IS THIS FOR REAL?!

You know, I don't regret choosing NUS. I have enjoyed my life there pretty much so far, and I find that I can understand most of the stuff going on in the lectures. I even like most of the lecturers very much for their clear explanations. It's a great place to be in. (and the no.1 place where I get lost in...)

The GEM2901 (Reporting Statistics in the Media) lecturer, Associate Professor Chua Tin Chiu, is a memorable character indeed. He is... quite the funnyman/smart guy, appearing in Lianhe Wanbao and giving his academic opinion on whether numbers related to famous events (such as Huang Na's murder) have a higher chance of appearing in the 4D winning list of numbers.

Well, it turns out that he has done statistical consulting for KPMG (oooh) and some government agencies. I ain't kidding about that.

My CS1231 (Discrete Structures) lecture, Associate Professor Stephane Bressan, has been teaching in NUS since 1998, and graduated from the Ecole University in France (wooowwww) in 1987. In fact, from 1996 to 1998, he was a research associate in MIT's Sloan School of Management. WOWWW!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME! (that's my dream school...) Yep. That probably explains why he can make such an abstract topic make sense to a mathematical layperson like me. Pei fu, pei fu.

Talking about abstract topics reminds me of my lecturer for CG1101(Programming Methodology), Professor Tan Keng Yan, Colin. This guy is the opposite of what I expected programming lecturers to be like. (i.e. boring and incomprehensible.) Luckily for us CEG students, he is interesting AND fully comprehensible. My mum could've coded simple C programs with his lectures. I bet I would have understood some basics of C programming from the first 2 lectures even if I'd never gone for the project in NUS's Social Robotics Lab. Plus, he's friendly and hilarious too! For now, this programming course is wayyy better than I imagined. :D And I think it's going to remain this way. He has a few funny websites that made me laugh, too. He is apparently called Polar Bear, due to his sheer size (he's not that big sized... maybe he lost some weight lately?) and love of raw fish. I don't get it. :P But his wedding website is really sweet and hilarious, I wonder which genius of comedy wrote the content.

Why yes, my PC1432 (Physics IIE) lecturer, Associate Professor Edward Teo Ho Khoon (who recently shocked himself accidentally with charged plates connected to a wimhurst machine thingy during a very exciting live demonstration in his lecture) probably has one of the most impressive CVs. (and one of the highest foreheads and penetrating gazes I've seen in my life)

Just take a look at this page. My jaws were gaping so widely that a fat housefly might have found the orifice formed in the process a nice, cosy place to rest in. I mean, this guy is conducting research on "multi black hole solutions", negative energies and STRING THEORY!? He's a child prodigy who obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge at TWENTY ONE years old??? (umm, come to think of it. If he finished his PhD at 21, when did he serve the NS?)

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My brain is now exploding, his achievements are too impressive. As the average freshman, I'll only be in year 3 when I'm 21. We are learning physics from a GENIUS! :D Is that cool or what! :D

On second thought, maybe it's exploding because some negative mass from Prof Teo's research came into contact with my head. Oops, watch that bit of my brain flying out from your computer screen. I am truly sorry for dirtying your screen. :(

Dang, I should've been more careful when I was sitting in the front of the lecture theatre during physics. :P

By the way, this is my lecturer for MA1505 (Mathematics).
Associate Professor Leung Pui Fai. And I just found out that he has an English name! He's called Fred, like that popular brand called Fred Perry. (I see so many people with a Fred Perry shirt/bag/shoes everywhere.) Check out his list of publications. Yet again, I am impressed.

Who knows? His research on geometry may have led him to create the logo/designs of the ridiculously popular Fred Perry fashion items. I mean, with a grown-up child prodigy and a guy who did research at MIT in the past teaching me in NUS, I am now mentally prepared to expect anything from NUS. ANYTHING! :D

There isn't a word I can use to aptly describe how I feel about the lecturers who have taught me in NUS so far.
But I know the natural sound that social conventions dictate I should make in such a situation.
It's a resounding WOW.

(and no, I didn't mean for that to stand for World of Warcraft. Has the Starcraft fever gotten to you?)

I hope that most of you in NUS right now think that you've made the right choice too. :)