Interview...

On 28th March 2008, saya sesaje je bukak web jpa sebab lepas dapat result SPM tu, saya ada apply PILN. So, juz nak tengok sama ada dah boleh check ke tak.. Then, keluarla statement yang berwarna merah yang berbunyi, "Semakan Keputusan Panggilan Temuduga bagi Program Ijazah Luar Negara(PILN)2008". Berdebarla gak(Sebenarnya saya lagi takut dapat dari tak dapat..hehehe) Then, saya pon masukkanla no ic...Tahniah! Anda telah dipilih untuk menghadiri temuduga.Sila cetak surat temuduga anda. I've printed it out. Guess.... I am the first batch for the interview which was held on 1st Apr 2008(i'll be interview on 1st Apr while others on 2nd,3rd and 4th Apr). As you all know, I'm not well prepared for the interview because the time gap was too short. There were only three full days for me to prepare all things. Dengan sijilnye,cari maklumatnye..manala sempat sebab hari sabtu dan ahad adalah cuti umum then tak boleh nak buat apala....kene tunggu isnin gak. Pasal nak cari info tu pula memang tak sempat gak sebab sabtu tu sehari suntuk pergi rehearsal and takrim. Hari ahad tu pula ikut ayah pergi Low Yatt, repair laptop(coz i'm the 'owner' of the laptop so i should know where and what happened to my father's laptop)

On Monday, 31th March 2008, memang kecoh sangat...I went to school to take my co-cu certs. When I reached at school, I met my fellow friend, Hazimah who will be interviewed too but hers is on 4th Apr.. Then, my father met the principal because he wanted to discuss something about certifying the copies of the certs..(saya dengar pihak kerajaan je yang berhak sahkan, not our school which is a private school) while I tried to call Ust Isha to take the certs. All my club's certs were ready but my JPA3 certs... So, I went home because Ust Idris is absent(for a while). My mother and I went to school back at 2.00pm. After I got all my certs, I copied it....and send to my father's office(he knows some friends who work with government). The certs was settled, but my preparation's not... After I arrived at my home, I just read what I could at that time...newspaper,online info(of course jpa's website). After I realized that I am too weak to do anything, I pray for Allah's blessings and strength so that at least I will have a little strength to talk in the interview.

On 1st Apr, I woke at 6am(i think). After I took shower and solat Subuh, I do solat hajat( bukan mintak lulus interview ye, minta diberi ketenangan dan kekuatan hati dan jiwa). Then, I stepped out from my home... Pagi tu memang takde selera nak makan, so memang tak makanla( For other interviewees, Don't do this!) Alhamdulillah, because I departed from my home in such early time, I arrived at PICC earlier. I took about 1 hour 30 mins to arrives there because the traffic was not so good. I arrived there at 9.30am. After my father parked the car, we all went to the interview's venue. First, I checked my name on the board..... Panel 7, Room 18, No 2 . I started to feel very nervous( so, juz selawat dan berdoa banyak-banyak jela). Then, there was an announcement, "Pelajar yang akan ditemuduga pada pukul sepuluh sudah dibolehkan untuk memasuki kawasan temuduga" (lebih kurang macam tula bunyinye, saya bukannya dengar sangat sebab waktu tu tengah dalam toilet). Lepas keluar je, saya terus salam my mother and walked into the place(ayah tak tahula kat mana sebab dia jumpa kawan dia)

In the place(not in the room, but the waiting place). I went to register my name at the counter in front my interview's room but the madam asked me to wait there(on the chair) first because the 8am interview wasn't finished yet. So, I sat on the waiting chair....alone. Then, a chinese girl came to me..I asked her whether she in the same panel with me....And, yes, she was in the same panel with me and her name is Siu Fong( I don't remember her first name). And, we have a conversation there. After a while, an Indian boy came and said his name is Yindra( not his full name, his full name is long). Then, we talked about each other together. Then, we were instructed to rearrange all our documents according to the new arrangement given. After finished rearrange, we were called to register at the counter. After signed the paper, we were asked to put our folder and a set of copies on the table. Then, the instructor grouped us in a group of six. And, the scariest thing happened to me... I'm the only malay student in my group while others were chinese and indian(nasib baikla ada Yindra dengan sorang perempuan cina yang pakai baju kurung,Siu Yi. Kalo tak memang allienated sungguh. At least adala orang yang kita kenal sama kumpulan dengan kita) Then, we got informations about the interview...first, self-intro in bm, then, a group discussion in english, last, answering question in english or another group discussion in bm. After we were grouped into six, each of us get a name tag... and I get no.1.... After got a name tag, we were asked to sit on the sofa in front of the room 18... I tried to get know all of the students in my group... They said that I look really nervous( I just agreed with them....because it's true that i'm nervous. It's not that I'm not trying to calm down). Then, we were called to come into the room.

In the room, the chairs were arranged in semi circle and it faced the interviewers( thank goodness that i got two womans interviewers and both are Muslim,and of course both were wearing tudung. I became a little bit calm than before). Then, we're asked to sit according to our name tag starting from no.1. After we all sat on the chair, the interviewers introduce themselves. Then,one of them asked us to introduce ourselves in bm....starting from me.(juz bagi nama,pekerjaan ibu dan ayah, nak sambung belajar apa, dan nak sambung belajar di mana...that's all. Tapi dia ada tanya, kenapa nak belajar kat UK for an example) Then, she gave a topic for us to discuss....ours was 'What is the Major Achievement in Malaysia after 50 Years of Independent?'. I was really shocked because I didn't read about that things since last year...so I just tried my best to give at least one point( I talked about e-gov). And of coursela banyak tergagap-gagap...cuba bayangkan.. [takde point+in english=??] and what's the answer....of course I'll speak hesitantly(lebih-lebih lagi kalau nak cakap secara spontan)...furthermore, I'm a type of person who think before talk not talk before think... Then, the last question she gave us is, why jpa must choose us??(tang ni memang hantam habisla....kalo dalam bm retila nak cakap apa, but in english..., but anyway, thanks to my beloved friend, Ainul who really helps me a lot......cek guna contoh jawapan yang dia bagila..'I have highly passion on buildings and bla bla bla')

Alhamdulillah,I've passed the interview( bukan lulus tapi dh habis)... Now, I give all to Allah to decide for me.... And my friend,Hazimah don't be too scared.....You Can Do It! Trust me...remember what I have said to you and Thank you for your helps too(about your sis blog) .....And to my helpful friend and neighbour, Ainul, thank you very much...and I'll try to help you as much as I can(I don't care if you say...'oo, pandai ye nak nasihatkan orang balik'...hehehe. I'll try to help...what's friend for,right? Just call me if you want something kay?)

~for other interviewees here are some topics that i heard come out in the interview:
-major achievements in Malaysia after 50 years of independent.
- unemployed Malaysian graduates ( pengangguran graduan Malaysia)
- pricing (kenaikan harga barang)
- oversea's scholarship (Biasiswa luar negara)
*tak berapa pasti sangat tepat ke tak...tapi lebih kurang gitula tajuknya...

~for readers....saya mohon maaf di atas segala kelemahan diri....especially tang in english tu...takut salah grammar ke, spelling ke. I'm still learning..~