Purely Your Imagination

vera in context.

vera's johari

(ripped this somewhere which i think is really true!) ARIES WOMAN >> >>She thinks the world is watching her through the eye glasses of rose petal >>frame. She thinks people think and talk about her only about good things >>and often disappoint to know the fact that they are not true and not even >>real, so she will feel hurt. She think her path has to be a beautiful one. >>She >>think only good things so she prepares and always make arrangement for >>herself to be in the right path always, quite systematic indeed. >> >>If there is no guy in her life, she will be busy with herself. This >>seemingly ordinary woman will push herself to meet her goal. Her face >>mostly will be slim and long, high cheek bone, Eye brow slightly curve up, >>slight tall more than short, thin lips and she will have quite a confusing >>or mixture of character. >> >>Sometimes, she will be very careful about guy she will mingle with. She >>thinks as if she has a main CPU in her head and she could memorize >>everything from her childhood. When she faces with problems, she will >>handle them and solving them very well, and at the same time showing other >>people >>that she has that capability. She can put her mind in solving problems in >>crisis better than many other Zodiac. Once she determine to do thing, >>nothing will stop her. >> >>Woman in this Zodiac could be totally different from one woman to another >>woman. You could see her in the party dancing like flash dance or dirty >>dancing, as well you could also see her as an old fashion lady or a geek. >>She could be someone flashy and wanted by many men, or she could be a cold >>and non-social person. She will have her own way to win you over. Once she >>choose you, she will need to be proud of you. >> >>"Love" is not as important to her as "Marriage". Her real goal in life is >>"Safety" and her position in other people sight need to be "Secure". She >>plans her life, and socially life easily and very carefully. She is also >>very artistic and realistic, so if you are a nobody or nothing, no chance >>because she loves ambition and a good life. She need lots of love, but do >>not >>want and do not belief in an occasional or unconventional love. >> >>She is a proud in nature type, so if you see a woman in this Zodiac come >>from a poor family, she will act like a woman from a noble family by birth >>anyway (certainly there are always exception). She always look cool even >>when she is not. She like to make people see her as "secure and confident" >>even she is a mixed emotion and mixed character type. If she is mad, you >>can tell right away and she can stay moody for quite a long time. >> >>You never have all her times, for she likes to work hard and also spent >>some spare times working for charity. You will see woman in this zodiac a >>"Volunteer" for camp, and if she is in a high society, she will most >>likely be a president or a V.P. of a "Club". She is a romantic and >>artistic, but being poor and unstable is certainly not in her dreams. Her >>beautiful >>imaginations need to be realistic, for failure is not in her plan. >> >>A Goat always climb high, so either she start from a low point or a high >>point, she will make sure at the end she will have the best spot. She will >>not show her ambition, but she will show that she satisfy with herself >>now. Once you look back she already moved up again , quietly but sure. >> >>If she is your love one, be supportive and understand her. She is >>stubborn, but she will listen. She will act like a gentle fragile person, >>but in fact she can stick you down like a super glue without you knowing >>it.

i want/i need.

air. love. food. air. air. air.

some times i think...and then i stop.

here's some long long overdue photos. fi's and seb's birthday and riverside indonesian restuarant. 101107.

the berpsday cake charmaine baked. here's chups, he has an uber sweet tooth; and it's not always he looks so decent, it's pretty deceiving!

ruz; "if you dont order what i want, i'll show you!"

i like charmaine's smile, always so warm and cheery!

if you think my face is damn funny here,

CHECK THIS OUT!

'eh pass me the sataaay!!!'

MONSTER!!!

so that was happy berpsday to fi and seb! berps derived from erps, their joke. *shrugs*

well now here's my joke.

no, she didnt forget to button up and nor did she wear her pants the wrong side. it's a mere case of fashion gone wrong.

and how can i forget, my boy. =)

140807. this is even longer ago... when my boy first started school. this is what you do when you're penniless, feel darn narcissistic and dying to take neoprints.

this is a random pic i found in the same folder...

which reminds me of just the other day, my little 6 year old cousin, tiffany, came up to my room and woke me up to watch the telly with her. so when she was sitting on my bed engrossed with some kids central show, i told her i'm gonna be an air stewardess. and she quickly turned around and eyed me up and down; located a big bruise on my knee(a recent one, not the one in the picture, but about the same size cos i slipped and practically did a split in front of a filled lift. yay.), and said, 'but you always fall down, how to be air stewerresses" (she cant pronounce stewardess, and it's damn cute the way she says it.)

ya i wonder how too!

anyw, yes, i finally had a go with the interview and got in with my first try like i've always wanted!! YAYS! i must say it'd be mostly luck and the support from friends that i got through. =)

it started with eepei wanting to try out, to see if her 'flaws' would get through. and i really didnt want to, didnt feel confident-yet to, didnt want to feel so unprepared and not skinny enough for. my plan was to finish school (which is happening in mid may!!!), lose a good 3-5kgs, get a fabulous tan and grow out my hair, then try and get in with the first try.

i think the whole thing is like getting a car license. i want to pass with the first try. partly for pride, in a bigger part for the fear of losing motivation to try again and again. you know? if you have tried getting a license i think you'll. (i still haven muster enough will to get mine tho.)

so anyway, cos i was feeling so unprepared and all, i really didnt see this coming.

the both of us got up at 7am on this sunday, met up with sufyan at bus interchange to take a bus to interview place at 7.45am and reached only at 9.20am cos sufyan had to get his passport size photo taken first. and when we stepped into the building, there was already this long queue that starts from second floor, to the first floor then back to the second floor! so we had to queue till 12.30pm for our first round of interview.

so here's an important tip if you're gonna try(as requested by rina and whoever who wants to know so i dont hafta repeat myself so many times), to avoid needing to queue so long, be there like an hour early! you'll be grateful you did so.

cos 1, it's really shit to hafta stand straight and poised for 3hrs, with a queasy tummy, among so many many eager pretty girls, girls with endlessly long skinny legs, girls with beautiful eyes and smile, girls with so much confidence u feel like a minah beside them; you will start having thoughts of backing out. of cos, i wont deny, halfway through queuing i started counting the number of girls who possibly wont get through either. =p and got really frustrated with them wasting my time! ok, this is downright mean and the thought of not deserving to get through did cross my mind straight after i held that thought. but still! ok, you'll know when you're there. there will be some really weird and funny people, like there was this girl in a house dress and this other girl with weird and loud(note: i know what's in and what's not) specs and frumpy skirt with black leggings and this other girl who probably weighs 70kg.

i know it's darn mean to say that cos it's based on their physical appearance. but who are we kidding here, ***** is an appearance-really-matters place! and you dont go for any interview in what you perceive as the latest in-style trends! if you're not sure of your fashion sense, your best bet will be black pants and white shirt and neat hair; you might look like a chinese restuarant waitress, but well, you're interviewing to be a waitress anyway.

2, if you get through your first round early, every next round will proceed pretty fast and you can know right on the day itself if you totally get through everything, or not. instead of having to go down all the way to the training center another day, should you get through to a certain round and still have 1 or 2 more to go. it's really crap to hafta put yourself through all that apprehension in 2 consecutive days.

ok, so the 1st round is a group of 10girls with 2interviewers. one will hardly look at you, he'll listen to how you talk, possibly your voice etc. i wouldnt know. the other will look at how you present yourself when you talk, i guess? and you just hafta do a short introduction about yourself, in fact i dont think they really bother knowing what you're talkin bout. so as long as you're talking and making sense, and you look alright enough and your words come out clear and not slurred, you'd do fine. however, of cos, this is really subjective, luck might play a big part. cos this is how my speech went:

"hello everyone, i'm vera and i'm 22 this year. i'm doing my last semester of fashion studies in lasalle sia and i want to join ****** not only because the ***** stewardess are very elegant and well-groomed but also cos they're confident but... erm. uh.. they're.. not too, you know, they're not overly-confident. ya. thank you." (i fishing for humble, but i couldnt think of the word all of a sudden.)

so i got out of the room thinking i wouldnt pass even the first round cos of how crap i was mid way, and then ending it abruptly cos i was too paiseh to continue. and not to mention how stupid it sounds that i want to be with ***** because the girls look hot. but i did!

and then we had to wait till 2.45pm for our second round which is uniform fitting and skin test, which is try on uniform walk to and fro, talk and let the woman see how you present yourself in their uniform. and then they will ask you to stand before a huge spotlight, and they'll check your face and hands for scars or moles, i think. i was darn lucky the uniform managed to cover my tattoo and slightly more by possibly 0.5cm. oh, and i had to try on 3-4 diff sizes cos the first few wouldnt allow me to zip up my bust area. and i was lucky cos everyone was pretty slow then, we only had 5mins to change, but cos everyone else in our group was around the same rate as me, i could change in and out a couple more times. see, luck again!

and then it was one to one interview at round 5pm. this one is pretty easy to me, possibly cos my confidence has doubled by then, possibly cos i prefer having a one to one conversation then to present myself in front of more than 2 persons. i will say i did pretty well here, it wasnt any bullshitting. heh. erm, but if you're lucky, you'll get nice and easy and fast interviewers who will just briefly ask what you're doing now, why you want to be air stewardess and ask you bout customer service. most of the girls in my group got interviewed by the faster interviewer and they came out within 2-3mins, and passing. the interviewer that the rest of my group got takes an average 10-15mins, he's nice but he sort of grills you.

i was asked, 'if a passenger were to compliment on your service and how very warm and nice you're to him and that you're very pretty and that he wants your number, what would you do?'

i said, 'well, i'll first thank him warmly for his compliment then say firmly but nicely that our company has a reputation of treating every one of our passengers like a friend. but once you get off the plane, the service will of cos, end there.'

good hor? ya, i also think so. HAHA!

no la, any way, just be yourself, whatever kinda answer you give it's gonna be fine cos he just wants to engage you in a conversation and see how you think and talk.

and then cos i ended around 5plus, i had to do my managerial interview the next day at the office, damn far away, which means, my queasy tummy had to start from scratch all over again. this is pretty much like the one to one interview except it was said the interviewers were more high posted people and it was two interviewers to you. they ask about the same questions so you'll find yourself handling the same questions with more ease and more thought out answers. but mine had a teeny hitch. one of my interviewer wouldnt talk to me initially, she just kept staring at me while the other asked me questions. then finally when she talked to me, she asked me to go to the toilet and remove my fake eyelashes; which i did on the spot without moving my ass. and then she was suddenly all bright smiles and 'nice having you' to me; which i really dont understand why.

and then you'll get to know if you got through or not the very day and issued a medical check up form. and hooray, over and done with! =D

so if you've thinking of trying for a damn long time like me, and haven got the courage to, i say, just go for it! even if you dont pass the first time, try again and again! my friend was telling me how very weird the way they dont pass people, and then later passing them the next try or something. like there's no obvious or sound reasons in the first place. and maybe you'll be as lucky as i am (or just being great in the first place), and get through with the first try!

the reason why i'm blogging such a long post on this is cos this is really one of the most important thing for me. i've been wanting it, and i got it, and it really feels good. it's been a week plus since i'm done with it, and i still get excitement shaking through me whenever i think bout it!

and in one sentence, i'm really proud of myself for once. =)
(maybe i'd go try get my car license soon!)

Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 4:44 AM

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