Friday, April 29, 2011

饒舌小偶像

讀著書的時候腦中突然浮現這首老歌。
唱這首歌的歌手是我小時候的偶像,以前覺得會rap的男生很帥 =)
他就是machi didi 周立銘

第一張個人專輯以後,就沒了蹤影。
隨著年齡增長,我也漸漸淡忘這個人。
直到現在聼回他的歌,有種回到小時候的感覺。


其實這首歌真的很好聽,不知道爲什麽不是很紅。

I need you






















既然他是個饒舌歌手,身爲忠實粉絲的我,
縂要會一兩首他的饒舌歌曲吧,哈哈。
以前還會常常跟弟弟比賽rap這首歌。
它的難度在於速度會一直加快。

劈哩啪啦








真的長大了。
從前的稚氣和眼中無他人的感覺逐漸被成熟和靦腆給取代。

歲月不留人啊。


題外話
Prince William 今天結婚了。
不是因爲我特別喜歡他還是怎樣。
因爲,他跟我同月同日生日!!!
從小到大一直覺得自己有佔到一點他的優良血統。
他是我自信的泉源,所以他對我的影響力是很大的。

























在我心目中他永遠是醬man。
=)



Saturday, April 16, 2011

愛如潮水(張信哲)FIRST COVER

So much of revision!!! I need a break!!!
This is the first time i'm doing cover, have always wanted to do an acoustic version for this song.
So i just did for fun! :)
Gotta get off from pc and continue revising!!


Sorry for the lousy quality of the recording :)








Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Interview Marathon for InternSHIT





Hey all finally have done with all the interview for internship!! :D
Am super exhausted now, i'm not going to be choosy anymore by waiting for any reply from better companies.
Because even if i got shortlisted for interview, i'll be doing bad, and each time getting worse.
I can say that my best interview performance would be the first one.
And slowly became worst, probably due to tired-ness.
I learnt my lesson, shouldn't be so greedy apply to whatsoever positions.
Not worth it especially when you should be performing well in a better company for better position but it doesn't turn out that way in the end bcoz you're worn out and so tired of interview already!


Whenever people asked me, "why you apply for so many positions especially when some of them you dont even give a damn?!!"
My answer will be "Because i kiasu mah.."
Sadly speaking, thats the truth.
Seniors/Counselors/Everyone been saying that its super DIFFICULT for a year one to get an internship coz you need to compete with fellow seniors.
And i really trusted them so that time my thought was "i want ANY JOBS, even office girl i also wouldn't mind"
So thats how i came out with 20 plus of applications to different companies.
However things turned out quite different (which i also don't know why) that until today, I have attended 5 interviews, got 4 offers, and i believe some of them are still under processing.
Its tiring thou, but i've gained so much experience by attending these interviews, really.
And its not totally the same as how companies in KL conduct interviews.


So just a summary for the interviews that I've attended.
And just wanna highlight some extraordinary questions so that I can do "revision" in the future when i attend to any interview :)


1. Tyco Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd
Date: 6/4/11, 4pm
Location: Ang Mo Kio
Position: HR Intern
Questions:
- Whats your long-term goal?
- What you hope to achieve in your university?
- Use one word to describe yourself.
- What you know about our company?


My overall impression to the company is that, very dynamic. Unlike those conservative one. Working environment is okay, space not too big not too small. For the position wise, need to do everything, from payroll, recruitment, til trainings and events, but thats okayy, coz its intern position what, expected it already. But then i wasn't interested in HR at all (coz i simply applied ma), so i've to turn down their generous offer.


2. Emerson Process Management Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
Date: 7/4/11, 10am
Location: Pandan Crescent
Position: Material Assistant
Questions:
-Very general questions


They have been very kind, but then the bad-me couldn't accept their offer. Procurement is not what i looking for.


3. Borneo Motors Singapore
Date: 8/4/11, 4pm
Location: Queenstown
Position: Marketing Intern
Questions:
- How long have you been in singapore?
- Whats your other skills?
- Are you proficient in computer skills?
- What are your strengths and weaknesses?
- What do you hope to achieve by taking up this position in marketing area?


I have a good impression to the position, at least thats what i've been longing for. But then later when they described the job scopes to me, i felt cheated. Coz what they said are TOTALLY DIFFERENT from what was written in the job scopes of the advertisement posted. From the advert, it says that intern will be more exposed to marketing research, analyzing data and recommending the appropriate pricing for their products. However the truth is, except for recommendation of pricing, its actually more on tedious tasks: issue invoice, data management and maintenance, sales, a bit of advertising (classified section on newspaper) and other ADMIN TASKS. I was quite shocked when its totally 2 different things, of course i never say out in their faces. I was depress coz i've prepared those very detailed info before going for interview but in the end none of them being asked. So, i didn't take up the job.


Basically I started to ask myself that whether i have over-applied and i was quite lost at this point of time coz i didn't get any news from my preferred job or company at all.
Luckily, the day had arrived and two very good companies shortlisted me :D Til then, the downheartedness had been replaced by hope-ness!! :)


4. Singapore Business Federation (SBF)
Date: 13/4/11, 10am
Location: Tanjong Pagar
Position: Global Mid-Sized Companies Intern
Questions:
- Can you tell me more what kinda business that SBF is doing and what kinda company that we normally deal with?
- Whats the difference between sales and marketing?
- What do you hope to achieve by taking up this job?
- Whats your expected allowance? *i didn't know whats my price!! i dunno how to answer*
- Will you accept immediately if i offer you the job now?
*how to answer this question whereas i have another interview after this. if say "yes", i can't consider the next interview with Robert Bosch anymore. if say "let me think of it first", then they might have this impression, "this candidate damn fussy, offers her job some more wants to consider first, hmm!*


It kinda stunned me when the 2 interviewers actually asked me quite a lot of unexpected questions. I only slept for 4 hours the day before furthermore that time was morning, so i tried so hard to squeeze all the brain juice and bullshitted. But luckily, despite my non-structured answers, they still accepted them. I feel so grateful and lucky that they're quite forgiving :)


5. Robert Bosch (SEA) Pte Ltd


Date: 13/4/11, 3pm
Location: Bishan
Position: Corporate Communication Intern
Questions: 
- Why do you choose this position whereas your interest is in marketing?
- How do you see yourself in 10 years time?
- Do you have any experience in organizing events before? How many attendees?
- Are you able to adapt to a MNC culture?
- Can you handle stress? Show me example.
- How would you rank your writing skills, from 1 to 10?


I gotta say, this is THE HARDEST INTERVIEW i'd ever been thru. They really asked challenging questions. If your answers not as good as what they expected, they wouldn't even bother to see you at all. Two of the interviewers even passing notes while i was talking. My confidence just dropped all of a sudden. At the end of the interview, they even had this writing assessment test for me. They gave the relevant info and i gotta squeezed out 500 words in 20 minutes time. That time i was like , "OMG my weakness is in writing..." When they stopped me from writing, i still haven't reached the ending. So i reluctantly left the building. Moreover, its a six-month-internship which is more than my 3 months vacation. That means i have to delay my graduation for one sem if i work for them. Plus, i think hiring possibility is like damn low, coz i can't write a business article well. 


So without being risky, I've decided to take up the offer by SBF and gave up waiting for the reply from Robert Bosch. Another reason is that there'll be a second round interview for RB after this and by that time if i don't secure any job, i'll kill myself coz i've wasted so much time already! LOLL.


Never try, never know.
Your market values are determined by how you sell it thru your cover letter and resume.
To me, i don't mind bragging in my resume (not cheating kayy) on how GOOD i am thou the truth isn't.
As long as you passed the first stage and they shortlisted you, its up to you how you perform during interview.
Very realistic, but thats the world :)


After all these interviews, I realized that i seriously have to improve my English like A LOT. Coz i still have problems in terms of grammar and fluency.
So my friend, pls feel free to correct me whenever i use the wrong grammars or vocabs! 
I'll be very very thankful and grateful :))


Okayy i shall start mugging after the long long day!







Sunday, April 3, 2011

A strong woman like you



每次听到这首歌都会有哭的冲动。
真的很感动。
虽然我没有歌词的经历。


***


其实我不是很想说。
我并不懦弱,我只是想说出来而已。
家里发生那么大的问题,家人不让我担心,没有人告诉我。
申请贷款的时候,我居然没发现妈妈的巧思。
然后回到家发现怎么家里冰箱少了些东西。
妈妈一直抱着很乐观的态度面对,叫我不要担心。


眼泪往肚里吞,笑着配合妈妈的笑话。
我不想她知道,我真的很担心。




其实这篇没必要写。
因为,真的于事无补。
请你振作。