today was a funny day.
i had my USP interview at 5. luckily i was in sch cos i got called up earlier.
as usual, smth really wierd happened at the interview. haha u muz read this.
so i was greeted by Prof. Kang and Prof. Chrys. i hate to do this, but i have to else u wun understand the story fully. Prof. K is a chinese and Prof. C is an indian. k gg on, they had a bit of trouble pronouncing my name. So i told them how to. so suddenly, P.C(pardon me) goes, 'what's the meaning of ur name?' i told him that there was no direct translation and that 'jay' meant victory and 'shree' meant holy. [isn't it so?] then he goes on saying no and that only 'jaya' meant victory and not 'jay'. sighz. P.C and P.K soon went into a fit abt my name and i was just looking at them both. [now thats a super wierd thing to do at an interview!!!] and yupz. btw when i told this to my political science tutor, he went like, 'den wat abt "jai hind?"' well i din think abt that then. wasted.
next question was 'who is the indian cricket team's captain?'. i was shell-shocked okie. he later questioned my nationality and said that it was okie i din know, he even asked if my dad watches cricket!! hello. i know i am dying to go to yindia but hell, i am a true blue singaporean! luckily P.K came to my rescue n said that it was a rather wierd question to ask a local student.
and then he asked me, what was my race. i said indian. he said that indian was not a race. supposedly, there are only three races in the world. Caucasians, Mongolites and the Negros. P.C said that 'negros' is not a bad term cos its just referring to their colour. P.K was quick to add that it was actully referring to their hair and now they have accepted six more races into the list and was unsure if indian was one of them. He said he always filled in forms as 'others' and asked wat do i do. i said 'indian'. then he went,'No by looking at ur features, ur eyes and nose and all, u are caucasian'. RIGHT. okie.
so later he asked me, 'how many strands of hair do u have? how wld u gimme a rough estimate?' i was like ??????. yeah finaly after thinking and discussing with them, i just told him that i would grab a lil bunch since my hair is bunch-permed and counts the strands in it, den give an estimate abt the number of bunches. P.K. was nice enuf to say it was a satisfactory answer and P.C. nodded.
haha.well even if i dun get to the USP, this is one interview that i am gonna rmbr for a long time, just like the one at SMU. haha
so yupz later hema and i had an impromptu rendezvous. after much hassle in the train, we ended up watching Game Plan. pretty decent and funny. wahaha.
sighz. i am tired. but i guess all work and no play makes Jack the dull boy.
well at least it makes Shree the dull gal.
i am looking back. and i am so gonna grab this bit of the past that is hanging on. and den i know i will have no regrets. i cant wait and i will wait for that bit of the life that i have been missing. ntg tangible but smth i know will make me a better person.
adioz.