Wednesday, November 01, 2006
A friend asked me a question.
C: So where do u plan to study after NS?
Me: NUS lor. Arts & Social Science.
C: Then what can u become?
Me: (hesitantly).. err. at most become teacher lor?
C: ahh. then u might as well go NIE straight...
Hmm. I refuse to think that far. I only want to get my paper qualifications and see-how-lah-after-that. I dont think im-not-planning-for-the-future.
Some things are better left unplanned. Coz no matter how desperately you try to make things go your way, some things are not meant to be.
He asked me if I've been studying part-time. I was a little guilty. One year ago, i was planning and setting goals. Wanted to accomplish lots of things. But as i reflect today, i think i'm trying too hard to save money.... That i lose out a lot of things.
One guy wrote in to the papers recently stating that its alright for youths to (over)spend on goods which might be deemed as unnecessary or extravagant by the older folks. Its precisely because they won't spend on such things when they grow old.
Ok. I-swayed-off-tangent(so cliched).
It's hard to convince someone that what i've learnt as an NSF clerk is soo much more than what i can bargain for. Though I'm quite sick of work, I know that the knowledge and skill i've garnered and learnt will be extremely useful in one way or another.
Of course there are always directives/instructions/manuals for beginners to read, understand and acquire the knowledge from; but what is more precious is the people-to-people skills i've developed... the soft skills.. serving your customer.. suggesting ways to solve ppl's(economic/social/political/family/financial blah blah) problems.. thinking on your feet.. thinking out of the box... and doing your boss's(need to put 's or not ah?) work.
All these will be handy and useful.. Esp since i plan to focus on the admin/HR line.
Was extremely pissed this afternoon because of the sheer difficulty we face in planning the MR Ceremony namely because the vendor we engaged to supply food is not a supplier under EPS. So gotta register her blahblahblah....
(we cld have just sticked to Elsie's Kitchen or Stamford Catering where to order we just need to click and drop our selections in the system). BLAH....
|| nobone ran out @ 11/01/2006 07:30:00 pm ||