PROCRASTINATING YET AGAIN


Honestly,I really want to do well in lots of stuffs but I'm just too fking lazy to do anything.I've been super duper hardworking when I was back in primary,secondary,JC and during my junior years in NUS but look at me now,I can only see a sloth-like human in the mirror-.-

Ever since I came back from SEP,I just can't seem to find any motivation to work hard or to even finish what I OUGHT to do, things like a 500 word essay can take me like 4 days to finish when I could have finish it in an hour in the past.

I really should wake up right now,I don't know why I've became soooooo lazy these days,I'm actually supposed to complete a 1400 word essay which is due this friday but I've not typed even a single word and here I am whining about how heavy my workload is.

Anyway,at least I'm not THAT lazy when it comes to applying for internships lol hahaha maybe it's because my parents told me that they won't be giving me pocket money once I complete my uni studies which is very very SOON:( And I'm really worried about my future knowing how sucky the economy is right now (so not a good time to graduate arghhhhh).

BUT!!!Hahaha at least my hard work paid off for internship applications.I've actually being offered an internship with HDB and I've already accepted their offer, really grateful and ohmy the interview wasn't easy at all,it was an hour long interview with the panel consisting of a HR staff,the deputy head of the department I applied to and another senior manager. I went for the interview last Tuesday (7 February 2017) and my interview was at 4pm at HDB's HQ at Toa Payoh. I had six hours of lessons that morning at had to rush for the interview after my lessons,god it was sooooo tiring and nerve-wrecking. I was so worried about being late because my lesson ended at 1.30pm and I had to eat because I didn't had time to eat anything thanks to the six hour non-stop lectures,I just bought a small bowl of noodles from Deck and gobbled everything down within 5 minutes AND I HAD STOMACHACHE right after that and I was so scared that I would have stomachache during the interview LOL but thankfully that didn't happen:)

So on my way to Toa Payoh from NUS,I took the time to continue reading up on HDB and prepare myself for the interview by trying out potential interview questions,I know it's quite silly to be so stressed up for an internship interview since it's not even an interview for my career but practising and reading up on stuffs did gave me the confidence that I need,I'm a person who hates going for an interview empty-minded and I think it pays to put in more effort in preparing oneself for an interview cos you never know what the interviewers might throw at you.So I arrived very early surprisingly,I reached at around 3pm, took some time to locate the building (West Wing), changed my student card for a visitor pass, went to the toilet and looked for the HR person.I was then ushered into a waiting area with sofas and some magazines. At around 3.45pm, my geog friend arrived and I was surprised to learn that he was also there for the internship interview HAHA. There was another geog major whom I don't know but from year 2 at the internship and there was this Malay year 2 NUS Biz guy who was late for the interview. I think it's really rude to be late for an interview given that the interviewers took time off to interview us and as an applicant,the least we can do for ourselves is to reach earlier so that we won't be feeling so lost and flustered during the interview.

The interview was broken up into two parts, first part was a sharing session by the deputy head for us to know more about HDB and what they do,so we can ask the staffs questions about HDB then the next part was for the four of us to take turns to ask questions/share our opinions related to HDB and OF COURSE,this requires you to do some background research LA!So never ever step into an interview empty-headed thinking that you can smoke through etc,no you don't,you will just blank out and feel nervous.The good thing about doing your homework before interviews is that even though you might be asked questions that you've never prepared for,you can still try to tweak the answers that you've prepared for to your favour like I wasn't very sure about some GIS work HDB does since I'm not interested in GIS and have never taken GIS mods but given my background in cartography and remote sensing,I was able to tweak my answers and showcase my ability in carto and remote sensing and because I did bother to read up on HDB, asked my relatives who are working at HDB and was attentive during all lectures in NUS,I was able to answer all the interview questions and I guess that gave me an edge.

Stanley and myself got the internship offer 2 days after the interview and I'm sure the other two applicants got the offer too,they could answer the questions quite well too and I could see they did their homework as well. We were given 3 days to accept/reject their offer and I accepted their offer on the day they called me. Right now,I'm still getting internship interview offers from MCCY,Tote Board,MHA and a few other stats board (I've only applied to the public service) and I'm feeling slightly more optimistic about my field of studies and career prospects now though it doesn't mean I can slack off.I guess having decent grades (I'm currently at first-class) brings you further,most of my friends who are currently at second-uppers or lower have yet to even receive any offers for interviews and some are panicking now:(

So I really hope I can stop procrastinating and continue to strive for excellence,I used to be so motivated and hardworking and I hope I will do myself a big favour by STARTING ON MY ESSAY NOW!!!!Jiayou to myself:)

With internship application done,my next major hurdle would be my driving test and midterms:) I WILL GET MY LICENSE THIS TIME ROUND I PROMISE,so please wait for my good news,I have faith and I'm determined to get my license!

Till then^^

With Love,
Cheryl

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