JPA Interview 2011

Hey guys....its getting hotter day by day..I don't know whats wrong with Mother Earth....people are just spending more time in air-conditioned places like malls, indoors...bla bla....!! Ok, my interview....it was on the 12th of April!...Time..*checks watch*.....ouh ok 4.35pm.....and I was FRIGGIN NERVOUS!!! You cant say I really looked forward to this day coz....erm...well...I dunno why....but I was just not ready to face the interviewers....hmmm...maybe because its my first time...ok... Attires: For the handsomes: 1. Firstly you guys have to wear white long-sleeved shirt....button the sleeves..dont roll it up....next black slacks....SLACKS! not jeans or SHORTS!!! Pleaselah..you're going to an interview which is OFFICIAL....people from the Government will be there so..faham-fahamlah....unless you're plain old retarded...well..God Bless Ya! Alright....a TIE is a must ok!! In my opinion, choose a tie colour which matches the tone of your skin and your white shirt...if you're fair like our CHILESE friends out there...i would suggest blue or maybe purple or red tie.....if you're semi-fair...like me...haha.....well..I wore a silvery-black tie...which really popped-out my skin colour....and if you're dark(Hey I'm not racist and I'm an Indian...so it doesnt matter if you're dark ok..thats an Indian trademark)...well..you could either wear grey or..urmm...maybe red...see lah...which tie colour suits you ok! But a tie is a must..Ok now I'll touch about Blazers..... oklah frankly speaking a blazer is not really necessary....because when I went to the place...I'm the only Pulun who wore blazer.....but pulun or not pulun, look at the bright side...you'll exude a professional look...which..who knows might give you a teeny bit of extra points for personality..Hey I'm just saying..I dont know...it doesnt hurt to wear a blazer does it...??? Just wear lah...show the interviewers you mean business! And please wear black shoes that does the weird kind of (clap clap) or (ngek ngek) sound...haha...the carpets are gonna muffle those sounds anyway...! Just do it ok!...No questions....and polish it over night so it will Sparkkklleeeee!!!! For the ladies: All the ahmois, lengluis and all the pretties out there.....please wear Baju Kurung!!!! If you're not Bumiputera its ok!! Dont be a racist ok! Its 1Malaysia.....just wear baju kurung and just like ties, find a colour of the baju kurung that pops-out your skin tone....for example: my friend Tan Sher Lin wore a bright orange baju kurung and it was really dazzling...and emanated her fair tone...so pandai pandai choose lo....you're girls right..you know more about stuff like this than guys!...Ok if you want to wear blazer..its ok kut...but a blazer on top of baju kurung would look weird lah..if u really wanna wear baju kurung then change your attire...to a long-sleeved top..and a skirt(the skirt can be touching the floor or just exceeds your knee level, whichever would be fine). And please larr...your hair arr.....minimise the clips la...you're not going to Kesha's Cannibal concert ok! Just minimise the clips, make sure your hair doesnt look...messylah...and wear perfumes la...haha kan the room there will be air-conditioned so the perfume particles will spread around the room and make people happy!!!(err...ok you can forget the last line). Gals...about your shoes...I'm not very sure...but I know you must wear shoes...dont go wear flip-flops or sandals ok!! and please dont spoil your feminine image by looking like a whore! Seriously! i think for our Malay friends out there...since their wearing tudung right..so I think wearing a blazer would not look weirdlah...wear baju kurung, tudung and a blazer..yeahh!!! Preparation: 1. make sure you are totally prepared before you go for an interview!...You know,if you are successfully called for the interview, you'll get a surat panggilan temuduga rite? Print that out..and you'll see that a list of must-brings will be provided at the 2nd or 3rd page..! FOLLOW THAT LIST! Dont pandai2 go do your own....buy a clear holder file preferably green or blue......arrange every single crap they ask you to bring accordingly...they will check you know! If you arrange not accordingly to the list given, or if some important documents missing or you "I forgot to bring!"...., or you didnt CERTIFY any of the documents that you must certify...then I say you better go home and sleep la!...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..................seriously...this shows you do not obey and that is soo not professional! Marks will be given for that too...so I warn you ready ar...and dont go and certify all your certs at the last minute ok....the only documents that you must certify last minute are like your SPM slip, your sijil berhenti sekolah and all that....the ones you get after you receive your results! The one you receive before your results....like your sijil koko and all that....you better go certify during the 2 months holidays that you have...instead of just doing nothing at home, take that time to go certify! Every one will rush at the last minute..so take heed of my advice...everyone will be happy!! HEHE.... 2. Ok make sure you be in the interview place half and hour before your interview time....but its better to go an hour before...safer...because arr....lets say you dont know the place...you would have to waste your time asking pedestrians, making phone calls, pusing here, pusing there,....there'll be tension in the car....isnt it bad enough that we're already nervous thinking about the interview and we dont need all these last minute tensions to add-on! Trust me...ok if you already find your interview place....go inside professionally...ceyyyy...just walk like you've never walked before and talk like you've never talked before!! Put your head up high, walk straight and all that lah...try to be the perfect man or lady for a day! FOR A DAY ONY LARR!!!.....ok then you will enter a room where no parents are allowed...haha...then some guys who are in-charge there will help you locate the panel you'll be in........you must sign your name on a paper which will be stuck on a board to a wall....Just find your name...ok where is it?? where is it???? BINGO! you found it.....contoh lah:..PANEL 1 (Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Kanye West, Jessie J and Whitney Houston)..if your name is Whitney Houston then sign at the end of your name...then go sit down...in your place....! Actually during my interview in Alor Setar, there were three to four rooms in a row...lets say Room 1 is for Panel 1... so everyone from Panel 1 must sit down together facing Room 1...and same goes to other Panels......ok lets say if you already find Taylor, Beyonce and Kanye sitting there..go TALK to them lah!!! come on....lah dont be passive...they would feel the same thing like you lah...NERVOUS!!..so why dont you all ease the tension by talking to each other....at least you can communicate better when you are inside the room. Just introduce yourself "Hey , I'm Whitney. Whitney Houston"....they'll be like "OMG!! Its whitney."dont start your singing and vibrato there ok..memalukan saja...hahaha......Tell them and ask them to help each other out during the interview and such...at least you wont feel nervous lah...I was in Panel 1...there was supposed to be four in Panel 1 but one of them could not make it..so only three of us..Me and two malay girls from Sultanah Asma school in Alor Setar..they were so damn friendly...it didnt take long for us to introduce ourselves....so those cold butterflies in my stomach actually evaporated!....One of the girls applied for Medicine like me, and the other one Pharmacy...ok dont get shocked....not all taking the same course will enter the same room! NO!...they will mix you up..for example...five person in a group..two may choose medicine, another two..dentistry and one pharmacy....so you guys are a team regardless of your courses of choice..!! There will be another in-charge sitting in front of the room..he will ask for your clear holders....and all..that guy is the one whos gonna check whether evrything is done as instructed. He will then give you number tags which indicates your turn.....then you wait until he ask you to enter the room! 3. Ok before you enter the room, knock first arrr.....show your manners....then just look at them (eye contact is important) and say (in my case) Good Evening doctors!!! YESS.....my interviewers were ALL DOCTORS!.....there were three interviewers...a Malay Lady Doctor..she's the chief! And two male doctors, an Indian and a Malay....so anyone choosing MEdicine horrrrr....better know your facts and dont go crap out some crap in front of them,then they "shoot" you teruk2. We were not allowed to shake hands because the in-charge outside the room said this was not an interview to apply for work, so no need handshake...that was fine with us.....so we enter then we sit down in the chairs facing all three of em! Not so scary lah they all...but all of them looked serious! There was tension in the room....then the chief doctor briefed about how the interview was going to take place....we all nodded! haha...OK another thing ! BRUSH UP ON YOUR BM!!! PLEASE...all YOU CHILESE AND INDIANS....we are already good in English but not BM!!...so better know your BM, in case you havent noticed, BM is the official language in Malaysia! The chief doctor asked us to introduce ourselves in English....so I started first...I started to blah blah blah blah blah blah (start with good evening, name, born and raised, education background, about father, about mother, about siblings, any working experience, co-curriculum activities and how it has given you good qualities, your ambition)blah blah blah....ok done! :)..I waited for the rest of them to finish......ok then BANG!!!! the next following questions she asked in BM!! 1) Langkah-langkah mengatasi masalah disiplin di sekolah.......ok I have to admit that was easy.....haha....I've did this before in my BM tuition as an essay.....I waited for the rest of em to finish...ok i forgot to tell you..during my time...there was no group discussions..like previous JPA scholars have wrote in their blogs....seriously! 2011 was a bit different....they didnt even ask us why we chose that course? weird rite? = =................then they were so kind to not actually direct the questions they ask to one of us.......all of us gave our opinions for the questions they ask..one by one! 2) Peranan sukan untuk membentuk individu holistik...........ok this question was intermediate....ok to those who dont know what holistik @ holistic is...its like being perfect in all aspects, not only academics but sports, our personality, manners all that lah!...I answered lah sports could blah blah this...blah blah that!....then suddenly one of the doctors asked me whether I was involved in any sports in school...I said yes..Badminton! Then he asked sampai peringkat mana?? Then I said....tak masuk pertandingan,main di sekolah saja!! (That was soooo embarasssing)....He chuckled a little..but I take that as a good sign...IT BETTER BE GOOD!....then my third question was 3) Peranan IT dan Media dalam teknologi perubatan....ok this was kinda hard......but I still crapped....hahaha....i said IT very important la....can know more about diseases and how to diagnose them....can key in patients ID......and all..(I answered in BM, ok.....if they ask u in BM answer in BM if you know whats good for you)...then the chief doctor asked whether we knew that the Selayang Hospital is a paperless hospital...everything IT ony....then all of chorused :TAK TAHU! .,.....HAHAHAHAHAHAH I was laughing so bad inside!! haha...actually the name of the hospital does ring a bell...but I didnt know what for...=.="...Finally she asked us in English..."Why do you want to go overseas?" I was looking forward for this question.....ok some tips to answer this question! NEVER TALK BAD ABOUT MALAYSIA.....come on people...if they ask you that question...dont say that you're gonna answer" I want to go overseas because I dont like to stay in Malaysia!"...HELLO!!! Knock! Knock!! Malaysian PEOPLE are giving you the scholarships ok....if you want to say like that lah...kiss your scholarship goodbye! They are actually gonna send the JPA scholars overseas as a representative or diplomats from our country to go and learn stuff overseas and COME BACK to Malaysia to serve for our country....they give you the scholarship you know...takkan you cant do a favour to the people of Malaysia by serving your own country........then dont sing the lines" Tanah tumpahnya darahku" laaaa....dont be a hypocrite!!....Repay our governments deed by coming back here to serve for the country...if u dont like the government oso at least do it for Malaysia!! We are all so gifted you know...to live in a soil so peaceful, free from disasters...nourished with food and heritage!.....pleaselah nowhere else out there is better than Malaysia! (Sorry for being emotional, haha)....So if they ask you that question answer wisely....dont just say whatever you wanna say.........before you wanna say bad about Malaysia. think twice and Zip Your Lips!......ok thats practically all the question that was asked by my interviewers. Before you go say Thank You doctors...and leave the room by NOT SLAMMING THE DOOR! ok....not to say you intentionally did it..but! = = 4.) After that, the in-charge outside will give you back your clear holders, take it and check whether everything is still there especially your IC's........then give 'em back your tags..and then you can go home! Xd Hopefully I can get the scholarshiplah....must just keep praying to God!.....I hope this blog has provided sufficient info for future interviewees out there..Good luck y'all..and God Bless You! Ciao..............................................!!

Next Step

Hey y'all!! Long time no post! Ok guys last I left this blog is when I bragged about all the blah blah blah's....allright. I received my results....SPM 2010 RESULTS!!!.....Okay here goes.....6A+ for Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Inggeris, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry aaaannnndddd.......jeng jeng jeng...BIOLOGY!!!! Finally.....I thank GOD for granting me an A+ for my Biology!.....4A for Sejarah(T_T), Additional Mathematics, Basic Economy( T_T) aaaannnndddd.........PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTS!!!! WOOHOO......I seriously thought I would flop my Accounts real bad!!! I did it that bad....and I thank GOD ONCE AGAIN for granting me an A for my Accounts!..and guess what?? A damning A- for my MORAL STUDIES! Like WHAT THE ????? Urghhh...so frustrated because Moral was in my A+ list....T_T but nevermind...its no use crying over spilt milk! I didnt bother sending in for rechecking.....because by the time I get my revised results...OR NOT-SO-REVISED results....the JPA fella's would have probably decided my fate!...Oh yeah I applied for the Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam(JPA) scholarship for the medicine course. And luckily enough I have been shortlisted for the interview....and I would be going to Wisma Persekutuan Kedah somewhere in Alor Setar...and the time of my interview is 4.35 pm. I'm not sure whether thats a good thing or a bad thing...but I know whats worse!!! THE INTERVIEW!!!! Phooeeeeyyyy...I think my body loves adrenaline so much...that even more than excessive is not a problem...well thats for my body...not for ME! I have to get prepared for my interview like sooo bad!!!!.....So I think I'll end my post here.....my next post will be about my interview....Pray for me people! Hope it goes well.....

Ciao...............