I is for I-N-T-E-R-V-I-E-W

it was friday. I got the letter.
it was saturday. I went to Sab's house to use internet. Obtained information. resolved to read the info at night. but fell asleep.
it was sunday. went to Sab's house again. resolved to read the info at night. but fell asleep.
it was monday. I freaked out.

head = zero information
the borang = not even a box filled
the stupid essay = not a single word

relax, after all, i'm a world-class procrastinator (do not try this at home). i know exactly what to do.

right?

first, the essay. a truly vital thing. OK. no probs. switch on yiyi, my third bro's laptop (oh. by the way. yiyi is my brother's name. not the laptop's). Darn. The laptop had lancaring a mogok.

Never mind. I cud use my sec bro, Imie's laptop. Ok. No sweats. that was a lie. I did sweat a little. And I started an essay on you know, err, blowing one's trumpet? I didn't know I was quite good at it. Making a cross-country such a big deal. Like I was a hero. whatever.

Ran out to print the essay. bought lunch. what else I forgot? oh. right. the application forms. the borang. and it was, like 12 pm. relax. God, I was sweating like a sumo-wrestler (after a fight). and head was still had zero info. Abah was home. Rushed for a bath. Ironed the clothes. Done. went downstairs.

Umi shrieked
"U call that IRONED??!!!"
"Looked so kampung!!"

Yeah.

Never mind. Dear Umi, I love you. Read all the biotechnology thingies in a sweep. God. What Was This? abah called. ran to the car, managed to grab all the sijil and borang and whasoever. Grabbed a pen. A piece of advice. NEVER try to write anything in a car. A moving car, to b specific.

I was mortified.

Head = 0.15% info
oh ok.
1%

my name was called. with the lafaz of basmallah I knocked the door, and entered.

The End

surprise, surprise

the results were out

I wasn't nervous.
hey, seriously.
maybe because i 'sedar diri'. or maybe i was never interested in biotechnology anyway. i mean, i love English, Shakespeare and all, and i didn't think Shakespeare was interested in cells and respirations, or inertia and momentums, nor sodium chloride is actually a salt either.

ps: maybe he was interested, again, pardon me for my ignorance.

But the important thing was, i didn't. seriously. so i checked the jpa website. sorry, 91012011-**-***, you fail!!! Oh. So I... okay, i didnt feel anything. no tears. nothing. just... numb. i didnt care, right?

and i moved on, again.

until i got a letter. an invitation for an interview. under mara. monday. 3.00pm. biotechnology. oh. there must be a mistake. i mean, maybe someone else have the same name and live at the same address. then somebody told me,
"you idiot, cek kat web mara la, bukan jpa. kau kn mntak mara!"

oh. right.
just a goofy mistake.
after all, nobody's perfect.

M for M-A-R-A

one day, umi told me
"apply MARA scholarsip"
i said
"no-no"
she said
"try!"
i said
"but..."
she said
"GO."
so i said,
"yes madam"

the truth is, I was thinking, hey, thousands applied for the same thing. I got 8 A's and a B, and there were like, trillions with 9 A's or 10 A's or 11 A's et cetera et cetera applying for mara or jpa. My chances were like, a bill gate marrying paris hilton ( possible, but unlikely), or my brother marrying siti nurhaliza (which is totally impossible).

but i checked it out anyway.

Medic, engeneering, bla3 all impossible (each requires an A in chemistry). I like english, so i checked the requirements for TESL. (me, a MRSM teacher? kihkihkih)

Here what they wrote

Mendapat sekurang-kurangnya 2 A dalam matapelajaran
a) matematik (OK.pass)
b) BI (no probs)
c) BM (bring it on!)
d) biologi / fizik (yep2)
e) KIMIA / ekonomi.. bla3../ Ert/ bla3..

So in order to be an english teacher, i have to get an A in chemistry. Gosh, which dork created that rule?

so i moved on, brokenhearted. Looked like this B-er in chemistry passed the requirements for biotechnology ( yeah, failed to take Tesl but passed to take err.. this.) , and other strange things ( like jepun kesusasteraan) or whatever. pardon me for my ignorance. looked like if i want a mara scholarship, biotech is one of the options. I mean, actually, it is the only option.

ps: i hate science

biotechnology.
who actually like that?