Finally, first interviews!

If I get my choice job, I swear it'll be the turning point of my lesser than average achievements.

Enough of the engineering, physics, chemistry and yada yada. BORING. General knowledge in science is interesting. In-depth knowledge is not.

Time and time again, I've followed pressure from wherever it came from. Pure Science in secondary, science subjects in jc, and of course if I don't do well from there, dumped to the course where I was lucky enough to get in with my crappy A level grades.

And the lesson I've learnt from all these is that, never ever make an important decision based on other factors other than what truly excites you.

At least that's for me.

Some people say, "it's the same with any job, it's boring. that's why it's called a job."

That's utter nonsense and I infer they are stuck in the rut of this mentality and thereafter, 'birds of the same feather flock together'.

See, the test of whether a job is suitable for you is the morning rising up. If you readily get up, well done; if not you are in the wrong job. Seriously, I always tell people this - If you get banged down by a car tomorrow, do you really want to die with this lacklustre attitude.

The other matter in contention is when seniors tell us, "you know, you should do this job, the money is better. You'll need it for the family."

Well, the most probable reason for them being in this situation of working-just-for-money is that they were stuck in a vicious cycle simply because they chose the wrong career paths initially and it went on and on.

The other common mentality is this - I don't want to waste what I've learnt, so I should first try out this field. Makes sense right? NO. Analogy - You've spent everyday fighting with your partner. Would you marry him/her because it would be a waste of the time spent together?

Money wise. I would like to stress this point to my friends. It doesn't matter which industry has the most potential opportunity to earn big bucks. If you like what you're doing, you're going to get good at it. And when you're good at it, people will pay you to do it.

Well of course, things aren't that clear sometimes. You might like doing something but just ain't good at it. Or you might not like something or you're just damn good at it. Well then, maybe other factors might help in weighing the pros and cons.

Oh, and a parting comment. This is based on my experiences thus far. You know how we all have cliques of friends and how these influence our decisions to a great extent. I'm not saying we should choose our friends based on this, but seriously, it is better to surround yourself with high energy and positive people during crucial stages of your life.

I give myself as an example. On days when I'm feeling lazy and tired from the non-responses to my resume sending, talking to like-minded friends just keeps me in the lull longer.

But the very next day, when I chat with more motivated people, I feel the stress to get a good job before they are all taken up.

DISCLAIMER. I still 'love', for lack of a not so gay word, my close friends no matter what they are. But energy levels are indeed infectious and it is important to have selective hearing sometimes. LUCKILY, my closest hiadihood consists of high-calibre and capable pple.

Felix - The all-rounder
Rongxin - The hardworking and intelligent dude
Yongjie - The somewhat slack at times but actually is very smart guy
Myself - The worst of the lot. Chui in studies. Terminated from university(got back in fortunately). But all those hiccups have taught me invaluable lessons. And now, I know what I want.