Say ‘Good night!’ and Go

I’m back home! Yaay! Today was my last day as a Photonics and Fiber Optics student. Incidentally, we finished the (snooze-inducing) class syllabus today. The Hands-On classes haven’t ended yet (I think). Exams covering FFO chapters 3-8 will be on the 28th and the 29th of March.

Yesterday, I attended the T-GAS ‘interview’. I think there had to be more than 150 people there. It started around 10:30am and I was there around 9:50am (the letter said it would begin at ‘10am’). Filled in the yellow form and read the brochures for a couple of Quality Management courses held by SIRIM Bhd, the Tourist Guide course (which I had to miss earlier), Microprocessor (organized by SigTech - which is also in charge of the Photonics course). When the presentations were over and the registration counters were open, everybody queued in front of the T-GAS counters. Nobody seemed interested in taking courses for at least 2 months.

When it was my turn, I just handed the guy the copy of my degree and he ticked the boxes (in the ‘Official Use Only’ section): Physical Handicap, Prepared to Move, etc (I forget!). It was all over in 30 seconds.

Went for lunch as it was already 12:30p.m. When I came back to the main building at 2pm, I decided to get the application form that would allow me to end my course. Went to the admin office, waited for the staff to ask around among themselves where the forms were, etc. Spoke to the guy at the desk (he asked why I wanted to stop), I told him I was already 33 and just wanted to work. I’m done with studying and calculations!

Was told to meet with the coordinator first. Went to her office and explained why I was there. She said, “Takleh nak gi, doh?” (loosely translated to, “You can’t proceed [i.e. ‘understand’/'go along’] with it anymore?”). She seemed very understanding. She told me to get the form from the Student Affairs Dept (HEP). She mentioned that after I filled in the form and gave it back to HEP, HEP would arrange everything with her directly. So I went to the HEP office, and it was empty! I waited outside by the door, then figured it would be so much more comfortable inside, with the a/c on. I may have waited 5 minutes. Someone came through the door, but she ignored me. So I figured she wasn’t the person in charge. She left and I decided to wait outside again. Finally, a man and woman came into the office and I asked for the form. They did some form checking and finally found the right form for me to fill. When I was done with that, I handed it over to them. And they said that they couldn’t accept it without the coordinator’s signature there! *ugh* I told them what she told me and they insisted that they couldn’t do anything. I didn’t want to waste anymore time and just took the form to give it back to the coordinator. I caught her just as she was leaving her office.

She instructed me to leave the form on her table, which I did. Then I went back to my class. I had taken around 30 minutes to settle everything.

Incidentally, we have a 6-day break. Starts on Wednesday and ends on Monday, the 26th. The 3-day orientation for the T-GAS participants is on the 27th. I am SO glad I don’t have to study for the exams! But I have a hunch that the people in charge will ensure that everyone passes, no matter how low their marks are.

Initially, I was planning to stay in my old room with my roomies. And then I remembered the crazy study hours some of my roomies kept. While I was trying to sleep, a girl in the next bed was reciting, “Mega, Giga, Tera!” and this was around 4:30am! And as I had predicted, nothing closely resembling those answers were to be seen in the exam the next day. My best bet would be to stick with the T-GAS participants while my roomies are studying hard.

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