AFTER a year studying engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Miss Sharon Ong got bored with mathematics formulas and physics theories, took a break from her studies and went to work at Nanyang Polytechnic's admissions office.

There, she stumbled across a diploma course in diagnostic radiography and was instantly intrigued.

Her eyes lit up when she found out that she could work with advanced technologies in the diploma course and quickly enrolled in it.

Read the full story in The Straits Times' Home section on Monday.