Saturday, December 24, 2005
Prolonging the Agony
It has been a while since I came to accept the possibility that my Industrial Attachment is going to be crap - I knew that even when I had a look at my first list. But, what I sincerely hope for right now is for the whole bloody process of choosing one to get over.
Merck need not have suddenly brightened my chances of a good IA by first offering a project and then suddenly deciding not to give any internships at all! Now, all that has resulted in is that my IA selection process is going to go on for another couple of weeks (atleast!)
I should be grateful to OPA to refer to the next round of selections as 'Phase-II (extended)' instead of a more derogatory 'Phase-III' - but otherwise their incompetence and bureaucratic procedures are killing me.
The worst side-effect of this mess is probably going to be the cancellation of my family trip to Penang, KL and Langkawi - my next round interview is very likely to co-incide with that trip. Considering that I am the only one without a holiday this winter, I deserved atleast that!
Adding an aspirin to this ulcer, my grades are woeful and this time I can't even take the blame!
Merck need not have suddenly brightened my chances of a good IA by first offering a project and then suddenly deciding not to give any internships at all! Now, all that has resulted in is that my IA selection process is going to go on for another couple of weeks (atleast!)
I should be grateful to OPA to refer to the next round of selections as 'Phase-II (extended)' instead of a more derogatory 'Phase-III' - but otherwise their incompetence and bureaucratic procedures are killing me.
The worst side-effect of this mess is probably going to be the cancellation of my family trip to Penang, KL and Langkawi - my next round interview is very likely to co-incide with that trip. Considering that I am the only one without a holiday this winter, I deserved atleast that!
Adding an aspirin to this ulcer, my grades are woeful and this time I can't even take the blame!