Between your dreams and reality

Okay, so this is my first post in my blog. Oh my God, I have a blog!!! Oh God, oh God, Ya Allah *breathe in, breathe out*. Phew~ okay. Back to business. So, today I want to talk about dreams and reality. My dreams. My reality.

Dreams
When I was very, very young I wanted to just sit at home and wiggle my feet while watching tv. Yes, that's my dream occupation. Odd enough but that's the truth of it. When I started school, my teacher asked all of us to write down three dream occupations. Three!!! Can you imagine how hard it was for me? I had none! Well~ the one that I had was hardly called "occupation", it's more like leasurely occupation. Duhhh~ I was in panic. What am I supposed to do? You know what I did? (I can hear a chorus of NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO). I fancied myself a picture dictionary, and I flipped through to the occupation page. It has all sort of occupations there. So, I filled in the damn form, and voila!!! All set and done. Hehehehe~ I fooled my teacher.

When I was 11, I finally see what occupation was all about. Getting money ($$$$$$$). So, the closest thing to my school is a clinic and the highest paid job there was a doctor. Truly inspired by this and watching Dr. Doogie Howser (did I spell it correctly?) I set my target then to become a world-famous doctor (cheeewaaahhh!!).

Come form 4, 16 years old, studying science stream, being introduced to Mr. Biology. First impression? Not good. Hated it and still hates it! What the heck? Cell dividing? Who cares anyway? Well not me~ No thank you. So, what happened to my dream of becoming a world-famous doctor? Puffttt! Kaput!! Dream gone~

Come form 5, 17 years old, I need a new dream job. Quick. Fast. Why? Cuz I need to apply into a good university. Come on brain!!! But I had none. I talked to my favourite teacher, Mr. Ooi Beng Huat, who was my Chemistry teacher (my favourite subject, btw) about this matter. He's the one suggested Chemical Engineering for a degree. And boy, do I owe him. I may not be an Engineer in practice but I am happy that I took that course in university. It is certainly the perfect course for me.

REALITY
Now, reality check. When I graduated, I pictured myself working as a chemical engineer in a plant in PFK, Gurun, Kedah. However, that's not the case. I was forced to become a petroleum engineer and failed to do so. I hate it. I have no passion whatsoever in it. So, kaput! Pfffttt! Dream gone.

Now, I'm in a completely (like 360 degree turn) different fields. But one question that I asked myself every morning when I woke up, am I happy? And everyday, my answer is the same, YES, I AM. And that is good enough for me. In reality, even though my dreams are not my reality, most important thing is that I am happy with my life. And that's all that matters. :-)