time to complain abt med interview! man, just wanted to think "screw them, i'm going stanford". okay that isn't a very nice way of putting it but they really pissed me off. i think i get worked up too easily. i mean, the 1st interview started late (5-10mins) cos they just came back frm lunch break. and then there was one caucasian guy, one chinese lady, one indian guy. the first two were really annoying. the lady kept grimacing at me, and the guy kept raising an eyebrow at me (maybe there was something wrong with his facial muscles but i doubt it). like looking totally cynical at whatever i said.. i'm like, if you can't even bother to look polite don't come and interview pple.. but again i hear the psc pple sleep, which is even worse/just as bad.
whatever it is i still think it's basic courtesy to accord some respect to the interviewee.
oh and this takes the cake. upon looking thru my resume again the indian guy asked "do you have time to play?" and i'm wondering "play?" and the chinese lady went "yeah, play, don't you know the meaning of the word 'play'?"
lyd said it was amusing but really, when i was in there it wasn't. it was rather rude the way she was so sarcastic. i told them i was rather puzzled by there being zero context.. anyway pple don't normally phrase it in such a weird way. whatever it is, i regret not telling them off. mom reminded me about how i could use sarcasm.. darn. i'm too rusty.. my so-called "caustic wit" (if i had any to start with) has flown! augh.
anyway, i've realised it is definitely not a good idea to write unconventional things in personal statements for spore unis cos they immediately jump on it and attack you. so much for singapore being open and embracing creativity and whatever other crap.. okay i think i'm probably not being very rational at the moment.. it is the job of interviewers to put you in a spot.
watever, i shall go do something else and unwind.. haha.
haha, i was just marking one of my students' essays and the topic was "Travel is an education in itself. Comment." quote from his essay "... Thus, it can clearly be said that travel is an education in itself. (next paragraph) Why so, you ask? What knowledge of any sort can possibly be garnered from travels? If you are guilty of asking these queries, then it is obvious what your idea of education is." so I showed it to jieying and asked her opinion. and she said something along the lines of how it would be a gd idea not to piss off the examiners.. haha.
yay! today's last (okay, 2nd and last) lesson is cancelled cos the j1s are off to visit ocs.. i desperately need the time to prep for interview, methinks.
hahaha.. i just had a very amusing time. jieying showed me one of her students' essays.. which consisted of 10 hypothetical characters.. (the topic was: in what ways can lying be justified) and he even named most of them! and then later willa was telling us one of her students tried to define "television" in his essay.. we couldn't stop laughing.. man.. i didn't think such things happen in JC. oh a quote from one of the essays "james' pocket money was running very quickly". i'm sure it could have won an olympic sprint!
ow. feeling battered. anyway, i just realised i met 2 guys who answered, upon my asking how old they were, "how old do you think i look?" i thought it was only girls who did that, but apparently not. maybe it is really a singaporean/asian thing to look younger than one's age, like m. kalife said.
and my interview's on friday! i really hate interviews la. ugh. esp preparing for them. and of cos the real thing too. and the aftermath. okay that's like everything about them. and i still have to figure out to make sure my gp lessons are vaguely interesting. which seems like impossible. or else a lot of work.
not much to say today. and i actually suddenly thought of the phrase "i've been waiting for you all my life" on the way home.. dunno why, just remembered it from a song/book. but have decided to remove it as a blog title bcos dearest ser says it sounds like i'm attached. blah. anyway, yes i shall get off soon.. yay i like my new blog template:) even though it's koped. haha.
"I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." - Oscar Wilde
I love that quote. haha. no, let me correct myself, i love oscar wilde.. he has such sardonic wit. i hope that's the correct adjective. somehow i'm sure there's a better way to describe it.. excellence use of irony? i wonder if there's such thing as ironic wit. anyway, this is why i like "the importance of being earnest" haha. among the rest.
i'm in a happier mood today yay:)
lunch w pam n joon was nice:) i should've eaten dessert though.. oh well. must get used to feeling poor. it's always lovely to meet up:) however, there're always awkward silences. it's kind of like, whatever we've shared is in the past, and now everyone's doing different stuff.. or maybe it's just me. i know a lot of people have been reflecting on what friendships are built on. it is nice to find out what everyone else is/has been doing.. okay i'm going off track, can think about that another time - i gotta plan lessons! ahh.
oh dear. i wanted to say something but forgot. anyway, i got back maybe 1/2hr ago. so tired! but it was quite a gd dinner.. surprisingly didn't feel that full, i must be getting fat: anyway, i coincidentally met lijia at topshop! while i was trying to get the tag removed from my shirt.. my dad ah.. haha i asked him to get me a shirt frm las vegas and the guy in the shop didn't remove the tag! and dad didn't realise.. oh well. he's trying to remove the tag now haha.
for the record, my dad bought me 2 bags frm vegas:D his taste is actually quite good, and it also saves me the trouble of buying my own bags:p i think i take forever to buy stuff.
anyway, yeah, then chris arrived.. and lyd.. and we waited like 10mins (luckily it wasn't the predicted 1/2hr) and got table.. then puee came along.. i haven't seen puee in ages! gd thing chris asked her to come:) and we heard a number of stories abt rgs.. i miss rg.. drove past the sch a few times in the past week and was just reliving those days in my mind. and puee seems to be the only one enjoying the time-btwn-end-of-jc-and-uni so much so that she doesn't want to go back to sch.. while the rest of us all prefer it. i guess there're pros and cons.
shall branch off for a moment. what i like abt now: no homework! (haha well, sort of. that's a huge plus) i just feel more free to do whatever i want.. well of course there's the problem of earning my keep, but besides that.. everything's my choice.
what i don't like abt now: end up doing mostly brainless stuff/having to find something meaningful... as in compared to in sch, everything's set out for you, just follow the system. go do your ccas, study for tests/exams, ace them, ... don't have to think about getting a job/what job to get/etc
yeah anyway, later jane came along.. her law interview questions were hilarious.. actually on 2nd thoughts it's the way that she recounted them that was so amusing..
and we met the interact club pple! so cool, were sitting at starbucks outside (my main complaint: a LOT of cigarette smoke, which i simply can't stand) and i was idly staring at the glass pane and saw dearest fiona! haha. so called her, they came out to talk to us.. hwying stayed on to talk.. i also haven't met her in a long time. not that i was close to her to start with.. but well, it's always nice to meet fellow-geppers.
so, ended up talking until 11.45 when mom called and i realised that oh no, there's no bus/mrt left! sharks. so much for spore with a bustling nightlife.. rather contemptuous of it. okay that's a rather strong word.. but i don't know how to say it.. ahh. my lack of vocab is very disturbing.
okay i'm really tired.. shall give up. and somehow, when me n chris got to city hall, the only trains left were going to kranji/pasir ris. so weird.