There were 9 of us. Sentosarians appeared to be the most relaxed ones, the other students all looked so stressed out. They were studying! Yeah, definitely the desperate type. Even their parents were there too, gee. We were all chattering at one side, while the other side were just so tense!The first test paper was General Ability. All of us were afraid that we might not be able to answer, even one question. Yeah IQ, I absolutely sucked at it. But, it turned out to be the easiest, and most interesting paper. At the beginning, everyone was like flipping the exam paper so fast. It was easy, then it gets harder and more confusing. The task wasn't that hard to complete, we just need to find the patterns that fit in the blank spaces in the picture. But, as the picture gets more complicated, I started to feel dizzy already. Xiang Ting was the only one who finished all among us, and even had a double-checked! Cool.
After that we had a 45 minutes break before we continued with the English paper. So, we went down and waited at the lobby as we didn't want to get affected by the tense environment. Yes, they were still studying. It was almost time for the second paper. As the lift opened, we saw them still studying. Gee!
The English paper I could say, was still alright for me. A little bit alike with the New South Wales Exam. During the exam, I heard somebody's tummy grumbling. Guess what? It turned out to be Xiang Ting's! *laughs* We were all starving after the paper, everyone's stomach were screaming for food. And so, we went and had a nice buffet lunch in the hotel.
The buffet lunch was really enjoyable. And we were almost late for our last paper, Mathematics. As we went back up, the others were already lining up, getting ready to get in the class....
The questions were awfully difficult, 33 questions all together. I left about 16 of them blanked. While for the others that I've answered, I had only confidence in 6 of them. Imagine how hard was that. At that point, I was wondering how many questions would Bi Qing and Hairul be able to finish if they were here. Chan Chong, who suddenly appeared from no where, wouldn't stop getting papers from the teachers!
I got fed up seriously, as my eyelids were getting heavier and heavier. I really couldn't stand continue thinking. Alright, I don't even think the word 'thinking' is correct, I just don't know how to do. Impossible. I even thought about leaving the place earlier, I just have no idea how to answer the questions. And I ate two mentos to cure my sleepiness.
Later, Vivian Chong wanted to drink water so badly. She was sitting beside me, a jug of water was prepared, but she couldn't open it. I tried, I couldn't open it too. Embarrassing!
Finally after 2 hours, the paper ended. The first thing I said as I came out of the room was, "They wouldn't call me! Definitely!"
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10.50pm. And the phone rang.
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I got freaked out, absolutely. Gareth and Xiang Ting were also the lucky ones to get the phone call. I went there just for fun, thinking this is all just so impossible, but they got me now. I'm going for the interview, and I'm afraid. What should I do if I got selected? Now, there is the possibility of that to happen already, and that is really real. One thing for sure, I'm definitely not ready yet.
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Gareth was already inside the room when I arrived there. I was the second to go in. The whole interview, honestly was pretty scary. 4 of the teachers were sitting in front of me. But still, I tried to relax and looked as calm as possible. My english wasn't that fluent. And I was absolutely lacked of words to describe. Describe a tourist attraction in Malaysia. Yes, I'm sure everyone knows how to answer that. Oddly, I couldn't think of even a nice place in Malaysia at that moment. Was freaking out on what to say. And there were questions which made me felt so speechless.
"There are school rules in your school right? What are the ones you dislike and what are the ones you agreed on?"
"Some of them are quite unreasonable actually I think. Like my school doesn't allow to bring tissues and liquid papers. But of course they always have a reason behind them. They were afraid we might dirty the place."
"Okay, how about the ones you agree?"
"Like that kind who skipped classes, and should be punished. Yeah, of course I agree one that."
"Then did any prefects asked you to clip your hair up? Do you agree on that?"
(gee. What the hell.)
"Umm, I clipped them up in school actually."
"Do you think this interview is important for you?"
"Yes."
"Do you want to give us a good impression?"
"Yes."
"Then why did you choose not to clip up your hair and come and see us like this?"
(gee, I seriously didn't think about that)
"Umm, I didn't really thought about my image. I just wanted to relax and be myself."
That was the only thing I could say. They revolved around my freaking fringe. Holy gee, I've actually went into the room and at the first look, I was a bad impression already. After that, I just wanted the interview to end so badly, and get the heck out of the room. I felt awful.
When I came out, Xiang Ting was there already. I hugged her and wished her good luck. I went for breakfast later then.
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Xiang Ting, Gareth and I talked a lot with Gareth's mom as we waited for the result.
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"Gareth." "..." "..." "..." "..."
Xiang Ting and I glanced at each other, we knew we weren't the selected ones already. The teacher told us that our english communication isn't that fluent, there's a need to improve in our mathematics and also achieve more in leadership roles. That was the reason why we weren't the lucky ones.
Obviously I was disappointed. But at the same time, I felt glad because I wasn't selected. If I was selected, there might be even more problems to think about, will just be even headache after that. So all the worries are gone now. Only left Gareth. I wonder if he'll go? Our classmates will definitely miss him for sure, cause he's one of the humor guy in class, who make our class alive. We'll miss him for sure. But I couldn't deny that he surely has the ability to study in Singapore, plus he's a guy, he'll be able to adapt the environment there easily. Only there are things which are holding him back, I wonder what's that?
