Tutorials...

Attempted my first Econs tutorial last night...

It seemed do-able, and I realised when I went for the tutorial juz now tat I actually understood most of the basic microeconomic principles, which was mainly shifting and movement of the demand and supply curves, plus equilibrium points and quantities... I found out tat I had to copy super fast oso, and towards the end I juz scribbled wad I deemed was the most impt from the tutor's slides, cos she goes on and on at light-speed unless someone asks qns, lolx... 5qns, settled in 1 hr, tat's it :) Thank God for giving me the understanding :)

Rushed off after Econs tutorial to join Weilin for this Linguistic Module tat he registered for but I didnt... The lecture and tutorial seemed quite interesting... We learnt abt how language plays a part in our social environment... I thought tat it was quite an interesting course to take, as in its totally diff from wad I would usually take la... Anyway there's alot of Math modules already, so this is something reli special in a way :)

After tat I went to the NIE book store to buy my 2 Econs textbooks, and I got the NTU Lecture Pad tat I wanted!! It is special cos u cant buy tat Lecture Pad, u can onli get it when u purchase more than $30 worth of stuff at the NIE bookstore... Anyway the special thing abt this Lecture Pad is tat it has the NTU Logo inside, unlike the blue one tat I bought :D

My fav Lecture Pad!

Cos there's oso the NTU Logo inside!

Economics Texts (they dont come cheap)

Btw today's in today's Math lecture we went on to do limits... Cant wait for the precise definition of tangents next week... To Quote Dr. Andrew, "knowing this precise definition of tangents is wad separates Mathematicians from non-Mathematicians" LOL rite? Well, Calculus seems fun so far... Its the proving tat I cant get :( Anyone wanna tell me how to prove tat for any given prime number p, √p is irrational?

Happy Birthday Singapore!!

First week of sch is finally over... Whew... So many things have happened in this first week at NTU... Hmmm I realised tat traveling from home to NTU is definitely NOT fun, lolx... Even if I get to sit all the way it can be tiring, haha... Muz faster move all my stuff in so I can "camp" there :) Then I wont waste so much time traveling to and fro... Can u imagine if I save almost 4 hrs more everyday? Can finish alot more tutorials la :D

Anyway, other then being abit lost for the first 2 days, I basically know how to get to all my lecture theaters now, and I know how to go my Econs Tutorial Rm already, although tutorials havent started... Math Tutorials are held in the new SPMS building which I havent reli explored, juz walked in for awhile on the first day onli... Other than tat, I visited 2 libraries and found my sch's Popular, which is at Level B5... On a random note, I bought another Math textbook today, lol...


Well, I oso found out tat the fd court at the North Spine sells one of the cheapest yet nicest fd ard :) Lunch go there always packed one, lolx... Then below got Mac, Subway, Canadian Pizza and Old Chang Kee... One of the best eating areas in NTU la!! The Hall next to mine, Hall 9 (I'm in Hall 8) oso got a canteen but havent tried the fd there yet... Hopefully its not too bad, then will be more convenient liao :)

Hmmm, thruout this first wk, I got to know quite a few students from other countries oso, namely Vietnam, China, Myanmar and Malaysia... Thought it was quite cool la :) And as I mentioned b4, God already provided me with lecture & tutorial partners, which is simply amazing considering the fact that I dont reli noe any frens in my course... Basically, although it has been a tiring wk, I reli see that God's grace is sufficient for me :)

Anyway I did something tat I didnt forsee myself doing... Met Faith in the train as I was on my way to Boon Lay... She sat down opp. me and a look of recognition came upon her face when she saw me, haha... I guess both of us were too lazy to gif up our seats and get up, so we started communicating by mouthing words... I wasnt an expert at lip-reading but I found out tat she was in NUS (3rd yr cos the gals dont hav ns, lol) doing Engineering and tat she's alighting at Clementi... She knew I was in NTU and I told her I was doing Math... Think she didnt catch the Econs part, lolx... After tat we sortof gave up communicating this way and I thought we would juz leave it at tat... But after awhile, my phone vibrated and from the smile on her face, I guessed tat she actually smsed me! (Rmbr we were sitting juz opp. each other, lolx...) So I took out my phone and indeed I was right! So after tat I played along and we exchanged a few smses until she had to alight at Clementi... It was weird but fun in a way, haha... First time I'm doing this kinda thing la! :)

Then in today's lecture, I was totally owned! :( The topic was "Foundations of Mathematics" but I seriously didnt see how fundamental it got... We were introduced to Mathematical Proofs but I juz got more and more lost after each example... I knew tat Uni Math was something liddat but I guess I juz need to reli study hard and get the so-called "fundamentals" right first b4 going anywhere else... The star problem tat our lecturer gave today was :

"Are there two irrational numbers a and b such that a^b is rational?"

I was tempted to gif something like :

"Well it depends on each individual number's mood? Maybe they'll be rational if they are in a good mood, otherwise they'll probably be quite irrational."

(Btw wad I juz said was utter nonsense la, haha... Qns are not meant to be answered by another qn, lolx...)

So after today's lecture I was sortof depressed (ok I'm exaggerating) cos I couldnt tell when numbers are rational or not :D Chionged to Popular to get my newest bk b4 rushing to the bus stop to wait for the bus... Yup, cos today after sch we had a worship gathering at Uncle Lawrence's hse... Reached at abt 7.30pm and realised tat I didnt hav to worry abt the lack of fd, cos there's reli plenty, lolx... Waited for the Olympics Opening at 8.08pm and we werent disappointed... It was a display of precision, cooperation, discipline and many more which enabled us, the audience, to reli enjoy the performance :) After tat was the march past where each country took turns to come out... We were like waiting and waiting for Singapore for like 10 million yrs la, lolx... In the end we found out tat the order was according to the number of 笔画 of each country and everyone started to like "write" out the Chinese word in the air, haha... Suddenly it became like a Chinese and Geography lesson! Anyway, when Singapore finally came out at abt 11pm, we cheered loudly, then after tat everyone left, haha... Its like we were juz waiting for tat moment to leave, lolx... Btw, thanks to Shao Hong Uncle for giving my bro and me a free ride home! :)

After saying so much, I havent reli link back to my title, lolx... Actually its nothing much, juz tat I wanna say :

HAPPY 43RD BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!!!

*I'm proud to be a Singaporean, and esp. a student of NTU!

Pressing on...

My 100th post! :)

In about 8 months! :)

Anyway, first wk of sch is ending soon, and I reli thank God its Friday tml, lolx... Not tat I resent sch, but I'm beginning to realise tat I need to seriously learn how to manage my time between tuition, church ministries and sch work, and I'm not even toking abt CCA yet... Believe it or not, so far everyday I still got time to meet up with diff ppl and socialise, haha... One of the miracles God gave to me :) Muz thank Shuqi today for the lunch treat and for pei-ing me on the long MRT ride till she had to get down and take a bus to her sch... Along the way we found out tat we had this common friend Weilin (its a guy) who's in her OBS OG and who is oso one of the sergeants in my company... I thought it was quite amazing la! :D

Well, today I went down to my sch's Popular and bought my first textbook:

"Calculus" by James Stewart

Hopefully this can last me for 2 yrs, lolx...

I oso bought some writing materials, and I'm proud of the logos on them! :)

Nanyang Technological University!

Not too sure if I wanna get the Econs books, cos its like I'm onli using them for one sem... Shall either hav to borrow from someone or camp in the library to do my tutorials, lolx... Oh ya toking abt tutorials, I muz say I was quite excited to receive them! U're prob thinking tat I'm crazy, haha!! :) Anyway I reli thank God cos although I dont hav any frens taking the exact same course as me, I've got Weilin to go to Math Lectures with and Wei Nian to go for Econs Lectures with :))) In short, I wont be sitting alone during any lecture, lolx... Well, shall look forward to more happening stuff, esp. next week when CCA recruitment starts :D

Hmmm... someone pls tell me wad CCA I shd choose...

Math Lecture

My very first Math Lecture today...

MAS 112 - CALCULUS I

Dr. Andrew mentioned tat the objective of this whole course would be to understand rather than to calculate, since juz abt anyone can calculate given the formulas... He discussed functions with us and I thought there were many new insights tat I learnt... Audrey was right, Uni Math was more abt proving than anything else... Honestly, I could feel the adrenaline rush when Mathematics was once again brought out and thrown at me... There is an unspeakable excitement in me whenever anything related to Math is heard :) N to hear it today at yet another level juz thrilled me although I do not profess to understand 100% of the lecture... We were told tat precise definitions for many stuff were of utmost importance; we needed to get to the root of things and not juz calculate and solve problems... I reli thank God tat I managed to follow most of this first lecture :) Here is the very last slide of today, and it left me totally intrigued!


Tml would be my first Economics lecture, I suppose tat's where the real test comes in... Pray hard tat I can understand :)

First day of sch!

Woke up at 10 plus today and realised tat today was the first day of sch!! Quite relaxed in a way cos my one and onli lecture for the day starts at 3.30pm... Anyway I left my hse at 11 plus cos I intended to reach early to get my Hall keys and do abit of exploring :)

While on the train, I reli thank God tat I printed out my Econs notes as I was able to not waste the 1-hr train journey by reading thru and trying very hard to understand Chapter 1... It was a total of 66 slides and to cover it in a 2-hr lecture would mean tat we can onli allow less than 2 mins for each slide =/ It seemed as if we would have to go at a scarily fast pace... Nonetheless, I juz scanned thru every single slide and tried to make sense of Supply and Demand Curves and the ways tat they can shift, be it onli either one of them shifted or both shifted... Tat took me all the way till Jurong East, so at least much of the journey wasnt wasted in that sense...

I took 199, alighted at my Hall, got the keys and headed to my rm... I realised tat there was quite abit of cleaning up to do for my side of the rm, but I wasnt reli in the appropriate attire so I decided to do it tml after my lecture ended at 12.30pm... So anyway I left it at tat and went on the South Spine of NTU by taking the shuttle bus, and I set out to find the location of my first lecture at LT 23... Thank God it wasnt tat hard and didnt take tat long... After tat I went to Canteen B and had my lunch at 2 plus b4 hanging ard reading the latest issue of the Nanyang Chronicle till it was almost time to go in...

I went into LT 23 and scanned the many faces, trying to look for a seat at the same time... Luckily I spotted this guy from SPMS camp (Nicholas) but was from another grp... He recognised me immediately and I was quite surprised! N I was so glad to softof find someone tat I 'know' tat I juz sat down beside him... It was cool la, and wad an amazing thing to happen, when juz minutes b4 I thought I would hav to sit alone at some corner... We exchanged phone numbers and agreed to sit together during our common lectures :)

Now on to the lecture... My professor's name is Bernhard Schmidt (dont ask me how to pronounce tat cos I reli dunno) and he had this German accent due to his background but thank God tat I understood wad he was saying most of the time! The course was entitled "Introduction to Scientific Programming" and we would be focusing mainly on the C++ programming language and how we can use it for Mathematical applications... Anyway I found the lecture quite interesting even though I didnt understand everything, maybe cos I had the interest in computer languages b4 last time during my Sec sch yrs :D In the end, he ended early at 5pm and I went off to meet Kaiqi for dinner at Funan... We didnt reli do much oso, juz eat then walk ard Funan... I didnt noe the shops there close so early la, lolx... Left the place at abt 9 plus then went back home... Not too bad for my first day of lesson in NTU! :)