Hello!
Here's the link to the job application I wrote on:
http://www.singaporeinternship.com/internships/dbs-banking-internship


333 East Coast Road
#05-10
Singapore 429101

13 February 2011

DBS Bank
6 Shenton Way, DBS Building Tower One
Singapore 068809

Dear officer-in-charge,

I refer to your recruitment offer and am highly interested in being part of your team during May—August 2011. I am currently a Year One student from National University of Singapore, pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering. I am confident that I will be of great service to the company.

My interest in business has led me to choose this job. I am currently taking several business-related modules for my first year as I am planning to minor in business studies in my upcoming academic years.

My A levels’ and first semester results, as disclosed in my CV, are good. I have also participated in several school events especially in the area of sports. My numerous achievements in track and field and cross country events throughout my Junior College years, have shown my active CCA records. In my first semester, I have already participated in several sports events. I have also played the role as vice-captain in inter-faculty game which has given me the opportunity to lead others. The rigours in trainings have greatly enhanced my leadership qualities and team-building abilities. I am also part of a committee which is currently planning events for freshmen’s orientation. I have gained better communication skills as it demands highly of interaction with team mates and freshmen. These experiences will prove valuable as they are applicable in business meetings or doing business projects.

I am confident that my experiences and interest in this job area will contribute to this leading and dynamic bank despite my age. I hope I can be given an opportunity to work in this company.

I look forward to hearing from you in the near future. Thank you for your time.

Yours sincerely,
Koh Jia Ai

96184731
Koh_jia_ai@hotmail.com

Wrong Queue, Wrong Time.

Before University started, I worked at the theme park in Universal Studios Singapore as a park operator. I do remember one incident that led to a quarrel between me and a collegue.

The ride, "Revenge of the Mummy", which I was working in, had two specific queue lines. The first queue was passengers who wanted to sit in groups, while the other was for single riders.
However, there was this day that the queue ropes got mixed up. This meant some people who wanted to sit in groups ended up in the 'single rider' queue. That day, a collegue and I were given the duty to assign the passengers to their seat.
So when I told these passengers that they came up the wrong queue, they were surprised and protested that it was not their fault. I felt they were right, and wanted to let them into the ride. However, my collegue thought otherwise. He told the customers that they had to leave the queue and re-queue in the group-queue (which meant another extra 20 minutes to queue). Halfway while he was explaining to the customers, I interrupted and told him that we should let them through.
My collegue was furious after what I did, and let me have my way. After that, he complained to my head about it, and told me that, "Rules were rules", hence it was my fault that I chose to let them in.
Have I really done my collegue wrong? What should I have done instead?