Dr. Klaus Wahle from the Robert Gordon University Aberdeen, Scotland paid us a visit last week. He was scheduled for a talk on Tuesday but due to the water cut, it was postponed to yesterday. All of us managed to squeeze some of our time, by getting ourselves an excuse letter, to go for this once in a lifetime opportunity. It's not always we get someone from Scotland.
The talk started around 10.00 am. Started off with some intro by the MC who was Dr. Klaus' ex-student (together with his wife). Followed by the Dean's speech. Then it was the real deal.
Dr. Klaus explained the importance of omega-3. Omega-3 is a lipid. But not your everyday lipid. This is a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA). It's rich with double bonds, which is good for you. Unless the get hydrogenated, which would then be bad. Real bad. Omega-3 is found mainly in fish. So, stock up on your fish. But it is originally from plankton and algaes.
Dr. Klaus explained about the mechanisms involved and the advantages. I personally understood what he was saying during the first 1/2 hour. But for the next 1/2 hour, I was pretty lost. It was a wee bit to technical for me.
His talk was real good. He managed to infuse a bit of humour in it, making it even more enjoyable. And if you listen carefully, you can actually catch a bit of his Scottish accent. Apparently he's German, but he's been in Scotland so long, he said that he should be McWahle. Haha. Funny man he is.
After his talk, it was the usual Q & A session. Mostly by the lecturers. There wasn't much students anyway. During that session, we pretty much heard all sorts of English. Ranging from Japanese english to Bangladesh english, Malaysian english to God knows what else. No offence. It just shows how diverse we are, on a positive note.
The entire affair finished around 12.20 pm. There was lunch which was pretty shocking to my discovery. But I'm not complaining. We skipped Parenting class. It felt marvelous. And we'll be getting an excuse letter for that. Isn't it great when you have connections everywhere? :)
p/s: I have Dr. Klaus' picture, but I'm too lazy to use the card reader which is very troublesome. I tried looking it up on the net, but it's too small. Might as well not put any then.
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