Life is indeed a box of chocolates . you'll never know what you might get, as quoted by Forest Gump . Never in my entire life i would expect how my life turned out. The destination that i wanted i have reached but after multiple crossroad, dead ends and all sorts that life threw to me. I understand that my demographic for readers such as yourself is close to zero to none. Maybe in the hopes of it suddenly booming? i dont know. lets see where it goes. So the ill begin where i left off. my last "post was about what close to 5 years ago? This is my update then.
My journey to become an air crew
In the event you have read my previous posts which was eons ago, My dad worked in the national airline which led me to chose a life as a crew. i was taken away with the glam of having tea in London, Nasi Lemak in Kuala Lumpur and dinner in Sydney. a chance to see the world as how my dad saw . The good, the bad, the mundane. As a very impressionable child as most of us are, i told dad that i want to be a flight attendant as he is . All dad told me is, why dont you become a pilot? Yes we see the world but its better to deal with 1 person then multiple people. at a young age you would wonder what that could mean. But hey, i still get to see the world rite? so dad groomed me to make flying my passion. after flights, stories. small trinkets of the aircraft and so on.
In my schooling days, boys being boys ;i was being playful. did not study as well as i was suppose to. in my Form 3 exam it was a major government exams called the PMR. It was a government exam which consist of 7 subjects which will base your streaming. Similar to how the sorting hat in Harry Potter sorts you where you get to study the dark arts or more to potions. Over here it was the Art's stream and the Science stream. Guess what, i got into the arts stream. sort of dashed my dreams to peruse my career as an air crew. Being good dad, he spoke to the school teachers and asked if there was a way to go about for me to move into science stream. Mind you at that time of 15 years ago, to be a pilot you need Add-Math's, Math's, Physics. Its sort of the essential which the art stream did not have.
After sending in an appeal letter to the school and i was in the Science stream class. Spent my last 2 years of secondary school in that class. The form 5 exam, another major government exam which determined my fate came along. My dads plan was to send me to piloting under scholarship which the company's requirements of 5 credits from 5 subjects. English, Math's, Physics, Bahasa Melayu as an additional subject. As you are well aware, the term "Boys will be Boys" was there. I only managed to get English an A , the rest was just a pass. which was a large disappointment. specially to dad since he wanted to make both our lifes easy.
Dad decided to find ways to " beat the system" by sending me privately to a flying school. After surveying domestically and international for flying school and costs (Dad almost send me to either Philippines/Canada/New Zealand to study plus the fees were way cheaper by half). To our fear, if i want to work in Malaysia, the minimum requirement is i must have minimum credits in English, Maths and science "preferably physics". Long story short, i had to retake my Form 5 exams, but this time only 5 subjects compared to the initial 10 subjects. While many of my classmates and friends was doing their A'levels , foundations, Flying schools and all. I was redoing my form 5 Exam. I forgot to mention. I missed the registration date for doing my exam in 2007 which resulted me doing my exam in 2008.
While waiting for the re sitting the exam, alot of altercation occurred between dad and me. I did not want to give up my "flying " career that easily. I went for the Singapore Airlines Cabin Crew interview, in hopes of starting there and studying part time to get into flying as a Pilot. Being young and stupid i went and got kicked out in the second round interview.
while waiting for the 2008 exam, the government was having workshop (repairing hand-phones) for adolescents whom are clueless on what to do for a living. the course was for 3 months. Still no full concentration on the course but aced it in the end.Then came in 2008 went to tuition, (pretended to be a Private home schooled kid) and aced it with bear minimums. Now comes the twist in life. I had the requirements in 2 sittings. 2006 paper English A. 2008 paper English D, Physics , Maths , General Science and IT paper C and above. Yes i know.Over confidence.
Dad and i went to the company and asked if i could apply for the cadet ship and after multiple pleadings, it was a no go. I had to have all the Requirements in 1 Sitting. The plans to put me in a flight school came a few months after. Initially was here and then there and later Langkawi, then was Johor and finally came Malacca (Malaysian Flying Academy). To ensure that we had the resources we re-mortgaged our house for 200K. The total cost of the flight course was 275K. Dad sold shares and dug his EPF account 2 and got a friend to loan him some amount.
Many many obstacle's came by. Relatives say that i dont deserve to be a Pilot. some say "after all you are just a stewards son, why want to aim to be a pilot. only the rich like us can send our son" Many bitter , painful words that still haunt me till the day i got the job. Even at that time i was thinking. Maybe it the universe is telling me that i dont belong in the air. Oh well its kinda too late to think that when dad as paid the deposit for my flying lessons rite? After a painful rigorous 20 months and 21 exams i think. i got my licence. I am now a qualified pilot whom can work for a company.
Ill continue my story later since its kinda late.
This is me Signing off....
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