my workmates have been coaching me malay,(in between teasing me with bahasa brunei dalam that i HAVE no idea what they mean- like terpeleot..wth?!) and it was a lot of help, especially from Wuffy(new attachment) who suggested questions and answers that might get asked... thanks man!!! u were loadsa help!!
but my fear of me blabbering on in malay that dint make sense diminished slightly cause out of 5 interviewers, three of them asked me in english... THANK GOD cause i TOTALLY have no idea how to explain about Communications in malay... "Komunikasi adalah *thinks of malay word for 'subject'* kursus yang *thinks of word for 'about'*.....uhhhhhhhh"
but they asked me stuff about communications in english, what did i plan to do with my course, did i think i had enough skills to survive a communications course bla bla bla, i answered the best that i could, which wasnt much cause i was terrified, but they did understand what i was on about... i started feeling confident, especially since the youngest guy of the panel kept giving me encouraging nods and smiles which made me feel better, but then the religious guy cincang-ed my confidence into little pieces by asking me-
"dayang, ceritakan kepada kami tentang Tassauf"
"uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
upon seeing my bangang-ness, he launched into a lecture about tasauf and people forgetting allah... i just nodded cause i heard that that was the best thing to do.. hehe... but seriously... i remebered tasauf as one of those philosophical subjects, about "nilai-nilai murni" and stuff, but i was tryna think on how to convey that in malay..but since he launched that lecture *shrug* biar tah ia...
loadsa thank-yous for the good-luck messages (esp to Kel and Jus all the way in the kingdom) and apologies to everyone that i drove crazy,pre-interview,with my constant annoying-ness... and im sorry to say u all will have to go thru it AGAIN IF i get called for the Malay Orals... hehe
*mwahzzzzz*
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