Kiwi!

Anyway today, randomly, I came across this video and this is something worth sharing and thinking about...

JPA interview (this is the LEAST creative title I have ever posted...*sob*)

Forwarded a month's worth of 4 days leave to attend this interview (FYI, will be going back this Sunday morning and working till 27th of April..)

Mine was held in Nilai (instead of Putrajaya) on 3rd April. Well initially I was torn between the choice of Nilai and Putrajaya but somehow I felt that Nilai sounded closer... so much for good intuition -.-"

Luckily I do have an understanding dad, who, as to not make matters worse (and to save my "face") commented that:-

"Haiya Nilai easier to find la, Putrajaya too many precincts, after cannot find then waste time"

Thanks dad!

Well, fast-forwarding past all the crap to the interview part, it was actually tougher than expected. Before entering the boardroom (sounds like The Apprentice eh?) I was with the basic impression that the self-intro would be in Malay while the discussion in English (this should be the standard script I guess), well mine turned out to be a tad bit more complicated than that...

Ok here's our seating:- (6 people altogether in 1 session)

(1) - Female, Chinese, Actuarial Science
(2) - Male, Chinese, Aerospace Engineering in Germany
(3) - Female, Chinese (Me!!), Food Science/Dietetics
(4) - Female, Chinese, Engineering
(5) - Male, Malay, Medicine
(6) - Male, Indian, Actuarial Science

Ours was split into 4 sessions: -
1. Self intro in English: Name, origin (sounds like we're some kind of animal), family background, etc.
2. Discussion (more like debate) in English: title was advantages/disadvantages of studying local/overseas (I got the advantages of studying overseas...lucky me ^^)
3. Discussion in Malay: asking why did I choose that course, the country I would like to go to, why, the future job prospects after taking that particular course, what overseas uni I have in mind
4. Knowledge-based questions in Malay: the difference between raja/sultan, the sequence of states (negeri) in which they pick the next Agong, number of governmental depts, the names of several Head of Depts...

I was like, heck.

The 4th session really got me... Honestly, I read more CLEO and StarTwo than the front page of newspapers! Besides, these info aren't mentioned in the papers THAT often! Argghh... -_-"

Walau bagaimanapun (don't know where that came from), not all interviews are like that... Depends alot on the interviewer; according to my friends who went to the Putrajaya interview, they (there are usually 2) just asked them to do a self-intro and basically discussion that required simple thinking but not those that would test one's knowledge!

My interview was 10am, the 8am batch got Proton questions... about its engines, its chronology... (as in which model to which model)

So basically it's different every time and every place, so future JPA applicants, just take note ^^

Primary + Secondary School Reunion =P

Well, not exactly, as our total headcount was, less than 10?

Nowadays it's really hard to get EVERYONE out together, just for a drink or for the movies--some of them have exams in college (to think that some of my friends have completed 1 sem in college and I haven't even started anything yet! Sometimes I just feel so uneducated.) or have no transport (applies for me--still underage and cannot get a licence yet... 7 more months to go before I can sit for my undang, in fact)

So after spending approx. 3-4 ringgit on smses and phone calls to more than 10 people and getting more than half of them rejecting me, I managed to amass a small troupe of 6 (including me) to go to AEON Bukit Tinggi (again) for a cuppa.

You see, I have limited time(e.g. I'll be back in Genting by Sunday?) so I had to get my friends together for a chat before I leave... Even if they were only a pitiful handful (not literally, of course ;p)

~*Mei Jee & I--stole her out of S&J (her workplace) to just snap a shot*~

~*From left: Shieh Nee (going NS 2nd batch next week), Me (the underage one and praying hard that she doesn't get NS next year) & Grace (just came back from NS and seemingly very satisfied with the camp)*~

~*Clockwise from left: Chyi Shyn (previously lepak-ing at home), Chia Chiun (Business Foundation at Taylors), Ree Gent (ADP at INTI), Me (Genting Staff), Yen Woon (SAM at Taylors), Grace (fresh from NS)*~

Had a 2-3 hour (long!) chat with Yen Woon, Shieh Nee & Grace at Sakae Sushi (Grace & I just LOVE this Japanese restaurant! Wonderful place to catch up with each other--the atmosphere is just purr-fect, and the rice is GOOD.) The boys arrived at 5 something (Ree Gent's class was over at 4 but the traffic was bad) and the timing was too late to catch a movie and so we ended up in...

Big Apple Donuts & Coffee.

~*A box of 6 worth RM 9.50 -- but I've heard that the one in KL is tastier, I mean of the same brand*~

~*the boys' time to SHINE in front of the camera; they make pretty good posers too :P*~

~*Eh it seems Yen Woon's not bad at it too; her smile really makes the donuts look extra yummy :)*~

So long for our post-SPM reunion.

Honestly, I was expecting more, but I guess this'll do...