Memories...
Saturday, January 05, 2008
ON DAE 17 (Fri 4 Jan) - FINAL DAE OF INTERNSHIPJudgment Day.Woke up at 6 am coz we had to reach earlier todae for final prep. I felt strangely relaxed as I rode to the airport. Astoundingly calm in fact, given all the stress & franticness the past few daes. I felt positively excited, & couldnt wait to present to the panel.The mood among all of us as we readied ourselves in the Boardroom was highly jovial at 830 am. We were cracking lots of silly jokes n reminding each other how relaxed we will all be after everything haha.-------------9 am - Arrival of members of the senior management, Division Heads and Directors. Our various supervisors were also present to lend a visible support to all of us. The 1 man who is still not here yet was the Director-General/ CEO.910 am - Arrival of DG/ CEO Mr Lim. He was the former Chief of Air Force and only transferred to be Head of CAAS recently. He had this extremely strong & powerful aura, and was very very charismatic.915 am - 1st Presenter Janice stepped up. I thought she really really handled the pressure of being the 1st presenter very well. Atmosphere in the room was very tense and formal. These were all very senior Directors who really have no time to listen to you sprout nonsense and waste their time. Which explains why we all worked so hard over the week to deliver a final concise & smooth presentation.922 am - End of Janice's presentation. Q & A session. Questions arrived thick & fast. DG posed a few questions himself. My Commercial Director was there as well, and I was hoping that she wont ask me stuff later haha.10 am- My turn. I went up to the front, highly confident & ready to give my best shot. Spoke a bit fast coz I had to keep strictly to the time limit. I guess it helps in life that I have quite a loud booming voice haha. Thankfully I only had to tackle 2 questions. And they could be comfortably dealt with. Phew. Finally my presentation was over! 1040 am - End of all our presentations. We were each presented with a Certificate by the DG, which I thought was a really nice gesture. After that, we were ushered into reception, where we had a wonderful time mingling with the DG and all the senior Directors.It was really great to hear from them, the leaders of the organization at the very top, on their views on the aviation industry, airlines, and even on life itself haha. Realized that DG can be very candid & humorous as well, besides his tough exterior. Most of the Directors were very warm and friendly too.Years of attending such reception functions during my President days made me very comfortable n at ease during such a setting (esp in making casual conversations), which I m really thankful for. After they left, all of us together with the HR officers Jennifer & Christine took lotsa pictures heh. The mood was very much lightened n we were all really relieved that everything is over haha. Handed over all my reports & findings to my supervisors. Wrote a few thank-you cards to them and to some of my colleagues who have been really helpful n warm to me over the past 4 weeks. My supervisors also treated me to lunch as a final farewell haha. I was really really encouraged & heartened by their compliments & congratulations on my presentation. Said my final goodbyes around the office to my various colleagues and to my Director as well. Azizah was really sweet and gave me a special Changi Airport staff lanyard as a parting gift. I would really miss her. Everydae sitting behind me, we ll talk bout lotsa stuff, and she had helped me on countless stuff. With that, I took a final step out of my office. I would miss this place. Had such a great & exciting time here. The entire internship programme was really 1 of the most fulfilling experiences of my life, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. =) I m glad that I gave everything I got. And I leave with no regrets.----------------Went for the Honours class dinner & gathering at Shaun's place at night. I was so tired, with only about 8 hours sleep in the past 3 days, that I wasnt my usual self haha. Nevertheless, I m so glad, as with Alvin, Shaun & most of the organizers, to see that over 40 plus of the Honours students turned up! It was a much healthier turnout than we expected, and even though it was hard to have any programme involving all 40 plus of us, I m positive that most of us enjoyed ourselves just mingling around n talking cock with each other haha.I also kept playing with Shaun's dog - Rusty! He's an 8 year old Golden Retriever, my dream dog!! He's really big, but very very guai haha. He ll even roll around on the floor so that i can help scratch his back heh. Cant describe how much I adore him. :pNeed a good good break this weekend, before starting to think bout my ISM on Mon. While most of my friends have been enjoying their holidaes, it feels as though mine just started only haha.
