From France to Singapore

We managed to sneak in a quick interview with two of our french attachment students, Sampath and Frederic, who were doing their project with us from May to end July 2010. Want to know what are their opinions of Singapore, NYP and their project? Read on!

Photo: Right to left - Frederic, Sampath and their supervisor, Mr. Henry

OLT: So, why did both of you decided to do your project in Singapore/NYP?
Fred : I wanted to have an international learning experience.
Sam : Yes, I wanted a international experience and also discover more about the asian culture.


OLT: What was your project about?  
Fred & Sam : We were developing a wearable computing application for the elderly, which comes with features such as falling detection, temperature detection, and emergency button through Wi-Fi transmission and potentially also via 3G networks.


OLT:  What are some of the things you have picked up or learnt here? 
Fred : We developed a web site, installed web server and picked up a new kind of language for arduino.
Sam : We discover the Arduino and Lilypad technology, as well as networking and techniques in debugging.


OLT: How do you find the students and teachers? 
Fred : The students are friendly and kind. However, I did not have a lot of contact with other teachers, except our supervisor who was really nice! 
Sam : The students are kind, but a little bit too shy, so they didn't really talk to us a lot. Same thoughts as Fred for the teachers.


OLT: Did you visit Singapore's interesting places and the surrounds? 
Fred : Yes, during the week-ends we travelled a lot. I went to Thailand and Malaysia and a lot of places in Singapore(the Zoo, East Coast, Pulau Ubin... the list goes on).
Sam : Oh yes. I went to Tioman in Malaysia which was really nice, and traveled also a lot in Singapore during the week-ends.


OLT:  Overall, how do you find your Singapore student exchange experience and would you recommend other ESIEE to come here too? 
Fred : It was a very good experience because I met a lot different people coming of different countries around the world. And I also really like the city of Singapore and the Asian lifestyle. Yes of course I will recommend for all the ESIEE students to come here at NYP.
Sam : It was a really interesting experience. We learned a lot of things, technically and culturally. We had the chance to travel a bit and meet a lot of people. I will definitely recommend this to the other ESIEE students.


Thanks guys, for taking out some time for this short interview, and all the best for your future endeavors! :)