意外获颁BCA奖学金！

意外获颁BCA奖学金！

昨天，从面试办公室走出来后，分外开朗。因为和BCA的面试在一片欢腾气氛下结束，觉得自己有为评委留下深刻印象。

但，半途中，再次回顾自己的答复和内容。不好，when one of the panel judge ask me how I can help BCA as a Civil Engineer, instead of answering straight to the question, I ended up saying: "Because building something impressive has always been my dream. I could learn a lot from the regulations implemented by BCA and value-add to the construction firms I want to work for in future."

That's tantamoun to saying, "I want to learn from you so that I can work better for others" . Ogosh.

Towards the end, the million-dollar question I've anticipated came up:
"If you were to choose between LTA & BCA, which one would you choose?"

"LTA asked me the same question earlier this morning", I replied.

Fits of laughtered filled the room momentarily, while I take a sip of water and do a quick revision of my answer simultaneously.

Here's my answer,
"I won't give politically correct answer. I have to be very honest because I think it's only fair that I let BCA know what I really want. So this is the exact same answer I gave to LTA this morning.
If I were to choose LTA, it would be because they already has a masterplan to expand their railway tracks over the coming decade. If I were to choose BCA, it would because of the chance to be a green collar, taking on an honourable job to do my part for conservation of environment. If I were to be so lucky as to be offered both, I would choose LTA. Because my dream is to build something impressive that can impact people's lives, so I don't want to miss this opportunity. But if given a chance, I would want to come to BCA and do my part in greening 80% of the buildings in Singapore by 2030. So there's already a timeline for everything, and this is how I prioritise."

You know, perfectly honest answers. This is really how I feel. If I were the panel sitting them I would feel that this candidate is not putting BCA on top of his list. And he can't tell us how he can value-add to our organisation.

And so, even though the interview went on without glitches, stammer or awkward silence, I thought I had failed in elaborating my desire to secure a place with BCA.

今天，12点正的一通电话一扫阴霾。我获颁建设局奖学金了！之前的担忧是多余的，而且，虽然不乐观，但一整个早上都在等待建设局的来电！殷切的期待得到回馈，加上是有生以来第一次获颁奖学金。简直雀跃万分！

且慢，一切未成定局。我和陆路交通管理局还有最后一轮面试。会不会真的如愿以偿，就要看5月10日的造化了。若无法通过陆交局最后一道关卡，我依旧会以最骄傲的形态和建设局签下奖学金合同。因为两大机构都是我的目标。不然，几个月前我根本就不会申请了。

荣获奖学金的喜悦，和自己和朋友分享就好了。毕竟，奖学金的荣誉感是老妈无法感同身受的。即使她对这份喜讯反应平淡，只要我昂贵的大学费用无须动用到她的积蓄，我已经打从心底为她为我深感欣慰。

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