The memorable interview

March 12, 2009's blog post went like this:

"Went for my interview today at MBTS... Took a leisurely drive there, laboured up the steep slopes (I had better get use to that), parked my car, weaved cautiously past the monkeys (real ones, mind you)... They put me in the conference room... and the interview with 2 pastors began. Pst. Ooi Keng Boon and Dr. Vincent Ooi. Two Oois.

I felt like I was giving very well-rehearsed answers to the interviewers' questions - not because I actually rehearsed for today's interview after they rang me up yesterday. But because... just because I've been bombarded with the same questions over and over again throughout the year! From the very day I sat through the PPRC/LCEC interview for my current work at Trinity too. I wasn't really so sure or prepared back then. But today I assuredly am. Praise God. 

I was smiling and laughing, calm and composed throughout the whole interview - even when Dr. V asked me how I was so sure that this is the path God wanted me to take; if I could have be mistaken about getting out of the medical field; what if I entered the seminary later and etc. Of course, he wasn't being condescending or doubtful like some people I've encountered - he was just being interested in my "case". Later, he smilingly admitted along the lines of, "Don't worry, I'm not against you... I was just trying to make things difficult..."

Pst. Ooi KB remarked at the very end before he got Dr. V. Ooi to pray - "I'm sure you must have had thought through this countless times!"

Of course he was right! Anyway, I got in. I will be starting my seminary studies in June this year...."