building a dream for myself
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ununoriginalso i have this lovely fren who is working as an AD for this tv prog on channel 8 called 'career blueprints', and for her sake, i have resumed watching a mandarin programme broadcasted on this largely mediocre channel after years and years of boycotting it.
aniwae this programme features various individuals who have given up their high-paying jobs to venture into another field/profession which is less stable in income and very liable to garner strong opposition/cursing from parents/family, all because it's something they have always wanted to do. it's their passion, and despite the longer hours, blood, sweat, tears and rejection, it makes them happy doing it.
this 1st ep showcased 2 ppl, and something the accountant-who-started-a-cooking-school said really resonated with me: "i'm not working on somebody else's dream. i'm building my own dream, for myself."
aniwae this programme features various individuals who have given up their high-paying jobs to venture into another field/profession which is less stable in income and very liable to garner strong opposition/cursing from parents/family, all because it's something they have always wanted to do. it's their passion, and despite the longer hours, blood, sweat, tears and rejection, it makes them happy doing it.
this 1st ep showcased 2 ppl, and something the accountant-who-started-a-cooking-school said really resonated with me: "i'm not working on somebody else's dream. i'm building my own dream, for myself."
and i thot: 'how true.'
now i dunno how many of my colleagues/coursemates who did occupational therapy with me knew tat this was really wat they wanted to do. but not long after i went on my jc work exp at the rehab dept, i had made up my mind tat this was going to be my profession. and even now, 8 years later, i don't have any regrets.
tat lady on the show said she met so many new ppl, had so many exp, learned so many new things; every word rang true for me - if i had given way to my parents and went into medical school, i would have been keeping to a straight and narrow path tat might have brought me more income, prestige and status - but might have been so lacking in other arenas.
it was a long and scenic route - i'll prob never be rich nor famous (not tat i would have been famous as a dr) - but i've met all these great ppl, done the most interesting things (lolz!), and even tho i bitch and whine about work from time to time, it's still where i want to be. doing this, here, now; elsewhere, in the future. this is still probably going to be it.
cuz this is my dream, not someone else's, the one i built for myself.
now i dunno how many of my colleagues/coursemates who did occupational therapy with me knew tat this was really wat they wanted to do. but not long after i went on my jc work exp at the rehab dept, i had made up my mind tat this was going to be my profession. and even now, 8 years later, i don't have any regrets.
tat lady on the show said she met so many new ppl, had so many exp, learned so many new things; every word rang true for me - if i had given way to my parents and went into medical school, i would have been keeping to a straight and narrow path tat might have brought me more income, prestige and status - but might have been so lacking in other arenas.
it was a long and scenic route - i'll prob never be rich nor famous (not tat i would have been famous as a dr) - but i've met all these great ppl, done the most interesting things (lolz!), and even tho i bitch and whine about work from time to time, it's still where i want to be. doing this, here, now; elsewhere, in the future. this is still probably going to be it.
cuz this is my dream, not someone else's, the one i built for myself.
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Date: 2007-01-04 06:01 pm (UTC)Re: *muah*
Date: 2007-01-07 10:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-01-06 11:54 pm (UTC)love ya too!
Date: 2007-01-07 10:07 am (UTC)