Jobs Alert

Hi Graduates-to-Be,

Anyone keen on the following jobs with a government organisation ? Contact us asap.

1. Infrastructure Development (DBA roles, Network design roles)
2. Development of New Media materials (Development and support of Web 2.0 applications)
3. Enterprise Application Support (Enterprise Java)

Food Junction or Koufu??

According to the poll, majority prefers Food Junction.

Unfortunately, Koufu has taken over the business ..

but not to worry .. the popular Japanese Food is still available =)

Specialization Poll Results

It has been awhile since the poll has closed..

Below are the results for the Specialization Poll done by you =)

OLT Team thank each and everyone of you whom had participated in the polls actively. Keep a look out the new polls!! By the way,there is no longer the Mobile Internet Solution and Integrated Web Systems & Solutions specialisation from AY2009. A new specialisation 'Infocomm Solutions' covers largely IWSS and a bit of MIS.

New polls are on they way...

YEP - Cambodia

Thinking of doing some volunteer work ? Here is a Youth Expedition Project for you to consider. I am sure you have seen Choon Hock around. He takes care of all our network labs.

Confuse ? Which course to go ?

It's been 4 days since JAE started and everyday I get to see some students agonising over which course to select. Here are some of my advice to them. Hopefully, it may be of help to some of you.

1. Get ready your JAE booklet, course booklets, intake size info, etc
2. Cross out all courses which you are not eligible for.

3. Highlight those remaining courses which you have a passion for.
4. Cross out those you highlighted that has a COP that is (significantly) lower than your result
5. You may put these courses in your selection list

6. No particular passion ? Highlight those courses which you have read about or heard some course advisers talk about them AND you do not have any adverse distaste for them.
7. Cross out those you highlighted that has a COP that is (significantly) lower than your result
8. You may put these courses in your selection list

9. Now, you have a list of courses.
10. Go through the course description.
11. Go through the course modules and have some understanding of the module nature. This gives you an idea of what the course will be covering.
12. Look at the intake size of each course. Of course, there are many other factors to consider ie. job prospects, further education, blah blah blah ... (Might as well develop a program to churn out your selection ... just kidding)
13. Revise your selection list.
14. 1 more day to key in your selection :)

wow ... did not realise I am that long-winded. Well, all the best to your selection.

MM Lee saw our projects :)

Just to add on to the previous post, OLT found out that when MM Lee visited NYP, he visited 2 schools including ours. When he came to our Hall of Innovation, he inquired about 3 student projects. Guess what ... 2 of them were designed and developed by our VERY own MIT students. What does that say about us ? Fantastic, we suppose.

DMIT - An Engineering Course ??

Someone asked recently, "Is DMIT an engineering course ?". My answer would be, "Take a look at the modules/subjects we offered in the course and it would be crystal-clear." Our students take 2 electronics subjects in their entire 3 years of study because we know that with such knowledge, they would be better equipped to interact, interface and work together with other IT/Infocomm professionals. :)

Minister Mentor's Visit to NYP

Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew visited our school on 5^th January 2009 and I was privileged enough to present one of the many industrial projects that the school has completed over the years.

Although many people think that it is just a presentation, to be able to present and have a brief session of Q&A was almost surreal. I always see him on the television and read about him but never really gotten to know what was Mr. Lee like in person.

He is such a fatherly figure I must say. It felt as though I was talking to my grandfather when he asked me about my secondary school and my plans for the future. He showed much interest in what secondary school I was from and if it was far away from my home. He was also interested to know what I plan to do after graduation especially since I would be graduating soon. He wanted to know which university I plan to go and why. Mr. Lee was also interested in why I chose to enter the polytechnic instead of a Junior College.

To be able to see Mr. Lee so active really inspired me to live life to the fullest. He had such stature yet he was really humble and nice when he spoke to us.

The experience preparing for his visit was also out of this world. My supervisor was such a great support and I learned a lot from him. Throughout the week of preparation, I learnt things that I would never find in a textbook.

Open House 2009

Wow ... Day 1,2,3 of OH 2009 has already slipped by. Here are some pics from the ground.

Btw, images of our course happenings and of course OH 2009 are available at http://picasaweb.google.com/OutsideTheLT

Chatting with MM Lee

MM Lee came to NYP few days ago, on the 5th January 2009 and visits the School of Engineering & School of Interactive & Digital Media. He also had a dialogue session with 10 students from various schools in NYP, to find out more about the students studying here.

Many people are rather interested in what MM Lee talked to the students about. I am one of the representative in this dialogue session, so I would be able to share with you guys about my experience.

First of all, I find that MM Lee is a very gentle and nice man. At first, I felt pretty stressful, especially at the start of the dialogue session when I was sitting right between him and Mr Chan Lee Mun, our Principal.

MM Lee started the session by posting questions to us, the situation is quite tensed up at first, in the sense that everyone (students) are so nervous & excited, the feeling is like as though you're talking to your idol, and much more than that! (Trust me, you'll be sooooo excited. If you're there, you will understand what I mean :D)

MM Lee is very friendly to us, he joke with us, he always has a gentle smile and that makes us feel more relax. Everyone (students) tend to be able to speak more naturally and freely, without being afraid of not being formal enough when we are answering our questions.

First of all, I'd like to say that in my opinion, I find that he asked us on rather personal questions, in a sense that he don't really ask us what is our course about or stuffs like that. Finally, it's my turn. I was very relaxed and natural at first, but the moment he talked to me, I became soooo nervous. My hands start to tremble, not because I am scared. It's because I am so excited that I could hardly control my hands. I normally see him on textbooks, computer screen, television and etc - I have never seen him in person, let alone talk to him.

"AM I DREAMING?" - The kind of unreal feeling comes to me ... Firstly, MM Lee asked me how could he pronounce my surname, "Kong". He pronounces it as "Koh", and "Korr"but I tell him that it is pronounced as King Kong's "Kong". I'm glad he laughed! Okay, that makes me a little bit less nervous. Then he asked me questions like the following:

- Do you intend to go for further studies?
- If you do, do you prefer local university or oversea university and why ?
- How do you plan to finance your studies in university?
- What does my parents work as, at where, and stuffs like that
- To add on to the previous point, MM also asked about things like how many siblings do I have, where are they studying at and stuffs like that.

IMPORTANT: All the above "questions" are what I roughly remembered.

Personally, I'm proud to be a NYP student and I'm proud to be a student studying the Diploma in Multimedia Infocomm & Technology.

Celebrities Watch @ NYP

Question : What is the common thread for these celebrities ?

Jean Danker, Soo & Young, Celeste Chong, Julian Hee, Tracy Tan, Haizad Imran, Shahirah Price, Taufik Batisah and Channel U Campus SuperStar 2009‘s 12 finalists & Felicia Chin

Answer: All coming for NYP Open House.

So, what are you waiting for?

JAE, JPAE, JPSAE & DAE !!!

Around this period, many students thinking about coming to the polytechnics are anticipating their results and starting to think about the options that are available to them. I am sure current students have also gone through this experience before and it can be quite a journey. Many questions naturally arise. What are the many acronyms that gets tossed around: JAE, JPAE, JPSAE & DAE. Ask the 4 Ws. Who, What, When and Where ?

Here is my VERY brief attempt at making sense of these acronyms and aid in pointing any person in need to the right place, hopefully :). Most of these information are extracted from the Joint Polytechnic Portal & MOE site. Please refer to this portal for detailed information.

JAE / JAE (MOE site)
- What ? Joint Admissions Exercise
- Who ? Generally for GCE 'O' level students
- When ? Immediately after 'O' level result is released. Open for 5 days.
- Where ? Online (MOE JAE Site)

JPAE
- What ? Joint Polytechnic Admissions Exercise
- Who ? For ITE, STPM and SPM holders generally
- When ? ITE (9th-13th Feb), STPM/SPM (9th-13th Mar)
- Where ? Check the JPAE website

JPSAE
- What ? Joint Polytechnic Special Admissions Exercise
- Who ? For 'O' level students (With consideration of passion, aptitude & talents).
- When ? Immediately after 'O' level result is released. Open for 5 days.
- Where ? Online. Check the JPSAE website

DAE
- What ? Direct Admissions Exercise
- Who ? For wide variety of qualifications.
- When ? Poly-specific. Check the DAE website
- Where ? Poly-specific. Check the DAE website

Youth Expedition to Cambodia

Hi Everyone, Oma from admin office is co-leading a youth expedition to Cambodia in March. If you are keen to find out more, do attend their informational talk on this Wednesday at 2pm in S305. This trip will be to Phnom Penh and you will be working at an orphanage and a widow's colony. You can help by teaching IT, Maths and English. There will also be sports, games and dances as part of the cultural exchange.

Find out more from their website.