Scholarship interview

In order to survive in the high living cost in Kota Kinabalu, i did apply scholarship to pay my school fees and get certain monthly allowance. Since 11 Feb 2011 which is the dateline of scholarship application, none of us get any news about it until last Monday (28 Mar 2011), i received a call from Cik Zuraya from Pasca that is in charge of our scholarship application to attend an interview by 4 April 2011 (today) at 11:10am for my turn.

From that moment, i was thinking probably i got the potential to get the scholarship and i can ask my dear papa not to give me pocket money anymore. It was really nice and happy plan of mine.

However, i am well-prepared for the interview (at least i think so, hehe), and reach the  Pasca building at around 9:45am. Waiting, waiting and waiting until my turn.

Here is the description for what i faced in the interview:

YY                :  Selamat pagi. 
Prof Harun: Selamat pagi. Please take a seat. 
                       Why do u looked familiar to me? Did i meet u before?
YY               : Yes. I was previously study at SST. 

(Interview started.)
Prof Harun   : Any questions from you, Prof Awang?
Prof Awang : Ok. You berasal dari mana ya?
YY                 : Johor. 
Prof Awang : OH, saya  pun dari Johor. 
                        Siapa ketua menteri johor ya?
YY                 : Sorry, i don't know. 
Prof Awang : Ok, i thought you are from Johor and you should know that. 
                         So, what is your title of research?
YY                  : Domestic and international diversification in pre-retirement saving with portfolio rebalancing in the case of Malaysia. ( I didn't manage to tell the whole title as Prof Awang straightaway ask the next question)


Prof Awang  : So, how is your literature review? Done?
YY                  : Still in the progress.
Prof Awang : How is the progression? How many journal you read?
YY                 : Sorry, are you asking about the no. of journal?
Prof Awang : Ya, you are mathematician isn't it? Suppose you can measure it. Is it 1kg or 100g?
YY                 : HUH?  How can we measure the contents in a journal?
Prof Awang : Even if you print the journal out, you can weight it, is it?
YY                 : ... (speechless)

Lecturer with specs.: Where do you study previously?
YY                               : SST, UMS.
LWS                            : Who is the dean of SST?
YY                               : Prof Harun. 
LWS                            : Full name?
YY                               : Prof Harun Abdullah
Prof Awang               : Luckily this one you know!


I don't really remember all the details during the interview.
These are the things that really make me to memorize it and annoying.

Prof Awang even ask my friend about how she measure liquid.
If it is 1 litre, how do you ensure it is equal to 1 litre?
My friend said that we can double check it by weighing it too.
but Prof Awang said, how do you know that 1 litre is equal to 1 kg?

What the hell is this question means?
If he is asking something based on psychological or personality or even IQ then i think he is a good interviewer.
But WHAT ACTUALLY IS THIS?