Biasiswa Agong interview

EDIT: I wrote a follow-up to this post a year later because for some weird reason it keeps showing up #1 on Google searches for "biasiswa agong" *scratches head*. No, I didn't get the scholarship, but I'm doing my MS studies anyway. Please see here for the follow-up, and if you're applying this year or applied last year, let me know how it went! I'm always interested in connecting with other M'sians in academia.

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I just got a call from someone called Ismail at the JPA to tell me to check the JPA site this afternoon for my interview date for the King's Scholarship (Biasiswa Yang di-Pertuan Agong, .doc file explaining what the scholarship is).

*does happy kitty dance* I've been worrying that my application was incomplete, or didn't reach (even though I sent it by PosLaju), or got thrown in the trash, since I never heard anything back from the other JPA scholarship I applied to earlier this year.

Biasiswa Yang Di-Pertuan Agong ini adalah bagi mengiktiraf kebolehan luar biasa seseorang pelajar, di samping memberi peluang kepada pelajar untuk melanjutkan pengajian di peringkat pasca ijazah dalam bidang Sains dan Teknologi.
[The King's Scholarship aims to acknowledge a student's extraordinary abilities, in addition to giving students opportunities to further their studies at the graduate degree level in Science and Technology fields.]

Penerima Biasiswa Yang Di-Pertuan Agong yang telah menamatkan pengajian diwajibkan pulang ke negara ini tetapi tidak terikat untuk berkhidmat dengan Kerajaan.
[Recipients of the King's scholarship who have completed their studies are obliged to return to this country but are not bonded to Government service.]

That's exactly what I want - to return to Malaysia, but have the freedom to do what I want to do with it.

OK, now I have an immediate reason to whip out that material on dengue from my boss and reread all of it like I've been planning to.

And I really hope I'll have a chance to explain myself in English. Last time I had an interview in Malay was for my SPM Lisan (oral) exam 6 years ago. One of the selection criteria is "Prestasi semasa temuduga" (prestige in the interview), so I'd better stay cool and do as best as I can in BM though.