My first job interview (Posted Thursday, 01 July 2004)

ogre: so b4 we start, tell me wat is ur goal? cendawan: er.. er... ogre: don't be nervous. come on tell me how long r u going to stay in singapore? cendawan: maybe abt 7-10 yrs bah~~ *not sure* ogre: huh ?? so long ar? u know.. singapore everything also very expensive le.. u sure u want to stay here for so long ar? so where r u staying now? cendawan: going to move to ghim moh. ogre: oh.. which block? i staying in blk 14. blk 14 is better than blk 13. got better view. hmm... good la, ghim moh is near to here. take 147, 196, 198 also can. 198 goes to the terminal behind. not bad hoh? this place very convenient. cendawan: ya i know. ogre: of course!! here eat only $2. if u work in town like city, orchard. eat also must pay abt $4,$5. cendawan: *almost lolz...*

ogre: ok now, tell me... u learn steel and concrete *mumble mumble mumble* so r u more comfortable with steel or concrete? cendawan: wah!! i tot they r equally important. although i am more comfortable with steel. *wat kind of qn is this?* ogre: ok wat abt pile? u know anything abt pile? let say i hv a building now. how r u going to design my pile? cendawan: *answer in great confidence.. thanx to Prof Yong *

when i caught a glimpse of him, he looked quite satisfied and i felt that i was on the rite track. so i kept on talking and talking. simply telling him watever i learned. until i can't think of anything anymore.

ogre: ok enough of pile. u said u learned steel design ar.. u know how to design truss? portal frame? fire structure? *huh? wat's tat?* cendawan: dunno... ogre: concrete? flat slab? precast flat slab? plank and block? etc etc etc... lots of names tat i heard from somewhere but not sure wat r they.. then he start flipping my transcript and suddenly ogre: oh!! u took water treatment.. so tell me how to treat wastewater? u know wat is activated carbon? cendawan: provide sufficient of micro-organism and make sure they grow and stay alive. dunno wat is activated carbon. ogre: how u get rid of ordour in water? cendawan: add charcoal then filter it ogre: this is called activated carbon. cendawan: so this xxx dunno wat carbon is basically charcoal la?? ogre: ya *walao zadao!!*

lots of qns coming up. crack my brain and think of "smart" (so-called smart)answersssss.... ogre: ok, i'll call my boys to come in and ask u qn. After a while, one handsome guy came in and sit down in front of me.. really quite handsome le.. but eye ring a bit dark. probably catching euro 2004 every night ar. reading my CV and comment here comment there. asking qn abt water treatment, RC pile, bored pile, finite element, submission procedures, trusses, sheet pile wall, spun pile etc etc etc. almost brain dead and black out after the whole "chit-chating" session

this is partly wat happened during my job interview. yeah!! i finally got a job now. in the process of applying EP. gotta work hard liao. seems like i dunno a lot of things hehe although no one expect me to know everything going to start work in 2 or 3 wks time. for the time being lemme enjoy the last last last last last few days of holiday bah...

thanx to those who owez listen to my grumble n complaint, those who owez pray for me and those who owez help me to look out for opportunity.. hehe.