We all have a childhood dream, and mine is being a veterinarian. I used to roleplay, having a desk setup in my room with those syringe (w/o needles of course) and other medical tools in my drawer. I’ll line up all our stuffed animal toys, and then treat them one by one. – You know, the usual role playing game the kids play. Then when I already grew a little older, my dad bought me some pets: I had dogs, birds, rabbits, chickens, ducks, guinea pigs and even a snake. I’m also the one who kept the papers and other documents of our dogs.
I even remember when I used to count the years when will I graduate from elementary to highs school, and high school to college so that I could already take a veterinary course and be a true veterinarian. I’m already thinking what I want to be called that time as well. Is it Doc JeD? Dr. Chan? Hmmm… Well it seems like being a veterinarian is my “ultimate” dream… at that time…
When I’m already graduating high school being a veterinarian has never became my option, rather I wanted to become a chef and have my own restaurant in the future. So I took Bachelor of Science in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management. The course has 3 tracks of specialization Hospitality Management, Travel and Tourism Management, and Culinary Arts. If I remember it correctly, we have to choose among these 3 tracks after taking the minor subjects – about 1 year and 1 term. Since I wanted to become a chef, I should take Culinary Arts.
After 1 year and 1 term, I was about to choose my track of specialization. I took Travel and Tourism Management (Whaat?) Yeah, I don’t know why but I don’t feel like becoming a chef anymore. In addition, I thought the specialization I chose is more appropriate because our family business’ nature is tourism/transportation.
Now, it’s been almost 3 years since I graduated and have already worked for 2 companies. But I’m still quite confused in what I really want to be or what what I really want in this life. I think there’s so much I want to be that I confuse myself whom I want to be. There’s a lot of path that I want to take, that if I can take ‘em all I’ll take ‘em all, but still found myself stucked in same place thinking which path to take. I want to be the perfect somebody which made me still a nobody.
Heard this quote from the trailer of the upcoming movie IP Man: “Everyone must choose his own path.”
Related posts:
