Friday 10 November 2006

memorable quotes from prof J, Finance prof

"saddam futures will now expire"



"onion futures didn't work out 'cause they made people cry"



"actually onion futures didn't work 'cause there were too many layers of problems"



"anyone from thailand?....too bad for you"
- some guy put up his hand



"welcome welcome...its ok if you're late. you still have a future"
- to a guy walking into class 1hour late duing futures lecture



"steven-will-peh"
- name of the insurance company run by a guy called steven peh



"best thing in life is to have a japanese wife, live in india and have an american salary"



"say you get married to somebody, your husband is going to be 100% accountable to you"
- to a girl in class trying to show democratic accountability in political risk............HUH????????



"is there a philosophy course in SMU?........whats it called?"
- we had answered yes! btw its called INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY



"i taught you 4 noble price winning ideas in the class"
- my personal favourite and his too



"indian outsourcing will be outsourcing outsourcing to the american outsources in 2020"
- on the future of India



"i'm just trying to be a showoff here"
- while showing offf the seminar series he offers



"no finance, no romance"
- his marketing strategy for Finance



"sorry if i don't get your names, you can call me kuttuswamy"
- while taking attendence and mispronouncing half the names in class



"don't be humble and not want to reveal your knowledge"
- during the final exam debriefing



"i don't care if your english sucks, just don't write in mandarin or tagalog"
- still on the final exam debrief



"if you turn in a empty answer sheet, 1 mark for being environmentally friendly"
- conclusion to his exam debrief
disclaimer: none of the material in this entry is intended to cause offence or ridicule anyone... sincere apologizes if you feel offended or hurt by anything in this entry

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

hahaha, this prof is just hilarious!! never heard soo many funny things in his class before.. and i would realy love him more if he could just call me by the right name!!!!! sheesh.... lol

Unknown said...

hahah totally miss paramjeet! maybe i should add that too......... what do you say paramjeet?

Anonymous said...

haha!! what's kuttuswamy's name?

Anonymous said...

hahahaha this really is v funny..i like all the exam debriefing ones and the one about onion layers and the future of the guy walking in late!!...some were unclear but thats prolly coz i dont know anything about finance...

but i sooo have to get this prof next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

btw I am not anonymous..i happen to have a name..wonder y the blog didnt publish it in the previous comment :P

Unknown said...

kuttuswamy's real name is jayaram mutttuswamy.. he's a brilliant fellow and totally hilarious. gotta have a thick skin if you wanna be under him.

avelina you have a beautiful name and i pray for yu he doesn't make it "paramjeet"!!! hahahahah btw yea some of the jokes are very finance related. look back at this post a year when now and you should get them. *grin*