I think I probably contracted verbal diahorrhea on the day of the Interview. 3 days have passed and I'm thus calm enough to relate the whole process in a more objective manner.
I was totally caught by surprise when I first saw the passage that I was supposed to read, understand and analyse. The Intelligence of Worms? That was an experiment conducted by Charles Darwin. All I could remember were lots of paper triangle experiments and leaves with peculiar names. Ah well. It takes many readings to fully understand why this pioneer here decided to conduct such a funny experiment. Are worms really intelligent? I truly wonder. Well...Old Barbara was among the 4 tutors, the most grumpy-looking and serious interviewer. I was totally bowled over by her expertise at the Talk later on when I realised she is a geographer, yet teaches Economics and knows tonnes about Biology, Psychology, Physiology, Statistics and experiments. Wonder woman of Oxford indeed. And the most hilarious part came at the short questions session when I asked her about some interview process for the Open applications. And she peered through her thick squarish glasses and gave me an incredulous look, and said: Didn't I just interviewed you this afternoon, or was I HALLUCINATING?!!" .
Throughout the interview, I felt like a stupid idiot. No qualms about that. It was as though I had much difficulty trying to give a precise and accurate answer to her questions. I'm not sure whether it was because she missed my points or that she already had some "politically-correct" answers in her mind. Such that she had to repeatedly ask the same question while I gave her more or less the same answers. Not to forget that she kept frowning while jotting down notes. Heh. She must have been thinking what kind of nonsense was that. Hehe.
Goodness. If I ever get admitted somehow, it's got to be because 1) I'm terribly... lucky. 2) She was filled with sympathy towards me. 3) She was probably hallucinating after all. 4) No others applied for the same course. 5) The University is in desperate need of fundings from international students. And thanks to all those who wished me luck! It was comforting indeed. What an experience!
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21. 25th Feb 1987. pIscEs.
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