Perspective

经历了数个领袖训练营，可以说历练多了一点点，见识广了一些些。
其中一个我见到的东西就是，本地和外国毕业生的差别。

在领袖训练里的主讲人、导师，十个有十一个都是外国名校毕业。
我多么希望看到本地大专毕业的企业家也来给给我们人生道理，企业哲学。
可惜，我没见到。

这个铁一般的事实，就如我哥哥所说的，就是学生观念的问题。

在国内大专，毕业生讨论的是哪一个公司福利较好，工钱最高，地点又方便。
他们的视线往往只是局限在受聘和升级，少了打拼创业的精神。
国外毕业生，我讨论的大多以欧美和英国为主的，却持有另一番思路。
他们讨论的是如何创业，如何社交，如何达到高峰。
敢敢闯，敢敢试，区别了本地与国外大专生。

本地工程师毕业后，讨论要去新加坡，槟城还是吉隆坡。
到底要跟谁工作，要怎样的薪水。
来来去去考虑的只有自己领域的公司，从不跨步其他领域。
外国工程师毕业后，讨论要搞什么公司，开创什么生意路。
思考到底要哪里创业，需要和哪些人联系，要投入多少资金。
不愿打工，更愿意吃苦自己当老板。

这里就是为什么我国的企业家的幅度，数量和涵盖范围无法媲美外国。

我们比较保守，比较踏实，知道不能一步登天。
我们务实，努力工作，求得信任，盼望上司的重视。
不好高骛远，不无谓冒险，更加不放手一搏。

这样的生活，发不了达。
这样的想法，出不了头。
这样的观念，难闯青天。

我倒觉得这样枉了青春。
二十出头，年轻力壮，时间就是本钱。
如果不试着闯一闯，对不起自己。
为什么要害怕失去那一两万，而不自己开公司创业呢？
就那好几年的工钱，不值闯荡所得到的经验和历练吗？
不试试，怎么发现自己其实是潜力股呢？


不要害怕浪费那一两年的时间，因为成功的回酬远远高过一世打工的微薄工资。
浪费，根本就是错误的词。

不要再讨论哪个人比较出名，哪一个社团比较厉害。
不要再比较哪一套戏比较好看，哪一个笑话你还没看过。
不要成天呆着看戏，facebook。

讨论ideas吧！让梦想飞吧！
因为我可以，我愿意，所以我能。
因为死不了，就还好。

p.s.：为了在这片文章补充我的cockiness，我要注明我说的外国名校，真的是Harvard，Cambridge，Oxford，Imperial 和 UNSW 这些大名字。不是Taylor's。 :p

Undilah!

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!