Life decisions are always made in shower 1

That previous post is about what I was playing around, joining all sorts of stuff.
Nothing like "hey look at this I'm the boss I'm so cool because I'm organizing and this is the shit" stuff, because well, I suck. I did not organize anything recently.

Instead, I am going through 3 things:

AirAsia Cadet Pilot Interview

AAA

So I applied for AirAsia's Cadet Pilot last December, which is 9 months ago. They took 2 months to inform me that I would be taking the test on May. In which, I did not prepare at all 99% because I was lazy. In the end, I forked out 1 whole day studying SPM mathematics and physics just so that I wouldn't fail miserably.
But miraculously, I was informed that I succeeded entering the second stage of the process, which is the interview.

A little sneak peak into the hall

The interview was, normal. However, I have to say that I am quite lucky. I did not get any interrogation or humiliation from the captains, probably because at the time of my interview, it was near lunch hour and other captains weren't available to make my life miserable. Not so lucky for others. I heard they were pressured and asked very very tough questions like "Why do you want to be a pilot?" and when you say passion etc, they will bombard you with " why are you lying to me?", and may even call you stupid.
My toughest question is "If there's only one parachute and you are on a plummeting plane together with your father, what will you do?".
Naturally, I had to go with "I'm very filial and I love my dad so much it doesn't matter if I die bla bla bla".
Just when I thought the 40-minute of random chit chatting with 2 pilot captains will be my last trip to the building with an Airbus on its rooftop and an F1 race car in its lobby known as AirAsia Academy, a fortnight later an email told me I was selected to attend the third stage of the process, which is the ADAPT and MPL pretest.

For those non-aviation people like me and my fellow readers, ADAPT and MPL pretest basically means multitasking a lot of jobs using your hand, mind, eye, ear, mouth, leg.
Here's another photo of me playing Captain:

sorry I know I look good.

The Symbiotics' Englishman (people that runs the ADAPT and MPL pretest) sent me an email with a handbook, enumerating all the stages in ADAPT. Trust me it ain't eating a pie.
So that was also why I took up the flight simulation deal from ilovediscounts.my and went directly after volunteering at the KL Marathon.

The whole shit took me 4 hours to finish, and I was killed by the simulation stage. After a rigorous interview and a couple of unexpectedly easy English tests, I was forced to do mind arithmetic and pattern recognition, while maneuvering a flight and answering questions, at the same time reporting my status and simultaneously handle error messages that popped out of the touch screens.
I flunked it, big time. I reckon myself very lucky for not crashing the plane on screen.

And yesterday, here's a bomb AK dropped on me:

nope, not going to tell you the results.

So I get to wait another 2 weeks to get my result. Whether this will change my life course, or NOT.
Most probably not. I don't really mind actually. If I'm accepted I'll fly to Canada, if not, life's in UTAR's doing pretty well for me right now. I have nothing to lose.

I like life decisions made like this. It's so random!
Never crossed my mind that I will be, maybe, having a chance to fly as a career. I do not even fond of flying in the first place! I just think of it as a cool career, and there's a tendency I'll regret in later years.
But hey, what's life without regrets, right.
I have no slightest idea that I will be going this far, and I am proud to be able to say that I have been through the whole cadet pilot selection process, even if I ended up not going anywhere.
That notion is cool enough for me to brag to others. I like that idea.



*p.s.: Thanks to ChenLi for reminding me to post some shit up my blog, during XieWen's birthday party. Today is her official birthday. Happy Birthday XieWen and Malaysia!

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Here's a little collection of photos about what I have been going through, reverse chronologically:

Merdeka Palm Print for Charity in UTAR!

Course VS Course - Tug of War!

Joined UTAR Math's Competition!(Of course I lost..)

Volunteered in Famine 30!!

20 person movie session!

《孝道舞台剧》 by Desiree!

Volunteered in Stand.Chart. KL Marathon!!

World's Tallest Indoor Tube Slide!

YLA!

Carol's Birthday at FullHouse!

Emceed for UTAR Talent Night!

Youth Nation Summit!

2010-2011 UTAR

Getting from high school to university has been a big struggle for me.
2010 was the year when everything seems so blurred and messed up and I wish I can relive it.
I rue the day I did not go the full distance for what I want.

That's just for me, as I see a lot of friends having smooth transitions to college.

2010 was also the year I joined UTAR. I embarked on this journey with a peculiar manner. Due to late payment of bills, I was bluntly rejected by the office from joining the foundation course as Electrical and Electronic Engineering class was full. Being me, firmly detest to endure the painful form 6 and vexatious Chong Hwa, I had decided to join Uniten and loan my way to degree. Just on the day I wanted to apply online, UTAR gave me a call and said there's a vacancy because another person turned down the foundation course. Of course I took it immediately, and I appeared in UTAR PJ the upcoming week.

Coping with the environment was not difficult. There is a lot of ChongHwa-ian in UTAR, and being in the same tutorial class with Chun Ming did help. TZ17 was awesome, everyone was so friendly and outspoken. I had a very delighting time studying with them, especially the hardworking JiaJiun, Sashi and Sze Mun. They have been really good note provider HAHAHA. I'm bad.

And then there's also KimTat and ZiSong who were in the same lecture class as mine. Lepak at the mamak was the norm for the first few weeks, but then I hated the mucky environment and expensive yet suckish food. I don't like inhaling exhaust fumes too(morning is still ok). We resorted to canteen, which sells buns with half the sausage and half the sesame. Economy rice stall is not bad, considering average price per plate is RM3. Needless to say, it isn't very fulfilling for people with big appetite.

The major thing about a University is the lecturer, right? I mean, no use having world class facility without knowledgeable teachers. The lecturers in PJ UTAR are generally helpful, warm and knows what they are talking about. This is very important for me, as I hate to ask a teacher who do not know how to answer my question and brings me all the way to Holland. I am no fan of Netherlands.

There will always be one or two lecturers who are pains in butts, and their ultimate goal in the university is to annoy you. Not uncommon, so we just lived with it. Trust me, all the way better than the discrimination and injustice you get from Public University. I have 2 brothers studied at UTM, so I know.
I take this chance to convey my gratitude to Ms Wong Jing Tyng, Mr Chong Yee Ting, Ms Pua Gaik Hong, Ms Hor Sze Wang, Pn Sharifah,Mr Ch'ng Han Siong, Mr Yu Yong Poh, Ms Neik Ting Xiang, Mr Mok Ru Kai and Ms Suvitha.
They will give you a satisfying answer, if you have any doubts that need clearing.
(Miss Wong is HOD so you can ask any management or office queries too)

Office and management efficiency is up to expectations, if not better. PJ management is good and transactions regarding any matter has been breezy easy. Maybe because we know the HOD(head of department), so things are generally easier done.
I cannot say the same for Setapak KL UTAR.

UTAR: creatively inspiring? no. thought provoking? no. academically/research challenging? no. All-rounder liberal arts approach? dream on. lenglui? handful la imo, hehe. value for money? big YES.


I had not been proactive in joining clubs and societies, as academic is my major concern. Landing a scholarship is top class priority. My extra curricular activities mostly take place at TGV or GSC. Sometimes some outing with friends.
People, you know who you are, thank you for being nice and cool and outgoing! Hopefully I will be able to see you in my campus. Too bad some of you guys transferred to other uni.

ZiSong has miraculously appeared in every photo.

Foundation course was not EXTRAFUCKINGOMGSHITTY hard, but definitely requires labor. If anyone is certain about studying locally, a foundation in science of UTAR definitely prepares you adequately. As far as I am concern, my foundation is admissible to any other private colleges or unis. They only look at your MONEY la bro, as long as you have the cash you can admit(not so sure about UTP and Sunway). Still generally true, personal experience.(kesian but I don't have)

Yes, people don't speak much English here. Yes, some people do speak Manglish here. Nonetheless, the lecturers make an effort to try their best to instill the idea of speaking English. It's all up to you here to brush up your English.

UTARians, PLEASE don't blame the uni. It's you that are not fucking English hard enough. It is definitely your fault for having a bad English. So love and embrace the language, you will find it returning your love in the future. (I can't even find a English Language Society or its kind over here zzzz)


1 year over here may not be the most well spent, but definite not a waste. So people, UTAR is definitely one of the better choice. If you score a 3.5 and above here, you will be at 90% percentile already compared to your normal IPTS friends, academic wise. SERIOUSLY.



Current status? chilling at UTAR KL, grumbles of the management start to sprout. There are more Ir.Dr.Prof. here, and they have given me a positive image for the first 2 weeks.


tl;dr - UTAR, good choice!