LES interview

Hi I'm back.

Before I say anything let me congratulate YL on his hat-trick.. three posts in a row undisrupted. Today he seemed pretty happy claiming that he set his own record having three posts in a row, and yes aren't we all very happy for him yay!!

Well some of you might be asking me to blog about Council camp but I'm afraid (actually I'm not) I will not. This is because 1) there is nothing worth noting, 2) anything worth noting are mostly inside jokes anyway and 3) it will take too long and I am still sleep-deficient. Hello you think I go to Council camp to catch up on my sleep? DUH NO. I came in there a boy and I came out of it..

..a stronger boy. Even though with lots of physical activity I gained weight. Then the reason suddenly dawned on me - that I must have grown muscles overnight. So the next time you think you are losing weight because you just went to get your arse whooped in a camp, think again. Muscle mass is heavier than fats. But this is random so let's get on to the main point of my post today.

As you can see, the title is titled LES interview. This means that I went for the Language Elective Scholarship interview today, along with YL who went only in the afternoon because our interview slots were at different times.

Ya you can stop laughing now. I'm not joking although I know it really seems like I am. Even though we might seem like French delinquents who can't speak French, we.. uh.. actually do. And anyway whoever signed up for the interview automatically gets in so yes. And the whole interview is in English so yes. Does that explain a lot of things to you now?

If it doesn't, you're an idiot. Just read on.

Having getting my bones dismantled from Council camp, I was feeling kind of weak the next morning. And since I got a blue slip (it's all pre-planned) and already told my teacher that I wasn't going to turn up, I did not. I just went direct to Buona Vista, MOE building for the interview and guess what I was like half an hour early. So I just sat down and twiddled my thumbs which was kinda dumb because I got pwned later. I felt I should have thought more about it.

The interview went something like this. Thank goodness it wasn't in French so I don't have to translate for you.

Basically there were four people there, just to intimidate you. It's like playing Gunbound 4v4 then suddenly all your teammates leave and the game starts. Four versus one, I started to prepare for trouble. It came fast and swift and Person No. 1 fired the first salvo. Not to mention since I was the first interviewee they came out with all guns blazing.

Legend:
I1 for Interviewer 1 (principal of VJC)
I2 for Interviewer 2 (some big shot from North 2)
I3 for Interviewer 3 (another big shot)
I4 for Interviewer 4 (MOELC Head of French)
M for me who got intimidated and pwned like mad

I1: Why do you think you deserve the scholarship, and why you should go to France (subsidised by the scholarship?)
M: Because I think you can tell from my French results that I'm.. uh.. not very good in the subject. I badly need to get to France to pull up my grades. And also it's because I have an immense love for the subject, which is why I need to buck up.

I2: With your subject combination, what do you want to be in the future?
M: My subject combination reflects nothing. In case you didn't know, I have a blog that I update regularly. I'll give you the website now (*takes paper and scribbles*).. and next time when I leave school I can devote all my time in blogging. YAY!!

I1: Are you serious?
M: Yes I am.

I4: What do you think are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
M: My greatest strengths are my legs. I can tread water like no one else can because I trained four years as a god-damn keeper and I hold the record for the National Youth Team "B" Treading With 10kg Weights Competition, beating James Miao by a narrow margin of 0.2 seconds. But my weakness lies in my arms.. because when it comes to pullups I so totally suck at it that I'm the weakest in the whole waterpolo team in secondary school. The runner-up for the legs competition, James, totally owns me in my arms. I'd say that's my weakness.

I2: What are the differences between Singapore's and France's society? (pissed off)
M: Our weather sucks so much more than over there.. at least they have some cool weather at times, so they don't have to turn on the damn aircon. I tell you, there's a reason why we have such high electricity consumption and it's all thanks to the stupid weather.

I3: So you would like to go overseas for your university education?
M: Go? I'd like to STAY overseas. I'll never come back to Singapore man!

I1, I4: Get lost.
M: Okay. (*leaves room*)

They still kept the blog address though.

Haha I hope I get the scholarship now. The interview transcript that I published is a half-truth.. because I kind of forgotten the rest in between. Whether you believe it or not, I don't care. I want my sleep! Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeep!!!!