Hitchhiker's guide to NUS ENGIN
CORS
It stands for centralised online registration system
The bidding system that everyone curses about. Why? Cos it periodically breaks down and over load when massive number of kiasu students login at the last minute to check the closing bid when in fact all they can really do is to check the info on the main page for the last bid.
Also one of the most common Msn nicks among NUS students during the bidding period.
~CORS suck
~Cors is the new irritation
~cors must die!
Engin canteen
Touted one of the worst canteen in NUS. Renovated last sem 05 cos ppl complain about it being bad. Food is a bit better but IMOH it still sucks. The new jap store which sells jap food is not really very nice. The western is slightly overpriced for a piece of tiny meat. If you want to go for fullness can try the vegetarian or Indonesian curry cuisine.
NUS student 1:Go where eat?
NUS student 2: Engin?
NUS student 1 : Don't want la.. food there sucks.. let's go arts.. scenery there is nice oso..
It's only concession is that it offers ventilation in the canteen unlike Arts or science where the canteens are so stuffy.
NUS email
Check periodically cos those people at OSA likes to send random junk mails that I don't give a rat's ass about. Then they'll send u a warning email in your own mail to say your mail is full, pls empty it.
Ivle
It stands for integrated virtual learning environment. It's basically a student portal that allows you to access lecture notes, tutorials and past year exam papers for your modules.
It also allows u to create a sort of forum to communicate between groups of people in NUS. With the advent of version 7.6, it now has a blog function to allow blogging in Ivle.
Remember not to put a www.ivle.nus.edu.sg cos you will not be able to access it. Unlike cors which require you to put a www in front(aka www.cors.nus.edu.sg), ivle does not. It updates itself every semester. Now it has a blue background when it used to have an orange one.
It's only usefulness is it's acess to previous year exam function.
Central library
The place to do your research if you're really lazy to go the newly open National library to do. Books as reference are very important as it will give the tutors knowledge that you actually put in some effort in the essay/thesis. Nearing the exam periods, people will be camping at the top floor of the Library, which is a study area to mug. The area is carpeted so the muggers don't fall down and break themselves. It's really ridiculous, the library opens at 8 and at 830 you can't find any place in the Library to sit down during the exam periods. What I hate is those people who book places using their books or sweaters and leave to go somewhere. As I always hear, If you can't beat them, join them. Just make sure you put something that is of no value to you, like some old textbooks or your dean lister's certificate. Anyway, NUS is a safe place, I've seen people leave their handphones laptops and wallets at their desk and coming back without ever losing them.
Co-op
Located below the library, it's a place where people buy their 1st hand books. IMOH if you can get a second hand one, get it.We poor, impoverish students spent the most on books which we're just gonna use for one freaking Sem.Unless you really cannot find 2nd or 3rd hand ones get the new copy. New books are great and have great resell value too. Just recommend the module you took to your fren and make them buy your book.
Buses.
Shuttle Buses are free aka no need to pay unlike in some other university west of Singapore. They basically go everywhere. A1 A2 goes basically the same route but different directions. B goes from Business to Engin C goes from Science to Engin. Buses are always full 15 minutes before the hour during school time because students rush to wait for them to go to another lecture in a different faculty.
Be careful when taking buses from the old university hall bus stop. If the sign says Kent vale DO NOT Take it. It'll really take you to KENT VALE which is a bus docking bay in which the buses rest for 10 minutes or more before coming back to the campus.
I made the hapless mistake of taking that bus to Kent Vale when I was still a Freshie and no one told me about it.
UCC
University cultural hall.
The place where it all began and ended. It began with all the deans and professors in funny hats and oversized gowns introducing themselves to the freshmen and welcoming them at the inaugration on 1 aug next week mon.And ending up in gowns themselves at the commencment.
Chess and Engin Club.
Every one in Engin is automatically in Engin club once you matriculate and pay a misc fee to the club no matter wat.Chess is a club especially for Chem engin people. This has always caused a feud between the two opposing committee. Only Chem engin have their own o'week and camp where the people of the senior classes will acquaint the freshie of the junior classes. The rest of the engin people can join the normal o week. Chem engin freshies may also join but due to conflicting interest, tensions may arise. This year, chem engin are joining Engin o week for the flag collecting in hopes of getting more money for the charities.
RAG
This year is the centennial year and the rag head, Tre really hopes to win the rag this year. He has spent a lot of effort in preparation for the RAG and hopefully he will win it for Engin, together with Junli's coordination of the RAG dance.
Printing room.
Located along the stretch to E1, it's a place to go buy your lecture notes. Notes are good but expensive. But less expensive than if u print it yourself. So buy the notes anyway.
Computer centre
2 computer clusters. One at E2 lvl 4, other one is in front of E5 near the engin bridge. Good for printing tutorials and checking of online soccer results. Msn doesn't work on those computers. Will only have to use web MSN to chat with friends. Printing cost is 5 cent per side, pay by cashcard.
LT 7a
IMOH it's one of the best Lt around lest for the incessent smell when you first enter it. All yr one Engin modules lectures are held there unless you happen to be an Elitist Chem Engineer in which some of the lectures are held at LT7, slightly up the building. The place where the big hoo ha of Cuiwen proposal was at.
Engin Ratio
Yes the rumors are true, the ratio is really pathetic unless you are in Chem engin or ISE or BIE in which the ratio is about 1:3 which is also pretty much the best it gets. Heaven for gals I guess.
Engin leh, what you expect?
Engin Dress sense.
It's pretty much the same as the rest of the school, Except that because Engin has more guys, guys like to dress in dull coloured clothes and very intelligent people on scholarship from other countries, they don't dress up that much cos they don't have the captial. So the overall atmosphere in the lecture is dull coloured. Whereas other faculty has much much more girls and girls like to wear bright, sunny coloured clothes which makes the atmosphere seem so much better. Really it's a matter of subjectivity.
It stands for centralised online registration system
The bidding system that everyone curses about. Why? Cos it periodically breaks down and over load when massive number of kiasu students login at the last minute to check the closing bid when in fact all they can really do is to check the info on the main page for the last bid.
Also one of the most common Msn nicks among NUS students during the bidding period.
~CORS suck
~Cors is the new irritation
~cors must die!
Engin canteen
Touted one of the worst canteen in NUS. Renovated last sem 05 cos ppl complain about it being bad. Food is a bit better but IMOH it still sucks. The new jap store which sells jap food is not really very nice. The western is slightly overpriced for a piece of tiny meat. If you want to go for fullness can try the vegetarian or Indonesian curry cuisine.
NUS student 1:Go where eat?
NUS student 2: Engin?
NUS student 1 : Don't want la.. food there sucks.. let's go arts.. scenery there is nice oso..
It's only concession is that it offers ventilation in the canteen unlike Arts or science where the canteens are so stuffy.
NUS email
Check periodically cos those people at OSA likes to send random junk mails that I don't give a rat's ass about. Then they'll send u a warning email in your own mail to say your mail is full, pls empty it.
Ivle
It stands for integrated virtual learning environment. It's basically a student portal that allows you to access lecture notes, tutorials and past year exam papers for your modules.
It also allows u to create a sort of forum to communicate between groups of people in NUS. With the advent of version 7.6, it now has a blog function to allow blogging in Ivle.
Remember not to put a www.ivle.nus.edu.sg cos you will not be able to access it. Unlike cors which require you to put a www in front(aka www.cors.nus.edu.sg), ivle does not. It updates itself every semester. Now it has a blue background when it used to have an orange one.
It's only usefulness is it's acess to previous year exam function.
Central library
The place to do your research if you're really lazy to go the newly open National library to do. Books as reference are very important as it will give the tutors knowledge that you actually put in some effort in the essay/thesis. Nearing the exam periods, people will be camping at the top floor of the Library, which is a study area to mug. The area is carpeted so the muggers don't fall down and break themselves. It's really ridiculous, the library opens at 8 and at 830 you can't find any place in the Library to sit down during the exam periods. What I hate is those people who book places using their books or sweaters and leave to go somewhere. As I always hear, If you can't beat them, join them. Just make sure you put something that is of no value to you, like some old textbooks or your dean lister's certificate. Anyway, NUS is a safe place, I've seen people leave their handphones laptops and wallets at their desk and coming back without ever losing them.
Co-op
Located below the library, it's a place where people buy their 1st hand books. IMOH if you can get a second hand one, get it.We poor, impoverish students spent the most on books which we're just gonna use for one freaking Sem.Unless you really cannot find 2nd or 3rd hand ones get the new copy. New books are great and have great resell value too. Just recommend the module you took to your fren and make them buy your book.
Buses.
Shuttle Buses are free aka no need to pay unlike in some other university west of Singapore. They basically go everywhere. A1 A2 goes basically the same route but different directions. B goes from Business to Engin C goes from Science to Engin. Buses are always full 15 minutes before the hour during school time because students rush to wait for them to go to another lecture in a different faculty.
Be careful when taking buses from the old university hall bus stop. If the sign says Kent vale DO NOT Take it. It'll really take you to KENT VALE which is a bus docking bay in which the buses rest for 10 minutes or more before coming back to the campus.
I made the hapless mistake of taking that bus to Kent Vale when I was still a Freshie and no one told me about it.
UCC
University cultural hall.
The place where it all began and ended. It began with all the deans and professors in funny hats and oversized gowns introducing themselves to the freshmen and welcoming them at the inaugration on 1 aug next week mon.And ending up in gowns themselves at the commencment.
Chess and Engin Club.
Every one in Engin is automatically in Engin club once you matriculate and pay a misc fee to the club no matter wat.Chess is a club especially for Chem engin people. This has always caused a feud between the two opposing committee. Only Chem engin have their own o'week and camp where the people of the senior classes will acquaint the freshie of the junior classes. The rest of the engin people can join the normal o week. Chem engin freshies may also join but due to conflicting interest, tensions may arise. This year, chem engin are joining Engin o week for the flag collecting in hopes of getting more money for the charities.
RAG
This year is the centennial year and the rag head, Tre really hopes to win the rag this year. He has spent a lot of effort in preparation for the RAG and hopefully he will win it for Engin, together with Junli's coordination of the RAG dance.
Printing room.
Located along the stretch to E1, it's a place to go buy your lecture notes. Notes are good but expensive. But less expensive than if u print it yourself. So buy the notes anyway.
Computer centre
2 computer clusters. One at E2 lvl 4, other one is in front of E5 near the engin bridge. Good for printing tutorials and checking of online soccer results. Msn doesn't work on those computers. Will only have to use web MSN to chat with friends. Printing cost is 5 cent per side, pay by cashcard.
LT 7a
IMOH it's one of the best Lt around lest for the incessent smell when you first enter it. All yr one Engin modules lectures are held there unless you happen to be an Elitist Chem Engineer in which some of the lectures are held at LT7, slightly up the building. The place where the big hoo ha of Cuiwen proposal was at.
Engin Ratio
Yes the rumors are true, the ratio is really pathetic unless you are in Chem engin or ISE or BIE in which the ratio is about 1:3 which is also pretty much the best it gets. Heaven for gals I guess.
Engin leh, what you expect?
Engin Dress sense.
It's pretty much the same as the rest of the school, Except that because Engin has more guys, guys like to dress in dull coloured clothes and very intelligent people on scholarship from other countries, they don't dress up that much cos they don't have the captial. So the overall atmosphere in the lecture is dull coloured. Whereas other faculty has much much more girls and girls like to wear bright, sunny coloured clothes which makes the atmosphere seem so much better. Really it's a matter of subjectivity.
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