I play the engineer Wang Zhi Wei in the show the Dream Catchers. In whatever he does, (Wang Zhi Wei) will consider the situation around him and then carefully calculate, compare and weigh the options available to him.
Someone has said before, (in English) "Scientists ask, 'Why?', Engineers ask, 'Why Not'?", which means .... (translates the quote into chinese).
If you often say,"Why not?", then you've got an Engineer's DNA. Why not consider studying Engineering, and give the engineering experience a try ;)
Wah lao... I feel insulted as a Physics major lor...
First of all, the quote is total bullshit. It's supposed to be a raped version of a quote from George Bernard Shaw's play, Back to Methuselah. (Thanks to rctay's Windows Live space blog entry which exposed the literary piracy for what it was). The real quote is as such,
If I can do that, what can I not do? I tell you I am very subtle. When you and Adam talk, I hear you say 'Why?' Always 'Why?' You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' I made the word dead to describe my old skin that I cast when I am renewed. I call that renewal being born.
Secondly, this is absolutely shameless propaganda. If the government wants more Engineers, they advertise in other ways. If I were an engineer and I saw this, I'd be pretty embarassed myself.
Thirdly, engineers DO ask, "Why not?". They ask, "Why not I disregard gravity when calculating how much force you need to push a block up an inclined plane?". Yeah, for all that engineering is supposed to be Applied Applied Physics, the average engineering major isn't really that great. (Pee is an exception. But then again, he's a CN Yang scholar and taking our physics modules. To Pee: Dude, your physics is Godlike.)
Maybe I'm being a little unfair when it came to the last point, but the first two were enough for me to want to kick Tay Ping Hui in the nuts lor... If I were Tay Ping Hui, I'd be kicking myself in the nuts.....
Anyway, go check out Mosaic happening at the Esplanade till 22nd June. Some of the acts at the Concourse are pretty good but most importantly, it's FREE.
Name : Wei Ren Age : 21 School : Nanyang Technological University Location : Singapore
A Physics major from Nanyang Tech, Singapore. I love Randomness, logic, art and science. I seek to gain an understanding of the world around and beyond me.
