Saturday, November 29, 2008

Light in the Darkness!

Imagine when you lost your way. You lost your sight. And you facing obstacles that stopped to continue you journey. You are living in the dark. You lost everything! But please bear in mind, that when the world is turned upside down, the moment the you lost everything, please do not give up. Because at that moment, you will see a light that will guide you to your path. And this is very true, and this was the thing i experienced.

Last thursday i applied for an internship in a company through jobstreet. i applied it in the late morning, and i got a call on the evening that requested me to attend an interview 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. That time, i was totally unprepared, but somehow i agreed to attend the interview. On that day, i actually went to jusco with my friend for dinner and bought some gloserries, so by the time i reached home were almost 10pm. I got to search for the details of the company as well the location. The location was the thing that make me headache, i called few of my friends for direction as well search the google earth, and at last..... I took LRT to the place. What the ****

Ok. On the interview day, i do actually woke up by 5.45am. Get more information about the company, as well get ready my resume and cert. Supposely the company contact person said that she will mail me the map to her company, but somehow she didn't. She told me that she forgotten(what?) and she not even inform me what to be bring for the interview, so i have to prepare everything of in-case situation. I parked my can near the KTM in UKM area around 7.30am. Took the train to KL central, holy shit, the train was full, so i ended up stand for about 45minutes in the train. Reached KL central about 8.20, went to McD, had a hot coffee and breakfast. By 8.35am, i took train to Asia Jaya, the nearest station to the company and the train just took 15 minutes to reach. It's just 8.55am. I still have an hour plus before the interview, so i bought a news paper and read it at the bus stop till 9.15am. And somehow, the company is so near that it took less than 5 minutes for the taxi driver to get me there. Shit, it still too early. No choice, i ended up spent my remaining time in an mamak stall opposite the company. LOL!
The 9.50am, i reached the company.
I had my interview for about 30minutes plus. The content, i would not elaborate. Overall, my performance is ok, yet still got the room for improvement. At the end of the interview, i was requested to summit a letter from my university to verify that i am taking internship as well my referee contact numbers and email to them latest by Wednesday.

The only problem i am facing is the letter from UKM, immediately after my interview, i went to meet my internship coodinator, i went to his room twice, but failed to meet him. So, ended up, i email him for an appointment.
On Monday morning, i recieved his reply and requested me to meet a clerk in Denn's office. So went to the denn office, but they inform me that the clerk in-charge was not there. The thing that make me frustrated is the service in the denn's office, whenever i went there, i have to wait at least 5 to 10 minutes to get myself attended. The people there just take you as something transparent. They just pretend as you are not there until you wait such a long period... Haigh... that the progress made by Malaysian, a modern country, with latest technology, but sad to say uncivilized and irresponsible citizen.Esspecially the government servant.

Ok, we go to next day, again i went the denn office during the short break of german class, yet half of the break time spent just waited to be attend, sigh..., this time, she was around, but she told me that the Coordinatior in-charge were not in.(what the....) then she gave an option, either to wait till tommorow, when the coordinator is back, or look for a lecturer to sign on behalf. So, i choosed the second option, she wasted my time, where she just want to start typing the letter, by that time, my break ended, and the lecturer continued his lesson. When she done the letter she asked to look for a particular lecturer from chemical department, that time, i was arealdy late for the class, so i rush to the chemical department but i failed to find the lecturer room. So ended up i have to look for each and every of the lecturer room, and finally i found it, he is not from chemical department, but actually the electrical department. (what... really gonna to curse her!!!) By the time i reach there, i handed up the letter for signature, he refused to sign, because there was an typo error in the letter for the date of my internship(shit men). I i ran down back to the denn, told her about the mistake and said that i will be back for the letter tomorrow before noon, coz i am really late for my german class.I told the incident to my friend, and he told me just forget about the application coz i just need to wait for my scholarship company to give me a place for internship program. I didn't stop what i am doing, just because of that.

So, the nextday, Wednesday, again i went to the denn's office during my lunch break. This time everyone is there. But another problem occur, the Head of Coordinator refused to sign.Sigh.... The clerk told me that i cannot applied for any internship myself, any application my go through university. (oh, i almost at my limit) Somehow, my coordinator for my department who emailed me still yet in UKM. She told me that till they get clarification from my department coordinator,i will not get the letter. So, i ask her when? She just told me to be at denn's office around 3pm. And i was there at that time. And finally, it's done. It was the clerk mistake, instead a verification letter, she made a application letter which cause the Head coordinator refused to sign it. Haigh...
I immediately rush back home for email her the letter. For the first time, the mail was bounced back due to her inbox was full, i called her, and emailed her for the 2nd time, less than 15minutes after i mail it, she called me and requested me to pick my appointment letter by next day morning.

Such a long journey, such a mess. But at last it paid off with an offer. Which mean what i have done is not wasted. Though at last i rejected the offer, but i realized that determination is the key. Do whatever you can, and you will get a deserving result at the end.

1 comment:

Chen Chow said...

Congratulations for getting an internship offer!

Good to see that you work through very hard to get the verification letter done. All these processes would help to mould your character.

All the best! Do learn as much as you can during the internship!

Best wishes.

From a staff of JobStreet.com