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G Superheroes It’s late blue in the flesh on c prov The Avengers have serious competition. At this year’s to remember the speakers by. Amongst the eminent Molecular Frontiers Symposium in South Korea, which scientists was this year’s Chemistry Nobel laureate Prof NTU co-organised, top-notch scientists were represented Ariel Warshel, who discussed issues related to the future of by various superheroes from Zorro to Thor, giving the molecular science alongside NTU’s own president, Prof Bertil 700 high school students in the audience a cheeky way Andersson, whose cartoon self was Popeye the Sailor Man.

Hard like sotong Remember those times you ate squid and felt like you were chewing on rubber? Apparently, there is more truth to that than we know. Researchers at NTU have found that by mimicking the structure of protein in squid sucker rings, they were able to create a new biomaterial many times hardier than conventional plastic that might even be suitable for making organ implants. Other ﬁ nds include sticky underwater glue and a super stretchy material inspired by mussels and sea snails. Lucky no.13 The Nanyang Business School’s Executive MBA (EMBA) Programme debuted at 13th in a recent Financial Times’ global ranking. It is also the best EMBA programme oﬀ ered solely by a Singapore university. Strong salary increases, Life rich international experience, and a culturally diverse class were key MA reasons cited for the programme’s success. The EMBA’s strong debut comes digi on the heels of the business school’s 64th placing on The Economist’s MBA age league table, the highest rank ever by a Singapore institution. MA gen

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 2 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 2:55 PM . The future is bright for NTU graduates, and you re we don’t just mean the folks from science and engineering. Around 40 leading companies were part of NTU’s ﬁ rst career fair for undergrads hired in the humanities, arts and social sciences in November, seeking to hire these students six months ahead of their graduation. CONGRATULATIONS... More than 200 resumes were matched to open positions, meaning many will WOW VID have a job waiting for them when they return from their celebratory grad trip. For his video chronicling the best things about NTU in 20 seconds, third-year digital animation student Kapie Eipak not only showed the world how cool NTU is, but also took home the top prize in this year’s Times Higher Goody Goodies Education World University Rankings video competition. It’s that time of the year when students turn to coﬀ ee-chugging and late-night mugging. But helping NTU students cheerfully keep the exam blues at bay are several stress-busting events and goodie bag giveaways on campus. Organised by students for students, these “welfare goodies” prove one thing: you’re among caring friends.

of OMY COOL PROF! til It was a landslide victory for NTU’s Assoc Prof Phua Chiew n. Pheng, named “Teacher Most Wanted” in the university category of an online voting competition organised by news and entertainment web portal omy.sg. The Chinese dialectology expert won the votes of over 600 students. APPLE OF THEIR EYES (TOO) At the 9th QS-APPLE Creative Awards, NTU won top honours in the Most Creative Corporate Institution Video category, bagging the gold award. Catch a bird’s eye view of the campus ﬁ lmed via a mini remote-controlled helicopter in this YouTube video on the NTUsg channel. NTU was also named the Overall Winner of the creative awards. CONSULT THESE WINNERS It was the best-case scenario when four Nanyang Business School undergrads – Reagen Low, Ler Shu Wei, Jennifer Xie and Tsang Qi Yu – came up with the winning business plan at the 2nd Nielsen Singapore Case Competition, convincing the judges to award them the top prize of $2,000 and internship opportunities at Nielsen for the entire team. Theyy9 beat out 91 3 A ROSE uuniversityniversity teamsteams.. uted by any MBA ses, other name Life could get a lot rosier in a few years, thanks to LILY, ROSE and key MAGIC, three new research centres at NTU promoting interactive mes digital media. LILY will help the elderly live independently in the digital MBA age, while ROSE focuses on improving online search technologies. tion. MAGIC, on the other hand, is all play and decked out to create the next generation of digital games.

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London – a cultural capital and leading ﬁ nancial centre. The beautiful San Francisco skyline.

It’s a top pick, whichever path campus overlooking the San they need.” they choose. Francisco Bay. At the end of two Th e Renaissance Engineering From July next year, NTU semesters, the students will also Programme is unique in that it students on Singapore’s top do internships in Silicon Valley, off ers top students a dual degree ce engineering programme, the famed for its fertile start-up – a Bachelor of Engineering Renaissance Engineering environment. Science and a Master of Science ks Programme, will get a choice NTU Provost Prof Freddy in Technology Management – in n to study a full year in Imperial Boey says that in an increasingly just four and a half years. ” College London or University connected world, students need Th e rigorous programme of California, Berkeley (UC to be able to think on their feet aims to produce well-rounded Berkeley), both located in two of and work with people from engineering graduates with deep the world’s most cosmopolitan diff erent cultures, nationalities specialist knowledge as well as cities. and disciplines. Cross-cultural a broad base of expertise from Th ose who choose to spend exchange is one way of business management to the their one year of overseas studies developing these vital skills. liberal arts. at Imperial – REP’s second “We believe in training our Victoria Zhao is among the programme partner – will brightest minds to be leaders fi rst-year REP freshmen with also take on internships at top and engineers of the highest some exciting choices to make. ccompanies in Europe. calibre, well-equipped with “Th is is great news!” she says. “Imperial College both technical knowledge “Both Imperial and Berkeley LLondon, like UC and practical know-how are world-class universities with BBerkeley, is well-reputed that will enable them to lead unique cultural climates and ffor its strengths in interdisciplinary teams to solve deep strengths in the engineering eengineering,” says REP complex real-world problems.” fi eld. I now have more options to DDirector Prof Teoh He adds: “Imperial, which is pick a learning environment that SSwee Hin. “Imperial’s also the key partner for NTU’s will best meet the needs of my PHOTO: DAVE GUTTRIDGE DAVE PHOTO: cconnectedness to Europe, medical school, has an excellent engineering specialisation later Imperial’s main campus andd ththe presence of key industry curriculum and a vast network of on in myy studies.” me. in Central London. players such as Rolls-Royce and alumni worldwide. IBM in London, will also benefi t Having them students when they embark on partner us on the re their overseas internships.” REP will certainly e Th ird-year students from bring about a new the inaugural batch of REP dimension to our ng students are currently living and students’ learning learning in UC Berkeley, reading while giving them

PHOTOS: ALOYSIUS ADI PRATAMA ALOYSIUS PHOTOS: highly popular courses on a lush the global exposure

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 5 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 10:26 AM Feature Go figure! Gigantic jumps in global university rankings of 100 places (Times Higher ev

Education) and 33 places (Quaquarelli Symonds) in the last three years. an Ranked second amongst young universities worldwide and number one for industry income and innovation. The numbers speak for themselves why NTU is a rising star amongst global universities by Chrystal Chan 60% jump That’s the increase in top A-level students enrolling at NTU last year compared to 2011. This is a further jump after the 43% spike in 2012.

NTU’s double degree in Accountancy 2 & Business is the No. 2 most popular undergraduate programme in Singapore amongst top

students. Other programmes popular amongst the 7 in 10 PHANG SHENG LONG PHOTO: best and brightest are the Renaissance Engineering That’s how many NTU undergrads go overseas at least once Programme, Medicine, C N Yang Scholars Programme, University Scholars Programme and the double during their studies. NTU believes global exposure is essential major in Biological Sciences and Psychology. in today’s workplace. Let’s count the ways – internships, attachments, exchanges, summer programmes, international competitions and conferences, and more. S 260 Places for campus accommodation. All freshies NTU has that many partner universities are guaranteed a place in one of the 16 halls in 37 countries for student attachment of residence so everyone has a chance to live c programmes. Also, 13 travel subsidies are 9,200 in a dorm. Yes, competition can be stiﬀ but available, each oﬀ ering a one-time allowance with 2 new halls ready next year, there will be 1,250 new places coming up. of up to a maximum of $4,800. 1:1 That’s the ratio of boys to girls at NTU. Meet your match here! The Nanyang Business School has the most balanced 1 mix of genders, while in Engineering, it’s about 4 guys to yea 1 girl. At the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & 365 Information, the balance swings the other way, with about 3 femme fatales to 1 hunk. So make friends across the of campus by taking part in hall and student club activities. inte

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 6 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 2:57 PM 1,500 No. of organisations that off er NTU students internships every year. 30% of these students clinch a permanent job at their internship companies, including the likes of P&G and Citibank. At the career fairs each year, 220 companies off er about 3,000 jobs in just about every industry. PHOTO: EVERLYN LEE EVERLYN PHOTO: 353 $8,103 The highest average starting salary for the top 10% of a course and it is drawn No. of Nanyang Scholarships and College Scholarships by double-degree grads in Accountancy & Business. Aerospace Engineering awarded this year. There are grads have the highest starting mean salary of $3,443. Other than teaching, 30 types of scholarships the course with the highest employment rate is Civil Engineering at 100%. and more than 10 fi nancial assistance schemes. It’s not diffi cult to fi nd part-time work on campus, too. PHOTO: PHANG SHENG LONG PHOTO: al 15 NTU’s lush campus – the size of 240 football fi elds – is the only Singapore university among hies the Top 15 most beautiful 101 ANDREW YEE PHOTO: lls universities in the world Eating options range from food stalls and eateries to restaurants, with halal, vegetarian, ve chosen by American Express’ local and international cuisines. Food reviewer and Makansutra founder KF Seetoh said NTU t Travel + Leisure magazine. “must be the foodiest university in the world”, off ering a gastronomic tour across the ll be continents. Brave the long queues at McDonald’s, Starbucks and Subway.

The Renaissance Engineering Programme is THE top engineering programme in Singapore. You get both a Bachelor of 7 in 10 Engineering Science and a Master of That’s how many NTU students land 1 Science in Technology Management in 4.5 a job off er before graduation, with years. There are just 10 students to a professor, and many receiving multiple off ers. 365 days’ worth of overseas study – at the University [ ] of California, Berkeley, or Imperial College London – plus internships at top fi rms in Silicon Valley or in Europe.

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PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES ARTISTES Th ink about this the next time you walk through NTU. Big names in entertainment have navigated the same hallowed corridors on their way to classes. We’re talking about PHOTO: 8 DAYS 8 PHOTO: celebrities such as Mandopop queen Stefanie Sun, Asian Television Awards Best Actress Rui En and MediaCorp Best Info-ed Programme Host Lee Teng, all proud graduates of the Nanyang Business School, as well as MediaCorp Best Actress and communications alumnus Joanne Peh. BEST BUSINESS PROFESSOR Th e inaugural Business Professor of the Year 2013 award from the Economist Intelligence Unit went to our very own Prof Vijay Sethi, netting him and NTU the world’s attention as well as lifetime bragging rights. In the global league with him is Prof Tan Hun Tong from the same school, named the world’s top accounting researcher for the third consecutive year.

CACANI Rejoice, anime fans. Th anks to CACANi, an NTU-created animation soft ware, the time spent making your favourite anime shows can be reduced from days to mere minutes, which probably means more manga for everyone. Developed by the geniuses at the School of Computer Engineering, this nift y invention requires only two images to animate an entire action. It was used in the award-winning fi lm Calypso Agency and, most recently, the trailer for Internet Explorer in celebration of Anime Festival Asia 2013.

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DTPShDTPSSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 8 09LKH09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 10:27 AM EYE-DEAS If our eyes could speak, they would thank NTU researchers for their innovative solutions, like LipoLat, a hassle-free anti-glaucoma drug that can be directly injected into the eye, doing away with troublesome twice daily eye drops. Or Nature Eyes, the world’s fi rst spectacle frame made of recycled materials, that proves what’s good for your eyes can be good for the environment too!

DRIVERLESS VEHICLE Th ink you’re seeing things when you spy a sleek buggy parking itself? Don’t worry, you’re not. Th e Energy Research Institute @ NTU is testing it to see how it can run on less electricity and adjust to traffi c conditions on its own. Th is ingenious shuttle named NAVIA could replace cars in future. Dreaded driving tests be gone! FILM RESTORER Th ese days, it’s hard to imagine watching any movie that isn’t of HD quality. But have you given a thought to how you’re able to watch good old classics like Ultraman in a quality that’s as sharp as the original? Enter Revival Digital, the automatic fi lm restoration system developed at NTU that led to a spin-off company in 1999. Th is fi rst-of-its- kind process transfers movies from fi lm to digital formats, clearing up “age spots” along the way.

GOOGLE DUDE If all you aspiring Googlers have yet to hear of Tan Chade- Meng, you ought to google him. One of NTU’s most famous exports, the Computer Engineering graduate was the fi rst Singaporean hired by the Internet giant. Th e are, the most senior rank in Google o mere is a Fellow. Wisecracking HEY! Th e bimonthly read for students – with print, iPad and online versions he Chade-Meng has risen high – was honoured with a prestigious gold award for Best Publication from res only enough to coin himself the the International Public Relations Association earlier this year. HEY! is lm designation Jolly Good Fellow, a major part of NTU’s communication eff orts, which bagged the overall ration and now spends his days communications award at this year’s QS-APPLE Creative Awards. Nice spreading goodness. ways to mark its second birthday this year.

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DTPShDTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 9 09LKH09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 10:28 AM JOINT PROGRAMMES WITH BIG NAMES Roll these names off your tongue – Imperial College London, University of California, Berkeley, BMW, Rolls-Royce... the list goes on. Sounds good? NTU graduates will walk out full of worldly experiences from studying or working with prominent names like these with a permanent presence on our campus. EXTRA Video: How to make things disappear KNOCKOUTS In every fi ght, there has to be an ultimate winner, and these three NTU INVISIBILITY CLOAK people have bested heavyweights in Th e “invisibility cloak”, an invention that made part of a cat high-profi le competitions to emerge disappear in a demo, was singled out as one of the world’s top victorious. Young Art, Design & Media 10 university innovations by Times Higher Education. Say hello graduate Sarah Choo won Singapore’s to Asst Prof Zhang Baile, NTU’s very own Harry Potter, named biggest photography award, the ICON one of the “20 Super Cool People” at the TED2013 conference in de Martell Cordon Bleu 2013, while her California. Spellbound during lessons? We know why. senior, Joel Yuen, won the UOB Painting of the Year Award in 2008. Also notable is Asst Prof Wong Chen-Hsi’s impressive Best Director win at this year’s Shanghai

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MULTI-SCREEN SOCIAL TV Leaving your house in the midst of Game of ONDON OLYMPIAN Th rones? Th anks to NTU researchers, you won’t L miss a second as you “pull” it onto your smart Blink… and you’ll miss Dipna Lim-Prasad. In October, the speedy 22-year-old National Institute of Education (NIE) lass broke the phone or tablet – just aim your device’s camera longstanding 200m national mark – one that is seven years older at the TV and fl ick it away once you’ve picked than she is – to add to her 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles national your desired content. You can’t bring your TV Q records. She was Singapore’s fi rst female track Olympian in 36 years set when you leave the house, but you sure can Th e when she competed at last year’s London Olympics. Dipna follows have your living room TV-watching experience in tr in the fast-paced footsteps of retired NIE professor, C Kunalan, one wherever you go. can of Singapore’s earliest sprint kings and a two-time Olympian.

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ia s NEWSPLEX ASIA N Photojournalist Neo Xiaobin, Th e Straits Times’ OVERSEAS WINS her Deputy Foreign Editor Chua Chin Hon and From exuding poise in Paris to working their magic in Montreal, ing TODAY’s Associate Editor Loh Chee Kong – our students have shown they can tackle anything from hair ble the list of stellar, award-winning news hounds solutions to growth strategies as they triumphed in the global sive that have graduated from NTU’s Wee Kim fi nals of competitions like L’Oréal Brandstorm and the McGill hai Wee School of Information & Communication Management International Case Competition. Bring it on! goes on. And now, thanks to the creation of Newsplex Asia – a model newsroom of the future and the fi rst of its kind in the region – aspiring journalists will be trained to meet the demands of an integrated news environment. PRINTABLE BATTERY Here’s a powerful prototype: a paper-thin, lightweight and fl exible printable lithium-ion battery. In a few years, this cutting-edge technology from the School of Materials Science & Engineering could replace bulkier and more expensive batteries in our favourite gadgets and even small medical devices.

ROBOTIC FINGERS Th is pair of mini claws wrote history by performing the world’s fi rst fl exible endoscopy robotic operation in 2011. Built from scratch in NTU, the endoscope (a small tube inserted in intestinal tracts) has small QUICK CHIPS AND SENSORS robotic arms that remove Th e “Parasitometer” sensor cuts the time needed to detect contaminants cancerous tumours from in treated water from two days to an hour, while the VIRTUS microchip the stomach through the patient’s can transmit a two-hour movie in just 30 seconds. mouth. When eight-hour surgery becomes a matter of minutes and scar-free, there’s no need for a hospital stay, too.

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DTPShDTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 11 09LKH09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 10:29 AM SUPER COAT Researchers at NTU engineered a rock-solid coating about 70% to 90% as hard as natural diamond to reduce wear, prevent corrosion and prolong the lives of products. A company was even set up to make it an industry staple. Th e award-winning thin fi lm deposition technology coats everything from hard disk media and sunglasses to prosthetic hip joints and even aircraft parts.

TINIEST HEART PUMP Prof Freddy Boey and his research team revolutionised the treatment of late-stage VOI cardiovascular disease in 2003 with the Fancy a scooter that off ers the comforts of a car and doubles up as a mobile world’s smallest piezoelectric heart pump. kitchen? Meet VOI. Named aft er the Vietnamese word for “elephant”, this Four times smaller than conventional two-wheeled two-seater comes with a cabin to protect its passenger from heart pumps, it can be implanted without the elements and, powered entirely by batteries, is eco-friendly to boot. open heart surgery. Th e front passenger pod can even be used as a mobile kitchen or ice-cream chiller. Now, how cool is that?

ULTRASOUND PRINTER With plastic models replacing ultrasound images, you could soon hold a life-sized model of your child, even before it is born. NTU researchers have innovatively used existing technologies to print 3D plastic models of the human foetus. Th e bioprinters at our upcoming $30 million 3D printing research centre can even produce real human tissue, layer by layer. In future, doctors can use this technology to print complex structures like human skin, corneas and heart

tissue to save many more lives. PHOTO: TUM CREATE TUM PHOTO:

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 12 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 10:29 AM WONDER WOMEN Th ese NTU women were the fi rst Singaporean females to scale the heights of Everest, conquer the biting cold of the South Pole on skis, and sail to a medal at X-SAT the World University Games. Th is one’s got the X-factor. X-SAT – Singapore’s fi rst Take a bow, Lee Peh Gee, microsatellite built by NTU and DSO National Laboratories – Esther Tan, Sophia Pang (left ) launched into space in 2011. Two years on, it still soars 800km and Victoria Chan. above earth, bringing us breathtaking images of our planet as it monitors sea pollution, forest fi res and other ecological changes. It has in fact survived solar storms and near-collisions with stray debris to complete over 3,000 operations in space.

bile is m am YOUTUBE SENSATION Students love everything about Prof Lalit Kumar Goel – from his award-winning teaching to his “distinctive moustache and bald pate”. In 2006, the engineering professor became a YouTube star aft er a student uploaded a video of one of his lectures. Th e humorous clip has since clocked over a million views. Today, the “YouTube Prof” continues to receive compliments on his entertaining teaching style from video-watchers worldwide.

ZERO-RUST PAINT Here’s a painless solution to a paint-ful issue: a special paint that keeps your car shiny and new. An anti-rust wonder by School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering researchers, it contains microscopic capsules that carry chemicals highly reactive to water. If the coating is scratched, the capsules break and release the chemicals, which then react with moisture in the air or water to form a plastic-like sealant over the scratch.

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 13 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 10:30 AM Feature How not to be a wallflower Five ways to make a lasting impression at social events by Christopher Ong

1 “Be well-read” policymakers like Minister for For emcee and former TV Education Mr Heng Swee Keat presenter Darryl David, the and Speaker of Parliament Mdm Euny most basic way to make a good Halimah Yacob as a member of fro fi rst impression within seconds the Our Singapore Conversation Scho is to look the person in the eye, committee. & Inf introduce yourself and then give Th e 26-year-old says: foun him or her a fi rm handshake. “Whenever I converse with lovean Being well-read and having a accomplished people, I fearlessly and publ good memory helps, too. Says share my plans and humbly PHOTO: ANDREW YEE Darryl: “I once met someone seek their advice on how I turning up in casual wear might good u from Vigo and he seemed can accomplish them, hence show a lack of interest. compe loya impressed that I knew Vigo is a delivering the impression of Honour your company by spinni city from Spain’s Galician region, a purposeful young person behaving politely and with 22,80 on the Atlantic coast – I credit that he or she might not mind common courtesy.” page – that to my years of presenting nurturing.” two sho Spanish football!” He adds that it is important 5 “Size up your audience” a Th e 2007 Nanyang Alumni to be humble when trying Being memorable requires ample Service Award recipient to impress someone you are preparation, says Tan Chin recommends these conversation- meeting for the fi rst time. Hwee, President of Singapore’s starters: “Food and sports usually “People generally dislike those CFA (Chartered Financial generate conversation, but who keep bragging about Analyst) Society and winner of politics and religion are a no-no themselves. Instead, always make the Nanyang Outstanding Young as they would be too intense an attempt to listen, and then Alumni Award in 2011. “No for someone you have just met. work towards meaningful two- matter how eloquent you might Safe topics also include children, way conversation.” be, it is very diffi cult to predict as people generally like talking what makes someone else tick.” about their kids.” 4 “Dress to honour Advises the founding partner your company” of Apollo Global Management, 2 “No smartphones, please” Fit into the setting you want one of the largest global Find yourself all alone at a social to be in. alternative investment houses function? Don’t whip out your Th is is the advice of Dr Cheryl in the world: “Identify who smartphone and start texting, M Cordeiro, who represented you would like to speak with surfi ng or checking your email or Singapore at the Miss Universe at a given event and make Facebook account, says Darryl. Pageant in Trinidad and Tobago the eff ort to understand their “Instead, stand at a cocktail in 1999. background. Th is allows you to table or at the side of the Th e NTU alumna, who proactively approach that person room with a drink so you now lives in Sweden and is and establish an emotional can comfortably ease into the an academic at the University connection quickly.” setting. If you happen to be near of Gothenburg’s Centre for Th e astute investor and active PHOTO: SAM CHIN someone and make eye contact, International Business Studies, volunteer adds that one should introduce yourself and start a elaborates: “Dress to honour and never fear making the fi rst move: conversation.” complement your host and the “Be it at a social function fi lled people around you, so you with unfamiliar faces or lunch on 3 “Be fearless, yet humble” show that you appreciate and your fi rst day of work, remember Th at’s the secret of recent respect them.” that in the worst-case scenario, NTU graduate Stanley Chia, “Overdressing is rarely a you only fail to make a lasting who regularly hobnobs with problem at a function while impression.”

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 14 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 3:02 PM Feature million dollar lady Mabel Lee speaks to NTU communications grad Eunyce Yap, whose successful start-up went from a humble blogshop to two brick-and-mortar stores

The garment that got run this online business eff ective ways to reach out her going. full-time. Love and Bravery to people – a useful skill “When I was a third-year was only about a year old I continue to use today to Eunyce Yap, 29, graduated from the Wee Kim Wee student in NTU, I signed up then, but I believed it would market my brand.” School of Communication for a dressmaking course be profi table as I was already & Information in 2008. She and started tailoring some making enough to pay for Standing out from the racks. founded online boutique clothes for fun. I made easy- my school fees and earn “We customise our designs, loveandbravery.com in 2007, to-wear fl ounce skirts to sell pocket money.” whereas our competitors and continues to put her on my (then) blogshop, and tend to buy everything off public relations training to O: ANDREW YEE one female customer quickly In the shoes of a female the shelves. We’re also strict good use in an industry where bought 12 pieces! She said entrepreneur… about quality – from the competition is keen and brand she could see herself wearing “I fl y to China every sewing workmanship to how loyalty is key. Her money- them repeatedly as the skirts month to select fabrics and smoothly a zip glides over spinning business – with over 22,800 fans on its Facebook were fi tted and fl attered discuss designs with my the fabric. We’ve dropped page – has since expanded into her body type. Th at really manufacturers. I also oversee suppliers from Bangkok that two shops at Tampines Central encouraged me and made the styling and photo made poor shipments with and Collyer Quay. me believe in my business shoots for my models, and unsatisfactory materials. venture.” keep abreast with industry Satisfi ed shoppers make trends. Our target market up our loyal customer is working women aged base. In online shopping, 18 to 29, so we always customers can’t try on the bear in mind their needs, clothes and make purchases such as work dresses with based on their faith in the classic silhouettes, elegant brand. If you disappoint embellishments and them once, it can be hard to appropriate knee lengths.” rebuild that trust.” Risky beginnings. Tips for those who want to “At fi rst, I did everything strike out on their own? myself, from packing “First, see that your clothes to taking pictures proposed venture fi lls a gap of the models and in the market, then make managing invoices. I certain your product prices was afraid I wouldn’t are both competitive and get a stable income as profi table. Also, do a lot of new online stores were research. popping up every day. For example, before I From time to time, rented the retail space at my friends would ask: Raffl es Place, I would sit AM CHIN She left a high-paying job to Are you still running that inside the café opposite the be a full-time boss. business? Have you found vacant shop every day from “A ft er graduating from another job? 12pm to 2pm and from 6pm NNTU’s communication Th ankfully, the company’s to 7pm to observe the people school fi ve years ago, I been blessed and now nets that passed by. A lot of joined Mitsui & Co as a over $1 million in annual people-watching and coff ee- management associate. Th e sales. As a public relations drinking took place before pay was very attractive, but major in NTU, I was trained my second store fi nally I left aft er three months to to think of creative and opened its doors!”

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Television show host Lee Teng is known for his motormouth and energy on screen. Member of Parliament Zaqy Mohamad stands out for his deep passion for serving the community. Both winners of this year’s Nanyang Alumni Award, HEY! quizzes them and takes their word – literally one word – for it... LeeLe Teng Taiwanese-bornTaT Singaporean host Lee Teng won’t have to worry he’llheh be out of a job in case the whole celebrity thing doesn’t work out.ou Aft er all, he graduated with an accountancy degree from NTU’sN most sought-aft er school, the Nanyang Business School. To him, the degree was a practical path that would guarantee him a jobj in the future. Luckily then, that he managed to put his passion for hosting to goodgo use while studying by joining NTU’s Emcee Club, where he hostedho university-wide and national events such as talent-hunt competitionco Impresario, where he further honed his skills. Even aft er shooting to fame with Channel U’s SuperHost competition,co he found himself struggling along with a slow start to his career. Nevertheless, he persevered and believes his win asa the Best Info-ed Programme Host in the Star Awards 2012 is whatw got him noticed. “When I fi rst heard the news that I had won the award for outstandingo young alumni, I was very surprised. In my opinion, I’mI still climbing the ladder to success,” he humbly says. – Chrystal Chan

1.1 University life fe wwasas rreally…eally Rewarding! 2. My time at NTU wouldn’t have been the same without my… Roommate 3. When I was not attending lectures, I brought the house down… Emceeing 4. The best thing to do with good news (like the alumni award) is… (Tell) Mum 5. I wouldn’t like someone who wasn’t… Straightforward 6. When I’m not working I’m… Gaming 7. Nothing on me is cuter than my… Eyebrow 8. Before I was Lee Teng, I think I was… (An) ang moh 9. I would rather face murderers, cockroaches and ghouls over… Regret 10. There’s nothing I like better than… Laksa PHOTOS: LESTER KOK PHOTOS:

DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 16 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 11:09 AM Zaqy Mohamad As an undergraduate, Zaqy Mohamad tackled everything – fromom winning a gold medal at the Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic Gamesmees with his rugby teammates, to championing student welfare and fi nancial assistance programmes for needy students as thee President of the NTU Students’ Union. l k In 2006, the engineering graduate entered a whole new ball game – politics – and became a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the people of Hong Kah constituency. Today, m he is the MP for Chua Chu Kang constituency. He is deeply passionate about the community, in particular, the concernsof of o low-income families and the elderly. e “How to build solid relationships – that was the biggest life lesson I learnt in university,” recalls Zaqy. “Treat people right,, keep an open mind and learn from each other’s experience andndd knowledge.” nt t He has won two alumni awards from NTU, the most recent one for his sterling achievements and contributions to society.y. – Mabel Lee

, FFulfillingulfilling han 1.1. MMyy uundergraduatendergraduate ddaysays wwereere nnothingothing bbut…ut… 2.2 A pprofessorrofessor ttoo rremember?emember? EEr ((ProfP f EEr MMeng HHwa)) 3. I would never skip any lectures in… Human Resource Management (This NTU module was both practical and enjoyable. Wait, that's more than three words!) 4. A successful leader has integrity, optimism, confi dence and… Empathy um 5. A weakness is not a weakness if it is… Honesty 6. Mission possible in fi ve years? Peace (Inner peace, that is) 7. I would take to the corners of the earth my… Phone. I mean, family! 8. I will never teach my kids to… Stereotype 9. It’s diffi cult to imagine a diet without… Satay 10. Complete this sentence: Zaqy is always… Upandabout PHOTOS: LESTER KOK PHOTOS:

DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 17 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 3:03 PM Feature Twin towers of strength All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a dull girl. Not so with these NTU undergrads who have a heady mix of studies and diverse interests outside the classroom

EXTRA Keeping Video: Meet the fab ﬁ ve buoyant by Chrystal Chan

Sean Lee loves the heat of a I think a part of why I chose about his decision to enter one good challenge. the accountancy and business of Singapore’s most prestigious Th e Nanyang Scholar started course is due to my love for undergrad programmes. sailing competitively when tackling challenges,” he says. For sure, you can’t take he turned 10, represented “Sailing involves lots of tactics the wind out of his sails as Singapore in the sport a year and skills rather than pure he is not about to give up later and won multiple awards athletic capability, and doing competitive sailing for straight at international competitions business in the real world is As. Th e 22-year-old will be along the way. His shining similar. I guess this is why I fi nd representing NTU in July next moment, though, was his fi rst my classes so fun and engaging,” year at the World University place win at the 2006 IODA he adds. Championships in Trentino, Optimist World Championship He is having so much fun Italy, as part of a combined in Uruguay. that since he started life as team, and is considering taking Th is competitive spirit has a university undergrad in part in the Southeast Asian now seen him sail into the August, he decided to let his Games or Asian Games. Nanyang Business School, sailing career take a backseat. And he is all for taking part where he is in the fi rst year of He explains that the quest for in less rigorous competitions the double degree programme good grades is the reason why like locally-held regattas. His in Accountancy and Business, he decided not to try for the latest race, the Singapore Sailing known for having the highest upcoming Olympics. Federation Match Race League, concentration of top students. “If I want to make it to the in which he competed alongside Th e competition doesn’t scare Olympics, I’ll have to train more experienced sailors in the him one bit. full-time, which means I’ll have open category, garnered him a “I like to put my all into less time to pursue my studies,” satisfying third place win. whatever I do. For me, it is he says. “I take part in local regattas either I aim for the top or not Th at decision must have because I enjoy the intensity of do it at all. And I know I want been diffi cult, for Sean is just as competitive sailing. I still prefer

to get good grades at university. passionate about sailing as he is being in the heat of things!” CLINIQUE AND TOPSHOP MARK TEO / STYLING AND CLOTHES: PHOTO:

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 18 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 10:33 AM “Sailing involves lots of tactics and skills rather than pure athletic capability, and doing business in the real world is similar. I guess this is why I ﬁ nd my classes so fun and engaging.”

Sean Lee NATIONAL SAILOR Nanyang Business School

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 19 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 10:33 AM No mean B b

For size on feet A by Chrystal Chan Chi bec doc trea beli Nisha Srinidhi breaks the the common stereotypes of “ engineering students. One of me nine female students in her class han of 42 Renaissance Engineering exc Programme freshmen, she is tha also the only female engineering whi student from her cohort in the “ breakdancing club. rath So serious is she about ana breakdancing that she has been bec training to reach the skill level of Nisha Srinidhi bigg her seniors in two years or less. DANCER O Why the hurry? Th at’s when Renaissance Engineering pas she heads to the United States Programme “I am training tou for her one-year studies at intensively now, “ the University of California, of c Berkeley, a key feature of the because before I go do Renaissance Engineering to California – which sma Programme, an exclusive course ath for aspiring engineering leaders. Her short-lived stint on has a very strong her “I am training intensively the street dance crew left her breakdancing culture age now, because before I go to hankering for more, which is spo California – which has a very why the ebullient Renaissance – I would like to be S strong breakdancing culture – I Engineering Programme able to do some “ would like to be able to do some student is now a member of betw power moves as well as develop NTU’s MJ Hip Hop Dance and power moves...” spo my own set of moves that I Breakers – two clubs that keep dec can perform when I’m there,” her busy working on dance the declares the 19-year-old. routines three days a week. wor Th e Raffl es Institution In an ideal world, she would exp (Junior College) alumnus says be part of more dance groups. “ she’s always had a love for She adds that her fervour for any street dance. At 15, she kept dance has actually helped in her tim herself glued to hip-hop videos studies. of i on YouTube. Fast forward to “For me, dancing is a way me junior college, where she earned of leaving my studies behind for A herself a spot in its street dance the moment to do something old crew, but had to regretfully quit I love. When I return to my Sha a few weeks in because of her books, I fi nd myself at peace the commitments to the Indian and all my stress from before of t

Dance club. is gone.” CLINIQUE AND TOPSHOP MARK TEO / STYLING AND CLOTHES: PHOTO: JOSEPH NAIR PHOTO: Tou

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 20 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 10:33 AM Ballsy ambitions by Chrystal Chan

For medical freshman Julia Ng, “I like how a big part of NTU’s size doesn’t matter. Being hands- medical programme involves on does. Attracted to NTU’s Lee Kong hands-on work – it’s more Chian School of Medicine exciting to be doing things because of its mission to nurture doctors who are focused on rather than just sitting in treating their patients well, Julia believes in letting her hands do front of a white board.” the talking. “I like how a big part of NTU’s medical programme involves hands-on work – it’s more Th is is impressive, exciting to be doing things rather considering she only joined the than just sitting in front of a NTU team in August this year. white board,” she adds. In fact, she is one of the two “Th at’s also why I would youngest members in the team rather be a surgeon than an heading to Shanghai. anaesthetist in the future, What’s also impressive because I want to do something is her unshakeable bigger, like saving lives.” confi dence in her ability to Outside of the classroom, her do well in NTU’s new joint passion lies in a diff erent kind of medical undergraduate touch – touch rugby. programme with w, “It is really like playing a game Imperial College of catching, and everyone can London. go do that regardless of how big or “I studied biology in ich small they are,” says the petite junior college so the classes athlete who credits her father for are going okay so far. I also g her interest in sports at a young really enjoy what I’m ture age, and has played almost every learning. For exams, I sport at least recreationally. have a revision schedule be So why touch rugby? so I’m not really worried.” e “I was actually deciding Way to go, gal! Julia Ng between hockey, another team TOUCH RUGBY PLAYER ” sport, and touch rugby, but I Lee Kong Chian School decided to go for touch rugby in of Medicine the end because it is a full-body workout, unlike hockey,” she explains. “I love that in touch rugby, anyone can score a goal, at any time. I like the unpredictability of it even though it also stresses me out.” As we speak, the 19-year- old is getting ready to fl y off to Shanghai to represent NTU in the Women’s Open category of the Shanghai International

PHOTO: MARK TEO / STYLING AND CLOTHES: CLINIQUE AND TOPSHOP MARK TEO / STYLING AND CLOTHES: PHOTO: JOSEPH NAIR PHOTO: Touch Tournament 2013.

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 21 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 10:33 AM aks volumes His work spe by Chrystal Chan

What drew Joash Seng to NTU was the University Scholars Programme, a course for high- calibre students that stretches them through a variety of interdisciplinary classes. Besides majoring in Economics, Joash also wanted to take courses that move him towards his goal of helping the needy overseas. It’s easy to be wowed and humbled at the same time when you hear him talk about his quest “I think my passion for to teach underprivileged Th ai children English. charity work and the It all began eight years ago modules I take at NTU when he went to Khon Kaen in Th ailand for a mission trip. Th e that I can relate to my second-year Economics major charity work is what was then 14 years old, but he saw enough to feel something change drives me to do well.” in him. “Even though the kids there didn’t have much, they were very contented with their lives, “I think my passion for charity whereas back in Singapore, we work and the modules I take have so much yet still oft en feel at NTU that I can relate to my discontented,” he explains. charity work is what drives me to Fuelled by that realisation, do well,” he says. he decided to put his all into “One of my modules this prepping himself for another semester is Introduction Joash Seng trip, this time to the Chiang to Energy. I’m particularly HUMANITARIAN Kham district. fascinated by solar energy and School of Humanities & “I saw these trips to rural how it is a viable source of Social Sciences Th ailand as the pinnacle of renewable energy for those who each year, and I thought that by might not have much access to preparing for each one through electricity.” the year, I might be able to His dedication seems to be change and mould myself into working. He attained a 4.9 Grade something more,” he says. Point Average – that’s almost a To be an engaging teacher perfect score – in his fi rst year in to his young charges aged four NTU and an A in his level-two to 12, he learnt how to make Th ai language module. But he balloon animals, picked up maintains that it isn’t really about magic tricks, made his own the grades. puppets and even took lessons in “For me, going to university the Th ai language. is more than just chasing aft er Besides teaching at the a certain Grade Point Average. English school in Chiang Kham I know what I’m studying every year, Joash has raised funds contributes to my ambition and for classroom essentials such as that makes me more inclined to laptop computers. work harder.” PHOTOS: MARK TEO / STYLING AND CLOTHES: CLINIQUE AND TOPSHOP MARK TEO / STYLING AND CLOTHES: PHOTOS:

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 22 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 10:34 AM Gladys’ edge of glory by Mabel Lee

Th is kungfu princess has a fi rm stance. “I love wushu,” declares Gladys Low, a fi rst-year Biological Sciences student. “It’s an all- around form of exercise that off ers many health benefi ts.” Whether she’s slicing thin air with a double-edged sword, or attending a lecture on the functions of human cells, Gladys never forgets one thing. “Health – it’s very important,” she says. “In my classes in NTU, I Gladys Low learn about how the body works, WUSHU CHAMPION and this knowledge inspires me School of Biological Sciences to improve my fi tness.” She stresses: “Wushu is a great way to do this. It trains your physical strength, agility, fl exibility, hand-eye coordination and stamina all at once.” Practising wushu has also Having cut her teeth on wushu made me more alert, which at the tender age of nine, Gladys helps me to better concentrate “My heart is with has carved a name for herself in on my studies.” both the local and international Th e skilled martial arts the blade, but I also martial arts scenes, having won practitioner also represented love biology – I hope multiple competitions including NTU at this year’s Institute- two bronze medals at the Asian Varsity-Polytechnic Games, to teach it full-time Junior Wushu Championships in where she clinched two gold one day.” 2009 and 2011. medals for NTU for her “tai chi & “My wushu spirit comes from sword” and barehanded “eagle my dad, who did a lot of sparring claw fi st” routines. during his heyday,” she reveals. “Th e ‘eagle claw fi st’ is a sport with physical and “He’s now in his fi ft ies, but is still special routine where you mental benefi ts,” Gladys says. in great shape!” mimic an eagle’s habits, such “It toughens your mind and In 2010, the 19-year-old as stretching a wing or preying strengthens your body and clinched two silver medals on foods,” shares Gladys. “Th e overall health – in fact, I haven’t at the World Junior Wushu movements are very quick and fallen sick in a while.” Championships, a prestigious the techniques can be quite What else is next for this event organised by the ruthless!” nimble queen? International Wushu Federation. Th e former Victoria Junior “I was invited to compete While she’s proud of her College student, who was in this year’s Southeast Asian achievements, Gladys explains it’s appointed a vice-captain in Games, but may pass it up to the lasting health benefi ts of the NTU’s Wushu Club when she give more time to my studies sport that she values the most. joined the university, now hopes and pick up other sports like Says the feisty lass, who to spread the wushu spirit to judo and cheerleading,” she sometimes spends up to six days her team. reveals. a week training for competitions: “I want to impress upon “My heart is with the blade, “I love how mentally rejuvenated my peers that wushu is both a but I also love biology – I hope I feel aft er every training session. traditional art and competitive to teach it full-time one day!” PHOTOS: MARK TEO / STYLING AND CLOTHES: CLINIQUE AND TOPSHOP MARK TEO / STYLING AND CLOTHES: PHOTOS:

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 24 09LKH Hey! 11/20/13 11:29 AM JOO-VIAL TCH MENTOR by Victoria Chang es You don’t have to approach this prof with caution. has been involved in the Renaissance Engineering away!way! For one, there’s a big hand-drawn smiley pasted Programme (REP) since its launch in 2011. He says on his offi ce door, inviting you to knock. Assoc his job as an “REP Fellow” is to impart the fi ner Prof Tan Joo Seng also off ers multiple avenues to points of business design and business modelling reach him. innovation. Although he doesn’t teach the REP “I have Skype, Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook, students the subject of cultural intelligence, it LinkedIn… so students can contact me inspires his lesson plans. conveniently.” “Cultural intelligence is a really cool concept for “Th e days of the sage on stage are over,” he today’s generation,” he enthuses. “It pools together adds with a laugh. “In this generation of social streams of research from various disciplines over media, I fi nd myself using multiple forms of the last 25 to 30 years, ranging from anthropology media to engage my students.” and sociology to behavioural psychology, business For the genial professor of management, leadership and management. How do you rebuild laughter is the best medicine – and also the best trust? How do you make friends? How do you avoid teacher. His students sound positively hooked. a cultural faux pas? Th ese are useful things to know oongng wwith “His class is always full of mirth!” says one die- in a globalising world where most technological adaddress,d wo TOKYObay hard fan, second-year Renaissance Engineering problems require multidisciplinary perspectives.” m among Programme student Zheng Kaixi. Adds her In class, Assoc Prof Tan gets students to study es from the classmate, Germaine Tan: “His lessons are very a problem and then come up with a solution as a the interactive and I look forward to going to all his team. Recently, his tutorials.” students had to For Nur SyazanaSyazana,, Assoc Prof TaTan’s eff orts to “use think of ways to ververyy ddiffiff erent, erent, innovative innovative wa waysy to teach” make “Cultural manage ambiguity him stand out amonamongg the faculty. “Not to intelligence is at the workplace. mention, hehe is one ofof ttheh most stylish “Our graduates proprofessorsfessors in scschool,hool, wwith his skinny a really cool must be able to ttiesies andand colourfulcolourful shirts!”sh concept for today’s think broadly Assoc ProProff Tan jojoined the generation.” while being deeply NanNanyangyang Business SchoolSc in 1994, specialised in wwherehere hhee teacteacheshes a popopular course on their own chosen cuculturalltural intelligence.intelligence. fi elds. So I like to In 2004, hehe helpedhelped NNTU set up the challenge them to come up with multiple solutions wworld’sorld’s fi rrstst rresearchesearch cecentre dedicated to to problems from a particular domain or discipline. cuculturalltural intelligenceintelligence research.res Surprisingly, a technical problem may sometimes 2004 was also the yeyear he won a require a social solution.” an ggraduateraduate awardaward forfor teaching.teach More Aff able and friendly though he may be, Assoc gly awarawardsds fforor teacteachingh excellence Prof Tan puts his students through their paces. ffollowed,ollowed including the Assignments must be submitted on time, because e TTeachereach of the Year “being late can have serious business implications in Obi acaccoladec in 2005, the real world”. Every year, he also sets his students wwhichh he dedicated a goal to strive towards. Last year’s was to “raise the ct ttoo his father, who bar”. Th is year, it is to “be exceptional”. papassed away in He explains: “I believe that one needs to be 11999.9 “When I exceptional in his or her fi eld and discipline these cchoseh to pursue days. Also, it is not just about staying on top of your on- mmy PhD, he told discipline, but being passionate about what you mme to give my best believe in.” in whatever I do. I Words he puts into practice. As Kaixi says: “Assoc totook his advice to Prof Tan truly believes in our potential. Th at’s why heheart,” he says. he keeps pushing the boundaries by introducing us AAssoc Prof Tan to advanced business and management theories.”

DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 25 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 10:35 AM Feature Dorm sweet dorm

Immerse yourself in the bustling action of NTU’s halls of residence by Winifred Tan

Th ree things for an enriching company and the chance to be swimming pool to exercise.” Th university life: Join an orientation independent. Aside from the convenient hap camp, check. Go on overseas “Living in hall is a milestone amenities, many NTU students of e exchange, check. Stay in a hall, experience,” she says. “For many welcome the chance to step com check. of us, this is our fi rst time staying outside their comfort zone and frie Th ese were the words of advice away from home and our fi rst learn how to be “dormestic” – Hal from a senior to Bao Ningyu, taste of becoming independent clean, cook, do the laundry and of t a second-year accountancy adults.” generally take charge of their Inte undergraduate. He certainly took “One of the best things about own well-being without parental Che the last piece of advice to heart, hall life is the convenience,” supervision. Inte stamping his personal style on explains Ningyu. “If you have an “Staying in hall has instilled “ his hall room and even giving it a early-morning lesson, you can in me a stronger sense of vibr name — M.A.R.I.N.E, the Most wake up 10 minutes before it and independence and responsibility. acti Awesome Room in NTU Ever. walk over to class. If you’re tired in It has also given me the min Why is staying in hall so the middle of the day, you can pop opportunity to pick up new with back to your room for a quick nap.” hobbies, such as cheerleading,” Viv NTU’s halls are strategically says business undergraduate “ located around the various Michelle Tang. con “Hall life is deﬁ nitely colleges and schools, which Michelle was the cheerleading For very vibrant, because means that students like Ningyu captain of Hall 10 last year, while Hal can cut down on travelling time her roommate Geraldine, who our we have so many and devote more attention to majors in animation, plays soft ball. A activities and so many their studies and extracurricular Th e duo recently started taking spir interests. Many facilities are two elective courses in singing. resp like-minded friends to also a mere stone’s throw away, At the NTU halls, students cat, share them with.” including Giant supermarket at wind down together aft er classes “ Hall 2 and popular supper haunt and bond over activities such as resi Ah Lian Bee Hoon. hall suppers, night cycling and fun Adds Adarsh Kanodia, a talent showcase performances. dail popular? According to history resident of Hall 8: “I like to invite Many halls also organise special bill undergraduate Zhang Suyi, a my friends to my hall for foosball celebrations for festive occasions poo resident of Hall 15, the answer and a game of darts, or head over such as Chinese New Year and frye boils down to 3Cs: convenience, to the nearby squash courts and Christmas. Ger

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 26 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 3:05 PM Hall of fame: True or false Q: “It is diffi cult to get a place in hall eraft your fi rst year.” A: Th at’s true to a certain extent. All NTU freshmen are guaranteed a place in hall, but senior students also stand a fair chance, as long as they meet the requirements of the hall admission scheme. Based on the past year’s trends, the “safe” cut-off weight is 16 points and above. Housing demand is expected to ease when the two new halls at Nanyang Drive are completed in July next year.

Q: “Some halls tend to be more popular than others.” A: True. While all halls off er similarly styled accommodation, the newer ones oft en have additional furnishings such as lift s and sheltered walkways. Halls 3 and 8 to 16, for example, are fi tted with air-conditioners on a pay-for-use basis. Th ough older, Halls 1 and 2 come with suite-style attached bathrooms.

Q: “I’m allowed to stay with my friends in their hall room, so long as I have their consent.” A: False. If you’re unsuccessful in getting a place, please apply for Temporary Sharing with the respective hall offi ce. You pay $40 per month for lodging. To protect the safety of registered residents, illegal squatting is deemed a serious violation and both the “squatter” and the bona fi de occupants are liable to be evicted if found out. If you intend to stay late in your friends’ hall (e.g., to work on a project), please seek prior consent from the hall offi ce. Offi cial visiting hours e are from 7.30am to 11.30pm. Q: “I hear that hall raids are frequently carried out in the middle of the night.” PHOTOS: SAM CHIN PHOTOS: A: False. Like many other residential campuses, NTU conducts random spot checks to ensure that residents comply with the hall rules and regulations. Th ese visits typically occur at the start of the day at around 7am. Th e peak activity, however, happens in the second semester of every year, when all 16 halls come together in the spirit of . friendly competition during the HEY! Poll What s your hall Hall Olympiad. Th is consists of three major traditions: the room inspiration Inter-hall Games, Inter-hall Cheerleading Competition and Inter-hall Dance Competition. “Hall life is defi nitely very vibrant, because we have so many EXTRA activities and so many like- Videos: Perks minded friends to share them . of hall life with,” refl ects Hall 16 resident who s got the best Vivien Tan. furnishing touch “Our social networks are not confi ned to just one block or hall. For example, we held a combined 1st 2nd 3rd Halloween event last month with Bao Ningyu, Business Vivien Tan, Arts Adarsh Kanodia, Engineering our sister halls, 3 and 12.” At Hall 10, the community After two rounds of voting on Facebook and of the cost for my NTU hall room, I purchased spirit even spills into sharing YouTube, together with the judges’ scores, Bao most of the materials from Amazon and spent responsibility for their hall Ningyu emerged as overall champion of HEY!’s several days fi ne-tuning the setup.” cat, Gogo. Decorate Your Hall Room contest. His hall room For his unique disco-themed room, Ningyu “Our entire block of around 50 video, which showcases multi-coloured LED lights won the grand prize of a three-day, two-night residents chips in for the Gogo fl ashing in synchrony with the ambient music, trip to Phuket for two. fund, which is used for our cat’s has clocked over 2,400 YouTube views to date. Vivien Tan emerged as fi rst runner-up daily necessities and medical On his win, Ningyu says: “During my summer for her whimsical hall room decorated with bills. Like a big family, we also exchange at UC Berkeley, I chanced upon a video dreamcatchers and painted artworks, while pooled resources to buy an air by a fellow Singaporean student who had spent Adarsh Kanodia came in third for his dorm room fryer for our hall pantry,” says several hundred dollars creating an automated featuring an eclectic mix of gadgets and circular Geraldine. dorm room. Inspired to do the same at a fraction photo frames made from paper plates.

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Asst Prof Chew Lock Yue showing the audience Feature that bucking up can get your luck up. Draw of the luck Experts gave their take on chance at “The Luck Factor”, the fourth TEDxNTU conference organised by NTU students. Were you one of the fortunate ones that got a seat? by Lester Kok

As luck would have it, a conference organised on a Saturday drew a full house of 700 students. Maybe it wasn’t the organisers who got lucky but, rather, they knew that this elusive thing called luck can pull in a crowd.

What is luck? Beating Lady Luck at her own game Asst Prof Chew Lock Yue said having a streak of good variety tastes better,better Dr Wyhe Wyhe saidsaid thisthis preference preference of thethe fortune may not be all coincidence – it could be because birds would eventually lead to the extinction of blue beetles, you had prior information that “infl uenced” your luck in through no fault of their own. some way. He noted that Darwin’s evolution theory was not With enough information, or even practice, you can developed by sheer luck and unfounded assertions, but eliminate chance and uncertainty, thus creating your own based on the work of many other scientists who had spent “good luck”. much time observing fossils. “Th e element of luck only comes in when there is uncertainty, so the information that we have, and how we Great harvests come about from talk, not luck use it, can modify our luck,” said the theoretical physicist Th e rice terraces of Bali are a must-see of the Indonesian from NTU’s School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences, island, having persisted over 1,000 years. At Bali’s 172 water speaking at the TEDxNTU conference organised in temples, farmers meet annually to discuss when to fl ood October as an off shoot of TED (Technology, Entertainment their rice terraces. and Design) to share “ideas worth spreading”. Th is beautiful heritage of fl ooded rice paddy fi elds was For example, scientists have beaten Lady Luck at the not the result of luck, as it turns out. Famed anthropologist casino tables, winning a game of roulette with the help of Prof Stephan Lansing said it occurred because the farmers a mini computer in their shoes that was fed information were talking to one another to learn how to deal with pests about the roulette wheel and could predict where the ball and when to plant their rice crops. would fall. In a simulation he ran, this arrangement of the water “Th ey achieved this by knowing the initial conditions of temples was the most effi cient the computer could fi nd. where the ball started and the speed of the spin,” said Asst Prof Lansing also discovered that water temples and their Prof Chew. “Th is gave them more chances of winning long tradition of fl ooding rice fi elds actually prevented than losing.” pests from breeding and gave the largest yield of rice as compared to when farmers used pesticides and fertilisers Weighing the odds of evolution to plant all year round. Charles Darwin, the English naturalist, wrote that all When the simulation was reversed with each temple animals evolve through natural selection. Th is has been doing their own thing without learning from others, there referred to as “selection of the fi ttest”. was complete chaos, said the Visiting Professor at NTU. However, to science historian Dr John van Wyhe, the “Th is is now a famous example of emergent complexity. phrase “selection of the luckiest” would be more apt. What appears to be a random process of chance has a Showing the TEDxNTU audience a cartoon of birds that tendency to move towards order,” said Prof Lansing. “Th e

prefer to eat blue beetles over brown ones because the blue question now is: What else are we missing?” LESTER KOK PHOTOS:

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 31 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 3:12 PM Unplugged Oh Boey! How life has changed since... Mabel Lee quizzes NTU Provost Prof Freddy Boey on the turning pointsintss in his illustrious life and gets some candid answers from this serialial inventor who is behind a string of life-saving innovations such aass the world’s smallest piezoelectric heart pump

Q: How did your life change when you…

wou … received your fi rst research need to quickly crystalise core Two grant? When I fi rst joined NTU issues correctly, communicate his in 1987, faculty rarely applied eff ectively and execute “Hope is an incredible deg for research grants. I was effi ciently. You can’t do all three For probably one of the few gullible alone, so you need an eff ective, thing. For all the money to t enough to accept the extra work cohesive team. Th e most diffi cult to t – a research grant of $400,000 part? Having clever people in the world, if you don’t eng (yes, you didn’t even need a (they all are in the university!) Lea detailed proposal to get it!). work as one team. To survive as have hope, you will never crit Th e grants were chasing aft er Provost, I must have really good uni the researchers! Looking back, mediation skills to resolve all ﬁ nd happiness.” peo it was the best decision I sorts of relational problems. to t ever made. One thing keeps my feet on NT the ground – something I have sho … became the Provost in done outside NTU throughout … mentored your very fi rst 2011? Th ere was a quantum my career. I pioneered student? My fi rst PhD student … w jump in my responsibilities. community work for the poor was very bright, but he had many goo Aside from handling academic in Indonesia, rural Malaysia, personal problems. Twice, in the rep and research issues, I learnt to China, North Th ailand and, middle of the night, I had to go in f quickly grasp more intractable more recently, Myanmar. to his fl at to literally drag him wat socio-political issues. As Chair Helping the marginalised, and out of his depression and provide spo of the School of Materials letting them know someone him alternative lodging. Today, har Science & Engineering, my cares… this brings hope and he’s a happily married father to g decisions aff ected only my inspiration, especially to the and runs a successful company. to s school, but now, they aff ect the children, many of whom haven’t Th ere was another student For whole university – students, had parents or siblings to turn caught committing a crime dec faculty, staff and alumni. It does to. It is especially satisfying work who called me; I persuaded kno dampen my intuition for making and reminds me of what life is the police not to press charges feet daring creative decisions. I really about. by guaranteeing them that I som

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This year, Prof Freddy Boey received the President’s Science and Technology Medal, the highest honour given to top research scientists and engineers in Singapore. His distinguished list of inventions runs the gamut from a biodegradable heart stent to a new anti-glaucoma drug.

would personally mentor him. … were fi ghting to make ends Being a granddad has mellowed Two years later, I handed him meet as an undergraduate me and it reminds me not to his second class upper honours in Australia? Tuition was take work life too seriously. degree at the convocation. free but the living cost was Th e happiness you can derive Former students still email me horrendous back then, with from your family is invaluable, to thank me for inspiring them SGD3.5 for the Aussie dollar! and ironically we easily neglect to take up materials science and But that was where I cut my our family in the pursuit of engineering. It is very heartening. teeth in innovation – I did providing for it! Learning by inspiration is everything I could to fi nd a critical in a university – a great job, any job. Cleaning the pub … heard the best advice of your university is one that inspires at 4am, removing grease in life? I try to live by this line: people, and encourages them restaurant kitchens, waiting Do what is right, love mercy to think in a multitude of ways. tables in restaurants, driving a and walk humbly. If I ever get NTU has done well here, and we taxi, delivering fresh chickens to retire, I hope I can write a should continue to do so. to Asian students… I’m a born book about hope. Hope is an optimist. To me, complaining is incredible thing. For all the … were in the army? For a something others do and oft en money in the world, if you good 18 months, I managed to a waste of time. To succeed, you don’t have hope, you will never represent my army formation don’t gripe about failures, but fi nd happiness. Yet, even the in football, swimming and even dig deep to fi nd another way poor who have hope can be water polo. I was a full-time around things, and plough your contented and happy! Th e cell sportsman! We trained very way through. phone is one of the greatest hard, but it also gave me time inventions in the world, to give tuition and earn enough … became a grandfather? because it is a great social to start my studies in Australia. I joked: Now I can enjoy the equaliser amongst everyone, For the record, I was a pretty company of a kid without having rich or poor. Hope is an even decent football striker who was to take care of her! My two- greater equaliser. No matter EXTRA known for my ambidextrous year-old granddaughter Lily has how bleak your situation is, if Digital story: 3 things he wishes to feet – I scored with both legs and been a real delight and brings hope stays alive in your heart, it achieve as Provost sometimes even with my head. the whole family together. will transform your life.

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 33 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 10:36 AM Thinking Aloud Spycat thriller by Darren Lim

Most fi nal-year projects end the world. We picked up “Best with graduation. But for four Short Film” in the Elements of us from the School of Art, +3 category, for fi lms aimed at Design & Media, it’s been two children aged three and up. and a half years since… and Th is award was the most we’re still counting! meaningful to us, because it was In our animated short fi lm, decided entirely from the votes Spycat and the Paper Chase, of an audience of hundreds of a secret agent named Spycat children. It still amazes us that pursues the maniacal Captain a student fi lm could triumph Chico, who has robbed the over 26 other fi lms – many by Spycat and the Paper Chase is a fi nal-year world of every paper product professional animators and project by Digital there is. studios – to win that top prize. Animation graduates Inspired by a real cat that Giff oni gave Spycat invaluable (clockwise from always seemed to disappear exposure. Film festivals would top left ) Darren Lim, for long periods of time, we approach us requesting copies of Fung Chun Hong, came up with the idea of a cat Spycat, from places as far away Derwin Silamaya Suhali that goes out to save the world as Mozambique and Venezuela. and Soh Yu Xian without its owner’s knowledge. We also managed to land a (Class of 2011). Aft er a year of seven-day work distributionution deal with German Darren is a project weeks and too little sleep, we fi lm distributorstributor ma magnetfignetfi lm. lm. At At offi cer at the School of Art, Design & Media. couldn’t bear to put Spycat aside last count,unt, SSpycatpycat Chun Hong is pursuing aft er leaving NTU. Encouraged has beenen a master’s degree by the positive response to presentedted in game design at Spycat at our graduation show, at 63 fi llmm sud the Academy of we decided to try our luck and festivalsls overover by o Art University in submit Spycat to fi lm festivals. fi ve continents.ntinents. O San Francisco. Both We had no idea how time- Onee ooff tthehe pperkserks ooff wit Derwin and Yu Xian consuming “trying our luck” doing a fi l mlm f estivafestivall runrun isis at a are animators at would turn out to be. Th ere gettingg to travel!travel! In support Aus Sparky Animation. were endless forms to fi ll and of Spycatcat, we’ve attended mu submission packages to prepare, fi lm festivalsstivals inin CChina,hina, tthehe forfor which in turn led to countless Unitedd Kingdom,Kingdom, Germany,Germany, sen visits to the post offi ce and Italy andnd Japan. It was extremelyextremely awa costly postage fees. rewardingding to meet our peers whi Rejections came a lot more and industrydustry professionalsprofessionals fromfrom to a oft en than acceptance letters. all cornersners of the world.world. WeWe left com We originally aimed to get each off tthesehese countries inspiredinspired B Spycat shown at just two fi lm and fullll ofof new insights.insights. on festivals anywhere in the world, Th e bbestest ppartart of our entire cub and even that seemed out of experience,ence, however,however, hashas bbeeneen Des reach at fi rst. We persisted, and witnessingsing cchildrenhildren ffromrom aallll hahav EXTRA the number of fi lm festivals that over thehe worworldld enenjoyjoy SSpycatpycat. wou Video: A cat said “yes” to Spycat climbed It’s beebeenn a ttreatreat to see chchildrenildren plaplac saves the world slowly but surely. laugh aatt Spycatt screenings, frofrom To date, the fi lm has had even wwhenhen tthehe fi lmlm is si dubbed A almost 1,000 screenings in over 31 in anotherther llanguage.anguage. It’s bbeeneen drdra countries, and won seven awards. fl atteringng to hear (and overhear) like In 2012, Spycat won its most them sayay tthathat ttheyhey llovedoved SSpycatpycat, eve important award at the 42nd or see tthemhem imiimitatetate ccharactersharacters Spy Giff oni Film Festival – one of from thehe fi lmlm.. AndAnd iit’st’s beebeenn sup the top children’s fi lm festivals in surreall to watcwatchh raucous kkidsids Ma

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 34 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 10:36 AM suddenlysudd go quiet, spellbound on everything from animation by oone cat’s antics onscreen. principles to fi lm festival OOne festival organiser shared submissions. witwithh us a story about a boy We hope our story will inspire at a special needs school in more of our juniors to actively AusAustralia.t He enjoyed Spycat so send their fi nished creations muchmuc that he kept clamouring out into the world, be it to forfor tthe fi lm to be replayed. We fi lm festivals, exhibitions or sentsent two Spycat DVDs over right competitions. Don’t let shyness, away!away One copy went to our fan, a lack of experience or a fear of whilewhil the other was forwarded rejection stop you from trying to toto anan Aboriginal homelands get your work seen. community.com BBack when we were working To read more about Spycat and the on SSpycat in the basement Paper Chase and its fi lm festival run, visit cubiclescubi at the School of Art, http://spycatproduction.wordpress.com DesignDesi & Media, we could never havehave imagined that our work Spycat playing at the Singapore Art Museum. wouldwou one day be appreciated in placesplac halfway around the world fromfrom Singapore. AAs our fi lm festival run drawsdraw to a close, we would GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL PHOTO: Children casting their votes at the 42nd Giﬀ oni Film likelike to express our gratitude to everyoneever who contributed to Festival. Spycat picked up Best Short Film in the Elements SpycatSpyc , especially our project +3 category. supervisor,supe Assoc Prof Hans- MartinMar Rall, for his guidance

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DTPSh 7 Hey_13FA.indd 35 09LKH Hey! 11/19/13 10:37 AM I’m all for the minimalist look, and I wear foldable Ray-Ban These Jeﬀ rey Campbell My ripped denim this simple pair of black aviators nearly everywhere. boots give me a lot of shorts, from Zara, strappy heels from They bring out the cool and height. I wear them to for that casual, Love, Bonito matches mysterious factor in me! look edgier “rocker” vibe almost anything

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One of my basic must-wears is this dress from online shop All Would Envy. Every girl needs a white dress for both formal and casual functions

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One of my favourite bags, from My statement necklace from This oxblood knitted sweater is epicurations, an online shop. It’s a local jewellery e-retailer. from missypixie, a blogshop. It roomy enough to contain all my Such sparkly bling add a keeps me warm, especially during stuﬀ . The colour is also perfect for “pop” to my outﬁ ts the monsoon season the fall/winter season My Space Model wardrobe Andrea Chong is a trendy multi- to buy new clothes. hyphenate majoring in literature On her fashion philosophy, she at the School of Humanities & says: “A lot of people think that Social Sciences. looking good means you have to A popular blogshop model and spend on expensive clothing. In fact, fashion blogger who co-hosts there are many cheap steals online. Clicknetwork.tv’s Th at F Word, she As long as you have a classy style with even designed her own walk-in the right accessories, you’ll look like a wardrobe at home, which she million bucks without ever needing to meticulously created with a wall bust a hole in your wallet.” divider. Raiding this busy fashionista’s Her advice for girls struggling cosy retreat one evening, HEY! with a wardrobe malfunction? discovered her obsession with being Prioritise basic pieces in classic colour-coordinated. colours like black, white, emerald Courted by sponsors – the folks green and oxblood. who send her free apparel – Andrea Oxblood? Th at’s a classier term for jokes that she has never really needed maroon, says Andrea. – Anson Ong

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