Scholarship Award

YAY! no more assignments until March 09!!!

Woohoo!! Finally its over! The assignment month. ARGH! The real horror is coming though -- exam @@.

Well, skip that.

Hmm... hehe~

Eh heh heh heh~

er... I got the HSBC Scholarship! Woohoo!!


Eh heh heh heh~
read this --> http://www.bernama.com/finance/news.php?id=360768

FYI, I'm indirectly mentioned in the article. Apparently 3 scholars are employees' children and I'm one of the three fortunate child~ Wee~ (the article wrongly mentioned as 2~ because only 2 employee scholars attended the cheque presentation ceremony)

My feelings?

YEAHHHH~~~

"Berry happie ah!!"

Hmm.. to summarise the whole thing:-

- 09 September 2008: Went for interview. I really thought that I flunked the interview. (initially I thought I have to compete with outsiders, but actually I compete against other 3 employees' children for the 3 seats... means... it was actually be 75% winning chance hehe)

- 16 September 2008: Received the scholarship email. I read it at my uni. Was REALLY REALLY happy~!

- 23 September 2008: Attended the cheque presentation ceremony.

Well, this post will stress on the cheque presentation ceremony.

So.. I took KTM and LRT to reach HSBC. Man. The formal shoe TORTURED my poor legs. Both my baby toes have "water pok" or whatever it is called, it hurts >.<

I actually walked slower than elderly!! Do you know HOW SLOW i walked?! I used to walk in fast speed and that day basically I'm more like walking with a sight-seeing type of speed. YEAH. THAT SLOW okay. Luckily I left my house early or I can't make it on time.

Finally, I reached. Met mum at the entrance and we waited at the staff cafetaria for the ceremony to start. But we didn't realise that we can enter the venue earlier. When we go in, we were one of the last to enter the venue. So paiseh.

So.. there was a mini stage at the front of the Executive Suite. Facing the mini stage were chairs (like hotel dinner type of chairs) seperated into 3 chairs per row at the first few rows and 4 chairs per row at the behind rows. The high post awarders sat on the left, while on the right side, the first row was occupied by the master scholars, followed by employees' children for undergraduate scholars (ME!!). From the right of my seat onwards, they are all undergraduate scholars from public. Argh~ I'm so lazy to correct my grammer mistakes. Tired d.


Floor view of the venue. Thats the best I could draw when I'm really sleepy now. (p/s: There's a typo. It should be "post", not "pose". Lazy to change.)

So.. It started with briefings from the person in charge. Basically we were informed with the terms & conditions to maintain the scholarship. Followed by speech by CEO and the cheque presentation award.

Heh~ I wasthe one stayed at the stage longest when each scholars went up one by one to receive cheque from the CEO. hahaha~ initially it was the media who take photo. Mum couldn't get a good spot to take photo as she was both blocked by the camera man and other scholars' parents who sat besider her. She had no where to go and she was trying hard to snap a photo.

Guess what? the CEO saw it!

She brought me aside to give my mum a clear view to snap the photo. I was like.... WOW! Amazing! She is such an observant person! I myself didn't see my mum although I know she will take the photo of mine. Another reason is my view was totally blocked by the media too. Probably because I'm short and the CEO is tall. haha~ Well I admit that I'm SHORT. right. =.=

Finally, the ceremony ended. The master scholars managed to call all the high post people to take a group pic with them. So I was like.... hmm.... I want to take that photo too (as in me with the people, excluding the master). Then my mum came and urged me to take pic. She went to ask the people and they agreed! yay! Tada! I stood in the middle of the photo man!!! The CEO somemore said because I'm the main character of the day. I was like.... blushed to the max wey~ It's like I hope the camera man hurry up snap the photo so that I can leave. Very paiseh la.

So... went to McD for lunch. It took me so long to reach McD although it is near to mum's office. In McD, I noticed there was a pile of toys for sale. Due to my tremendous curiosity, I went and had a look. And I found a NARUTO + SASUKE ruler!!! Hahaha~ I asked my mum whether I can have the ruler. Eh wait. Not asked. I MADE my mum buy it. lol~

I told her:" Mum, I proved myself being a matured adult for the past few weeks, can I have 5 minutes to be a childish person?"

HAHAHA~ very lame reason right. Excuse means excuse lar~ But my mum bought it for me. I brought it to uni and my gang all laughed at me. lol~ At the same day itself, I received my business law assignment. Not a good mark. I screwed it basically but I was too happy to feel anything for it. Maybe I will have hard feelings when the exams are closer. Hmm...

Current things to worry are...

- Study hard/smart to maintain loan
- Study hard/smart to maintain scholarship

ARGH! NO LIFE already!!! T_____T

Dooms Day

Pea is bombed (slang: to fail miserably).

Questions were fired one after another from machine guns.

What am I talking about?

There you go --> about the interview that I went today.

So... sis sent me to KL sentral and I took Putra LRT to the destination. Then, I met my mum, who led me to the doomed place.

So... I was the 2nd person on the list. So there was a guy reached there earlier than me. Fortunately, he is a nice person to talk to. So both of us were chatting to ease each other's nervousness. So later we found out that our interview were push forward as there were others interviewing before us.

Soooo... finally after his turn, it was my turn. Let me release my frustration now. *warning*


Characters involved
me
interviewer one: A
interviewer two: B
interviewer three: C


*In the conference room*


me: "Good morning" *showed a friendly smile*

A: "Good morning :)" *pointed towards a chair right in front of the 3 interviewers*

I walked towards the chair. Before I sat down, I looked at B with a smile.
B looked at me with a half vacant expression and half stern look, and said: "Good morning"

I was like: oh no! He didn't hear me greet him is it? damn!

me: "Good morning" *with a not so confident tone*

B: "How is your mother?"
me: "She's fine" *shot a friendly smile*

Such a brainless git. I shall regret and remember it forever, because...

B: "I thought in your essay, you mentioned that your mother has leg problem and has to see this Dr X ............"

(oh no~~! So fast got into trap already! I ACTUALLY THOUGHT it was a normal greeting! Pea brain really)

me: "oh~! The pain happened on and off one. So she has to see doctor when the pain comes again." (you know, in this kind of shocked situation, my typical english comes in. *sigh*)

C: "So your mother is on leave or working today?"
me: "oh she is on leave. And she's at a shop downstairs, resting and waiting for me." (my English is horrible, I know. >.<)

ok. I felt relieved when I see 3 of them nodded their head.

By the way, among the 3 interviewers, I could answer all A's questions. It were the B and C that gave me a hard time and all sorts of traps. And that is why I will only be focusing on B and C.

Questions after questions were asked. I can't remember how many questions that I have answered. Therefore, I will only list out those that I can remember.

1) B: "Why *my uni* ? The tuition fees are much more higher than other local universities right?"
me: "Oh, because I believe that this uni will guide me to have critical thinking.... (bla x3) and this is the currently only Australia campus in Malaysia"

then dunno what questions...
then it came to worst part.

B: "So you think local universities are not good enough for you?" *showed me a dangerous look*

(shit x6) <--- first word came into my mind.

Then, I don't know how it came to my mind, I said in an unstructured manner.
me: "Oh no, because I have already experienced local education for 11 years, so I wanted to try something new and exposed to something new" (yeah I'm repeating what I said. What to do? Panic d)

Then, I saw all 3 of them were slightly nodding their head. (Don't know whether it is a good sign or not)

From the start of the interview, it was only A and B asking me questions. I felt uneasy because C was busy reading some stuff. I was sure that when he speaks, definitely it won't be an easy question to be answered.

And I was right. So sad.

I forgot what he asked. But it was seriously not an easy task.

For example, he asked about the loan.
So I told him that I have to score at least CGPA 3.0 to maintain the loan.
And he said: "you should be able to maintain it right?" (With a look that I'm expected to be able to maintain it)

So I said: "yeah, currently I still can meet the requirement."

So later after a few questions from A and B, somehow C linked back to my loan again.
This time, I told him that the loan I took, I need to pay 4% interest rate, the good thing about the loan is I can borrow full amount of tuition fees and if I can score at or above CGPA 3.75, the loan will turn into scholarship.

and...

C: "AHHHHHHH! THAT'S THE POINT!"

I was shocked instantly. Suddenly he shouted (as in spoke quite loud) that I was startled at the point when he made the statement.

C (looked so confident and happy): "Since you will be getting scholarship (OI! so easy ah!), why are you still applying for the scholarhship?"

me (bengang abit already): "Oh, because getting a HD in *my uni* is not an easy task, and..."
C cut in and said: "But that uni is your choice! You should have expected it!"
me: "Oh.."

I wanted to answer but A cut in and asked me some question.

Damn. This is the REAL part that I screwed up. I don't even have enough of time to answer and argue for myself.

I saw them scribbled something on the paper. (please~~~ let it be some positive note, although I'm 85% confident that the chances of me getting the scholarship is less than 15%...)

FYI, 15% is a reliable estimation.
Because around 20 shortlisted candidates, only 3 of them will get the scholarship.
So, (3/20)*100% = 15%
Note: I screwed up in the middle of the interview, so that's why I think it is even less than 15%.

see~ maths student okay. lol. I'll never miss a chance to praise myself.

okay. back to my frustration "bebel", "rungut" time.

I can't really remember the flow of questions. But there are some questions such as:-

C: "Why not S'pore?"
me: "Oh because if I study at S'pore, I have to stay there and cost of living is quite high, the exchange rate is double of our currency" (towards the end my volume was getting lower, no confident mah)
I saw C nod head.

B or C: "So you are going to Australia in the third year?"
me: "No, I'm completing my studies locally" (just bear with my grammer mistakes, I'm really bad at speaking in English)
A + B + C: "Ooo~ study locally~"

I looked at them, thinking: "yeah? and that means?" *puzzled but did not show it*

In between the interview, C saw the tuition fees receipt and showed it to B and mumbled things like (according to my interpretation and I overheard abit): "ah~ see~! the tuition fees are (high)....."

then C asked: "So you studied at Taylors College?"
me: "yeah~ because I got scholarship."

C nodded head again.

There are many questions more, but I really couldn't remember it. I know that I failed it because I know the way I answered was not good enough to stand out among 20 applicants. I did not demonstrate maturity or whatsoever that makes me outstanding. And... the crucial part is... I falled into their trap. *sigh*

well, what is done is done. Nothing can be changed.

Before I left, the person-in-charge of the scholarship applicants told me that I will be notified within a week or so. Well, honestly, I don't think I need that email notification. I knew that i flunk the interview.

I hope miracle happens though.

After that, mum brought me to Central Market for lunch. I insisted on going for the cheapest stall for lunch. And luckily I did. After we ate and while we were busy chatting, I saw B walked past us to some restaurant. (that restaurant more expensive one). We were relieved that we did not go into the restaurant, or else it will create an impression that I'm not in need for the money.

After all the grumblings, mum sent me home and off I go to uni. The first thing I did was visit my management lecturer and told her about the interview. And then she asked why didn't I told her earlier because she could have prepare a recommendation letter to the company. Oh~ thats so nice of her. Well, in the first place I didn't think of that. See. I'm such an inflexible person. I feel good after telling her about my interview experience. She thinks that I stand a chance to get the scholarship, but that is subject to others' performance.

Haha. I already feel good because of she saying "I stand a chance to get the scholarship". To me, I got a recognition from her already. Sad to say, I have to accept reality right.

So after class, SL, YF, and me went to Sunway Pyramid. SJ went home for dinner as she cannot take any food other than home cooked food. Pity her. Even worst than me during my vege-vege period.

So we went to Sushi Groove for dinner. SJ treat us! Buahaha~ since the condition was "You all choose what you want lah!" so we opt for the expensive food. Hahaha~ so realistic.

We enjoyed the day. Since we planned to give SL a surprise, we treated the whole dinner as a pure post assignment enjoyment feast. We did not show the slightest sign on our true purpose of the dinner. (well partly the dinner was for the assignment, but that was not the main point). So after the dinner, we wanted to bring the cake in, so we somehow managed to "kick" SL away to toilet and we sent YF to accompany SL, so that SL will return a bit later.

And yeah, YF did an amazing job. In fact, she managed to hang on with SL so long that SJ and me thought that it was a bit too long. XD

Then finally when SL came back, we took photos together (SL's suggestion). After taking photos, we kept her busy by asking her to show the photos. So while she was busy checking the photos, a chocolate cake with lighted candles appeared in front of her.

She was in... disbelief? I don't know the exact word to describe it. Lack of vocabulary. haha~
She told us that she didn't expect the cake at all. As in the surprise we made for her. So we managed to play on her (asked her to use mouth to take out the candles~ hehe~ typical job) SL was sporting and she did. haha~ not bad~

Ahh~ I couldn't finish the cake, I was REALLY FULL. BLOATED. Way beyond satiated level. Then only I realised that, YF and my cake were really thick, and SL's cake was so thin. NO WONDER both of us felt so full but SL could finish the cake.

Evil.

Overall, it's a so-so day. (Afternoon was demoralising but night time was enjoying.)
*sigh*