Thank You!!!

I would like to take this opportunity to convey my appreciation & heartfelt thanx to the following people (not in any order) for their help & encouragement during those turbulent days of unemployment.

'clemmie'- thanx for letting me use your computer & internet access f.o.c, as well as your encouragement & teaching me the art of answering wierd questions in interviews.

'princess'- for recommending me to a bank & letting me know of lobangs. Also thanx a lot for your accurate & reflective thoughts which enable me to have a clearer picture to choose between job A & B, and for your encouragement on my blog as well.

'hamster'- your encouragement & comments on my blog, as well as preparing me for the interview at 'civilian is king'

'rubbish bin'- for accompanying me to the career fairs despite having a job & lending me your name as a character referee

'JQ'- for being my character referee without any reservations

'strawberry'- for introducing jobs to me. I really like your "just see what you like & email them"..hehe..

And last but not least...

'instant mee'- seems like I have lots of things to say to you, but also seems like I have nothing to say to you...maybe all thats' should be said are all written in the card I gave you...

冲上云霄。。。

One of the two locations that I would love to work at is at Changi Airport. (the other being Raffles Place). So assuming I get this job, there's a chance that I would be posted there. (I should add that there's also an equal chance I will get posted to Woodlands, Tuas, HarbourFront or Lavender) I love seeing planes depart / land, the elegant nature in which it soars beyond the clouds and eventually land at a foreign land full of expectant travellers. Probably I got influenced by the TV drama "冲上云霄" ( Btw, its an interesting drama & the songs are nice (陈奕迅's cantonese version of "兄妹", but the plot is somehow unrealistic, especially the part on the aftermath of the love-triangle). A few years back, there was this direct bus service from my home to the Airport. I knew for sure this bus service wouldnt last (not many people use this service, especially from Toa Payoh onwards to the Airport), so I made sure I took it whenever I can. Till now, I cant help reminiscening the times I was there...all wonderful memories...Probably the only exception being the latest one..(What happened? Look for clues in my earlier posts..hehe)

Prior to the interview, there is a mandatory psychometric test. It comprises of a segment on testing our ability to interpret what we read (the usual true false cannot tell), a situational judgement test & a personality test. The passages in the first test are quite difficult & incomprehensible (are they testing us on our English as well?) compared to the one I took a couple of weeks ago. There were about 30 people in all, some wearing t-shirts, jeans sneakers...I was quite sure of getting an interview (I know my strengths) and sure enough I got one.

The interview format, also in some sense similiar to "DBE" are rather straight in the face. The difference lies with the fact that over here, they didnt undermine our confidence or capabilities. I was asked quite a bit on my NS experiences, and whether I was easily provoked. For the record, I gave a bad and a good lesson I learned. (In 'banana' camp, the negative aspects always have something to do with a particular guy, erm..i mean 'fruit' ...ya, there's one more, but I am not associating him with 'banana' since he 'rescued?' me from potential guard duties)..

This morning, I received a call from them to inform me that I was finally accepted into this organisation. SO HAPPY!...everything still seems so surreal & like a dream....