Time flies. It has been a quarter of a year since class turned on, starting with a lecture a week, to three..
Going back to school is a break-away from the routine and the "everyday people" (people you meet everyday) grown too accustomed over the last 3 years.
Initial Accounting and Banking lectures were led by a Harry guy who proclaims everything "kancang". Through two sessions of 1.5 hours lectures, he will "kacang" his way through, with the quizzical students dragged along, driven nuts picking up the litters of information. Have problem balancing the sheets? "No problem", he would say, "Continue playing with the numbers, and you will get it." And on, he will walk, invigilating and avoiding the lane in your aisle the next time he has the students fumbling over questions flashed in small fonts on the overhead projector. A young boy in the class said he is not a teacher, but an aspiring magician... well, either that, or he had simply over-rated us! =D
The best thing about him is that class will definitely end on time as he kept watch on the wall clock like a hawk, harping on how detrimental it is to be having classes at evenings late.
You guessed it, he was ousted out after a review. Nonetheless, there wasn't a feeling of the least of any remorse. In fact, he was glad to be off the hook to hold classes in the evenings. To start with, he aint' really that interested to teach the late classes, if not (in his own words) "for the money".
That made the next Accounting lecturer shine against his bad record. She went through every tiny details, punctuating her lines with "Are you clear?", while everyone responded back in a typical Singaporean behaviour (that is, stare back at her). I guess most are really appreciative at least for her earnestness though. Ok, except for a big nosed guy who went up to her to tell her not go to those details, cos' he has done accounting in his secondary school years before and it's a repeat of what he had learnt.... totally without empathy for pathetic science students like me who'd struggling to make out heads and tails... Anyway, that's probably just an example of typical i-me-myself person lar, i guess...
ah well, irritating, yes, but i'm still pretty cool with it.... anyway, what makes him think that he can still remember what he learnt in seconday school... I think i even have problem remember V=IR or was it V= I/R? okie... maybe i'm just lousy.... whatever...
It is also interesting to see how people learn nowadays. While I employ the ol'fashioned way of scribbling illegibly through lectures, I actually spot some guys holding up their phones and taking time to perform photography on the screen notes. Well, that probably means that these people can read their "notes" on the go. Whip out your phone, and there are the powerpoint slides.... cool! but then again, they must have really good camera phones...... hahah...
The new banking lecturer is also a pretty jolly guy who consistently calls himself Uncle Ngoh. But hey, Uncle Ngoh is definitely not your typical Uncle. He holds impressive portfolios, but remained pretty humble in his dealing with people. The best, best thing about him is his willingness to share his notes. This is something Harry won't do, harping on the fact that they are notes that he wrote on his own.... and mind you, Harry's notes are full of typographical errors that he conveniently dismiss as the result of his poor typing skills.... makes me wonder what program he used to type his notes.....
Law classes are a tad different.
We have a lecturer who's simply gregarious and engrossed in teaching. When the time came when the school decided to move him out to teach other classes, the law students stood together and petitioned against it.
Aside from keeping the students awake with his animations, there were countless dictations to keep awake through the hour. I have used up two Stabilo pens in a short time frame of a month. Fidgeting students who have classes next often are caught in the dilemma of choosing to sit or to move. Poor things....
The law class is another scene altogether - kinda different from the i-me-myself centered group of people in the accounting class. The law species enjoyed group discussions and ideas sharing much more - even stopping for the ones who are having problem catching up - without thinking it is a waste of time... Too bad, i do not have the luxury to engage in those group things they've regularly got. I'd think they must be pretty enriching...
Anyway, that's all to update on school for now.... to justify the reason behind the lag in updates for a period too long...... realised that working and studying is too much of a stunt for me to play. bushed lar.... 
