Tan Teck Meng!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Before i begin, this is a small little tribute to my mom, who has been helping me steam up my dinner when i come back past the normal dinner times, in cute little bowls =P like a bento set, and how i really appreciate it. What you see here is, from left to right, Dou Miao with a really neat stock, big portobello mushrooms in what is another sumptuous gravy, steamed fish, steamed chicken in sweet sauce, miso soup and perhaps my most favourite meat dish in the world, my mom's sweet sauce pork ribs! I plan to buy her some Royce chocolate some time this week, since I... didn't do anything for her on mother's day...
posted by joseph at 7:53 PM
Monday, May 12, 2008
Before i begin, this is a small little tribute to my mom, who has been helping me steam up my dinner when i come back past the normal dinner times, in cute little bowls =P like a bento set, and how i really appreciate it. What you see here is, from left to right, Dou Miao with a really neat stock, big portobello mushrooms in what is another sumptuous gravy, steamed fish, steamed chicken in sweet sauce, miso soup and perhaps my most favourite meat dish in the world, my mom's sweet sauce pork ribs! I plan to buy her some Royce chocolate some time this week, since I... didn't do anything for her on mother's day...
Hello. I just did my Tan Teck Meng scholarship interview a few hours ago, and I must say, it went very well, in my opinion, compared to the Economics field Trip one. I was prepared this time, I read up on this guy Teck Meng, and I think I gave a good impression. It was a group interview, with three interviewers and three interviewees. I was put together with one boy and a girl, and we did the first part of the interview-to prepare a slideshow on Leadership, there and then at the very moment, with 7 minutes to prepare.
This was followed by us choosing one of seven pieces a paper on the conference table, each with a different question. Mine was; How do you bring Mt. Everest to Singapore? I interpreted the question as a question of, how do you bring a challenge to Singapore’s doorstep, and then how do you tackle it? I answered it with an example of Khoo Swee Chiow, but I won’t state what I said, word for word, for obvious reasons.
The other two got, ‘How do you part the sea?’, and ‘how do you count the number of hair on your head?’ I guess the trend was to ask question about impossible challenges and how to overcome them. Then came the usual part of the interview, questions like, what makes you think you should be eligible for the scholarship among the rest?
Fortunately or not, I didn’t get that straightforward question. My primary question was, ‘If someone were to write a book about you, 15 years down the road, what would you want it to include?’ At this point, I spewed out whatever it was I had been preparing for. First, I made a relation, Tan Teck Meng is so and so, chairperson of who or what, and then said how it applies to me, (he is an excellent exemplar in the field of Economics study) and how I want to do more than just that, I want to excel in sports, academics and IT. And I want this to be reflected, and show that I am a person of perseverance, excelling in anything that I do.
The last question was, ‘leave us with one word for us to remember you by.’
I said, “Potential.”
I really hope I nailed it.
This was followed by us choosing one of seven pieces a paper on the conference table, each with a different question. Mine was; How do you bring Mt. Everest to Singapore? I interpreted the question as a question of, how do you bring a challenge to Singapore’s doorstep, and then how do you tackle it? I answered it with an example of Khoo Swee Chiow, but I won’t state what I said, word for word, for obvious reasons.
The other two got, ‘How do you part the sea?’, and ‘how do you count the number of hair on your head?’ I guess the trend was to ask question about impossible challenges and how to overcome them. Then came the usual part of the interview, questions like, what makes you think you should be eligible for the scholarship among the rest?
Fortunately or not, I didn’t get that straightforward question. My primary question was, ‘If someone were to write a book about you, 15 years down the road, what would you want it to include?’ At this point, I spewed out whatever it was I had been preparing for. First, I made a relation, Tan Teck Meng is so and so, chairperson of who or what, and then said how it applies to me, (he is an excellent exemplar in the field of Economics study) and how I want to do more than just that, I want to excel in sports, academics and IT. And I want this to be reflected, and show that I am a person of perseverance, excelling in anything that I do.
The last question was, ‘leave us with one word for us to remember you by.’
I said, “Potential.”
I really hope I nailed it.
posted by joseph at 7:53 PM