fruitybix said:
Hi,
Well you are blessed to be able to study. That in itself is a great thing!!
The last thing you want to do is to study something that you think is going to cushion you against economic fallout, unemployment, cyclical industrial supply and demand etc.
From what you have written, seems like you are quite keen to go into business management or communication studies. I say you go for it. Because at the end of the day, whatever course you take now, the most important thing is that you like the subjects you are studying, and that you give it your best shot! i.e. study hard, put in 100%. Worry about tommorrow when it comes. :thumbsup:
agree totally :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
quote something i just saw recently from one of those mail my brother sent ........,
>Business Times
>Published October 11, 2003
>Young, successful - and in search of a dream
>
>By DANIEL BUENAS
>
>UNHAPPY - that's how I feel as a young Singaporean.
>
>I feel this way not because I'm jobless, poor or uneducated. In
>fact, I
>have a good job, a stable income and a good education. By most
>standards,
>I should be considered a successful young man.
>
>However, I am slowly realising that the achievements I have been
>chasing
>are, perhaps, a chimera. I have sought and yearned for success, when
>perhaps what I should have been looking for was happiness, or
>meaning in life.
>
>This is the dilemma that the youth in Singapore face - we cannot
>reconcile
>our apparent success with our gnawing dissatisfaction with life, and
>nobody
>can tell us why.
>
>What we suffer from is a crisis of the soul.
>
>Young Singaporeans are getting lost in a world in which our worth as
>human
>beings is tied to our material, social and physical successes.
>
>However, as we look behind these successes, we often find the faded
>vestiges of what once were our dreams. Thus, our life's purpose has
>been
>drowned in the ocean of practicality.
>
>This distinction between success and happiness was brought home to
>me
>recently after the death of a friend. He had passed on suddenly and
>in the
>prime of his life, and his death shook me from the stupor of endless
>days
>of work.
>
>I realised that I had perhaps neglected my family and friends around
>me
>and,in so doing, had lost the true meaning of life.
>
>It is too late now, but if I could speak to my friend one last time,
>I
>wouldn't say anything. Instead, I would listen to what he had to
>say.
>
>Why?
>
>Because Singaporeans are too busy rushing to work, rushing from work
>and
>rushing at work. We don't take the time to listen to others.
>
>His death made me reflect on my own life, and the search for
>happiness.
>Sadly, the need to find meaning in life wasn't one of the things I
>learnt
>at school. The need for success, however, was.
>
>The desire for success is ingrained in our national psyche, and has
>been
>pursued with a fervour that equals - and often surpasses - religious
>zeal.
>
>From young, we are streamed, labelled and forced into educational
>moulds,emerging as world-class products of our world-class education
>system. We graduate equipped to be successful in life.
>
>Yet, I feel that in some way, we are lacking. I was never taught to
>pursue
>my dreams. Instead, I was taught to be practical. I chose my field
>of
>study, computer science, and my university based on practical
>considerations.
>I thought this would eventually lead to success. But success doesn't
>always
>translate into happiness.
>
>Perhaps my idealism is brought about by a life that has not known
>the
>cruelty of war, or the bitter struggle for survival. Yet, I have met
>those
>who hold on to similar ideals, despite going through great
>suffering.
>
>For instance, I recently interviewed a well-respected academic who
>spoke at
>length with me on the virtues of finding meaning and purpose in what
>we do.
>He was no stranger to suffering, having lived through the Japanese
>occupation, the Communist revolution in China and nearly starving to
>death
>as a young boy. After so much hardship, one would expect him to
>extol the
>virtues of being practical.
>
>Instead, he spoke of passion, desire, purpose and happiness in what
>we do.
>I found it ironic that it took a senior citizen to point this out to
>what he
>called 'a handsome, energetic young man' (what I found even more
>ironic was
>his use of the word 'handsome').
>
>Singaporean youth need to learn that our lives are not just about
>achieving
>success and that we cannot rely on the government or society to
>provide us
>with the reason for our existence. If we do, we will surely come
>away
>disillusioned and disappointed.
>
>More than anything, Singaporean youth need to know that the beauty
>of life
>lies in fulfilling our own dreams - not someone else's - and that we
>should
>not fear pursuing them, whatever they may be. Therein lies our road
>to
>happiness.
>
>As Eleanor Roosevelt so eloquently put it: 'The future belongs to
>those who
>believe in the beauty of their dreams'.
>
>The writer is a BT journalist. He is 24.
