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This quotation rings so true for graduate school.The myth of epiphany has a long history because it’s appealing to believe that there is a short, simple reason that things happen. The myth …
UK PM Gordon Brown has recently announced that McDonald’s, along with several large corporations, have been given approval to certify some internal employee training courses as equivalent to ‘A’-level standard. Suddenly, a McJob isn’t really a McJob anymore. Technically speaking, they aren’t A-levels per se, but are vocational certificates which …
This news comes via Kungfuzi, whose alma mater, Dartmouth College joins the short list of US universities and colleges that offer need-blind admission to international students. In summary, need-blind admission means that your ability to pay tuition will not affect your chances of getting accepted. Full details are available on Dartmouth’s website.Now, more than ever, ...
I read on tomorrow.sg that Google is thinking of setting up the world’s largest data center in Malaysia, Vietnam or India. While such a facility would doubtless represent a great boon to the local economy and a prestige boost for the host country, I am personally quite concerned with the privacy aspects of such a ...
[youtube{{{http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0ZY4Bn6q2s}}}]Tellervo and Oliver Kalleinen, the Finnish artists who came up with the idea for Complaints Choir series (and previously featured on this blog here), have now brought their Singapore project to fruition, only to cancel all its public performances due to pressure from the Singapore authorities.Thanks a lot, Singapore, …
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Burst water pipe in CLSL 5, originally uploaded by Elia Diodati. My work yesterday was interrupted at 5:40 pm or so by the fire alarm. . Turned out the sprinkler mains water pipe had exploded due ...
Elia Diodati posted a photo:The fire alarm went off yesterday at the local chemistry lab. Within 2 minutes, 3 fire engines had already showed up.
Elia Diodati posted a photo:The fire alarm went off yesterday at the local chemistry lab. Turned out the sprinkler mains water pipe had exploded due to a failure in the water heater.
Elia Diodati posted a photo:The fire alarm went off yesterday at the local chemistry lab. Turned out the sprinkler mains water pipe had exploded due to a failure in the water heater.
Elia Diodati posted a photo:The fire alarm went off yesterday at the local chemistry lab. Turned out the sprinkler mains water pipe had exploded due to a failure in the water heater.
After Mr Wang’s post on why Singapore schools don’t touch Cyril Wong’s literature, I encountered this meme circulating amongst quite a few academic blogs out there:“Why do you teach and why is academic freedom critical to that effort?”Here are some of the more notable responses in response to the latter question (bold in original, italics ...
Returning to Singapore after a nearly four-year absence was quite an eye-opener.In a few weeks, I think I’ve received more dirty looks than in the past three-plus years here in the United States. That’s including several trips to New York City and a trip to the mudflats of Oklahoma. When did this whole dirty look ...
I’m back in lab, after a month-long hiatus in Singapore which was partly enforced by the calamitous hard drive crash of my lab notebook whilst in Singapore.My advisor managed to stun me with the following koan-like exchange:He: So you didn’t do anything this break?Me: No. Did you read the two drafts I gave you before ...
Petsorfood.com - Thanks to Fox who discovered this website that sells such exotic meats as Komodo dragons, at not unreasonable prices. Anyone game for baby seal?Awesome stones - Interestin …
In 2007, I published a paper and wrote two drafts. My adviser told me I can graduate in 2008. Yet I have discovered serious doubts about continuing my pursuit of joining academia, having now seriously researched viable alternative careers.In 2007, I was forcefully reminded of the general rude atmosphere in Singapore, from numerous mediocre (and ...
With effect from Jan 1, 2008, the ever more paranoid US government will be enforcing a new rule banning the packing of “loose” lithium batteries in checked luggage, apparently over concerns that such batteries may catch fire. Instead, one must pack new batteries still in the original packaging, or otherwise keep them in a ziplock ...
After reading a comment on Mr Wang’s post The Silent Singaporean referencing my earlier post on the nonexistence of singaporekini.com, it suddenly dawned on me that I had entirely omitted the issue of literacy from the discussion of why Singaporeans don’t blog more. In retrospect, it’s so obvious! The typical Singaporean has only a functional ...
According to our survey, [not] many people go to the political blog[s]. It’s just very simple - the Malays don’t read [English]! Why should we worry [about it]? We’re not worried. Who will read this? [Political blogs have] no influence. Who’re [they] gonna influence? These blogs and [the] Internet depend on [newspapers for their credibility]. ...
Every bit as hot and humid as I had remembered, although there wasn’t the horrible feeling of walking into a steaming cloud of water vapor when I walked onto the airbridge.I swear, the guy at immigration seemed to recognize me. “Are you the - ?” he started. I just smiled at him, and he broke ...
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