In between start and end

Assalammualaikum geng.

Today marks a week since all my final results came out. Tbh, not so proud of it actually. I took a total of 7 subjects last semester, and sat for 6 subjects for finals.

I have never felt so confident for an exam and I actually had a REAL HIGH expectation on myself for this one. One of the biggest factor for that is actually because of my loan. I really wanted to convert that loan into scholarship so I don't have to pay anything, and the only way to do that is by getting CGPA more than 3.75, which I am no where near as of the previous sem. My aim was to get at least a 3.75 GPA to increase that CGPA of mine.

Now, hear me out. There are subjects where I don't think I did as well for my carry marks BUT I did try my best for finals, so those are what I expected an A- at worst. Let's just say, I trusted my lecturers to be kind enough lol.

All my subjects were not keyed-in at once so we waited day by day for the lecturers to do so. Before the last subject keyed-in, I've been getting As and an A- sooo I was praying hard this one lecturer would do me good...

Of course, this wouldn't have been a story if he did. He didn't.

Behold, my result for this one last subject known as ~~the curse of~~ Linear Algebra and ~~its demonic~~ Numerical Methods... he gave me a C. Not just any C though, a C freaking minussss. That is enough for me to retake my paper bruh. Wth?!

Like can you imagine, all my subjects were so close to a 4 flat and he gave me a wuut /shock

I was so damn pissed. At him. I know I should be blaming myself but I don't think this is entirely my fault. I came to most of his class (walau tak paham skali pun), did all his tasks (walau tak betul skali pun), tried doing well for his lab test (walau soalan pun tak paham skali pun), point is I TRIED MY BEST IN WHATEVER HE ASKED FOR. I am not that stupid to not do revision at all. This whole sem I tried so hard understanding the material even though his teachings didn't make sense to me. Ugh. He could've at least considered that.

But this lecturer memang known for his 'kindness' so as expected, MANY didn't score. However, there is a friend of mine who got a B- and his 'efforts' wouldn't even be considered as one. Just be aware that you can't depend on only your studies to score this subject. This lecturer just wanna see you cheat is all I can say. Imagine 90% (if not all), don't even understand his materials so how can some be better than the rest? Effort? Don't kid me.

My other friend who always went up to see him during office hours and asking numerous questions, always doing drills for his subject and what did she get with all her efforts?? Same as me.

I will never get him. He is just too difficult to handle. He should at least consider changing his teaching style... seriously.

After much consideration whether or not I should repeat this subject to fix my pointer again, I was convinced that I shouldn't. I should because a different lecturer might boost up my grade that will lead to a higher CPGA, C- is probably a chance for me to take the risk. However I shouldn't because, next sem I'd be taking MUET and focusing on other tougher subjects might be a better risk. Plus, my mum told me to do so lol. Would getting a 4 flat be achievable though? Well, RIP me.

"Jangan terlalu bangga dengan pengakhiran kita.

Lihatlah perjalanan sebelum kejayaan.

Cara untuk kita mendapatkan sesuatu adalah lebih penting.

Tak perlu bandingkan dengan sesiapa, kerana ia tak adil.

Bagaimana untuk kita menentukan siapa lebih hebat, jika kita hanya melihat pada hasilnya.

Kerana titik permulaannya pun tak sama.

Sihat, sakit, kaya, miskin, ataupun tak punya apa-apa.

Semua bermula dengan berbeza,

Tak mungkin berakhir dengan hasil yang sama.

Pandanglah cara bukan hasilnya."

- Aqil Shariff, Log-in Diri

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Melynn.

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"Comfort; the enemy of progress"

- P.T Barnum, The Greatest Showman

I think life has been hard only for a reason. We feel tied down. By different opinions, different expectations and different obligations.

I actually have a confession to make. Remember about the crush I had? Guess it's time for me to move on now.

But... moving on from a certain feeling towards someone, as you know it, is hard - whether it's like or dislike. So to slap myself from it, I did a lot of recalculation to where my life is heading. My goals and dreams. I am the kind of someone who plans and then would work around my plannings. I might seem to always yolo, but truth is most of the things I have is mostly planned by me. Then the rest of whether it happen or not, are decided by Him.

For a fact, I planned to take a course in IT. And I've been granted a place in the diploma program at my university. I planned to work at a cafe after SPM. And I landed a job as a barista for 6 months. I planned to get a school loan when I realised uni life costs me a lot. And I got a not-much-but-enough convertible loan from the state's government starting from my 3rd semester.

See, these are all my plans. Obviously, there's a looot more small things that I wish to have but they don't always come easy. Some may happen by luck, but most time it's always the effort, the prayers, the constant battle to give my best.

Back to the story. I now decided that boys should stop being my focus. However, they will still be in my girl talks and my fangirling moments cos girls will be girls, but I now should tone it down a little bit more. Why? Bcos if according to my plan, I never had the intention to be in a relationship before marriage. Honestly speaking, I do not know when my heart would change on this matter, but this is my current stand as a Muslim who wishes to follow the Islamic way of marriage. It's something I had in mind ever since I had my first (and last) 'couple' experience in standard 6.

Being in a relationship before marriage is useless. Especially as a Muslim. Bcos you are forbidden to do pretty much everything anyway. Hold hands? Have physical contact? Don't even wish. "Jangan kau dekati zina", remember? Going out on a date with a guy also needs a wali, by right. So yeah properly speaking, it's useless.

Now what I had in mind is that... 25. 25 years old. That will be the year I will try and settle down. I will roughly graduate bachelor's degree at the age of 23 then I'm gonna move out. I'm planning to rent a studio apartment for myself and live alone while getting a job. This phase will be where my adulting skills will take place. Paying my own bill, rent, groceries, do my own cleaning, washing, cooking and tryna survive life and go far from my comfort zone. I need to become good at this bcos once I get married, starting a family will not be any easier. Now every time I think of marriage, tbh I don't deserve it. Not at the moment at least. Apa je I boleh buat bila nak kena layan suami, sedangkan diri pun tak terurus.

I was told that this will be what everybody would want to happen, but reality check and none of this takes place bcos once you live alone, it's less likely you gonna cook. Life is gonna be same as it were in uni basically. Hidup bujang la kan. But psft, not gonna look at anyone else. If this is meant to go as planned, then insyaAllah let Him decide the rest.

Yeah. Pretty much my thoughts right now. In conclusion, I nak move on so pls lend me your prayers. K thanks bye.

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Melynn.

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I realise kan a lot of my typing is very schematic. I'm literally typing as I say word per word but they always sound dead when it's being written idek how bloggers can write so entertainingly.

Anyway I asked my friend recently, "Do you have anyone you admire? Like a celebrity or people on the Internet that you look up to?" and she replied saying no.

Then I'm like, "Same. I don't think I have anyone..."

(Lies. I actually have a person in mind, but malas plak nk explain who to her lol)

Then she said "Eh, you like Vivy kan?" and I was such in a state of denial hearing that hahah. Mostly because so many people are only fond of her because of the trend. But after some time I gave in, I do actually admire her. I happened to bring up 'Vivy' in A LOT of conversations with my friends and that's why my friend thinks so.

Now I just wanna tell, on the reasons to why I think I always talk about her. See, I'm admitting it for real trus #ambikkau.

It's a rare thing to see the life of someone who's successful and at the same time, so real on social media. Vivy is someone who is very brave in showcasing her life, she is good at making herself seemed very transparent and open to everything. And that is why I think a lot of people like her.

What I like about her most is actually her effort. In everything. Do you know how hard it is to be an ambassador, content creator AND running a company all at the same time? Plus, being a mum. What she's doing is daunting. Yeah people may see it as fun and true, things do get fun but how much fun can it get? These stuff are humanely tiring and Vivy is pulling off everything so well.

I'm talking from a blogger's perspective. A student's perspective. A youtuber-wannabe's perspective. I have contents but making them takes such a strong willpower to begin with, so in the end most things just died out. But I remembered how Vivy said in one of her previous blog posts where she will try to post an entry daily. On top of posting Instagram pictures every single day. For someone as busy as her, I seriously have so much respect for her having such a will.

And you know what's even better? She really made it happen for some time. She had seriously won all of my respect as a person.

Even as a student, I am not even as close to being that rajin. She wouldn't show it but I bet you, life isn't always easy and she must've had her share of terrible days. Being able to suppress that and still put up positive contents makes her seem very good at handling her feelings and stress.

I really like her vibe. She is an ambitious young woman. She is well-aware of what is happening around her, either people are talking about her, or just her not knowing certain things. She's just not afraid of voicing her concerns, also making it sound very mundane, which most people try so hard to hide. You see, everybody can be clueless at times and there is NOTHING wrong with discovering something new. That is what Vivy always portray herself as - a learner and a sinner. It's what keeps her grounded, and what keeps me motivated to become grateful and more hardworking towards my own goals. In life, I learnt to keep those people who gets the best out of me and virtually, I think Vivy kinda help me too.

In any rare cases Vivy Sofinas Yusof reads this, I just wanna say... You outshine people just by being you and you did good. Also, isn't there any way to be a dUCKie without spending a bomb? Lol.

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My next admiration is a guy. Younger than me, but wiser and much more passionate. An Indonesian Content Creator, Agung Hapsah.

He is such a talented and one of the most passionate person I came to know (not in real life obvs). What I truly like about him is his editing skills. He is not just your regular YouTuber tau, he puts effort into ALL his videos. Basically his editing just won't ever disappoint anyone. And ofc, learning won't come easy but I still respect his time management for able to cope school and social life as a YouTuber, plus uploading AMAZING quality contents every now and then.

The honest reason why I admire him is probably because I'm always jealous of his editing. His After Effects and filming is cray cray wehh. Not enough with his usual high quality debatable topics, but also great filmography as well. Here's his video to make you understand me better:

If that wasn't cool, I think even the world can't impress you.

His channel is just my fav.

So yeah, those are 2 of my current admiration. I was not trying to be all that schematic and give answers such as "My mum/dad is my admiration" though that can sometimes be true.

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Melynn.

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I can't believe how fast time flies. My semester is already ending! Felt like I'm still in my first year of diploma, when really it has already been my second.

The time has come where we gotta choose our electives which indirectly means choosing our major!! As I already am an IT student, the rest of the question is which part of IT am I leaning towards.

My choices of subjects (for next sem) are; Artificial Intelligence (AI), Database Administration (DBA), Networking, Active Directory and Digital Media Design.

Throughout all my 3 semesters up until now, I have not quite been a fan of networking subjects. Things that deal with Operating System, the computer hardware, configuration and such topic are my least interest. That is why I am rejecting Networking and Active Directory, since they are both coming from the same roots. However, many of my close friends are interested in networking which kinda pushes me aside from the group.

Now, AI has been one of my considerable subjects ever since I became an IT student. But since robotics and physics aren't really what I would deal well with, even looking at myself right now, so I decided this too might not work best for me. However, this is also what a lot of my friends are considering, but a lot of them are still unsure because of Additional Mathematics. I'm expecting lots of formulas and calculation in this one for sure. Which is also not what I would settle happily with.

Leaving my options with DBA and Digital Media Design. Surprisingly, database subjects has been one of my favourite, because they are pretty easy to understand and comprehend. In addition, programming is also very satisfying to me and I guess, my wish of studying Software Engineering might turn out to be possible in my near future if I keep this passion up... who knows?

For Digital Media Design, I am expecting lots of Adobe stuff again. Even though the previous multimedia-related subjects have not been so nicely graded, I pray that this won't be a bad choice for me. I am probably looking forward to learning After Effects and motion graphics through this subject. And really wish I can put this subject into good use. Even though, I'm aware that I got no talent for this. Oh well, screw it!

So, that's it for the update. Really not sure what to expect from each classes, but we shall see. Guess we just gotta go experiment them next sem huhu.

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Melynn.

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I just got off a phone call with my mum. Wasn't the best call (or conversation) I've had. It's been awhile since my eyes are as red and sore....

I have no idea what's going on, but I've been relatively quiet lately. I listen to old Disney songs, on top of the HSM playlists I've been jamming through for a couple of months now. I get sensitive over things I used to overlook. Now, I feel like going through puberty again ugh.

All I can say is it's not easy staying sane. Always gotta remind yourself to be ok and don't get too overwhelmed by people. I also can't seem to find comfort by telling people my problems. It's hard to even face the problem as it is, let alone getting criticised for it. See idek what I want exactly.

This is why I don't like being too happy. Because sadness would follow-up not long after.

I always have problems with money.

I always have problems with friends.

I always have problems with the way I dress.

I always have problems with my face.

I always have problems with trust.

But I overlook all those because it hurts... so... bad... to think of something I can hardly do anything about. These problems are bigger than just mere words, obviously.

Imagine worrying every single day about which meal not to eat, because you won't have enough for the week. And at the same time, you can't open up to people because 1) no one cares (not kidding, bcos what can they do) and 2) it's not as easy as you think of not getting embarrassed by it. I am not looking for pity but I'm just giving an overview of my kind of day here in the university. Not many people see that this is what some of us are facing. I bet you, even my parents doesn't know about this.

You must be thinking, don't my parents support me? Here I mean it when I say I'm not rich. My family is average, but life hardly gets easier for us financially. I don't get pocket money every week like most people do. The best thing I can do as a daughter is to ask as little or the least frequent as I can for money.

But I guess it should be better now, because I can finally depend on my school loan. Hopefully.

Imagine sticking to only one friend. We share our lives too much and tolerating isn't as easy with our own ego. Like everybody has their days, but sometimes it's weird because when it's her bad day she can whine to the world. Then when it's my turn, I usually just keep quiet. But people don't see that's how I am and apparently I'm hard to deal with.

Imagine hearing people say "I'll buy you something for your wardrobe" as a saying that my fashion is unbearable. You can buy me anything you please, but even when saying it in a supposing friendly manner, it still delivers the same hurtful message. You never know how much I cherish every hole in my clothes, every shabby looking scarfs I own, they mean a lot to me because that's all I have. So that's how I shall live. I too am guilty that I can't afford everything as trendy as all of my peers. But do you know, how hard I resist for these things? Because my state of life is not suited for these kind of luxury like other people are having.

Imagine having a bumpy and red face throughout your whole secondary school life. I can still smile and be confident because I overlook everything to avoid myself from feeling like it controls me. But when people don't dare to touch your face because of how 'scarred' it looked, yeah... convince me to not feel hurt. But then again, I never said I gave up on changing that. I only meant for people to stop making the wound bigger for me. Please.

Trust is built when you can share deep conversations together. But these conversations never end well whenever I truly say what I mean. Because saying things unfiltered will affect the friendship which are already as shaky as it is, and for me to be totally blunt about everything. It's also not right when your friend is just as unstable as you are to be listening to your problematic point of view.

This has been an emotional ranty post. I probably just miss being home and alone. Or that I am just hungry after only having a single meal today. Anyway if you are feeling down, hope some of my problems cheer you up for making you think you are not alone. Have a blessed day guys!

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Melynn.

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This will be a story about the hardwork in getting the Pinjaman Negeri Selangor Sesi 2/2017.

Please be aware that I don't usually apply for these kind of loans and stuff, so I might sounded jakun to all you experienced people... but read on if you wanna learn something (if any) from it.

14.10.2017 (SATURDAY)

Just few days after the 2-week mark since my interview (you can check out my interview questions and tips here), I received one of the most anticipated text for the longest time.

"RM0.00 SUKS: TKWBNS - SEMAK KEPUTUSAN TAWARAN PINJ. PELAJARAN NEG. S'GOR DI ~link~ BERMULA 14 OKTOBER 2017 (SABTU). T.KASIH. "

OMGOMGOMG excited dia Tuhan je yang tahu. Berdebar jantung sambil tunggu internet load cam siput time tu. Then Alhamdulillah...

Dia ada kata 'sukacita' so that means GOOD NEWS. Nothing else matters.

I proceed to look at the required documents. And one of the first thing is to update who your 2 Penjamin are. Penjamin is somewhat the person who will be required to pay for you in case you are unable to pay off the loan yourself. In my case, are my parents.

The requirements are basically gaji more than RM1500 and their age. First penjamin doesn't have the age limit, only the 2nd one does which is not more than 45 years old. My dad is 45 while my mum is (as of 2017) 44 years old. So they are both eligible in my case. Your relatives and friends can be a penjamin if they don't mind. But leceh la if orang luar, so better close-knit fam like maybe older siblings ke.

Also, penjamin will be needed to sign off the contract together with you. So make the right choice in terms of accessibility as well. Kang dah pilih mak cik pak cik semua, dah kena travel 4-5 jam nak amik tandatangan diorang je. Tak pasal-pasal makan masa.

You are given about 2 weeks to submit. My last submission day is on the 31st October. BUT if you can submit earlier, the better. You can go to the SUK directly like what my dad did. Therefore, no need to wait to submit on the given time and day exactly. 31/10/2017 is a Monday and for me who have classes here in my uni in Melaka is sooo not worth the travel and skipping classes. Thank God my dad called up to find out what the Majlis is all about and turns out it's just hari penyerahan dokumen semata, nothing grand pun. That's what I was told tho lol. That's why I didn't go, so only God knows what really happened.

Step 1: Find 2 penjamin.

Step 2: Open a bank account.

Keep in mind that the bank needed is Bank Muamalat and no other. In my area, there's one nearby. So on my mid-sem break I went with Ka Mun to open an account and we got it done within 1 hour or so. It was the one in PJ at Jaya One.

Things to bring: Surat Tawaran (not stated but good to bring a hardcopy with you), IC, Student ID (don't forget this too!) and a pen.

Step 3: Upload the bank book and fill up the penjamin details online.

Step 4: Printing all the documents including dem 5 copies of contract forms.

This may be the hardest part. Printing all those papers is one thing. Understanding what they want is another.

Your parents will need their photocopied ICs, their payslips (with pengesahan by higher authority) and their signatures.

You will need your IPT's pengesahan (must be stamped on the provided form), your surat tawaran masuk IPT (and also pengesahan by your lecturer or faculty's office if it's the printed copy) with loads and loads of signature. Also, you need a passport picture to paste on one of the pages. Not sure if they mind the background colour of the picture tho. I pasted mine with a white background. The picture is A MUST btw.

Prepare the 3 envelopes too with your name and 2 penjamin's names and address. What I'm saying here are all written in the senarai semakan, so rajin-rajin la print extra and study leklok.

Step 5: Gathering all. Don't miss anything.

After we found out the Majlis Pengesahan is not necessary to attend, my parents quickly decided to come to my uni in Melaka instead of me coming back. The purpose was to just get my signatures and to hand-in all my part of the work to them. So that my dad can hand-in to the SUK the soonest.

Step 6: Hand-in the completed documents to the SUK office.

After that, fuuuh it was all good.

My dad was told that the money will be bank-in half early December and hopefully they are telling the truth hahah. Now, let the waiting game begins.

UPDATE (1.12.2017): The money was banked-in after a month from the closing date of submission, which in my case was 31st October. I got it in lump sum btw.

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Melynn.

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This blog post will be related to the process of before, during and after my interview for Pinjaman Negeri Selangor Sesi 2/2017.

Ok. If you came across this post by chance, it might mean that you are currently in a similar situation as I did. Or... you can simply be reading this for pleasure, either way works for you. First and foremost, CONGRATULATIONS IF YOU ALREADY GOT A CALL BACK! You did a great job for looking this up hahah.

PRE-INTERVIEW

28.9.2017 (THURS)

So going back, after my online submission for this Pinjaman Pelajaran Selangor, I received an SMS within 2 weeks. From the Setiausaha Kerajaan (SUK) people. It came in my message inbox smtg like

"RM0.00 SUKS: TKWBNS - Semak keputusan panggilan temuduga Pinjaman Pelajaran bla bla Sesi 2/2017 di link bla bla"

My heart was pumping hard. The only thing my brain registered was "temuduga" so in my head I straight up thought... I'M IN!! BUT silly me. That text was only meant for applicants to check it for ourselves lol. #facepalm especially when I realised I needed to check their website AFTER I told my friends who were around me that I got through lol. I was still clueless for the next 12 hours before I can check my results, bcos I was out the entire freaking day and connection was real bad YAY.

Alhamdulillah when I finally did my semakan, it was such a relief to know that I GOT THROUGH FOR REAL!!

Fun fact: Wherever you may be studying in Msia, they'll come to you. Your place of interview will be determined by your current state that you're in. So takyah la ngada-ngada nak balik sangat. Unless if you left behind all those much needed documents (*cough* me *cough*), then go la balik huehue.

Let me just be direct and spoon feed ya'll in what you should at least know.

1. The name of Sultan Selangor. Full name, may I add.

D.Y.M.M Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj

2. The name of his wife

D.Y.M.M Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin

3. The Raja Muda a.k.a his son

D.Y.T.M Tengku Amir Shah

4. The Menteri Besar

Y.A.B Dato' Seri Mohamed Azmin b. Ali

5. The districts in Selangor

Name all 9. Tip: Refer to the map for visual aid.

6. Benefits for rakyat

Previously known as Merakyatkan Ekonomi Selangor (MES) but now it's Inisiatif Peduli Rakyat (IPR). As of the time I'm typing this, there are up to IPR 17. Here's the link.

7. Your Naib Canselor's name

8. The name of current Agong

Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V (ke-15)

9. Governing politician party

Pakatan Rakyat (PR)

10. General government updates

Refer websites like SelangorKini or IPR Selangor.

That's my 10 points, now onto my personal experience. The sort of questions that I faced.

Btw, everything was conducted using the Malay Language. However, you can somewhat use bahasa pasar, though it'll be best to try and minimize as it is a formal occurence.

I came pretty on-time (30 mins before 9am). There was already a namelist being displayed on the door, and I noticed that our name was listed according to our institutions. Apparently Universiti and Politeknik candidates undergoes different panel according to our namelists.

There was no one in-charge in the room when I arrived. But not long after, 2 lady officers came in and we were given our namelist to be passed around and were required to sign right by our names and to jot-down our sequence as we pass along. I was the 2nd candidate to sign on my particular list. Turns out I'm the 2nd person to go in. Wow.

Note: Make sure in your Borang Permohonan, you have your passport picture neatly pasted. Please never leave anything blank whenever you can. As a rule of thumb, ALWAYS KEEP AN EXTRA PICTURE IN YOUR WALLET/ PURSES! It'll save you in a lot of different urgent occasions, trust me.

I encountered some unpleasant start, when I intentionally didn't bring the complete documents. BCOS I particularly mailed my hardcopy of documents beforehand, such as my parents' paycheck and their ICs along with all the requirement that was being asked during online submission. Since I did so through the ADUN's office, we were told they'll send it directly to the SUK office for us. Therefore, my dad assured me that I don't need to bring another copy of the same things, as we literally handed in everything through my ADUN's office.

But the thing that made me pissed was that the lady there told me, "Nanti you pandai-pandai la settle sendiri dengan panel. Panel mesti tak suka". Then give me the 'tak ikhlas' look. Ugh, talk about working ethics.

I was just like, "Hm ok". Fine I settle sendiri la, my business anyway since I am well-aware of why I did what I did. No need to be all bici la. Then she told me to head out to the first panel.

I can't tell how stupid the procedure was. Chaotic and terrible flow of pre-interview. Since I was the 2nd person, there was literally no other candidate I could reach out to ask. Being the clever and 2nd year me, I pretty much can agak where the suitable room would be. Thankfully, I bumped into a Mak cik who seemed to work there, then I asked where Panel 1 is. She brought me into this meeting room where they labeled Panel 1, 2, 3 all on the same long meeting table.

She was Panel 2. Lol.

I was the first to arrive... Where's the 1st candidate who went on before me?

Through all the kecoh-ness outside, I heard one of the officer's annoying tone directing the candidate where to go. It was the 1st candidate. And what I thought was a possible one-to-two interview turns out to be a one-to-one, and so I was kicked out. No kidding. The lady asked me, "Awak nombor brape?" "Dua" "Kenapa awak yang duduk?" while bringing in the lost 1st candidate. PADAHAL TADI SURUH GI KE PANEL 1. NOW LARANG PLAK ORANG MASUK. What is their problem?!?

I was so pissed. Ugh. Still annoyed thinking bout it. Ugh.

While waiting furiously, I dialed my dad to confirm again about all the confusing mailing process that we went through. We talked on the phone for about 2 mins or so, and not long after I hang up, the 1st candidate walked out. He's done. As I walked in and sat down, my dad rang me up again. Probably he thought of another thing to say. THAT WAS JUST HOW QUICK THE PREVIOUS CANDIDATE WAS. Like a blink of an eye.

I was welcomed in a very friendly manner. Compared to those 2 ladies outside, the interviewer who was a lady about my mother's age seemed to be very much nicer. She handed me (for what I've seen the 3rd time), my namelist and asked me to sign it, while I handed her my salinan of documents (ofcos beserta pengesahan from my Ketua Jabatan Fakulti) with the original.

Note: Just in case, get the cop pengesahan from your lecturers or whoever suited, and their signatures for all your photocopied documents even when they don't specifically ask for them.

IV: So awak dah berapa semester?

Me: Technically 3, tapi termasuk semester 0 so ada 4. Semester 0 tu khas untuk ambik subjek wajib.

IV: So sekarang CGPA awak 3.58. Bagus bagus.

Me: (was awed la jugak walaupun apa la sangat CGPA gitu)

IV: Cerita sikit tentang latar belakang awak.

Me: (points mentioned: full name, siblings and course taken. I was blank on what else to say lol)

IV: Ibu bapa awak?

Me: Mak saya seorang pegawai Eksekutif manakala ayah saya merupakan seorang pemandu Grab.

IV: surprised Oh, menarik tu pemandu Grab.

Me: (I briefly talked about what he worked as before, and why he quit)

IV: Banyak juga dapat eh jadi Grab. (God knows where she knows but I assumed maybe my parents' paycheck IS with her after all, who knows?) Boleh awak bagitahu saya nama Sultan Selangor?

Me: *says the full name with title and ibni*

IV: Awak tahu Raja Muda siapa?

Me: Tahu. *says his name with title*

IV: Awak pernah dengar pasal IPR?

Me: Pernah.

IV: Apa yang awak tahu?

Me: Dulu dikenali dengan Merakyatkan Ekonomi Selangor dan sekarang ditukar nama kepada Insentif Peduli Rakyat.

IV: Contoh IPR tahu?

Me: *list 4 out of 17*

IV: Bagus juga awak tahu. Ramai yang saya tanya tak tahu pasal IPR. Mana awak tahu?

Me: IPR ada website sendiri. Kat situ ada tulis semua.

IV: Oh jadi memang awak ada buat research la.

Me: Haah. Dan kebetulan saya juga pengguna bas free tu, tu yang saya tahu hahah.

IV: Awak tahu ke pinjaman ni under siapa?

Me: (I lowkey wanna answer kerajaan Selangor lol) Uhh, Tabung Wang Selangor? (Cubaan menghentam sebab tak pasti)

IV: smirk Tak... tapi dekat dah tu, Tabung Kewangan Wang Biasiswa Negeri Selangor (TKWBNS). Kita bukan dari Yayasan Selangor ye, ramai yang salah faham. ((TAKE NOTE GUYS)) Awak ada dapat tak SMS untuk semakan haritu?

Me: Ada ada!

IV: Nanti dalam 2-3 minggu awak akan dapat lagi SMS untuk buat semakan lagi ye. Ok itu sahaja.

Me: Oh. (dalam hati, bapak cepat tu je dia nak tahu?!) Ok terima kasih.

SIDE NOTE: Hands off the table while being interviewed. I was being too confident that my hand naturally rested on top of the table until I realised I was the only one who did. The rest was very sopan, and the other candidates were all boys at that time lol. K buat malu perempuan je.

End. Everything mentioned was mostly what happened. I started the interview around 9.06am and left the place by 9.13am. Shortest interview I've ever been to.

I already excused myself from my morning class and even handed my letter of absentee but I still came in knowing they were all doing cabling. So sad I have never done it before while some of my friends have even done it few times. Apa la nasib budak IT tak pernah buat cabling huhuhu.

Stay tuned and read the outcome on my next posts!

Dropping by,

Melynn.

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