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I haven't updated my blog in eons!

I've been busy with scholarship stuff and work.

Out of the 7 new scholarship applications (MAS, SIA, NUS, FIREfly, SGX, PUB, LTA) that I sent, I've received calls from the last 4 scholarship organisations to go for interview. I turned down LTA and PUB cos at that time I had already confirmed the PSC one. But I went for the FIREfly and SGX ones just to not limit my options.

The FIREfly interview was fine, and I got into the second round. But I turned down the interview cos it would take a whole day, and I wasn't very interested in it anymore.

SGX hasn't called me for second interview yet, but I'm actually quite confident of being called up cos my interviewer actually said I was an impressive candidate. Ha!

I guess my greatest concern would be that if I want to get another scholarship offer so I can widen my choice, they may not be able to get back to me before 1 May, which is the dateline to accept the PSC scholarship.

But after loads and loads of thinking, I think I'm going to finally accept the PSC scholarship. I think the career that comes with the scholarship is really, really important. I wouldn't want to break my bond cos that's a breach of integrity. Then again, I was quite worried about a job with the civil service cos of the low wages, as compared with the public sector.

That was then. Now, I think my mind is quite set on this scholarship and career. I suppose the salaries of civil servants will be more in line with the private sector 5 years later, when I graduate. If it isn't, I'll see how then. After all, the salaries aren't up to market rate, it's not really my fault right? Just that I hope that won't happen.

It'll be great if I can get at least market rate salary, and a good job at the same time! :)