Personality Test

On the 6th of August, we travelled all the way to Kota Samarahan for the career talk series. I was pretty excited. After all, this was an unplanned trip. One of our speakers had the misfortune of missing it, while I had the fortune of being invited to take her place. I leapt at the opportunity because I yearned to go out of the office so so much.

The event began with the welcoming of students from about 5 schools in the Samarahan district. When Nazri, the MC, greeted the 16-17 year olds with his cheerful voice and bright, sunny smile, the audience was extremely responsive. They answered in the loudest voice that they had, in unison, whenever he posed a question. Usually, students took a while before they got into the momentum. Here, however, the students' attitude and approach were visibly very much receptive. We were surprised.

After a short personality test, based on the RIASEC model, all of us discovered our personality and the reason for our characteristics. apart from that, we also got to see the kind of careers that are most suited for each special individual. I am an engineer who loves to indulge in social work. I used to wonder why as I always get teased by friends and family, who tease me rather than cheer me on. Whenever I go outstation, or have activities on weekends, they'll often smile with a knowing twinkle in their eyes, "Jean! Is that one of your social events with kids and youths again?"

hah! I never knew why, until today, the day I took this test.

The geologists, Yasir and Cindy, the gave the talk on the fun of being a geology. The importance of discovering oil, items that are produced from drops of crude oil, the job description, responsibilities and interesting aspects of it. Amelia and I, the engineers, then proceeded to talk about the engineering aspect of the oil and gas industry. It was pretty challenging, considering that both of us did not speak Bahasa Sarawak, and our BM was not really good. haha... It often came out in bits and pieces. Then, the staff from Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka impressed us with their extensive vocabulary. They plucked out words from thin air and made excellent sentence structures with each words and virtually produced images and meanings just from the way they expressed themselves, with their tone and body language.

During the talk, I didn't know whether it was more appropriate to communicate in English, local dialect or the national language. After a while of speaking in English, and since the previous speakers before me spoke in local dialect or the national language, I ended up speaking in a mixture of the national language and English. I certainly hope that I did not confuse them with so many technical jargons and languages.