Well today I woke up by a call from Dzharif at 8.52 AM. She said doc V needs our help. And yeah I told her I'll be there in an hour (I don't really tell her i guess, daaa). After we ended up the call, I checked on the weather. My phone said it was snowing!! With full excitement I jump off the bed and look at the window. Sadly, it wasn't. My phone lied. Well, literally it's not my phone's fault, it was the apps. Go Weather whatever. Nahh, that's not the point. My point is, today we had a
PHONATHON!!
Definition
An intensive fundraising campaign in which callers solicit donations by telephone
this girl is obviously not me
wait a sec
that's not what we did
Doc V called it phonathon but that is not actually what we did. Naah, who cares. As long as it related to PHONE. So yeah, we helped Doc V to call phone number of several candidates of exxonmobil scholarship from USA to Malaysia which was not an easy task. IT WAS NOT AN EASY TASK GUYS. trust me.
First of all, you need to dial a bunch of numbers (8 digits i guess). Then, you need to enter the pin number. After that then, you can dial the number that you want to call. And this process was not easy. Sometimes after you entered the pin number, the line got stuck (it was all the times actually). Sometimes, when you managed to dial the number, that person didn't pick up. Sometimes it went straight into voicemail. Sometimes the number was not available or not even exist!!. Can you see how hard it was. CAN YOU SEE??
There's a couple of stories I wanna share during the phonathon. Firstly, I detected 4 of my juniors from SSP applied for the scholarships which is a YEAYYYY. Well done girls!! I LOVE CAMDEE. But wait, there's no Emerald members? I think they might not interested in engineering. Okay, that's fine. But do you guys know that we need engineer nowadays? Hmmm, whatever. Just be whatever you wanna be. But sometimes, what we actually want to be is not actually what we need to be. Hmm, wait I get confused with my own sentence. Again, whatever.
Well, today I called Rahmah. It was so hard to contact her. It's FREAKING HARD. But, Alhamdulillah I managed to call her and told her what she need to do. After I told her, I asked
Me : You didn't recognize me?
Rahmah : Haa, err, who is this?
bla bla bla bla
Me : You are sspian right?
Rahmah : Yes
Me : I'm an sspian too
Rahmah : Wait, who are you?
Me : I am Syakirah Zokri
Rahmah : Oh KAK SYAKIRAH!!
And suddenly we speak in Malay. Hahaha. I asked, pahal susah gila nak contact kau? Yeah, I had to tell Fairuz and Sereena to tell her to pick up the phone. But actually both of them also have not wake up yet. And she said Line Celcom GILAAAA. haha, it's okay. Finally, I managed to contact you.
Some of the applicants were really hard to contact. Her/his phone number, mom, dad and even the home number. After we tried several times, they finally picked up the phone but
Me : Hello Assalamualaikum, saya dari bla bla bla. Boleh saya bercakap dengan anak Puan? ( I had to speak in Malay cause I'm afraid they will feel insecure)
Puan : Hmm, macam nilah dia nak cancel permohonan tu
WHAT?? You want to cancel? Why don't you tell us earlier!! Another story (After 100 of calls)
Me : Hello Assalamualaikum Encik, saya telefon dari Amerika Syarikat, bla bla. Boleh saya bercakap dengan anak Encik?
Line was not really clear but still, i think he could hear me cause I heard him
Encik : Budak-budak ni. main main. *Speak with another person
tuut tuut tuut *He ended the call
WHAT THE #%@#%R%@#R@?? When I speak in English, you ended the call. When I talked in Malay, you said I'm a kid who wants to prank you? WHAATTT?? THIS IS SOOOO SAD T.T
Whatever lah pak cik. Enough. I had enough.
And that was my story. Next time, if you apply for scholarship, make sure your phone is always with you. And make sure your parents also know about it even your orang gaji sekalipun. So that you won't miss the opportunity to get the scholarships. And please, check your email daily and not to forget the spam folder. Please guys and girls. Grab the opportunity!! That's all for today. Bye peeps, toodles and Assalamualaikum.
