Comments on: Chinatown - The land of introvert Singapore scholars?

By: the(new)mediaslut

the(new)mediaslut — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:08:30 +0000

To all, thanks for the comments.

If it was me to explain to the participants, I would have done it in a way to achieve both long and short term goals.

On the long run, I would have encourage the participants to consider an overseas PHD if they had the opportunity. I would also encourage them to come back to NTU to be mentors or share their experience with other PHD students in NTU.

If the opportunity for them do not exist, then I would encourage them to be part of the NTU PHD program.

And rather to highlight that we are the best, which NTU isn’t based on the number of citations per paper, I would highlight to them that NTU will continue to enhance communication and relationships with these well-branded foreign universities to the benefit of local PHD students.

There are times in communications where the best offense could be the worst defense.

By: sam poh tong

sam poh tong — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:48:04 +0000

“Chinatown is a place where a lot of communication and socialising take place and is definitely not somewhere an introvert might want to go.”

I agree completely with this statement. I have never studied abroad bfr. However I would have imagined, it takes significantly more life skills to thrive in chinatown NYC, London or Paris than it does to do the same in SG.

I have read the confessions of the Singapore gangster at least 6 times and as I understand it the story is based in Leicester Square in London China town.

I just want to say the one posted in the Intelligent Singaporean is the condensed (RD) version. I believe the original version is twice as long.

I really hate to say this, but I think by Professor Lye trying to discourage students from going abroad as he claims they are going to another CT, he may have actually accomplished the reverse.

By: Sumiko

Sumiko — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:39:17 +0000

Mediaslut,

Good analysis. We seem to like shooting ourselves in the foot, then patting ourselves on the back. I wonder, is that a skill?

Cat,

That I believe is the real tragedy, the good ones are never given any credit, that in my view is also confirmation they must really be good and probably as close to the real thing as they can possibly get - like of course, the Singaporean Gangster in Chinatown London.

I miss Darkness & Co terribly, I do.

By: Catherine The Great

Catherine The Great — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:10:28 +0000

Just as there are scholars and there will always be scholars.

By: Catherine The Great

Catherine The Great — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:08:20 +0000

This is really farnee. I guess the prof was relying on NLB quality historical information, that could very well account for why he has such a dim view of Chinatown. Or maybe he didn’t read this: http://intelligentsingaporean.wordpress.com/2005/02/12/the-confessions/

Yes, we all know now, there are Chinatowns and there are Chinatowns.

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