ohoh,
my jpa interview was today!
yes, i would blog about my interview. and yes i know there's probably thousands blogging bout the interview. let me be the thousand and one. so woke up around 550, took a shower, dress up, stuff my bags with everything i could think off. then, i wait for my dad to sent me off to putrajaya. in the car my dad yaps around bout the "importance" of "preparation" . he keeps telling me bout that and that. and he said im only prepared on the surface only whereas i should be prepared wholly. so yeah, i could easily dozed off in the car. but he insist i hear whatever he is saying. anyway, since he was so excited telling me bout preparations, he missed up this junction that are supposed to take us to the place. so have to do few rounds here and there and got lost. luckily we went out early, so i managed to be there 15 mins before. park the car, walk down the escalator and find my name on the board. hmm, searching. haa. thts my name. panel 10, number 13. okiee. might take some time. so, i was standing by the door to the rooms, cause they said they are only opening it when its time. so when they reached for the door handle im already on the front eagerly to go in. went to the panel's table and they asked me to be seated first. okie dokie. then few minutes later came this indian girl and she sat next to me. since i have this newly-picked skills (thanks to mph), i can actually talk to anyone. so i turned to her and said hi. she was friendly. her name is amarmitha ( i think) and she's frm klang doing basic science in malaysia. so we talked about how nervous we are and bout there's no one at her panel's table.then she was in the first group, so off she went. then i turned to the side. there's this malay girl who looks awfully familiar. she introduced herself. her name is alyssa(spelled ellisa) and she's from sri aman. no wonder she looks familiar! she said my hand is really cold and i should not worry cause she herself is not nervous. good for her. somehow, at one point people were lining up at my panel's table. so she insist i go check. okayy. so i lined up to. there this bubbly and super friendly girl introduced herself. her name is aimee and she's frm smk bukit utara. she's nice to talk too. and i thought she was a malay but she's not. then came this guy lining up behind us. she being herself, introduced herself and i eventually introduced myself. so his name is adam and interested in doing japanase architecture and he took a three month crash course on how to speak japanese. cool. so while that aimee gave her folder to the lady, he asked me.
melayu ke cina?
haa? siapa? die ke i? (pointing to aimee)
kau lah.
oh , melayu la. ada rupa cina ke?
aha, npk cm cina.
err, maybe sbb mata sepet kot.
anyway, it was my turn to give my folder and stuff. turns out to be i need to get those copies signed. oh well. so i was walking here and there looking for encik bushtam to signed it. knowing who the hell he is, i asked people there. then this quite good looking guy frm jpa assist me. he searched for tht guy fr me. and he asked me to seat first, cause "kesian if asyik jln sini sana". aww, so nice of him. anyway, got the signature and returned to my panel. somebody took my seat! agaga. find a new one. so i sat near tht adam guy. and he keeps referring me as "budak straight a". i told him its good enough to get the interview. and we're the lucky 8000 to get it. he thinks i was being sarcastic -.-anyway, then someone called me and say my turn is next. they gave me tag number;number 5.so the other 4 people are ;1 - this chinese guy who wants to take civil engineering at first.2- soo peng i think. cnt remember wht she wants to take.3- taufiq. he's okay looking. he said he wants to take up engineering too.4- aimee. tht bubbly girl wants to take actuarial science.so the panel consists of 2 malay guys and 1 indian. so one of the malay guy (the ketua i assume) start explaining the process. he asked us to introduce ourself in malay. okay, might be akward. so here i go,slamat pg dan ass'kum. saya aida nur ariza binti ariffuddin. bersekolah di smkttdi. mempunyai 4 adik beradik. kakak saya sedang blejar di ipta, uia dn sdg blajar um "business". ibu sya suri rumah dan bapa sy pula mempunyai "company" sendiri. sy suka membaca.
oh, kamu suka baca? buku pe yg kamu br baca?
umm. how to talk to anyone.
*everyone was laughing*
kamu beli buku tu sbb ni ke?
uhm, lebih kurang lah.
*snicker**giggle*
sbb minat sy, sy berpeluang bekerja di mph slama 3 bulan. sy sudah berhenti dan sedang bekerja sbg cikgu di pusat tuition.
ohh, cikgu ? *sound as if he is impressed* okay, terima kasih cikgu.
thts the whole introduction thingy. since im the last one he tries to fasten it. he just cuts me off without asking me wht i want to do and whre i want to go.skrang, kita akn membincangkn ttg isu. semua boleh menyuarakn pendapat masing2 dlm bahasa melayu. isunya ialah polis negara kita dikatakn tidak cekap etc. apa pendapat kamu. he asked tht taufiq and no. 1 about it. so i was half listening to what no. 1 said.*smthgsmthg*perkauman*blabla*tegas.
aida, apa pdpt kamu ttg pdpat dia?
*totally off guard.*
um, saya setuju dgn pendapat nya (padahal x tau papepun), isu perkauman sentiasa wujud. walaupun pihak polis menjalankn tugasnya, mereka disalah anggap oleh rakyat. blabla.
tp pdpt sy, isu perkauman tidak wujud disini. kalau tidak, negara pasti huru-hara (shit.)
thn someone said bout rasuah. then he asked bout rasuah. i was kind enough to be the first one to raised up my hand.
saya rasa, kalau polis mintak duit skali pun kita tida spttnya membayar mereka. kita tau bukan tugas dia nk amik duit dr kita. kenapa kte bagi plak?
tp bukan better ke kalau kamu byr rm100 dr rm1000?
tidak jgak. sekurang2nya bila bayar rm1000 kte mematuhi undang2. dan jika kte bayar 100 kalau kena tkp masuk jail then kena bayar jgak lebih.
smthg bout if he is the yb, and langgar peraturan. would police malaysia tahan him.
saya rasa tidak.
okayy, next topic. in english. about financial crisis. people are unemployed. wht could u do to help the gov?being a smarty pants. when he asked them wether they need to repeat or not. everyone was quite. i went off and said repeat please. he just stares at me and smiles. did i do anything wrong? hope not. so my ans was;other thn buying local products, malaysians should travel inside malaysia and visit our landmarks instead of going on vacations in other countries. in a way they would help our. uhmmm (shit pe pelancongan in english). uhmm, they would help uhmm by buying (brg tptn pe plak?aargh) local products. they would invest more in malaysia.
so you're saying they would ?buy local prod
yupp, that would help. since here its cheaper, you dont have to change their currency, and they know how is the people here. why wouldnt they spent their holidays here?
how bout banks. wht should they do to help?
*silence*
banks. help. anyone?
aida, do you want to say something?
*caught off guard again* uhm, no. not really.
then that aimee saved my ass. she talks about interest rate.
how bout credit card? what do you think?
*stupid enough to raised up my hand*
since i was a cashier at mph, i have customers using credit cards (duh) . they complained about it. they said they have to pay interest. and they think they should pay using cash cause for credit cards they have to pay more frm wht they're getting. but usually nowdays people used debit cards.
haa. debit cards? yupp. debit cards.
next, open questions bout jpa/piln.everyone was asking ques. so i think i should too.i have a ques. uhm, wht if, after studying we decide not to work in malaysia?
are u sure bout that?
im just asking about the possibilities.
the panels are laughing and said they would kejar me if i do so.
you can request. but you're taking psychology right? we need more people like you.
um, i was just asking about possibilities.
habis lah aida xleh tidur malam.
huh?
shit, i screwed up the interview. they said the guys there have the power to write anythg on our paper. he said fr example they can write there, aida xnak kerja dkat malaysia. shitt . i hope the letter frm sultan selangor work its miracles.
till next time, shut your mouth aida nur ariza -.-