Bank Negara Malaysia Scholars' Day 2010

Yay people! It's EXEAT! But sadly, I'm not going anywhere.  Gotta stay back in this quiet KTJ as most of the students had gone home. I chose to stay back because I'm sure that if I go to Cheras(uncle's house), I'll surely go to the malls, eat, play and NOT STUDYING.

So yea, this 4-days exeat is the best time for me to do lots of prep and finish my assignments.

Anyway, I'm SOOOOOOO HAPPY because our dearest bank negara had already bank in my allowances into my account. WEEEEEE!! I'm RICH!!! I'm RICH!!!


^_________^  ok lah. This post is supposed be talking about scholars' day 2010.

On the 17th of August, there was this scholars' day event happening at Lanai Kijang, Kuala Lumpur.
(Fyi, Lanai Kijang is some sort of a hotel/apartment/club house/recreational facilities centre owned by bank negara.)

All bnm scholars (including seniors) and officers of the bank were invited to attend this event. It's somehow like a speech day/gala dinner, as its main purpose is to award those who have excelled in their A-levels this year and are going to fly overseas to pursue their 1st degree.

It's also like some kind of encouragement for juniors like us(lol) who just have joined the big family lately, to work harder and achieve good results like our seniors in the future.

See! It's Lanai Kijang!

As it was a school day, bank scholars from KTJ were sent there by our college's own air-cond bus.

It took almost an hour for us to reach KL from Mantin. 

We all had fun chatting around during the journey though :D 

The stage where VIPs delivered their speeches.. And also for the award giving session after that.

 My friends from INTEC.

Met a lot of people there especially my dearest interview group's members. We were all now being sent to different colleges: Taylors, INTEC, KYUEM and KTJ of course. 

There was even the chief director of the internal audit department sitting with us in the same table. They arranged this on purpose. Haha.. So that we can get to know more about the bank..and not just chatting around. LOL.

Look! Lanai Kijang's own mineral water :)

Muahahahahhaahahahahahahaa...

(hey, that's only like, 1/10 of the overall buffet spread?!)

Everything there is very posh. I dare to say it's like a 5 star hotel.

Sorry, I didn't snap a lot of good photos as there were too many people starring at me.
I mean, yea la..my main identity on that day is a Scholar, NOT a blogger.

Plus, the buffet was so sumptuous and tempting. I just couldn't stop grabbing foooooood.
Hee. I had satays, BBQ prawns, lamb, pohpiah, ice kacang w/ ice cream topping.....etc.  muahahhaha :P


Introducing the current Bank Scholars from KTJ!!!! *drumrolls*

A mix of U6 and L6.

WE ROCK!!

I told you before bank negara is very generous.

There's no way that such a grand event don't have DOOR GIFTS  =)

Is it a PEN....??

DRIVE!!!

2.1 G (not bad already lah.)

Aha! LASER LIGHT too.

wee :)

Seriously, I was really inspired by all our seniors who had excelled in their A-levels.

There were seniors who actually got 4 A* !!

Man, I'm really gonna work hard, as in REALLY HARD. 

I want to go to the UK's top 5! (sry, ignore me =.=)

Hee. Okay la. I'm going to enjoymake use of my precious exeat to the fullest.
TATA :)

I'm Ready!

It's August. Gosh, it's like, FINALLY!

Summer break is going to end soon..which means, school's gonna start!

(and I'm actually welcoming Autumn in M'sia =.=)

Seriously, I've been looking forward to THE DAY since the Jurassic era. Can't wait anymore.

And whenever I go surfing the news feed on fb, I always see my collegemates-to-be writing about their excitements on going to KTJ soon. We are all super ready to start a new chapter of life. I mean..duh, after waiting for ages, who wouldn't be? Especially people like us, the last batch of the scholars to start college. The other scholars that were sent to Taylors, INTEC, KYUEM already started liao lo..Left us..Boohoohoo  :(

Well, it's okay. 

At least they don't get to wear pretty cool uniforms like us.. HAHAHA

My blazer/coat was done! Neat right?
Feel like being a prefect again. Hahaha.

Was once a pcghs prefect. (with my two dear WENs. xD )

btw you know what, my uniforms (inculding sport attire & blazer) costs up to RM1k.  *Gulps*
and that's only what I wear, not to mention my tuition fees, boarding costs etc. Arigato Gozaimasu bnm.
*Bows 90 degrees*

I really do know how to spell the word: L-U-C-K-Y.

Like in Harry Potter (wth LOL), we would be sorted into different houses.
And I am in the Alia house, which is a new house that was just opened this year.
Since it's new, everything's new! Building's new, furniture's new! YESHHH!

Lucky Lucky Lucky.

why, I look like a school girl that never grow up. Nvm, looking young isn't a bad thing afterall.
You'll envy me years later. We'll see. Ha! =P

Lappy :)

I've finally switched and become an apple-ish notebook owner! Wee~ Thank you soooo much our beloved Bank Negara for this wonderful present, I'm very grateful. Muacks x10000000...till infinity!

Look at her, what a beauty she is. So snowy, So white, So YUMMEEEY
*wipes saliva*  Eww, why am I so ham-sap?

To be frank I'm actually quite proud of myself.  Even IT noobs like me managed to familiarise with the new 'windowsless' system. (err. perhaps it's nothing special to boast about =.='')

But now, I'm totally in a serious love-hate relationship with her.

And do you know why?

 My lappy is more gorgeous than ME.  
how pathetic. 

Life's good

*Yawn*

It was like, my blog had woken up from a long, long nap.

Cool, did my blog just hibernated? =.=

It's not that I didn't want to blog, but the irresponsible, lazy girl here *Waves* just didn't have the right mood, and the right topic to post about. Okay I know, my bad.

I am currently still playing(LOL!) around in form 6, busying with all the Teacher's Day celebration thingy, though I had already accepted the prestigious scholarship offer from Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).

OMG. Really??

YES. I'm not kidding here, miaomiao. You don't need to give me that kind of comical expression.

This is what I wear

whenever I feel that I need some luck.

Evidently, I can be very superstitious sometimes. In funny ways. LOL

You might laugh at me if I tell you that I put RM13 in my purse the day before SPM result was being announced, though I ended up getting only 12 stars.

I bet you'll roll on floor and laugh if I tell you that I actually stayed away from any black undies when I went for competitions, examinations, interviews etc.

No, I don't think that it's stupid. =)

I understand that those weren't magic. It's just something that allows me to gain confidence. Just like controlling your subconscious mind, telling yourself that you are the best, you can, and you will win.

Most of us had read before the story of a little boy who thought the stone that a magician gave him was indeed, magical. He finally won something (I forgot already haha), just because he thought that he was aided by the lucky stone. In fact, he was actually using his own will to win everything. The stone however, was merely a lousy stone.

I think I am just like the little boy. Despite the fact that I'm a huge Harry Potter fan, I am very sure that I am not a witch and I don't learn witchcraft. The red T-shirt is just like any other normal tee. The RM13 and lucky undies were also, nothing special.

However, luck does come to us when we work hard for something. Believe it or not, it's up to you.

Although some people are really damn lucky without giving out an effort, but hey, you're not them. Accept it, the world is NOT FAIR. The only way you can make everything better is, work harder, work smarter. That's the only way to attract Lady Luck.

努力不一定会成功，但成功永远需要努力。

This is one of my favourite quote in Chinese.

hey of course, I don't mean that I'm already a success. Duh..I am just at the starting point la.

Oh ya, I hunted for typical Indian food in Little India with my family last week.

I love eating rice on Banana Leaf. Cool! but sadly, I didn't know how to eat using my bare fingers.

CURRY. Slurp!

I actually wanted to make you guys feel hungry by posting this photo, but now, my tummy is growling. =.=

Well, I know that it's kinda pointless to post this, but the message I would like to convey is:

Life's good.

Fyi: I will be going to Kolej Tuanku Jaafar (KTJ) for A-levels before I continue to pursue Economics in UK. Wish me luck guys, I'll definitely miss every one of you =)

I Wanna Wanna Work There!!

So let's continue the story. Story of my interview experience with BNM.

I remembered that I was checking my e-mail inbox every single day. I was so desperate that I even checked twice a day. Just to wait for some surprise.

"Congratulations....bla bla bla" and I finally received an e-mail from the BNM's human resource department.

I was shortlisted for their interview and assessment. Was so happy until I saw the last sentence: " see you soon here at Bank Negara Malaysia."

HAHAHA. Which means I need to go to KL? Problem.

A week later they sent me another notification e-mail with the details of my interview session. Then I started to think, how am I supposed to go there? First thing that came to mind was: Take the bus and travel all alone there. Woah, Nice! But haha, my dad volunteered himself instead to accompany me there, and he actually drove me all the way down to the capital. Problem solved. So lucky la to have this kind of papa. =D

My interview was on Monday but we went there a day before so that we won't need to rush.
It was raining like cats and dogs and there were even lightnings when we were on the North-South Expressway. Surprisingly, I didn't really sleep for the whole journey, but rather, I study!!

This is what I read.

Well *coughs* do you actually believe that I read all these?
Nah, just kidding. =P

I just went through a few important chapters in the pink and green book above. Ignore the marketing and managerial finance thingy. I just wanted to make the pic looks great. Haha.

In actual fact, newspapers, model essays and contoh karangan are more realistic as I can brush up my languages and also my general knowledge. However, most of the time, I was actually chatting with my dad in the car and asked him about tips pertaining to interviews. You don't expect me to read so much on the car, do you? =]

We stayed over for a night in Cheras where our relatives live. It was like a holiday trip as all of us went out for a sumptuous dinner that night until I almost forgot the fact that I would be having my interview on the next day. But damn, I couldn't sleep tight that night because I miss my bed, my pillow, my bolster and also you =(
Hmm, should bring along them next time.

In front of the reception counter of block A.

The next morning I stepped into the lobby of block A, BNM and registered myself at the reception counter. Later, a POLICEMAN brought me into the 'inner area' of the block by scanning his smart card at the machines or what electronic gate access (gosh Idk what's it called) .

Yaya that's what I'm talking about!
We always see these at airports, check points, listed companies etc.

Later on, the guy who e-mailed me came to meet me up and led me to the cafeteria.

Speaking of cafeteria, I can be very excited.

CAFETERIA!! ♥ ♥

Never expect that they would treat us so well.

Touched.. *wipe tears* lol.

Yum Yum..

The reception counter of Knowledge Management Centre.

After breakfast, we were divided into groups. I was lucky enough to be in the purple group. Purple! ♥ My favourite colour. Fyi, our group comprises 9 members. Later, we took the lift and were brought to the Knowledge Management Centre. It was more like a huge library, with all kinds of monetary and financial related books, magazines, encyclopedias, newspapers etc. There were cozy sofas, study desks, TV, computers with internet access, meeting rooms, offices and also free flow of coffee & tea! Wow, nice right?

But haha, we're there for interview, therefore I couldn't actually enjoyed the facilities there till the fullest, and I could hardly take photos there. You know, it's not that nice to snap so much when you're there for something official. Hee.


As many people would have understood that here in BNM, their interview and assessment consists of 4 tasks or sessions. Each of every tasks here were conducted in English, except for the essay part which I will tell you more on that later. Speaking in English is so much easier and pro right? Like Like!

First and foremost, (in my case) I was asked to go for the Personal Interview first while the others went on for other tasks so that they could save time instead of waiting for mine to be done.

This part was quite tough actually. You need to face 3 panels in a small room alone for like half an hour? more or less. I was asked to introduce myself while they flipped through my data and certificates. Then, they started throwing questions to me pertaining to my co-curricular activities, interests, aspirations and so on. It's not hard to answer but you must really try to answer in a smart way and try to impress them. Otherwise you'll drag yourself into troubles and eventually, you're gone. Personally I think that I did a great job, in spite of a part when the center guy asked me a tough question about the economy. I tried to answer confidently but somehow I guessed the points that I'd given were not what he wished to listen from me. Sad =(
But oh well, it's over. Chill.

Next up, it was the Essay Writing.
I was required to finish Two essays in One hour. Shoot. I was on a rush and so, my handwriting was like..ewwww, messy, untidy! Since I had a limited time, I admit that I didn't write as much or as perfect as in the SPM. Anyway I tried my best. And oh ya, one must be is in BM while the other must be in English. You can choose from 2 questions for each language. Phew, at least I had choices =] The topics were more on current issues and also personal thoughts. It was okay, can write lah. Haha.

After that, it was Personal Presentation.
I love this part! People like me who loves to crap a lot will definitely enjoy this. It's just like those pembentangan that we used to do back in high school. I was given a piece of mahjong paper, marker pens and also the topic of the presentation. I had to finish my plan on my presentation in 25 minutes and present it in front of 2 evaluators for another 20 minutes. Well, it's not a big deal for me as I had spoken in front of the class, and even in front of the whole school in the hall. Plus, I like this part because I could express myself a lot in front of them, unlike the JPA's. Haha. And guess what, they told me that I did a great job on my presentation. Was super duper relieved after listening to their compliments. =]

Once I'd finished the presentation, it was lunch time. And lunch time means...

CAFETERIA!!♥ ♥

and again, BNM was so rich and generous.

We didn't need to pay even a cent for that! =P

You can enjoy the city view while having your meal. Cool.

It's so posh that it looks more like a hotel's restaurant.

After lunch, the Muslims went for Solat while the remaining group members went back to the library to CHAT!! Yup, we were so free that we actually talked a lot. Talkative. Haha. We started to know each other more after the long chatting session.

I found that they were all very smart and ambitious people, and I was like: Woah, why all so pro one?? Gosh, I felt so lucky because frankly, I am not that intelligent. Friends of mine knew it, ah mode always blur blur one. =)

Seriously, some of them have parents that work in the central bank itself and they have a wide knowledge on economics,financial, monetary stuffs. Some even read business related magazines while I read story books. Great. LOL.

Anyway they were all very amicable, and thus we became good friends even though we just met for a day. Had a wonderful time with all of them. ^^

Lastly, it was the Group Presentation. Or should I say, role playing?

It was very very interesting as we played roles like project manager, treasurer, logistic coordinator etc. Just like a company's admin team. So cool. We were required to hold activities or events to raise funds for our targeted groups. Sorta. Approximately 30 minutes was given to do our discussions and plannings on the mahjong paper(again). It was basically a teamwork, therefore you shouldn't be too bossy or too introvert.

After that we need to present it in front of 2 evaluators about our strategies, roles, financial plannings, targets, objectives etc. Our team actually did a great job, and we were all proud to be as a team. Yup, team spirit is a very important factor, and also, the difference maker.

And TaDa, it's the end! Phew~ Finally.
Before we left, once again they were so kind to treat us with fruits, coffee and tea as refreshments. Seriously, you wouldn't have a chance to get hungry here in BNM. hahaha.

Oh ya, our facilitators also sneaked into the store room to get free gifts for us as souvenirs. Aww, so sweet right? And you know what, not all the groups got that gift, only we had the privilege! Wee~

Waiting here at the lobby for dad to fetch me home.

Hmm. Honestly I think that everyone had done well on that day, thus it will be very competitive.

I'm quite optimistic, as I believe that I still stand a chance to be awarded with the scholarship mentioned. Anyhow, if I fail to get it, I'll be fine with that. I won't be too sad because, yea, it's mainly due to your luck when everyone else out there had also done a great job as you had.

Well don't laugh, maybe I will really work here someday, who knows?

Even if I can't secure the scholarship award, I will definitely try again in the future to enter the central bank!

Wish me Luck =)

scholarships scholarships come come come

I Wanna Work There!!

Greetings to all :)

It's been a while since my last post. Oops.

Yep, read the title of the day and you'll know how much I like the central bank of Malaysia.

I don't know how to describe, it's more like love ♥ at first sight. XOXO

In case you don't know, I'd went to KL for the BNM scholarship award's interview previously.

Whether I'll be lucky enough to get the scholarship award or not, I am contented already. Haha, seriously it's very very lucky for me to be shortlisted for the interview.

I mean not everyone can get the chance to go into the central bank and experience the tough yet okay-lah interview there. The whole process was just, SOOOO NICE!! The classy cafeteria there is the main factor why I fall for the bank. Not forgetting to mention about the library, meeting rooms, offices, high-tech facilities etc. Muahaha.. *evil laughs* Haiyo how I wish I can work there in the future.

As far as I know, there were approximately 10k applicants this year and only 150 or less were shortlisted.

SEE?? It's like 1 percent only. How lucky am I and also my fellow group mates. Heehee. However, it was said that only 40 (or maybe less than that) lucky fellas will be awarded with this prestigious scholarship. So, it's merely hard by the way. In fact, I can't put too much hope on it. Arrgh, but I must also admit that I crave for it a LOT. I guess I still stand a chance right? haha maybe, hopefully =D

Will definitely post more about the memorable experience soon. Perhaps I should wait until the interview ends 1st. (fyi, there are different days for the interview, and shall end by this Thursday) I was told that it's confidential and we were not allowed to bring back our question papers given there, which reminds me of the word: SULIT. haha.

Hehe it looks familiar right?

I also wore the same thing to JPA's. Poor >.<

well, I guess this is it for today's post. Just a short one.

Stay tuned people! =)