My tutor pulled a surprise quiz on us very recently, and the questions gave me and most of my module mates a huge shock:

1. Do you think the Bioimaging/Microscopy topics are or maybe potentially useful and helpful for your own specific study and research? Which sessions of the topics are interesting to you most and why?

2. What do you acquire through attending the lectures on Bioimaging/Microscopy?

3. Do you have any suggestions to make contents of Bioimaging/microscopy more interesting?

4. Comment on the main differences between biomedical imaging and biomolecular imaging and give two examples of their related applications.

If you’re wondering why the English isn’t perfect, its ’cause my lecturer is this mainland Chinese that holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering. It does mean that I don’t have to write my answers for the final exam with perfect English as well, so hey what the heck.

The first thing I was thinking when I saw the questions was: Hidamari Sketch. I immediately turned over to the guy next to me and whispered, “wow, I feel like I’m in a comic book”. Come to think about it, I really hope I didn’t say it out too loud. The specific strip would be:

Since I didn’t really study that hard for the quiz, especially since it was a surprise, I had mixed feelings about the questions. I wasn’t particularly glad, since I had never been graded on offering suggestions before, and it wasn’t as if I didn’t study at all. I felt rather bad for the Indian guy behind me who is really hardcore… think he’s going for 1st Class Honours or something. He left the lecture room halfway to exclusively study for the quiz. When he saw the questions, I swear he almost swore. ^^

For those who think these questions are unfair, the module that I’m taking now isn’t a core module. Its something like a general education thing to broaden the minds of undergraduates or some crap like that. In fact upon discussing it with some module mates and seniors after the test, we believe that the questions were actually aimed at testing our general knowledge and ability to respond to situations rather than just knowledge on Biomedical Imaging methods. For NUS students that are interested, the module is GEK2505 Introductory Biomedical Engineering which is only offered during special semester.

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