PAL interview


Today i attended the PAL interview in school, from 12 to 3 pm. It was different from what i imagined or expected.

Firstly, we did a questionaire, questions, regarding knowing more about yourself and some other general problems that tests your reasoning ablities and the abilites as a leader. It was nothing difficult. The questions are straightforward and i simply gave them a straighforward answer, no use beating around the bush and being egoistic about your responses. Works great in theory but if you were to write something that you cannot apply in real life, its no point lying that you can do based on what youve written.

Next after that we played some games that tests some of our ablities. The games, as simple as it was, carries some valuable lessons to be learn and the some of the exco members were there to evaluate us.

After that, the interview. The interview is not a one on one interview. Instead, it was a 3 to a group kind of interview. Before we were interviewed, we were given a problem to solve. 15 minutes was given to discuss with your group members and to come up with a solution to the problem. The whole point interview was actually to come up with a suitable response and approach in regards to the problems. Also, the interviewer, the exco members that is, also evaluate our ability to speak out and speak your mind out. Furthermore, they were also testing, whether you can communicate well and bring forward your message clearly. It was not difficult to come up with a solution, but there were many "what if" questions, those questions that bend the overall scenario to the problems that results in different circumstances and often we were tested to see whether we can think quickly and on the ball a solution to the new problem.

Nothing much, but the whole interview thing was a surprise, especially the 3 to a group interview. It was rather refreshing going to that interview and it sort of remind me of my weaknesses and strength and in a way gives you an opportunity to reflect upon yourself and give a general overview of yourself based on the general self evaluation and peer to peer evaluation that was done after all the activities were over. After that i went home....


Tomolo im going to my friends house!! YES YES YES !! He has bought Halo 2 for the XBOX!! although im not a fan of the game, since the first game is good, but not really for my taste, it was a really fun game to play and well done too, considering that you are playing a first person shooter on a gamepad and the game has done it well to make it userfriendly. The second installment however, is one of the most anticipated games of the year,2004, other contenders, being GTA: San Andreas, Prince of Persia 2, Warrior Within, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2, The Sith Lords, Halo 2 of course, and Half Life 2. I cant wait to see how beautiful the game is... The reviews on gaming sites like ign.com, gamespot.com, gamespy.com and etc were given high rating on halo 2. Oh well, with games like these coming out of the market, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic will have tough time, fighting for the most honorable title in the gaming industry: Game of the Year. Star Wars KOTOR, the first installment received the title such as Game of The Year, RPG Game of The Year, X Box Game of The Year and many more from various entertainment bodies, such as PC Gamer, XBOX review committee, Billboards, BAFTA, something like oscars but its the british version of it, and many more. I doubt KOTOR II will get the title game of the year, but im pretty confident it will get the title RPG game of the year. Its impossible to compete with those overlyhyped, overly advertised games such as Half Life 2 and Halo 2. This year as many people called it, as the year of the sequels, in both movies and gaming.