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.
