Sunday, April 11, 2010
I realise again, when you least expect it they tend to come for you, when you were expecting and hoping for them they just leave you alone. When you only expect one to respond, a handful of others decide to invade you together. Ok, I was referring to my job hunting.
So I've been to just a little over a handful of interviews in the last 3 months; SIA, MOE, Damean Marketing, Research Office, WWKSCI, RWS. Surprisingly not a lot right. Cos first month only SIA, second month only MOE, so 4 in the last month... Good progress thanks to constant encouragement from baobei Fu :)
I think it was already mentally exhausting if I were to still have interviews to attend. With each new interview, sure I'm getting better with the experience but so am I getting worn out lor. I envy people who can get good match with the kinda job they want and the company also wants them; saves time and resources for both leh haha.
So I've been to just a little over a handful of interviews in the last 3 months; SIA, MOE, Damean Marketing, Research Office, WWKSCI, RWS. Surprisingly not a lot right. Cos first month only SIA, second month only MOE, so 4 in the last month... Good progress thanks to constant encouragement from baobei Fu :)
I think it was already mentally exhausting if I were to still have interviews to attend. With each new interview, sure I'm getting better with the experience but so am I getting worn out lor. I envy people who can get good match with the kinda job they want and the company also wants them; saves time and resources for both leh haha.
On Thursday I received a missed call from the agent who's helping me with the post of Perm Executive Officer. I didn't realise I got a missed call only until Friday so I didn't bother to call her. It could be I was accepted for the position or she was informing me of some other new positions she was going to send my resume for. Either way it didn't matter already cos at that time I've already answered the offer by RWS on Friday morning.
And already I had to reject interviews from AXA life and DBS, and I need to call up someone later regarding an interview I'm supposed to have tomorrow with a DBS HR personnel at the CCK Branch. I find it increasingly irritating (I was already damn irritated by those TrueYogo, Prudential, Manulife whatever) to get calls from unknown numbers on my hp and I'm so bend on changing number soon.
Can like finally dream of what new hp I'm changing for. Either a Blackberry or an iPhone. I couldn't decide between the two cos BB's screen looks small while iPhone is so everywhere(but means more app mah hor). HTC tatoo seems too small and not pro enough. Suggestions anyone?
More from me next time on LOE, training etc etc...
Labels: Interviews, RWS
It was a love story @ 09:05
baby,just say yes.
baby,just say yes.
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Anyway I've got a lot to share in this entry... too much maybe. Cos I've been to two interviews since the last entry and I had wanted to blog so much on one of them but couldn't seem to find the time in the last week. And now there's more reason cos I was given a job offer.
Last Wednesday, 31st March, I had an interview at RWS - Resorts World Sentosa. Yes, I finally was shortlisted after sending like a few applications online and at the JobsDB career expo. It was for the position of Guest Services Ambassador. Interview was 6.15pm at RWS... which meant I had to go all the way into Sentosa from CCK.
So I left home around 4.30pm with dad cos he happened to come home for his short break and he was heading to Queenstown so hitched a ride with him. He dropped me off at the MRT station and I reached Harbourfront slightly around 5pm. I made a mistake of taking the old Sentosa bus at the bus bay instead of taking RW8 outside Vivocity. As a result, the bus took me to the Beach Station. If I had taken RW8, I would be dropped off right outside the casino leh! =.=
When I reached Beach station, it was about 5.30pm and I had to make my way to take the monorail to Waterfront station. To be frank, I was very gan chiong cos I didn't want to be late and cos the RWCC - convention centre is not as easy to find as the casino itself. Went to ask for information and I got a stun cos the monorail doesn't need ticket one... like hello, I only went last year and I think a ticket is needed. Lol... so I went to the platform and I asked again, hey which direction do I take to the Waterfront station. "Only one way, cos this is the last stop." Oops, really made a lot of blunders leh.
Well, cannot blame me that Sentosa changed so much in a span of a few months right. I reached the Waterfront station servicing RWS within a few mins. But the place was hugh can!! Cos it's a weekday in the evening so it was quite empty save for the few visitors. Even with a Sentosa map I was lost! And I went round and round searching for ways to RWCC but none. Cos you should know the place was still undergoing some final renovations... the most direct way to enter RWCC from the casino was blocked.
I went back and fro don't know how many times through the B1 carpark looking for a way to get to B2 but those escalators in the carpark were not in operation la. Thus I was worrying like ants on a hot stove cos I called the RWS hotline around 6.25pm and the operator's instructions was not clear either. Lucky dear was at my home and he gave me directions over the phone... finally I found an escalator outside the very crowded casino entrance, hidden at a corner. Cos that escalator supposedly services guests from the B2 carpark. I went down and was welcomed by a very hugh empty carpark which looked very intimidating.
Nonetheless that's the only way I knew possible. So I went round the carpark and finally saw the big words "Resorts World Convention Centre". But the place was not lit... so I was afraid you know. Anyway I tried to push open the giant doors and was relieved to find that it could open. I bid goodbye to dear on the phone and went in. I was very lucky that a hotel attendant was just showing someone the way out via the same giant doors... and he was kind to ask me where I was going. I pointed and asked if "Pieces Room" was in that direction and he said he would bring me to it. So happy!
The man was really helpful and calming when I explained my purpose. It was 7pm by the way when I reached the room :( the room was empty except for a man hidden behind his laptop. I explained my situation and he was very kind to me :) he told me to take a seat while he tried to see if he could contact any of the interviewers. He checked against his list to verify my interview time or attendance. Either way, he didn't make me feel bad. I overheard him saying "you need me to ask the usual questions, anything else?" on the phone. As it turned out, he interviewed me instead.
I presumed he's from the HR; I saw his name is Cheng Soon. Lol, gera will laugh if she sees this name cos we knew someone from BP with that name. It was pleasant and reassuring to speak with him... I don't know how to say la but he gave me the feeling "I was in". I asked and was told that I would be informed in a week's time the outcome. By 7.30pm, I was shaking his hand and was out of the room. At that moment, I remembered how dear encouraged me to go on even if I was very late and that no matter the outcome I didn't waste the trip. ^^
But the thing was I was lost again! I wasted like 15mins trying to find the way I came so I could leave by the exact same way haha.... 1 min I was at Hard Rock Hotel, the next I was back at RWCC. Very confusing =( when I found the way out to the B1 carpark, I went straight for the RW8 bus. In no time, I was on the journey out of the island... reached home like 8.30-8.45pm couldn't remember exactly. But I remembered I was exhausted and dear still made me do logarithm questions!! haha...
April fool's day was no special. Nothing to say.
Good Friday was spent on a triple date... sorry that it wasn't the best date cos I always give my family priority so they very pampered into making last min decision. Initially my parents wanted to go sao mu on Saturday instead but they thought since they not doing anything on Friday, might as well. So the last min decision meant the TD ended early. So didn't managed to sit down and chat properly, but it was ok ah... We played card monopoly. Overall, I kinda like it the date cos I feel in future we actually have discussion one leh.
Actually my family wanted to watch Clash of the Titans for the 7pm or 9.30pm show but good seat for both also taken up le. So we skipped that and went sao mu one cos parents said since got time and the next day they were going to JB. Then hor, in the end we booked Saturday midnight 12am slots... haha cool right cos we live near the cinema mah so can sleep then go watch and come back sleep after movie. It was fun~ but I promise never to buy medium popcorn, my bro la chose wrong size and we ended up bringing home to eat haha.
In a blink, the long weekends was over and I was a little depressed at the end of it. I grumbled to dear that everyone else seemed to enjoy their weekends or know how to utilised it fully cos they are working class, whereas me... sigh since I've been home these few months, the holidays came and passed in such a flash that I was sad for myself. But thanks to him; he never fails to brighten me up when I'm all gloomy and he's the rational one while I'm more irrational some times. Because I work based on my feelings; you can say I'm inflexible (very true at times but not always) or that I'm loyal and can be trusted cos I value relationships. Lol... why am I here selling myself? Geez.
On Tuesday, I went for interview at NTU. I shan't waste time listing the job scope but you should just know that it's the adminstrative work behind admission, subject registration, FYP regsistration, answering students' enquiries, planning time table etc etc. It sounds fun, ok to me only la haha. If appointed, I would be reporting to both managers of undergraduate academic affairs & undergraduate student affairs in WKWSCI. The differences between both positions are the working hours and nature and most definitely environment. But I believe people can adapt to any new environment as long as they choose to believe so.
In fact, I should tell you that I had in my mind to apply to Home Team - ICA and the Home Team Academy Support Office as a last resort, not that I would definitely be shortlisted la. Cos I didn't want to get pass April still unemployed. At least that's was what I hoped. But just this morning, I checked my gmail and there it was -- RWM Job Offer.
I'm still processing the info now and will be looking through the Offer of Employment and Benefits etc later. Will keep everyone updated but I'm being hopeful I would accept this job ba. I'm still young so I should try anything that comes along right ^^
Labels: Interviews
It was a love story @ 08:38
baby,just say yes.
baby,just say yes.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Accompanied mama to CCK HBD branch to pay the housing installment, HDB miscellaneous fees after which mama accompanied me to DBS bank. Yes, I went to settle my tuition fee(TEL)loan and I'm very happy to be able to repay the entire lump sum of some $19k.
This means greatly to me because I didn't have to owe the bank anything and even though I would have to work hard from now onwards to repay my parents and to support my brothers in future, I know this is the best way for all of us in terms of finances.
I do have a suggestion for people who have enough liquidities on hand to pay for their studies in local universities to first invest the sum of money and earn a profit with the sum while taking the TFL and then repay the entire TFL after graduation. Simply because there isn't any interest during the course of study.
Of cos if either parent has enough in his/her CPF, the next best option will be to loan from the CPF instead of from the banks cos whatever interest you will be repaying will be to your parent's CPF. Yet, I have a dream that when I have children of my own, I want to be able to provide for their education even if they would like to go overseas. Time to work hard Janice!
After that I met Yixian at LJS for our long-waited chat and discussion. Nothing is finalised yet so I'm keeping mum for now. What I know is that nothing should be able to deter two like-minded people with the dream to achieve something, especially since we have each other for support. Will be meeting up with her next saturday, on the 10th to update each other. Let's work hard, Yixian! And I should encourage you here for your FYP too; please have more confidence and you must definitely pass this time!
After which she left for school to do her report while I went to the library. The library is my next "best friend" now after Google haha. Yup, knowledge is something no one can take away from you. I've found out how interesting it is to read now after I re-pick up a book just recently.
But no, I'm no longer reading novels and I haven't been reading novels for the longest time. I prefer travel books/guides, cook books, magazines and self-help books. Recently, I've just read a book on Comfort Trap - riding a dead horse and another on 151 ways to improve your people skills.
I didn't manage to finish both books but I believe it's a good start nonetheless. For today, I borrowed 2 biz magazines, a health magazine and 1 cook book :) jiayou and enjoy the reading Janice!
While I was sorting the meeting minutes with Yixian, I've got a call from Diyana comfirming the interview for the Perm Executive Officer position which I'm shortlisted. The interview is next tuesday, 10am at WKWSCI. And I've just received another call from RWS for the position of Guest Services Ammbassador. The interview will be this wednesday 6.20pm at Sentosa Convention Hall. I'm waiting for more details to come in via email...
Going tuition later this evening. In all, today should be a very good day for me. Have a good week everyone, especially to those working; it's a short week ^^
Labels: Interviews, VENTURE
It was a love story @ 16:29
baby,just say yes.
baby,just say yes.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Even if I don't save them and blog straight away, I still take a while to type an entry cos of the extreme length. This is yet another such entry =P
The week that passed was one of the more fulfilling weeks than others so far this year. Started with more tuition and job huntings. A number of calls of each even though no good news right now. Even though I'm still feeling lost right now, I don't feel so afraid of the future already. Even though I'm still aimless, I'm hopeful of the future :)
Applied for Perm Executive Officer on tuesday and I went for an interview on friday. But it was not for the perm position but for a temp position at another department - Research Office in NTU. It was a stressful interview because I ran out of adjectives to describe myself lol... 5 strengths and 5 weaknesses leh, people usually ask 3 each isn't it? Haha so I got caught.
There was a written test of 7 questions before the verbal interview as well... Ok, here's to my photographic memory (not exact phrasing):
1. Tell us about your academic background, famly and work experience.
2. Have you worked in NTU before?
3. Do you know of any recent research and innovation in Singapore from the media?
4. Are you aware of the Singapore-based universities? If so, write a brief paragraph (about 200 words) about each of the university.
5. [Show how data can be retrieved from the funding application form and latter of award.] - this was actually a question testing how to create tables and such.
6. You have been chasing Prof Busy for a write-up for a web update. He has not responded to your calls and emails. Show how you would write an email to him as a final reminder.
7. You are required to get a list of projects from the schools. Miss Difficult is known to be rude and difficult to work with. Write an email to tell her of her mistakes and the request in such a way that she would not be defensive.
And I must confess one hour is not enough to complete the test. Although I was assured it was okay haha... I didn't feel assured. Nonetheless, as least I knew whether I would fit into the environment. It was too dull... sitting there typing in front of the desktop and cracking your brain how to draft the emails. Ugh.
Yesterday, the boyfriend and I went to Suntec for CareerExpo organised by JobsDB.com. Don't wanna start commenting on the scale of the fair. Or have I just made a comment? According to him, it was in no way comparable to the one in NTU. I think they were about the same except for a larger proportion of financial consulting firms and supposed no engineering firms. Hey hey, I'm not badmouthing the finance industry ah. In fact, I'm keeping a very open mind of it now. Yeah.
It's not the first time I've people telling me I don't look Singaporean. What do you think, do you think the same now after I say this? But I especially like to hear that I "don't look 24". Haha... let's hope I can keep looking younger than my age :) After we're done at Suntec, we took bus to Chinatown for our dinner. Yes, we had a hearty dinner of xiao long baos, rice dumpling, yam cake and hokkien mee amounting to $12 or so. We went home two very much healthy and happy individuals ^^
Oh I have a news to share. It is in no way related to me though or maybe a little. On wednesday night, I received a call from good ol' Chloe. But I still prefer to call her Szehua, I mean cos that's what I knew her as. Maybe thus, I also prefer to call rabbit Xiuling instead of Fydia.
Ok, dear Szehua is now engaged to her bf. Yes, Victor (but I still prefer to call him Junwei haha) proposed to her that exact date, 23 March 2010. I'm honoured to be one of the first ones to know and what's more I knew it from her personally. It had a certain impact on me cos I should say it's the first time someone close in my small circle of friends is getting engaged.
Hmm, unless Qiaofen is engaged but she didn't say la haha but I think no. But Qiaofen is definitely the next likely to drop the bomb. The similar thing for both Qf and Sh is that they both have already applied for HBD flat with their other halves so ya... I supposed I'm right to suggest Qf would be next =P
Anyway I almost couldn't say anything when I heard the news, except to rumble oh-my-god, oh-my-god... Oh-my-god, how was it? Oh-my-god, congrats. Oh-my-god, did you cry? Oh-my-god, I was still thinking when will you drop the bomb since you already applied for a flat. Geez, I was really happy for her. Cos after so many years, I'm sure friends around her including me have believed and seen for ourselves how they are meant for each other.
Right, I do not deny I still had quelms about her way of handling issues sometimes but I have to admit over the years she's toned down a lot already and I've come to realise, she is a good friend to me. If it wasn't for her, my life in MSE would have been much worse. Yes, I'm not the best kind of friend to her at times, but since a long time ago, I have been sincere towards her already. In a way that I don't have to worry about saying no to her, or telling her how I feel exactly. She may not be my best friend in my heart, but I think we have a kinda special friendship. Thanks for asking me to be one of your bridesmaid. It only goes to show how much our friendship means to you.
Congrats Szehua & Junwei on your engagement :)
Labels: Dear, Engagement, Interviews
It was a love story @ 20:08
baby,just say yes.
baby,just say yes.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Time to do some updates before I either forget or have too much to type...
14 Mar
Met dear at Anchorpoint, we walked around and went to Queensway shopping centre. I got a new pair of shorts haha. Regretted not looking at the pants at G2000 cos I want to get new working pants for the future yeah. We wasted no time and went taking bus to Tiong Bahru for our late lunch... just nice before it started to rain heavily. Cos you know we had no umbrella and there's not shelter from Queensway shopping centre to the bus stop.
We shared double sliced fish soup with rice... cheap and healthy :) After that we walked around Popular cos I wanted to get some supplies but dear didn't want me to buy on impulse haha so I had to sneak back to cck to buy. Spent close to an hour in LotOne's Popular cos I couldn't seem to find the things I wanted. But I did get some of the things I needed to make some cards... yeah continuing with my cardmaking =p
15 Mar
Nothing else. It's the March holidays for the school-going kids. No tuition at night cos tutee had plans. Job searching online and sending resumes the whole day...
17 Mar
Went for an interview at Smith Street, Chinatown - Sales & Marketing Management Trainee. Ok, to be frank I was skeptical about doing sales but yet I think it is fun do be in marketing. So I went ahead... turned out that the managing director who interviewed us(group interview of 3 of us cos scheduling problem) cleared my doubts in that area. However, I have to admit I was not pleasantly surprised to know that their client for one of their projects is National Cancer Centre. I had recently read about NCC outsourcing their "sales & marketing" which is actually acquiring fixed giro donors. So this is what it was all about...
Of the 3 candidates, I was the only degree holder (holding an unrelated degree). One was a fresh graduate from Temasek poly from Tourism & Hospitality and the other had graduated from MDIS whom had a lot of F&B experience.
The journey back home was with the poly grad (I've forgotten her name) cos she stayed in Yew Tee with her brother. She's 21 years old and was a foreign student from Myanmar who had been invited to obtain a PR and so she could stayed on to look for jobs. Her brother had graduated from NUS and is now doing programming. She is of mixed blood, about 4 types. So her features are very prominent. We had tons to talk about on the mrt... it was refreshing for me :)
She told me she will only work for 2 years after which she hopes to further her studies in the US. We ended up talking about work & travel which is really horizon-widening in a short span of time cos I've course mates who worked at theme parks at New Jersey. Nice lor... I told her I would want to take up courses like BA or Acct in future when I had a stable income to upgrade myself.
We both agreed we didn't like the job cos it felt we would be obligated to stay on after the training although the director said there is no contract. Anyway I was offered but I rejected it cos I certainly don't wish to do hard-selling for NCC... I don't know about her but I think she would most likely be offered a job in either IR cos she's holding a very related diploma from the industry.
19 Mar
My 3 lovely cousins came over from Pasir Ris and reached my house at 2pm. We were supposed to have a 2D1N camp but you see, we didn't plan itinerary earlier so we spent the 2 hours rotting at home. Jia Hui was trying to do her JC maths tutorial and Qing Ying was playing maple with Marcus while Jing Hui surfed the net with me.
When we finally decided to go Farmart, it was already about 4.45pm and we chop chop prepared to go out cos the next shuttle was 5.30pm at cck. We managed to board the shuttle bus and reached the place, but sad to say we spent only 20mins and finished walking cos most shops were not opened at that time (already) and it was starting to drizzle so we hopped onto the same shuttle bus back to cck. Spent $1 per person on the shuttle so about $5 went down to the drain haha...
We were hungry by then and had economic bee hoon and mee at Fei Siong. A warm and filing meal cos of the cold weather... we then went up to the Arcade to watch people play. We chanced upon the photo-hunting machine and got a free play leh... must be someone hit twice with the card be. Many new machines since the last time I've been to an arcade myself. Sigh... gone were the days - I could still remember Bong, Kt and Wx competing on the drum machine. And maybe I do miss challenging each other on the Daytona. Oh and playing photo-hunting with Jing Xi etc and the Bp gang too.
We went home around 7pm... very fast right haha. My mum already prepared fried rice during lunch and it was in the rice cooker all day. My dad came home not long after and we all took turns to bathe and then had dinner together. Then we slacked around playing cards etc. Then we watched Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief on the laptop (connected to the big TV screen) in the living room. All of us were spread on the floor much like chalet or sorts...
Movie ended around 12.30am and we went to bed. The 3 girls had my bedroom while I slept in the study room. Cos I didn't want to squeeze and I'm not used to sleeping in air con, especially on an already cooling night.
20 Mar
Sheryl(friend I've made during last SIA interview) smsed me the night before asking if I would be going today for the interview. She wasn't so sure yet... and I told her I'm not going already. Turned out she smsed me in the morning she didn't go as well le. Sigh, all of us wannabes-no-more.
Anyway, cos it was already decided we would be going to the zoo today so we went ahead already the weather didn't seem fine. Should have listened to my plan of heeding the weather forecast - Plan A (no rain): Zoo, Plan B (rain) : Science Centre & Snow City.
Geez, at least now we know next time heed the weather forecast!
This was my visit to the zoo within 2 months...haha so I'm only uploading pics showing people. Serene & Leon joined us for the zoo trip as well. Apparently my cousins were either not used to taking pictures or didn't like taking pictures. Most of the pics I took were candid shots. Thus, hardly any pics with me - me being the photographer =p
Labels: Dear, Family, Interviews, Zoo
It was a love story @ 16:47
baby,just say yes.
baby,just say yes.
Friday, February 05, 2010
The interview was over already. Feeling not-too-bad. At least I think I did better than I did last year... it was on 25th feb last year when I flopped the interview. I knew it then I won't pass when I had answered "I'm still deciding between engineering or teaching" when I was asked whether I would accept it if they were to offer me the teaching position.
Oops, couldn't blame me la, that time I really wasn't in the right state of mind cos I was really more concerned with my damn fyp report and to do something about my gpa. I definitely wasn't prepared last year cos I was more like acompanying others to the career fair and just submitting whatever applications I could and last year's economy was bad so everyone was so kiasu. In fact, I was kinda traumatised with all the mad rush.
Although I had barely 1 week notice for this interview and I also didn't prepare anything (unlike for SIA), I didn't feel unprepared hah. Not sure why also, I just thought being genuine and sincere and presentable would suffice and I do hope I'm right. I can just tell you how unprepared I was; before I went for the interview I found myself rushing to the bookshop in Limbang to photocopy my uni transcript and degree scroll.
Interview time was 1040 and we're supposed to be 15mins earlier to verify documents. Dar told me to leave home latest by 915 but 925 I was just leaving the bookshop and I went to take bus302 outside Limbang. But I counted really well haha and reached the MOE Podium at around 1025. Went to level 3 and waited outside room 18 for my turn. Gosh! I waited an hour before it's my turn lor. I guess the earlier candidates took longer or something bah...
When I reached a plump chinese male interviewee was right up followed by a tall chinese female, a lean chinese male, a short malay male. Actually I arrived before the female and the malay but the staff called us up according to interview schedule so I waited a long while. After me would be a female NTU psychology year two student (not sure why she's attending the interview way before her graduation), a middle-age chinese male who's interested in teaching chinese, a funky punky-looking malay female, a down-to-earth-looking chinese female and a boyish-looking chinese male.
Haha, seeing how I could remember everyone is enough to say how bored I was while waiting. I clearly didn't expect to wait up to an hour. Alright that was a short teabreak for the interviewers before the malay man's turn just before mine. Anyway did I say I sat myself at a nice view of the interview room and so I could see the interveiwers when the candidates entered or left the room. Geez, so before my turn I already knew there were three ladies and I read online at flowerpod that the panel usually consists 1P, 1VP and 1HR so I guess it helped ^^
I was feeling ok and I could say calm until I knew it was my turn next, especially after the previous interviewee left the room. Omg, the heart pounding recklessly la. Told it not to be crazy and give me some face still kept on pounding hard and machiam want to jump out of my chest haha... not exaggerating lor. But it subsided the moment the bell rang my turn. There were 4 candidates in front of me; on average they took 15mins each. I think I took barely 10mins... or so I felt. I last checked the time was 1125 and a while later I went into the room, came out and I forgot whether I had checked the time before or after I went to the ladies it was 1138.
3 ladies; one is probably in her fifties, another in late thirties or in her forties and the last one is her late twenties bah. So you can try to assume their roles. Haha but they did intro themselves as Ms Tan and Ms Lim from schools. So the one left is the HR staff whom I've forgotten the name =p
Ms Lim (seated in the middle and the younger one) started by asking something along
1. Why do you want to be a teacher?
2. Have you done relief teaching before?
3. Do you prefer to teach pri or sec?
After which, Ms Tan (seated on the left and the oldest) asked
4. Can you handle a class of 40 students?
5. If there are 2 rebelious students in the class, what would you do?
6. If there is a group of disruptive student in class, what would you do?
I think Ms Lim asked another question
7. What do you think is your strength and weakness?
And after these, it's over. They turned the table around to ask me whether I had any question for them and I was just wondering how fast it was. The HR staff merely told me not to worry regarding the level of teaching as they would take into consideration my preference and they would be informing by normal (snail) mail within 4 weeks the outcome should I be accepted.
Once again, it's back to waiting. I hope this time my waiting will be requited :)
OTD: the same dress I wore to the SIA interview last month. this time round I didn't tie up my hair and minimal makeup and no accessory too. looking demure hor... lol I like my dolly look.
My Great Aunt
I was supposed to bring the original and photocopied of the necessary documents and I knew earlier I had everything except photocopies of my uni transcript and degree scroll. Well, I also knew I had reasons for not having found time to do that earlier -- cos I was at my dad's godma's (also my great aunt) wake for the most part of this week. Her funeral wake ended on thursday afternoon so you know I just went home and rested and completely forgot about the interview and stuffs.
Anyway my great aunt's like 90+ so it's considered a relieve for her already as she didn't have to suffer anymore in the hospital and she's already lived quite a good old age except we will miss her. She's so boney when I saw her last and I really couldn't recognised her. But it's a consolation that she's had so many children (ten) and grandchildren and great-grandchildren sending her off :) I think she should have no regrets.
Yet another dress ^^
I received this in the mail yesterday. My electric blue dress from dadigirl. Was quite excited haha as usual when I see my parcels finally arriving and I couldn't wait to try them out and maybe review them here at my little space.
It's a nice shade of blue and I have only 2 other pieces of clothings in the same colour; my cropped hoodie and a cotton-on tee. I simply adore dresses la! Luckily this piece fitted me well and it's comfy =}
Front and back is almost the same except for the row of buttons in front. Both front and back are deep v and have embroidery details. Nice~
Labels: Interviews, MOE, Shopping
It was a love story @ 14:47
baby,just say yes.
baby,just say yes.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Received these mails yesterday morning. Will go through them here one by one. I shall start from the right, purposely one later you will know why.
Oh by the way, I've trimmed my hair and bangs on sunday. So the fringe is really neater :)
No.1 and 2 are dresses which I got online. Ok, the one on the left was from mytintedkiss and sadly it doesn't fit me although I like the pastel colour. It's too tight for me at the underbust zz. I do admit I was in a hurry that day and forgot to check the measurements and thus made such a blunder. Shhhh~ don't laugh I cannot zip up at the bust area la... *sweat*
I believe it will fit xl but then again, I doubt she'll like the colour. Nonetheless, if I don't manage to sell it I think I will give it to her for her bday la cos even if her 2nd sis doesn't like her younger sis can wear also mah, she's got 4 ladies in her household somemore.
The one on the right is from meltcouture and it's entirely chiffon except for the satin straps. Ok, I managed to fit snugly into the navy flowy dresss. I agree it's really pretty haiz but then...
I was already appalled by myself for not being able to fit into the first dress and then I only barely managed to fit into the this one. I think it's really high time I start exercising lor otherwise no matter how pretty the clothes I also cannot fit so no point in buying.
As for no.3, if you look closer you will notice the "on government service". I knew what it was even before I opened it -- it's a notification letter from MOE. Yes, my dears, it's regarding my interview for a teaching position. Actually I would have wanted to talk about this only after my interview and probably after knowing the outcome. But I thought that I should document down my feelings while they are fresh.
I applied online through the moe website on 20th Jan. Yes, I deliberately chose to do so on my birthday itself and I think I used one of my birthday wishes on this. Actually I was doing a lot of thinking in the past months; from the last month of 2009 to the first month of 2010. I realised I had wasted precious time which could have been put to more use. Although I do not regret taking such a long break, I merely feel that I need to start being useful, be it to the society (well, I'm not such a gracious person), to my family or to answer to myself.
That was probably the reason why I was half hearted when I went to the career fair but I still decided to send in some job applications. Last month alone, I've sent in more applications than I did for the other months put together. So can you feel what I was feeling? And to be frank, I'm really tired of waiting and waiting and hunting and hunting and when I'm not hunting I'm idling.
When I was preparing for the cabin crew interview, I was really all too enthu and still felt young. But when 2010 came, I realized yet again and after being constantly reminded by friends that I'm not young anymore. Stability comes to mind now. So why was I not excited when Kangtai smsed me last saturaday that SIA will be holding another recruitment drive in March. Cos I've already decided to give that a pass.
I'm afterall, easily affected by what others say. I know I'm still the old-me who still want to "let my parents feel proud" and that was the only reason I went NTU MSE. Just so I could get a degree and feel that I could answer to my parents. But I was too naive back then and didn't know that I couldn't just believe in passing every subjects and be happy with it. Ultimately, that was my greatest regret in uni. That I only started to work hard in year 3-4.
But we all know we cannot travel back in time, otherwise I would really like to go back to schooling. As you may have guessed, part of my reason to reapply for MOE is the chance to return as a student to campus. But that was not the main reason, if it was I think I would really suffer in future. Being a teacher is a professional job after and I think somewhere inside me, I still want to "let my parents feel proud", you know like their faces can have some light when they talk about me. Sigh, that's the thing about being the eldest but I'm really not a good role model on being the eldest at home.
Although I do not know what's my passion in teaching, I do know that I warm up to things. I tend to do well in things after being familiar in it and I grow accustomed to things and people and hence, I still dare to go ahead to apply because I believe I can do well in being a teacher. I may not be a good teacher but I will try and much as I enjoy teaching in general, I like to do the jabalang admin stuffs which others may complain of but I know I'll gladly accept.
Every job has its pros and cons, being a teacher is very much the same. I've read that teaching is only about 20%, the rest are marking and preparing for lessons, CCAs and other committments etc and the working hours are long. So what? I mean I know I don't have the calibre to work elsewhere and still be paid as well as I would be in MOE and teaching is a highly interactive job which suits me compared to sales job. I don't know, maybe you'll think I'm not matured enough in my thinking or I think too superficially but yes, I really just want a job now.
My interview is this friday morning at 1 North Buona Vista Drive, MOE building.
Wish me luck~
Labels: Interviews, MOE, Shopping
It was a love story @ 12:57
baby,just say yes.
baby,just say yes.
