Anyway, the NTU open house is next Saturday, and ironically, the theme for the event is called "Life @ NTU". Wow. How appropriate. Especially since some EEE student stabbed a prof and killed himself after. Oh, and not forgetting the guy who was found dead in his apartment in Nanyang Heights... People sure are Living Life @ NTU. (Thanks Chris for pointing it out to me... no disrespect intended to those who have passed on, but yeah.... this was too much not to say anything about)

I suppose SPMS will also be showcasing something during Life @ NTU, and I would like to warn prospective students of several very misleading advertisements. First, on the NTU SPMS website, there is a little flash animation which shows the faces of several students with a small caption below saying, 

LXXng HX FXi, 

Physics Major,

XaXXXnal Junior College, 

A-lvl 4 As

Now, even though it's good to showcase your top students, that's just going to lower the morale of many prospective students who are not sure if they can make the grade. 

They should have put my face on the flash animation,

Teo Wei Ren, 

Physics Major 

Super-Raffles (aka Serangoon) Junior College 

Nearly Failed Sec 2 Mathematics

Took Combined Physics in Upper Sec

C for A-lvl physics

Now that's going to keep applications up. We're not saying that the school is lousy. Oh contrare. We're going to give many prospective students hope :) And from there, the profs can take their pick from the increased number of applications.

This brings us to our next misleading advertisement. This was taken from a standing poster on the level 1 main entrance of SPMS. Can you spot what is wrong with the picture? 

Ans:

THEY'RE BLOODY SMILING IN LAB!!!! 

For those who have been through PAP118 and 119, you guys know, lab is never an occassion to smile about. You have no idea what the lab manual is saying, you're trying (in vain) to anticipate the viva question (for which you're going to have to bullshit your way through anyway), your lab partner is late, and your readings show no relation to the theory whatsoever... God knows what else....

The only time you DO smile in lab is when you've finished early, and you THINK you're right. They should put up another poster next to this one showing the students swearing in front of their computers while doing their lab report. And maybe a third showing their pissed off faces while redoing the experiment. 

Anyway, here's a little clip which I found quite funny... If it's the same guy who came up with Benny lava and he's asian, we now know he's not thaaat racist....