I learned something beautiful today ~ a saying from Imam Ahmad RA on qadr. He said, if we were to be presented with choices for our future path, we would still choose the choice that Allah SWT has planned for us. Subhanallah, what a beautiful insights!
Alhamdulillah.. as usual, I have lots to catch up and I guess is best not to pick up where I left, but just move along where I could.
Aimar had completed all his scholarships application stages, and it's result time, Alhamdulillah. Just like his older brother, he secured straight As in his SPM .. but he has more for he has 12 subjects while Aidan just had 9 subjects. So, both of them did get 6A+, 2As for Aidan and 5As for Aimar, and 1A-. Aimar secured safe place to get through more choices for scholarship application as he got A for BM, unlike Aidan who got A-. Aimar got A- for his Maharat and he didn't even want to have it recheck. Alhamdulillah. And extra advantage for Aimar as he secured A+ for his Add Math. Alhamdullillah..
Well, the trending is increasing, students are getting smarter. The scholarships screening was not as easy as it used to be. Not like what we had thirty years ago, not even like what AbgDan had 2 years ago.
But, Alhamdulillah.. we got thru, and now, making lots of good prayers for the best He has in plan.
Aimar applied for TNB Prime Scholarship and got rejected for no reason given. I suspected because there's so many A+ students in line... but come to think of it, it is part of Allah's plan.. if he got thru the application, and got thru the interview and being offered a scholarship, he might need more time to take it up because the course that he wanted to do which is chemical engineering was not in TNB list and so he picked the closest he could, mechanical engineering. So, Allah knew it was not Aimar's cup of tea.. or maybe not even his strength, unlike AbgDan's.
He also applied for UEM, but we could feel that it was also a no news that is good to be shared. The automated email system did told us that they got his application, and should there be any news, they'll keep in touch in 2 months time. Yet, Aimar knew some of his friends had gone thru the next stage of application so, UEM kept him ghosting.
He got invitation for stage 1 and stage 2 online test from Khazanah. The stage 1 was only maths and english which they wanted to know how good are you to answers quick graphs and long texts questions in a short time... it was very short, and it was horrific! We thought he didn't get thru the 1st stage.. but Alhamdulillah he got an email for stage 2 which was only 3 parts of personality test which is also 'tiring' due to long and repeatable and ethical questions. And he didn't get thru the next stage, Alhamdulillah.
He got to the 1st stage of Yayasan Terengganu scholarship, applying for Australian Engineering Program. So, last monday, he went to KT for the stage 2, the interview session. I didn't get to be with him for I was having the final sem exam for my online degree. Please pray for me, ameen.
The interview was 'chill' as Aimar would put it. There were 3 interviewers, with 8 candidates required to answer one-by-one questions about personal background, aspirations and all sorts. It was more like get-to-know-you session rather than other 'typical' scholarship interviews.
And yesterday, Aimar went to PLC for the Petronas interview. Aidan went to the same place two years ago, and Alhamdulillah it was not destined for him back then. Look at him today, happily lying on the sandy beach in Nice with his buddies. Subhanallah
The first stage of Petronas application was the online test of which they had to do two things. One was the IQ logic game test. And the other was HireVue video interview test of which he was given 5 basic questions. I guess, I'll share them here, so that, should Aivey had the same opportunity nanti, Ameen, boleh check balik. Mama malas nak type..so, mama share je lah gambar yang ada..
Alhamdulillah, out of 9000+ applicants, and 7000+ shortlisted for the online interview, he was among the 500+ selected for the interview sessions. A session of which he was grouped in 6 (Aidan's was 4 at that time), given a case studies and need to present his personal ideas and also group presentation. He got the topic about content creator and gig economy, the survival of it, go or no go? Aimar picked no-go, and justified his decisions for 5 minutes. As for group session, they had to propose a policy to the Ministry of Economy on how the government could assist on the future of the gig economy. He told us his friends ada yang dapat STEM and why kids don't like it, ada yang dapat pasal green entrepreneurships, ada yang dapat pasal carbon content bla bla bla..
Alhamdulillah.. habis dah fasa interview scholarships. Lepas raya ni, tunggu untuk MARA YTP and JPA punye interview for PBU loan... kami berharap Aimar dapat scholarship sebab dia nak sambung belajar kat UK, which would cost millions kalau nak amik loan.. Alhamdulillah... apa-apa pun, Allah knows best. and to Him we submit, bismillahitawakkaltu'alallah.
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