Anyway, I have been finishing off work and trying to make it on time (up to expectations too!). In the end and after much hard work and one late night, my teammates and I did it! Good job to us!
I was so happy to wrap things up for the semester this morning. It has been a great semester with my students. I have seen great work, amazing achievements as well as the learned attitude that not very many students possess nowadays.
Honestly, do you go to University to continue your tertiary education for your future (get a good job/salary/career) or just to meet your parent's expectations?
I feel sad for students who told me that they do not know what they are studying and is just there because my mother told me to study engineering. It is very disheartening to hear. Expectations can kill passion and spirit.
I always tell them to study something they love and have passion for. So what if you love the computer more than your bed? Is it weird to choose to be a chef rather than a lawyer? Do you really think being an engineer, doctor, lawyer, accountant ... etc. will be so much better than any other occupation or job opportunities available in the world?
Over lunch, one of the topics discussed among my colleagues were about the way people discriminate certain jobs.
You fail your test again?!! Maybe you should just be a garbage man or a fruit seller.
Study hard! You do not want to end up selling char koay teow by the road!
It really irks me when certain people, especially educators and parents who would give such remarks to children. I am proud to say that my mother doesn't mention this to us, but I shall always remember her respect for people disregard of their race, gender, occupation, income... everyone is a unique individual with a purpose.
We are all special in our own way.
So what if a person sells char koay teow at the night market?
Is it a problem if a person loves to draw and not listen to heartbeats everyday in the clinic?
Can you be a better tri-shaw man who cycles our cultures around the world and make us special than the rest of the countries?
Do you think you can live in peace without the people who helps us tidy our lawns, cut the grass and pick up our garbage everyday?
Everyone is here for a purpose and we are each special individual.
I would like to take this chance to wish all my Malay friends Selamat Hari Raya. Maaf zahir dan batin.
p/s: Yasmin Ahmad, you are among the people whom I will always look up to for your special messages you have tried to send in your ads and movies. You left us too soon but we hear you and will always remember you.
2 comments:
My parents send me to uni to get a degree. I did, went back to Msia and worked for three years. Now? Studying again and waitressing. Embarassed being a waitress? No.
One point, my parents did tell me that I could not earn a living by dancing. If I had the persistence, I would have proved them wrong. My husband did, for the love of cycling and is in fact a proud dropout of uni. Nothing more than his two Olympics could even replace the experience.
It's an Asian thing. Just gotta be the best in what you do. Go with the flow, have an ambition and work towards it without trying too hard and losing "it".
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Love and totally agree to what you have written.
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