Kemana tumpahnya kuah kalau tidak ke _________?
a: carpet
b: nasi
c: mangkuk
d: baju
Couldn't someone have thought of a better proverb? I think we wanted to copy the saying "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" which makes sense. Buat kuah? Tumpah pulak tu? Adoi cuai betul makcik ni.
When a kid I knew got rejected from a girl that he liked... this was what he said:
"Bunga bukan sekuntum"
and I told this to a friend of mine who I guess, wanted to step up for the girls so he replied:
"Kumbang bukan seekor"
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Pulling you kids back down to earth
I feel that since I am a graduate, having been once an actuarial student and now am working, that I should impart some knowledge on the younger generation of actuarial students. This knowledge is common. Yet, no one has emphasized it. Until now. (sounds like a movie trailer intro eh?)
1. Actuarial science in university is easy
It's the truth. How on earth could someone like me do so well in it at uni level? I'll tell you how. Cause it is easy. You do not need to be special to score in actuarial science subjects. All you have to do to get an A is study just a little bit more than average.
2. Engineering/CS is harder than actuarial science
This again is the truth. How many times have we seen engineering students get completely maimed by their exams? Have any of you actuarial science students get around 50% in your exams? I don't think so. Ask an engineering student, I'm sure that they have seen the 50th to 60th percentile plenty a times.
3. Stop acting/telling other people that actuarial science is hard
I'm tired of seeing kids saying actuarial science is hard. Cause it isn't. I know we should try to portray that it is hard to other people who are not in the profession. But the truth is, you do not need to have special skill sets to be good in actuarial science. There are plenty of kids who aren't good in math who end up being actuaries.
4. An A in actuarial science is not equivalent to an A in engineering
My friend, a biased engineer (haha) had his professor tell his class this,"In order for you to get an A in my class you will have to be smart and work really hard. If you are either smart or work hard but not both, you will get a B". In actuarial science it goes more like this,"If you just write down the formulas well on your cheat sheets, you will get an A"
5. You are not special
If you think that since you have a good GPA in actuarial science that you are awesome... no you are not awesome. Most of the kids have high GPAs in actuarial science. You are just another person in the crowd.
6. Ranking of difficulty
Doctor > Engineer > Actuarial science > Accounting > Psychology
7. Actuaries hate accounting people
8. Be humble
The smartest people I've met through out my life are the most humble. They are humble in spreading knowledge, helping out with homework, humble in conversations.
1. Actuarial science in university is easy
It's the truth. How on earth could someone like me do so well in it at uni level? I'll tell you how. Cause it is easy. You do not need to be special to score in actuarial science subjects. All you have to do to get an A is study just a little bit more than average.
2. Engineering/CS is harder than actuarial science
This again is the truth. How many times have we seen engineering students get completely maimed by their exams? Have any of you actuarial science students get around 50% in your exams? I don't think so. Ask an engineering student, I'm sure that they have seen the 50th to 60th percentile plenty a times.
3. Stop acting/telling other people that actuarial science is hard
I'm tired of seeing kids saying actuarial science is hard. Cause it isn't. I know we should try to portray that it is hard to other people who are not in the profession. But the truth is, you do not need to have special skill sets to be good in actuarial science. There are plenty of kids who aren't good in math who end up being actuaries.
4. An A in actuarial science is not equivalent to an A in engineering
My friend, a biased engineer (haha) had his professor tell his class this,"In order for you to get an A in my class you will have to be smart and work really hard. If you are either smart or work hard but not both, you will get a B". In actuarial science it goes more like this,"If you just write down the formulas well on your cheat sheets, you will get an A"
5. You are not special
If you think that since you have a good GPA in actuarial science that you are awesome... no you are not awesome. Most of the kids have high GPAs in actuarial science. You are just another person in the crowd.
6. Ranking of difficulty
Doctor > Engineer > Actuarial science > Accounting > Psychology
7. Actuaries hate accounting people
8. Be humble
The smartest people I've met through out my life are the most humble. They are humble in spreading knowledge, helping out with homework, humble in conversations.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Proton Cars
I don't understand why people complain so much about Malaysia's national car - Proton. From my experience with Proton, it really isn't a bad car. Of course, it doesn't fly like a Honda (Honda is considered a small luxury in Malaysia) nor does it beam an upper status like a Mercedes. But for the many years that my parents did have a Proton, the car worked like a charm. All we needed was to get from point A to point B and the Proton did just that.
Today, everybody is complaining about how worthless the Proton is. In actuality, it really isn't that bad for its price. I've heard problems with the Proton ranging from its inability to close windows (faulty motor) to the air condition grill (what you move to direct the air towards you) being easily broken. Unfortunately, those problems didn't occur to me so I don't have first hand experience.
I do understand people getting pissed off that some governmental officers are raking in the big bucks from selling AP contracts. Now that, we must put an end to. I don't understand why like 90% of the AP contract money can't be channeled back into the automotive industry. Perhaps use that extra money to create more R&D for Proton? That's just free money for certain vendors that barely, if any, did anything besides kiss peoples asses to achieve that authority in selling APs in the first place.
Proton should still be protected. Because of Proton's inability to be of world class caliber since its inception in 1985 till today, sadly we must still struggle to protect it. However, we should give terms on this protection. For instance, if Proton fails to perform by say 2015, then we open up the market just a little bit (reduce the taxes on foreign cars) by a fixed percentage of how bad Proton has performed. Haha. Now that would be interesting.
Today, everybody is complaining about how worthless the Proton is. In actuality, it really isn't that bad for its price. I've heard problems with the Proton ranging from its inability to close windows (faulty motor) to the air condition grill (what you move to direct the air towards you) being easily broken. Unfortunately, those problems didn't occur to me so I don't have first hand experience.
I do understand people getting pissed off that some governmental officers are raking in the big bucks from selling AP contracts. Now that, we must put an end to. I don't understand why like 90% of the AP contract money can't be channeled back into the automotive industry. Perhaps use that extra money to create more R&D for Proton? That's just free money for certain vendors that barely, if any, did anything besides kiss peoples asses to achieve that authority in selling APs in the first place.
Proton should still be protected. Because of Proton's inability to be of world class caliber since its inception in 1985 till today, sadly we must still struggle to protect it. However, we should give terms on this protection. For instance, if Proton fails to perform by say 2015, then we open up the market just a little bit (reduce the taxes on foreign cars) by a fixed percentage of how bad Proton has performed. Haha. Now that would be interesting.
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