um interview

ok ok...first i went to Asia Jaya LRT station and Sue May's dad came to pick me and send to to Pusat Sukan UM. Met Fatin Ahmad there...register by signing next to my name and fill up my particulars. The was a questionaire on whether you got any sports injury before or not la...all yes and no, there was a note "IF IN DOUBT, CIRCLE YES"...hahaha.

TEMUDUGA KEMASUKAN KE PROGRAM IJAZAH SARJN MUDA SAINS SUKAN, UNIVERSITI MALAYA, SEMESTER 1, SESI 2010/2011.

After that we went inside a dewan kuliah and the....
Dr. Selina Khoo Phaik LinTimbalan Pengarah (Akademik)
Pusat Sukan

She is a chinese young lady..she express her gratitude for choosing this course. Then she said"do u know what you applied for? It's Bachelor of Sports Science in bracket PENGURUSAN SUKAN, so if you are thinking of becoming a dietitian or sports specialist...I'm sorry, this is not the course for you. This is MANAGEMENT, so if you're thinking that there's going to be loads of sports, you are wrong. Management only."

I was shocked...alamak, i was too blinded by the term SPORTS SCIENCE, that I didn't see the bracket..huh? Sports science but not sports science and instead all management only? Aiyo, what if I don't like the course la? Should I quit? Haiya, no wonder la the other University had higher requirements la...totally different couse by itself! Haiz

I was doubting the whole time...should I drop it? This is not what I wanted to apply for? Aiya, i feel tricked....my fault.

Anyway, after that session, we went to the hall for a briefing how to do a blip/beep/bleep test/shuttle run...For more info on the Bleep test, click here.
UM used radio recoding instead of blowing whistle. Oh, rupanya, my coach was listening to the audio through his iphone...neways I got 2nd for girls la...level 6.6, ok la...improve from before ma...last time was Level 5.7. The other girl who got the highest was level 7.1

Rest 5 minutes then rotation of how many repititions you can do in one minute.
My first station was burpee but without jumping la exactly like this :)
2nd station was back extension...it's lie down full body down, hands under chin and push up,
3rd station was pumping aka push up
4th station was sit up.

After that was break to bath and get ready for the written test.
Written test:
-few maths question-->fraction and percentage.
-english question-->synonym and spellings, meaning of words and a "few kind-of-like-MUET reading test"....paragraph given, state yes, no or not enough information given.
-iq test-->shapes, which is in the same catergory, numbers, names, What's next?
-local sports-->SUKMA how frequent? which is not a local athlete(faizal tahir), which sports Valentino Rossi does(F1, motor GP) , which sports Daniel Bego does(Malaysian swimmer), who is the sports minister( Shabery Cheek), in which country is the next winter Olympic going to be held(i forgot paralympic or the winter olympic) Vancouver is it? i dono,
Essay question-how does sports develop a country?Give relevant examples.

whole test 40 minutes...got about 40 questions I think. After the written test, The invigilator gave tips "this interview is not to see how well you can crap but it's to see your confidence level"

after the written test, got 2 hour break for lunch.
2pm is the interview.

I followed Fatin to her dad's house...makan free...haha
Interview started at 2pm and I was candidate number 7...at 3.45pm only was my turn. I was still doubting whether i should continue the course.. Ginee said "go ahead with it first, when confirmed then only decide whether you wanna drop it"
Each room had to Interviewer. Mine was an Indian guy who came from overseas so cannot understand BM and a malay lady la..

(Personally in my heart I thank God that my interviewer was not Mr Azmazi or not I would be thinking whether I got into UM under Mr Muhammad's connection or by my own effort and qualification. Maybe after the interview and in the processing, Mr Asmazi still could influence things but at least the interview was my own influence.)

Thinking in my head, "If the indian guy cannot understand Malay so what's the use of the certificates la...since he cannot understand it...haha. If not much sports science but mainly management only then why the physical test in the first place?"

Waiting, waiting, waiting, so nervous...everyone was nervous. Different rooms got different interviewer, I was feeling nervous and sleepy...waiting so long...Like as though I was in the hospital waiting for my name to be called...haha.

Some tips I got for the peeps who went before me...
"why you want to study sports management?", "what do you understand from sports management?", "rate yourself on the area of management?", "how can sports management in mssd be improved?", what do you think about the mssd sports management?", "what's your highest achievement?", "tell us about yourself and your family", "describe yourself", "what do you understand about the ONE STUDENT ONE SPORT campaign?", and ect...

Ok, back to my turn... At 3.45pm the Indian guy opened the door and called my name, and the malay lady did most of the talking la.
First she asked me to sit and then she checked my cert on spm and stpm.
She explained that the Indian guy cannot understand BM so the interview will be in English.
She said "I have to inform you that this is sports management course, not sports science, do you want to continue with it?"

I asked whether can change to other sports science course or not? "NO, cannot!"

I asked "What is the scope or area of studies?" She said "a bit of general sports science and then Management"

I said "Oh, so got a bit of general sports science la?" She nodded her head.

I asked "what are my career options?". The guy said "Youth sports officer, manage sports team, work at Majlis Sukan Negara(MSN), work with government"

I ask "Coach can ar?", she said, "erm, management...coaches also need management...can can, so do you want to continue the interview?"

Okla...can please continue...show me your MSSMKL certificate.
What sports do you do? "Rugby"

what is your highest achievements? "Represent Malaysia for Rugby"

Rugby? Malaysia women got rugby? I never heard of it also.

How long have you been playing for the National team? "since Last year?"

How many times? "Twice, Malaysian women rugby team came to existence about last year only"
Oh, quite new, no wonder I never heard of it yet (*I smile*)

What position? "Winger"

Both as main player? "Yes(actually the first time as a utility/reserve player but my second time was as a main player)"

When is your most recent achievement? "Last Saturday, Asian 5 Nations. *shows certificate*"

MALAYSIAN RUGBY UNION? Is it the same one with the GUYS rugby also? (In my head, yala, of coz la...dah state MRU...not Ladies MRU...it says Msian kan...haiz) "Yeah"
[she was quite skeptical] Are you sure it's the same one with the GUYS RUGBY? "Yes"

How long do you plan to play rugby? "As long as I can :)"

silence a mini micro second "I used to play football for the KL women football team in 2003 also"
UM don't have girl's rugby or football. The sports you're involved in are the ones not many girls want to take part in, so maybe not much competition/saingan and easy to get a spot in the team.
(in my heart, "of coz la..not many girls play those sports so got opportunity la...muahahaha")
No doubt, you represent Malaysia and it's quite a high achievement but UM don't have rugby nor football, so what other sports can you contribute in if UM takes you in?What other sports you do?

"Any contact sports? Cause I tried netball before and really struggled because I can't do non contact sports la"...

Hmm, basketball, futsal and hockey? "yeah, I was a hockey captain in form 5"

Why didn't you continue hockey in form 6? "Well, my school didn't let me, they limit the sports that form 6 can join. Form 6 koko is very limited in my school. Form 6 not allowed to join :( "

Tell us what do you think about yourself?
"I think I am more of a decathlonist than a specific sports athlete...I may not be so good in one sports but i can play a lot of sports."

He asked why rugby? "ball shape is unique and interesting and it's one of the only sports in the world where you cannot pass forward :)"

She said so, you're adaptive, what other sports or what you're best in? What do you think is your best sports? "open runs, cross country and lompat jauh"
far jump ( far jump? hahaha...long jump la)
so athletics la. You're first choice is this(sports management), what is your second choice? "Law at UM"

Why don't you want to be a lawyer? "At first i was thinking of law, but when i found out that there's a path in sports science...WHY not? :) Let's go for it. Besides that, now the government is trying to imply the ONE STUDENT ONE SPORTS, so by the time I graduate, job secure"

You see a potential in sports management...good good. Yalor many lawyers already. Any questions? "yeah, erm, when and how will i know the results?"

This interview got no points, we will gather the results of today morning's physical test and the written test and then depends on the standard procedure la...
"so will you send mail/letter or should I check on the website?"
They were not sure...she said "depends on what is the standard procedure now la"

"I will be shifting house soon so address will change." She ask "to where?"
I said "Kuchai lama". She said it's still considered quite near.

She asked him, anything else? He said no.
Then he said i was the right one to have that lady as my interviewer because she also was a law graduate then she changed to sports science. Then he said "I am so proud to meet a lady rugby player"

Oki, thank you and I went home...
Compared to others the interview I went through was quite easy and no hard question la....haha, must be because of my qualification...

Somehow i feel like I am cheating UM...they have high hopes on my representing their Uni...cause she said "What sports can you contribute in UM if we take you in..." and she also wrote down the sports i said I could play...
I mean I am not so good ma....no competition so I auto can get loh...Like KL Football, not many girls wanted to play football so I could join...here Rugby, not many girls interested and only one club in Malaysia ma...so we automaticaly become National...haha. Not much competition to fight for a space on the National squad.

However I did say that I may not be specialised in sports but I can play all...more of a whole, all rounder...