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Below is the post i posted on one of the local forum after I went for an interview. Shared my thoughts on how i felt that's all. And yesterday, while going for tuition, I received a call from a company, asking if I was the one who posted it. It got me thinking if there was any sort of defamation involved and should I really take it down. Of cos the easy way out is to just do it to avoid any potential trouble.. But does our society permit free of speech ? The line to draw between freedom of speech and thought per se, is a rather thin line when compared to defamation. This lead me to ask ard lawyer frens and the laws concerning defamation.

"hey, I went down for the interview this afternoon and I found it very dubious. ( hence registered to see what's written here )

The interview began with the usual form filling application and thereafter asked me to read a book with success stories of people from rag to riches, saying the HR director will discuss with me on the stories later. The interview was really get to know me session, asking abt the background, career objectives, personality etc. When I tried to ask questions on what are the positions available, the reply was there are front office, middle office and back office operation, proding further, no genuine answer was given and I was led away to other questions.

The HR director also said that they are a subsidary of OCBC, which I can find nothing from OCBC nor the http://www.pgpivotal.com/ website. When asked further on the career path within the company, she say need to see which area I'll be more suitable in, and they will decide whether to place me. As I mentioned that I'm interested in consumer banking, she said that the position would involve selling of bank products and at times, insurance may be involved if the client requires it.

The whole feeling of the interview felt a bit weird, and the interview room was not even well partitioned, with one half sliding door separating the 2 tables. Could hear clearly what the other interviewee was saying.

Oh yah, I got the random call from them, when I didn't even apply to it. Plus they don't have my resumes/ qualifications and they called me for it. Weird, dubious, funny, whatever..

Too many loopholes and I'm totally not convinced. "

From the info I gathered, talking about feelings and pointing out experiences is not considered defamation, as such is being mentioned above. If at any point finger is pointed at the company, making falseful accusation and accusing them of something that they didn't do or which may damage their reputation, then I would be held accountable and need to justify the claims I made.

So there is still freedom of speech, but to the degree it's being accepted I guess it's really a bit hard to tell at times. Talking about anything on the net is dangerous cos you never know who may be reading it. At the very least I know my blog is locked and it's just my own thoughts not meant to be broadcasted.

Would I be involved in a situation where I need to be forced to take down the post? I'm not sure, at least I don't think there's any element within it that makes it sound like defamation. The word dubious is not meant to refer to the company, it was meant to refer to the interview process. If others choose to think other wise, perhaps they already felt something was wrong from the onset and thus have that feeling implanted from within.

Went to take family potrait at Werks over the weekend, and i'm happy with the photo =)

Took a few positions, but as usual, the studio will only let you choose a few and some extra post will cost you many extra $$. I like the shot I took with sis, but one 5R photo cost $60. @#*@()*$. Not so nice to be worth $60. haha..


We only took the small size for the photo (15"), partly because the price is steep for the 22" one. $411 as compared to $230. and it's likely that within the next 1-2 yrs when sis gets married, we'll take another shot with Ivan in it. So we decided to just keep it at this size.. So gian to get the bigger one...

I think i'm entering a stage of depression. Not exactly that serious if i can even write about it, cos I'm still sane enough to do so..

Most of the time now, I find myself staring at the screen like what I'm doing now. Searching and browsing through the web looking for jobs, news and updates. Asking myself what am I searching for and what am I doing now. Yesh, I'm not in real need of money due to the 6 tuitions I have on hand, but the thought of what will be my career is a reality that I have to face. Obviously there are many jobs in the market now, and ppl, pls stop asking me why I'm still not employed or emphasise that how come so long liao still looking for it. I know that, and it's not that I'm sitting there doing nothing, it's just the industry I'm applying to is harder to get in.

Gone for interviews, got accepted by some, got rejected by some. But I have accepted none so far. Yest went for an applitude test, and I did well enough to pass it to qualify for the 2nd rd interview, but my feelings tell me that colour blind will be an issue, and so I called to check.. True to my belief, the HR manager advice me not to carry on persuing this even though I had an impressive result from the test, simply because I'm unlikely to pass the medical due to colour blind. Truth hurts.. it hurts even more, when I think that this job is something that I will enjoy and like. This is not the first time colour blindness ( partial ), as gotten in my way... sadly there's nothing I could do to it. If only the colour blindness gene doesn't lie on a single X chromosome, or it doesn't exhibit the trait unless there's two strands. ( I wish... )

I could have tried to go for the medical but I may still jeopardise other ppl's life if the situation arises. Guess ppl always prefer to play safe than sorry. There's a plentiful amount of qualified applicants waiting, why would they risk me.

I've not shared much of my thoughts recently, partly cos I don't know what to say.. Never have the habit of talking about sad things, and it's usually swallowed by the waves that clashes onto the beach whenever I sit there. Guess there's where I'll head to now..