NTU Y1S1, Week 5 In Review

Random Quotes Of The Week:

Dr Cai: "So, do you all understand?"
Class: "No... ... ..."
Dr Cai: "Hmm... I wonder how your lecturer explains this?"
(Moment of silent)
Random Guy: "He ask us to go to his office."
- Random Guy (Random F-Maths Tutorial)


"Feel free to come to my office."
- Dr Woo (Nearly every F-Maths Lecture)


Dr Chan: "The Report CANNOT be type-out. It has to be hand-written..."
(Why?)
Dr Chan: "Well in the past we notice many students simply copy and paste from each other... OK? While hand-written does not rule not that possibility, we hope that, at least while you're writing down, it goes through your head. So... it's done with good intention. It is not done as a punishment. Please don't see it negatively.
- Dr Chan (On Lab3 Report)


Dr Chan: "So... urm... Do you want to delay this to tomorrow?..."
Whole Class: "YES!!!~~~"
Dr Chan: "(LOL) I always ask obvious questions..."
- Dr Chan (End of Logic Lecture)


"Some students, they try to bluff me. They just blah blah blah blah blah and give the result. I still give them 1 mark."
- Dr Shi (On Mathematical Induction, Proving)


"ask spicer come teach ownz them man"
- Mr Glenn (MSN Conversation)

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In The Class:
Like I said, this has been quite a bad week for me. Fell sick, lag behind in stuffs, couldn't really concentrate in class... Geez. I actually went back to see the doctor again cause the throat is really killing me.

The results: Somehow, the antibiotic he gave me didn't work (WTF?!). That's why my nose is still block, and because so little air goes in, my throat becomes very dry, and it hurts so much even when I drink a lot of water. So, he gave me some stronger medicine...

Sometimes, now I know why people meant by a "series of unfortunate events". Hopefully my luck & fengshui will change for the better...


Computer Systems
Yep... the first test is finally coming up next week. Hope I do well!


Logic Design
Wah Lau eh... really getting difficult. I realized some Poly students (like Information Technology, etc) have learnt this before. Why I never learn before?!

And I spent 4 freaking hours just "preparing the lab book" for the lab. What the hell?! It isnt' even the actual lab. How ridiculous when you have to spend 4 hours to prepare for a 2 hours lab?

Tell me how can I ever have enough time?


Data Strucutres Programming
Everything that I wanted to say is already written very clearly in Glenn's post.

Bottom line is, this is not a programming competition. In the real working world, you don't have a project where you have to plan and complete it in 2 hours. Give me 2 weeks and I'll give you a "swee swee" assignment. Not give me 2 hours to code 2 methods.

Let me say this, as I think it's probably true for all those that have done programming. Sometimes, you are just stuck & your mind is blank. No matter how hard you try, you simply cannot progress further. Sometimes, you are on drugs and everything seems to just flow amazingly. That is how it is like.

What if someone is at that "stoned" stage during that 2 hours? It's over for him/her.

Haiz... I miss Mr Spicer man...

I miss his, "build a toy one", "is everyone under control?" and "I'm a bad typist."

Come here and ownz them please!


Discrete Maths
WOW! My respect for Dr Shi Daming increased tremendously after watching his "Mathematical Induction" lecture.

When I saw how he worked his way from some seemingly impossible stage to the final solution... I was lost for words.

It was "goddamn pro + gosu-ness + godlike".

I stand in awe of his "logical reasoning capabilities". I think he's my idol now.

...

Damn... I can't believe I'm actually writing this.


Foundation Maths

"Information on coming quiz on 19 Sep (Fri) is posted in the course document folder. Feel free to ask me or your tutors if you have any questions on Prob & Stats. Don't worry, the quiz is meant to pass all of you, and not to 'kill' you. :-) Know this course is compulsory for most of you, but hope you all find this course not too stressful. :-p"
(Message posted on BB)

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