucking tough, not to mention handwritten notes that had 200 odd pages. I think everyone steeled up for this module, die die oso must get D at least, if not stay in nus for another yr. No honour still not enuff, still must stay 1 more yr to get a pass or merit. The good thing is that englert rewards effort as well: as long as he knows that u have made a good attempt to understand the syllabus, he most probably wun fail you. We all passed ;)

My fellow ushers at UCC deserve a special mention as well, for it is working at this hall which helped me to discover the people skills that i have when handling patrons. These guys have brought so much fun and laughter into my life over the past 2 years, and i hope that i have certainly done the same for them..

A university education, I realised is not just about fighting for that piece of paper which is only issued once and can never be replaced. It is about the ppl whom u fight on the same front with, the fellow warriors whom you battled together in order to pass a stupid module. Results are seen in the form of a single alphabetical letter with a positive or negative sign, but one should never let them dictate his or her life. The journey is more impt than the end result, for it is where we pick up the learning points and try to improve ourselves in the next journey. I hereby leave you with 2 quotes from one of the forefathers of physics, Sir Issac Newton and wish you all well for the remainder of your life’s journey:

If I have seen further it is by standing on ye shoulders of Giants.
I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

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NUS doesn’t misuse your $$$

Saturday, 15 July 2006
Posted at 16:41.00 and filed under aNUS, Rantings, Visual Orgy

And so the cat’s out of the bag, the following 2 ads cost S$490,000 to produce and air..

Issues churning at NUS Business School Derrick A Paulo derrick@newstoday.com.sg

REMEMBER the recent National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School television commercial which claimed that the school is “preferred around the world by tomorrow’s elite” and that Singapore boys are “way too cute”?

It is still making waves — not for the response it drew but for the alleged hurry in which it was commissioned.

The advertisement cost about $490,000 to push out and the question now is whether the tender of competition for it was waived without following university procedures.

Sources say the school’s office of finance and administration initially refused to sign an approval of payment, as there was no issuance of purchase order for the advertisement, and the office was said to have known of the procurement only after the shoot had been commissioned.

Still, the ad agency was under a period contract with the school, and the advertisement and the funding for it — which came from profits from the school’s executive education programmes — were authorised by NUS Business School dean Chris Earley.

In two emails to staff, he wrote: “I think now is the time for us to proceed and take the gamble on it. It’s a lot of money but I anticipate this won’t be an issue for us.

“Given the time urgency, I think we just need to proceed and then I can apologise later for mistakes … With regard to procurement procedures, we just need to go ahead on my authorisation and I’ll write a note explaining why we had to act as quickly as we did.”

When contacted by Today, Prof Earley said: “All I did is I approved in-principle the ad itself … As the dean, I’m not actually responsible or aware of the operational details.

“We needed to get the ads out very quickly in time for the final push for enrolments to the BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration programme) … and the good news is our enrolments are at record levels.”

The enrolments for this year closed on June 5. The ad first aired on May 21.

How procedures for the ad were handled is now part of a wider internal investigation by NUS into corporate governance issues at its Business School.

Full article here

What is 490K however, when the admin makes savings in the following ways?

We reuse all the balloons here, or at least ppl are told that these balloons are reused. Bet the ushers have to pick all of them out, keep the properly inflated ones, and reblow the half-fucked ones. Save rubber, and save money and the world at the same time.

The Chosen One of NUS allows his PA to bring his fav hot coffee in styrofoam cups into a hall that prohibits other patrons to bring in food and drinks. The only reason i can think of to explain this, so that he can drink it while it’s hot, if not cold liaoz = waste money.

Reception food at ceremonies are never thrown away, we ship them to malaysia to feed cows and pigs..

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Working at NUS Commencement

Posted at 11:33.19 and filed under Ushering, aNUS, Visual Orgy

Didn’t do so many slots like last yr, opted out for 3 of them and didn’t get another. Hence was left with 17 slots. Somehow i found this year being more stressful than last yr, even though i did all 21 in 2005. A reason could be that alot of the procedures were never set properly and there were so many changes.

Last year, everyone was tired but @ least morale was at a decent level. Some ppl were around and they certainly made things more fun. Larry was the chief raider of reception food, and there was never a need to worry about getting ourselves some decent food. This year, all i can say is that the tiredness is still there, but my morale has decided to become a mole and tunnel underground. I think commencement more or less confirmed that we are the lowest lifeform at the venue, when even cleaners take food before us. Not say that the food is very good or what, but @ least give us that bit of welfare.

Welfare came in the form of catered meals provided by the new cafe called Nicole’s. Horrendous. Absolutely horrendous. Everyday 2 lousy mixed-veg rice 菜饭 caused me to usually eat whatever reception food that is available or ride out to fong seng or YIH to buy decent makan.

Another thing that i learnt is NAVY - Never Always Volunteer Yourself. Me and a few other ppl felt that there is no longer any incentive to take initiative there, and in fact, there could be some disincentives. Talking to a patron 5m from my assigned position resulted in an order to return to position, that was given to me when i was still talking to the patron. Now anything vaguely not sure, check with TL. In a way, it takes the load off me, I dun have to answer for things, if that’s the aim of it.

There are of course things that we can be truely proud of. Other than battling the tiredness and the low morale, commencement always served as a chance for different teams’ ushers to get to know one another better. I certainly got to know a few ppl better, and their working styles as well, though there wouldn’t be many chances to work with the ppl again.

Of cos being stationed at the vip door sometimes means that I can be the 1st to congratulate my friends right after they get off stage…heh…

Overall, it was still an amazing experience, where us ushers are exposed to a stressed and tiring environment for 8 days. And most of us emerge stronger and more united after the experience..

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Commencement

Saturday, 8 July 2006
Posted at 23:52.47 and filed under Uncategorized, aNUS

Today is day 4 of commencement, so far only didnt work for this morning..and tml morning finally my turn. It is something that i’ve been hoping for to arrive soon, yet when it’s so close, there is a weird feeling. Have done i think 30 comm. ceremonies over 2 yrs, now finally my turn. Incidentally this is gonna be the 1st time that i’m part of the audience in UCC Hall.

Anyway this yr’s ceremonies have been less stressful for me? Less chances to do packing, need to blood the newbies. So that means more chances for me to do other positions, more relaxed. Last time doing commencement liaoz, dun need to chiong so much.

Wish me luck tml, that i dun fall when going up stage, or let my mortarboard drop when receiving my scroll.

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NUS Students, this is where ur fees go to

Friday, 26 May 2006
Posted at 01:11.00 and filed under Two Wheels, aNUS

I’m sure you have seen the campus security riding ard on the small vespas to patrol campus. Small and slow, but good enuff for nus campus i think vespa

So they have replaced them with Honda Varadero 125, which costs like 12k..madness! vespa

i’m glad i’m out of nus…

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ORD loh

Thursday, 25 May 2006
Posted at 22:08.28 and filed under aNUS

Ok so results weren’t good, in fact i think cosmetics n perfumes sucked big time..but the main issue is that i am graduating.

Anyway i can’t say that i’m proud of nus, after watching stuff like this:

July 9th is my ORD, now clearing leave ;)

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How to relax during exams season

Thursday, 4 May 2006
Posted at 00:20.14 and filed under aNUS

Last chance to do this liaoz..this shall be a running list

  1. Sat 15/04: Helped huix edit her 23 page attachment report. Being totally anal about grammar and language
  2. Sun 16/04: Decided to take a longer way home, rode down west coast, to pandan gardens and ended up near bird park..back via AYE, jurong town hall road, PIE.
  3. Mon 17/04: Yellow Rooftop walk from Science to Engine to Arts to Law to Biz, and back to Sci with Physics classmates
  4. Tue 18/04: Smsed her to wish her happy 22nd birthday, spent last nite looking at the cards she gave me. No reply as of now. Is this supposed to be relaxing in 1st place?
  5. Wed 19/04: Chatted with physics classmates about vacations, shit..wrong time for this!!
  6. Fri 21/04: Looked at fashion parade in Cosmetics exam, and marvelled @ claudia’s hamsters.. read this post
  7. Sat 22/04: Watched GTO anime on youtube, currently on episode 13 (out of 43)
  8. Sun 23/04 - Wed 26/04: Sporadic watching of GTO advanced the episode count to 23
  9. Thurs 27/07: Nomination Day, nominated Huike as class rep, and she got a walkover. 1st task, arrow her to plan post-exam activities. 4th may soccer, 7th may canoeing, 8th may physics graduation lunch
  10. Sun 30/04: Moped ard @ home, found new episodes of 我猜 on youtube…damn youtube!
  11. Mon 01/05: Attended SDP rally @ woodlands stadium, went into JB for a ride to 2nd Link. 1 Ramly Burger down my throat, 11 litres of Petronas Primax into my bike..
  12. Tues 02/05: Attended WP rally @ open muddy field in tampines with carlin n her fren..stood 2.5 hrs in mud n laughed @ teochew speeches that made sense
  13. Wed 03/05: Eve of last paper..pondered about the flipflopping minister, advanced my GTO anime episode count to 31 (out of 43). Fuck torrents and youtube…
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1st paper

Friday, 21 April 2006
Posted at 17:49.42 and filed under aNUS, Visual Orgy

is a killer lah, cosmetics and perfumes. Listen, it’s not a module about understanding, not how powerful ur cpu (brain) is, but how much hard disk space (memory work) u have. The only good thing about this module is that probably can scrap thru with @ least a B-, and the way scripts are collected. We were made to go up to the front, row by row to hand up. So everyone walks past everyone, and did i mention that this module is full of chiobu? Mabbe the proportion’s the same but the sheer number (600) in the class makes it more likely to spot a chiobu. So yes, we essentially had a fashion parade in the class.
UCC senior ushers may know this plaque gal during commencement, the one who walked up to me with a, erm..well-endowed chest n left my jaw gaping. I still stress it’s because that i was surprised that she’s my classmate who has turned from an ugly duckling in p6 to a almost-can-make-it swan; and not her bouncing assets that make me gape. Well she took this module too, and i only realised it today. No i didn’t gape today

Lastly, how the hell did claudia’s hamsters do this???


Morphing into sloths or NSmen, got time we sleep, got food we eat…

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From our Motherland

Sunday, 16 April 2006
Posted at 19:35.29 and filed under aNUS, Rantings

Cranky during exams season, what the fuck am i sharing room with 2 PRCs who has turned the aircon to 28deg, low speed fan mode?? What the fuck did i choose to sit behind a gaggle (for want of a better word) of PRC gals @ pgp foodcourt, when their volume of their voices is either on or DEAFENING??

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Voyeurs Abound!

Posted at 13:39.56 and filed under aNUS, Rantings

Ed: Case closed, I have no more gripes with the person..all is peaceful, yesh. ;) I’ve removed the links to his blog.

The days are getting boring, wake up 10-11am..bathe..read papers, go sch n stay there till 3am.. Like now, i’ve just bathed n waiting for hair to dry before i head to sch. Prof Chan said that we should let our hair dry naturally, if not it would become brittle. That includes blowdrying, and i guess, flattening the hair in the helmet, not to mention making my helmet inner lining damp..sucks!

Back to the main subject, a blogger or a blogder should never underestimate the power of internet search engines, especially those that are meant for blogs, like Technorati and Icerocket. Input the name of this blog, and see what u can find. It shows up a list of blog entries that has ur name or ur link. Searching for jkaiser would give u many links to Hai~Ren’s blog, showing how devoted he is to me. And by mentioning his online moniker here, I have added another hit to his blog search.

Syndicating the search makes it even more powerful. You don’t have to constantly go search, each time there is a new hit, i will know. Each time a person mentions my name in his post, I will know. Each time a blog links me, I will know. I actually have no problems with strangers linking me, after all, this is the Internet. Take away all the links, you lose the meaning of its name. What i really cannot stand is ppl whom i noe, friends or acquaintances reading my blog and not letting me know.

I think here I need to distinguish between friends and other bloggers. I quote Mr Brown or some other famous blogger from time to time, but yea I dun indicate to them. I am not the only person doing that, they know alot of ppl do that. I don’t talk about stuff that is linked to my private interaction with them, which in the case of me and famous bloggers, it doesnt happen.

I try as much as i can to indicate to my frens that i’m reading their blogs. It could be a boliao thoughtful comment on one of the posts, or a tag on the chatboard. It could even be over msn or in person and i say to that person, “how’s the problem that u mentioned on ur blog? solved?” or “wah u sibeh scandalous leh..” So i really dun like it when ppl read my blog, and keep quiet still nvm. Go back to their own blogs n comment about it. Lucky they never use my name, but then it becomes very obvious who they are talking about when they mentioned the same modules that i’m taking, or jc seniors who work as reporters. You know who you are. O yah, good for you that ur grp of male friends when chatting wun eventually drift to sex or army. Not so perverts like us i guess. I talk too much cock, RH mosaics too much stuff, CK is obviously full of rubbish too. I guess that’s just us, young, full-blooded males who are just lao tiko.

Of course u can ignore this post and continue to voyeur ard, and mention things that i said here on ur blog while censornig the obvious details. It is well within your right as a web-citizen. But ah, since i know you as a person, I hope to get that basic respect. Just tag/comment/tell me in person, no hard feelings. No need to force u to delete posts. They are not offensive or incriminating or anything, in fact to put it in another way, i appreciate that someone is reading my posts and reporting/commenting on them. Just tell me, thanks…

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QM2 class photo

Wednesday, 12 April 2006
Posted at 18:30.32 and filed under aNUS, Visual Orgy

Another thing to do when bored of studying about acne.. Zhng class photo! Obvious to all, it’s based on the survivor logo.. added in the expectation expression for a wave function… red background is i think model of hydrogen or something like that..heh… n of cos the corny text =Pp

Yes in the centre is englert, the best physics lecturer that i\’ve got.. thanks for making QM2 understandable..and also the rest of the course mates, we went thru all this shit together, let\’s all clear the final hurdle.. ALL PASS! ;)

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nuclear class censored

Tuesday, 11 April 2006
Posted at 15:17.18 and filed under aNUS, Visual Orgy

Well the prof brought us the to Singapore Synchrotron Light Source. It\’s basically an electron accelerator that creates high intensity x-ray beams.

Anyway we took a class foto after that, but we were forewarned not to put this online. Somemore i realised that other ppl in the class may not want this pic to be online and let almost 100 ppl per day see their face big big on this shit-attracting blog.. so here’s the “enhanced” pic..

nuclear class photo

There, i wun offend anyone rite?

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End of the journey

Posted at 00:59.49 and filed under aNUS

It’s finally here, well almost.. come wednesday, i would have gone for my last lessons in nus as an undergrad. Provided that i wake up on time, i would be going for a qm2 tut and econs lect. Then again, i think tml would be more interesting? last physics lecture, qm2. Assuming that i can wake up on time tml, it’s gonna be a bittersweet experience. Less than 3 yrs after the 1st pc1141 lecture in lt 25, last lect would be next door in lt24.

For all my complaints, i’m probably gonna leave with a heavy heart. For all the admin shit, and the cmi professors, there are classmates and professors who have made this journey easier to bear.. ;)

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Not fated to go qm2

Friday, 7 April 2006
Posted at 11:08.33 and filed under aNUS, Rantings

Ok i admit that i woke up late today, 10am to be exact.. So yea left home about 10.30.. n got stuck in the rain. Ended up now waiting @ the void deck of joce’s block waiting for rain to stop… die liaoz… as carlin said,”get 42 marks become yayapapaya can dun go lect”

o yah! 42 marks for qm2 2nd test, is that heng or wat..heh..

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Massacre

Friday, 31 March 2006
Posted at 23:21.02 and filed under aNUS, Rantings

QM2 test this morning was a pure massacre by englert. Seriously man, when u have 100 marks to obtain, and u are only sure of 10, and did only 20 more… hoho!

The only good thing out of this is that everyone’s complaining… jiayou ppl!

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14 hrs b4 SSD test

Monday, 27 March 2006
Posted at 22:42.32 and filed under aNUS, Musings

i put on my msn personal msg that nus exams branch probably has something against physics dept..n was just talking to momo on msn about it:

Momo^*goosfraba.. Talkin in hushed tones..I settled for Razer! says: exams branch? what:?
jk: this sem, i shall not 打包 anything to eat says: nus exams branch
jk: this sem, i shall not 打包 anything to eat says: haha
jk: this sem, i shall not 打包 anything to eat says: 3 core modules for us in3 days
jk: this sem, i shall not 打包 anything to eat says: mabbe ah bao offended prof shih
Momo^*goosfraba.. Talkin in hushed tones..I settled for Razer! says: haha yeah..
Momo^*goosfraba.. Talkin in hushed tones..I settled for Razer! says: too xialan already or ma ybe he won him at mahjonh
jk: this sem, i shall not 打包 anything to eat says: ahaha ah bao mahjong good meh
jk: this sem, i shall not 打包 anything to eat says: mabbe they let him play cos his angmoh name’s roberto?
Momo^*goosfraba.. Talkin in hushed tones..I settled for Razer! says: hongkong ppl dunno mahjong is = brazilian dunno how to ply soccer lor
Momo^*goosfraba.. Talkin in hushed tones..I settled for Razer! says: hHAHA stereotype
jk: this sem, i shall not 打包 anything to eat says: haha!!
jk says: best liaoz

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Efficiency may not be a good thing

Saturday, 25 March 2006
Posted at 19:36.25 and filed under aNUS, Rantings

Blind efficiency that is… I was eating @ PGP, enjoying my green curry chicken. Halfway thru, i decided to buy myself an ice-cream waffle from the waffle stall 2 tables away. Leaving my food there, walking 2 tables, n taking about a min to order, i turned my head thereafter and lo and behold! the uncle just cleared my table… nabeh! Not the 1st time, last time @ nuh oso like that but i managed to save my fried rice. Green Curry Chicken with Rice, however didn’t have the luck. Sometimes i wish ppl really think 1st b4 doing something robotically. But then again, mabbe the uncle tot that i no appetite/anaemic/trying to lose weight..

On another note, i saw PDQ86 and her bf just now, omg! forgot to get autograph from everyone’s fav blogger. This btw, is wat happens when u see someone’s foto too often. 化成灰也认得

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NUS Yellow Brick (Roof) Road

Friday, 24 March 2006
Posted at 15:15.41 and filed under aNUS

Anyone keen to join me on this exploration journey ard campus? sort of a final tour ard campus b4 i shout “ORD LOH!!!”

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Quality of Lecturers, or should it be the lack of it?

Thursday, 23 March 2006
Posted at 19:06.46 and filed under Uncategorized, aNUS, Rantings

I’m sure many ppl have read about the ntu student who is a malaysian scholar who emailed the entire ntu student population. His main bitching point was about the standard of english that his lecturers spoke. He said that since he’s a scholar and he doesn’t have to pay sch fees, he feels indignant for other students paying 6k per yr and getting crap english, and he’s hoping to rally support for petitionin the admin

I read the email and seriously his english sucks ass, i tot he was a prc..but yea that’s besides the point. I can understand how he is feeling, in the sense that we are paying 6k a yr, we should be able to get ourselves some decent lecturers. That however is not the case in aNUS as well, where the standards of lecturers are sometimes questionable.

Being in aNUS for almost three yrs, i have been lectured by PRCs, Indians, Germans, Englishmen, Malaysian, i think thats about it. A main problem is that aNUS shifted from a teaching university to a research-intensive one. This of cos is beneficial to the university, as it would raise the profile of the uni as a research hub. Singapore as a result would also obtain more clout in the research world, be it science or arts. Professors are tenured, PhD holders are employed mainly because they can contribute primarily to the research, not because they can or want to teach.

Some of these faculty members also know that, they know that they can’t teach for nuts. Their strengths lie in research, and they are definitely experts in their fields of specialities. It becomes convenient to make it a part of their requirements for some of them to teach a relevant module to undergraduates.

Teaching however is not something that one learns to do in graduate school, or for that matter in XYZ lab. I can be an expert bike rider but that doesnt mean that i can teach a noob to ride a bike like me. It doesnt mean that i noe everything about riding and bikes, that it automatically means that i’m a good teacher.

Well i will say this, for the standard of some of the professors’ teaching, we are better off employing masters holders or fresh PhD chaps who are of cos not as expert in their fields but have the passion to teach. Let the research ppl just do research, we dun need them to come and do a poor job teaching undergrads, and i bet they can’t be bothered, judging by the standard of notes provided by some of the physics lecturers (Read: recycling notes for 3-4 sems, or direct copy-paste from textbooks). We are paying 6k odd per yr to get a good education, you are taking the money to employ research ppl and @ the same time compromising on the standards of the undergraduates, who are your main customers.

I will also never forget how Ah Bao didnt bother changing his MM1 notes to read “Sem 1 AY2004/05″ from “Sem1 AY2003/2004″; and walking into tut classes empty handed. Lecturers like him only help to kill off the interest of the students taking the module.

A good teacher not just imparts knowledge to his or her student, he or she also inspires them to want to find out more about that subject. They also serve as role models for their students. I am glad to have some very passionate teachers throughout my education, incl in nus. I will never forget how prof sow always explained things nicely to us back in yr 1 lab, and prof shen arranging extra classes for us on saturday for E&M, and also giving the class 50 bucks to buy food for lunch that day. Prof Englert may set very tough papers and tut qns but u can see that he genuinely cares for us by explaining properly as long as we too make an effort to understand QM2.

How to 十年树木,百年树人 when you dun get good gardeners?

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Of the biggest irony and chiobu

Saturday, 11 March 2006
Posted at 00:30.25 and filed under aNUS, Musings, Singapore

For all my complaining and complaining about nus, I’m actually gonna be a student ambassador for tomorrow and sunday @ the openhouse. It’s amazing how my pride for nus is instilled just by paying me 120 bucks for 2 days..heh.. sellout i noe..

On a more serious note, yea right.. carlin showed me the Ms Singapore Universe 2006 website and i saw a few familiar faces plus spotted a few good ones, by my standards of cos. You are more than welcome to suggest ur choices, to each his or her own:

Favs so far: Andrea Teo Jade Seah

Faces that i’ve recognised on campus: Jeanette Wee She was in one of my econs tut class, and apparently her bf’s incredible hulk.. Weng Yifei She was from rv..

I shall further analyse the other contestants when i have the time :D

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On the way to becoming infamous..

Thursday, 2 March 2006
Posted at 16:03.38 and filed under aNUS

According to sources, the lecturer who’s featured as Dancing Professor knows about this video liaoz..haha! Apparently he doesnt mind but he’s not sure at the admin would say if they know about it.

What can i say…

Ok if the prof asks me to remove it, i will. However i must reiterate that it’s all done in jest.

If the admin comes to tell me to remove it, they have a better chance of letting a quantum particle tunnel thru a potential barrier

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QC ur bazaar pls!

Monday, 27 February 2006
Posted at 18:50.34 and filed under aNUS, Rantings, Singapore

NUS Students’ Computing Club really need to QC the vendors they invited for their bazaar.

‘Indulgence Bazaar’ Date: Monday, February 27, 2006 At 09:00 AM Duration: 5 Days Stress over your mid-terms?? Bored of the canteen food?? Want something to do during your breaks?? Come and indulge in Indulgence Bazaar. A variety of stalls from accessories, clothes to food. Keep a look out for more updates.

Check out some of their wares… OEM (read: CHAO PIRATE)soccer jerseys, England’s without the umbro logo.. u find most big european teams on the same rack.

They have Ramly burger stalls that were doing brisk business during lunch time, to the extent that by 5pm they had to resort to alternative chicken patties.
Since when Ramly chicken patties come cold, and look just like seaweed chicken nuggets? Ramly my ass..

from wikipedia, Ramly burger’s wiki

The Ramly Burger is distinctive from most other hamburgers due to the unique way in which the ingredients are served. Rather than the usual method of stacking the ingredients within the bun, the patty in the Ramly Burger is first covered with the desired condiments, then wrapped in a thin layer of egg. The end result is packet-like and enhances the texture of the burger while simultaneously reducing mess from the condiments.

Despite its popularity among Singaporeans, the Ramly Burger is banned in Singapore, along with all other Malaysian beef products. However, several stalls have smuggled the burger, albeit illegally, into the country. In particular, Ramly Burger stalls are rampant in pasar malams, which are harder to track due to their itinerant nature.

I rest my case

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Sledging SMU

Posted at 14:38.52 and filed under aNUS

A lecture on acne went off tangent, drastically to say the least. The prof was talking about how acne affects ppl’s confidence levels, then she went on to talk about her ex-student who has bad acne problems but is now a PhD. Then she went on to say about nus career centre offering courses on interviews and CVs. Then she started to diss off SMU..

smu, the ppl inside kosong, but they got nice wrapping paper u ppl @ nus inside got thing, but use lousy wrapping paper n scotch tape

ns is a occupational hazard, cos u all put camouflaage, crawl thru bushes…but once they come nus, they start to look better..so gals, give them a chance guys, dun go for smu gals, only got packaging
u dun need to aim for high pay 1st jobs, cos there is less potential for further growth if u start high..so leave all the smu students to get those jobs

quite a few top a level grads went to smu, n within few mths came to nus to beg for a place in any fac..cos they realised smu no content

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iprotest06

Friday, 24 February 2006
Posted at 16:52.43 and filed under aNUS, Links and such, Visual Orgy

Found this link, pretty cool shirt..i want i want!

iProtest06 Dear All, I hope this finds you (and your pockets) in good health, and on the way to a speedy recovery. After all, we authors do realise that a loss of $180.00 can have adverse effects on one’s mental/physical/economical/emotional health. Black t-shirts were proposed to be the cure, but there just wasn’t enough of them. We would like to propose a new and improved antidote: the iProtest t-shirts. Now available in vibrant orange, timeless blue, and of course classic black. Yours truly, iProtest06

And no, it’s not done by me, pls! Spread it ard if u like, applies to ntu ppl as well. SMU no need lah, you all raise 15% oso never make noise :D

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Serious posts about serious issues

Posted at 16:46.31 and filed under aNUS, Musings, Singapore

In case ppl are still wondering when i would do a serious post or 2 about the following issues, my explainations are in italics

NUS Fee Hike Do ppl really think that the 6th level emperor at uni hall would listen to you? There is no pt wasting precious brain cells to flog a dead horse. And i’m gonna grad! who cares! heh.. but u’re still gonna see parodies/spoofs i guess..got a few ideas in my mind for now..gimme time Tammy from NYP Yes i’ve seen the video, and seriously, it’s nothing much. Ppl are overreacting..i guess for every exposed “tammy”, there are 20 who do the same thing but are never caught. And since now it’s blown to such levels, give the poor gal a break pls, i’m sure very few ppl wanna do a paris hilton. So end of issue

Govt Budget handouts I dunno shit to blog about this, all i care for: i’m getting 700 bucks and that would be useful for taiwan Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad Whoa, time bomb i tell u.. in singapore u cannot talk about the following 3 issues: RACE, RELIGION, and LEE

General Elections It better dun happen on a tues or fri, i would miss my QM lecture!! [My enthusiasm for QM2 is not diminished by the fact that i pon lecture today..it’s just that i’m way too tired today]

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jkaiser is a physics graduate, and alumni of a "world class university" of NUS, which raises fees every yr, known fondly to some as aNUS. As an alumni, he get lots of letters from aNUS to ask for donations. The future for him is bright by wasting taxpayers' money working as a civil servant, and trying to screw with the minds of our future generation

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