Industrial Attachment (IA)

This week, we have to write resume & choose IA company. Finally, my IA is approaching. Some say IA life is syok, some say IA life is tiring, some say IA can learn a lot, some say IA very "zo bo"...and then...some say must choose IA regarding to the fyp we want, some say must choose the job we like, some say must choose the highest pay company, some say must consider the location...so i began to look through my choices...

wow...quite happy when i see a lot of companies, so i look at all the project descriptions. Heard seniors said that usually one project will hire one student only. However we have 93 projects in total, and our batch only has 70+ students, so no need to worry too much. There are 19 interviewing companies and 3 non-interviewing companies. We can put 9 choices, first choice must put interviewing company and the rest must put non-interviewing. That mean we can only put 4 choices, however one of the non-interviewing company only hire NS ppl, so I can only put 3. I asked my seniors about their company last yr. Hui heng, qing wen and shi hua applied for ICES (research company) while jian chow applied electronic company. ICES got 66 projects for us this yr, but all biomaterial and chemical things, i don't want to do research, so i decided not to follow them. Ok, let's start with the interviewing companies...

S`pore Therapeutic, Assistive & Rehabilitative Technologies, design wheelchair wor...very interesting! But when i search the location from streetdirectory, oh man, really super far far away, i think to and fro need more than or about 4 hours. Aih, no choice, have to give up this. Biosensors interventional technologies, same location with the wheelchair, give up. Biosensors international, located in kallang, to and fro need 3 hours, give up again. Janssen-Cilag, a division of Johnson & Johnson, very popular, a lot of ppl apply last yr but only one ppl get...aiks...give up. Wyeth nutritionals - manufacturing of infant formulas...same reason with jassen-cilag. Aih left a few choices, have to choose research company.Finally i found something, i choose Bioprocessing Technology, located in biopolis, not far not near, do something about antibody in e.coli. But then today morning, maya (my pretty indonesian coursemate) told me that she is applying for this, oh shit oh shit, her results super good, how can i compete with her, the chance to be shortlisted for interview also will be super low if she apply the same thing with me. T_T. What should i do now??!!! DSO (national lab) - hire singaporean only =.= Biocomputing company - must know java,C++,matlab and bla bla bla, i never learn lor. And then...and then....i choose ICES. Located in Jurong Island, every weekdays got shuttle service at boonlay, high pay, can learn a lot of things...that is what i heard from ppl. Last few days still very stubborn, say what i don't want to apply research company, don't want to follow my seniors' step,this and that, then now...lol

Well, i choose the project about formulation of pharmaceutical powder. Hope that i can get my choice, being shortlisted for interview, succeed in my interview, have a nice supervisor, and get a good grade next year la...pray for me :p