24-10-12' Conflicts

My dream crashed.

Insanity.

6-10-12` New Quote

"Life is a roller coaster. It's not well-lived if its stale, I mean still'

A random phase I whipped out turns out to be the most adapting words to describe the present. A tad too exciting for my heart to take, in fact.

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My family is in chaos. My dad and mum quarreled a few weeks ago. A bad fight.

Things have shaken up between my brother and sis-in-law.

I'm in a lost of wits. I felt so useless because I couldn't do shit to help anyone.

I'm afraid that I might be the next one; exploding or being exploded.

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My work is in a mess. Business is bad with hardly any referrals, I barely see 3 patients a day. I could feel the de-motivation arising within.

'Why am I here then?'  I am capable of doing more.

The medical clearance for cc came at this time. Such a bad timing. Despite knowing that it would be a matter of time, I was praying the change to kick in at a later time. I'm not ready, my family is not ready, my school is not ready, my work is not ready.


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I need to work harder with numbers. Be it differentiation in Maths 1 or finance management. I'm in deficit.

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Thankfully there's Legoland this weekend. I need to LET IT OUT! What is the scariest ride? BRING IT ON!

03-10-12' Action packed Oct

Wednesdays are the days I look forward to for lessons. It's Sociology day!

好想去台湾！拎着行李，背着背包，走台北，闯高雄。

23-09-12' Singapore Airlines Cabin Crew Interview

Singapore Airlines Cabin Crew Interview

For the benefits of asipiring people who wishes to join the cabin crew of SIA, here is the guide to prepare yourself for the interview.

The entire first round of interview takes 6 hours. Make sure you have reserved your time to see through it.

Registration by filling up the application forms online and prepare the relevant documents.

You will be assigned to a group of ten and seated in the hotel ballroom. This is the prelude to the introductory round. You will be asked to introduce yourself in front of a panel of 2 interviewers. Most of the time, a question will be asked to test your communication and proficiency in English. The content is not the key here, but rather it's the presentation. Samples of questions like, 'What fruit do you like', 'Name a country you'd like to visit most', 'Name an inspiring person in your life'.

For those who qualify, you'll be guided to take your height. Thereafter, you'll be asked to try to reach for a marking on the wall without infringing a tape mark on the floor. You can stretch utmost with your arms or tiptoe, as long as you are able to reach it.

Next, you will have to get your documents checked for authenticity. This is usually a smooth sail.

The next station is the terrifying skin check. It will be held in a small room with stations of 2 spot lights projecting from the ground. The interviewer would ask you some simple questions while looking at your face to check for your complexion and smile. She would ask you to remove your watch or accessories to check for any scars, birthmarks on your lower arms. And lastly, the back of your neck for any tattoos. The people who made it through will be re-group and send to the next round- one-to-one interview. Questions asked will be based on your reactions to problem solve some sticky situations on board, e.g. A newly wed business class couple who wanted to be seated together on a full flight; your colleague approached you for a faulty in-flight entertainment system; your passenger complained of space constraints. The 'survivors' will make it through to the second day interview held in the SIA training centre.

Day 2
All the candidates will be seated in a theater, and groups of 6 will be called in. You will be tested on team-bonding and your reflexes in the form of cross introductory of your partner, a passage reading and your capability to marshal up your thoughts to give an opinion of your own following a topic. 

This would be the final round as candidates who breeze through gets to fit on the kebaya (for ladies) or early briefing (for guys). After you changed into the kebaya and sandals (together in a room with other successful candidates), you will be instructed to walk a short distance and the staff will be checking on your gait, posture, hands, arms, back of your neck. Sometimes they would verify your height and weight or give you some friendly advises.

Alas, they will brief you through the training program, check your documents again and present you with a letter to go for a medical check-up within the next 2 days. The second round interview takes 4.5 hours.

Interest applicants, the next round of interview for SG will be on 1st Dec 2012.

02-10-2012' Efficiency to the Extreme

Efficiency to the Extreme

Frank Gilbreth was a frantic about reducing inefficiency and using time-and-motion studies in all phases of life. However, there are numerous amusing anecdotes about his overzealous use of time-and-motion studies at home and on the job. As recounted by his two children in Cheaper by the Dozen, Frank's insistence upon efficiency at home backfired in several instances. E.g., to reduce the time it took him to shave in the mornings, he used two shaving brushes to lather his face and found that he could reduce shaving time by 17 seconds. He tried shaving with two razors and found that he could reduce the total shaving time by 44 seconds. But he abandoned this scheme because it took him two minutes to apply bandages to cuts. His children suggested that it was the two lost minutes that bothered him and not the cuts.

Adapted from my lecture notes credits to L.J Mullins.

Under the chapter on Evolution of management theory, I found my management style under this Scientific management of Classical approach. The reason why I loathe inefficiencies, extra time spent on unnecessary movements. This could be the answer to Cal's questions last night, 'why do you always want to do things so fast?' I think it's starting to irk him.

The frequency of him getting angry for causing me to be angry and rebuke back have increased tremendously as well. For one who has good temperament to fire up, I must be something.