Friday, 7 September 2007
Sometimes i just suddenly have some thoughts tt come 2 my mind when i saw or heard something. Guess tt being an adult really thinks too much... Ytd when i attend my ACCA class. I was sitting beside an old uncle who i think is @ least 40 plus n he oso got white hair. I was wondering this uncle so old then still studying, where he got the energy n commitment? No offence to tt uncle, actually i really admire him. I doubt tt if i'm @ tt age, i'll still have the energy n time to study. Mayb i'll be worrying more abt my kids study. So shld study while young cos no family commitment. N i oso dun wan @ at such a age, still w/o a high qualification. Shld oso build my career while young. Changing job is easy but building a career is a mountain to climb. Now i seems 2 lost the momentum n energy n passion. If i'm an express train 3 yrs ago, then i think i'm a choo choo train requiring frequent maintenance now.
Recently my boss is recuiting people. I saw a few resume n i feel how lucky i am to have decided wat i wanna do when i graduate. There is one applicant who study nursing n was a nurse for a couple of years then she switch to studying ACCA n wanna apply for an accounts/ audit assistant possition. Then there is another applicant who graduate from NP wif a diploma wif Merit but just couldn't get into NTU Accountancy course so she chosen Bachelor of Business majoring in IT as her dad wan her to get a degree. Then after she graduate, she could only find IT related job so she went to pursue ACCA n just completed her ACCA course. I really can't imagine myself in their shoes, if at the age of late 20s, i'm just a fresh graduate n could only request for a pay of < $2k. I set myself a target tt @ the age of 25, i shld be earning at least $3k. If i complete my ACCA b4 25, i shld be able to command tt pay. Well, $3k is not a lot cos after deducting CPF, net pay is only $2.4k. Then mayb by the age of 30, i shld be earning abt $5k le bah.
Read an interesting article in Ms Shenton section in 我报 few days ago. I enjoyed reading this section cos it teach people a lot on working life n it's v relevant to me now. This article was saying abt an employee who always tell his boss tt he can't complete the task whenever his boss assign a new one to him. This makes his boss quite unhappy abt him. But in the end this employee is still able to submit the task within the deadline. The advice tt Ms Shenton gave is his boss must have known abt his abilities before assigning any task to him. Hmm.... Y boss r so clever leh? Sometimes i'm oso puzzled as to why my boss assign me task which i dun understand y he assign me task which i feel tt i'm unable to deliver. Now i understand. No wonder my boss told me tt he believe tt i'm able to handle the task tt's y he assign it to me. I just dun believe tt i can complete the task. He say tt if i nvr try, how i noe i can't perform leh.
