Considering that I still have one more year in poly before I graduate, and spend 2 more years in the army serving my national service, I think that by that time I would be in a university, pursuing further studies of my own interest. By then, I would also be driving, and its probable to think that I have already made plans for the future, concerning work, marriage and family. Actually, I have planned to get married around 26, latest 28, so as to be able to concentrate on work and career. Personally I think that in university, I would be mature enough to be able to prioritize my goals in life, and if nothing changes, I will be sticking to my policies that I have set now.
Hopefully, university goes off without a hitch, and then, before I start to work seriously, I will tour the world, just like my mother. I feel that having a broad scope of things, knowledge of the world, and exposure to different things will do me good. I have seen too many examples of people who do not expose themselves, or are unable to, and hence, they find themselves sadly ignorant. I still see people around me who wake up without a general idea of what is happening around the world, and live day by day, just like a drone. Their life cycle is almost programmed, and they move around doing the same things everyday. They cannot enjoy the fineries of life, aren’t as refined as people who have knowledge of the world, and you can find that their thinking wavelengths are vastly different.
University, for me, will be a place where reach the final stage of development. I would like to think that there, I will be able to meet people of equal wavelengths, people who share the same ideas and goals as me, and people I can depend on to move on together with me. There, I should actually use the etiquette that I have learnt a long long time ago… there is actually not much use to be classy in poly or secondary school. People don’t understand what they see, and usually the people who demonstrate these social skills are branded “show offs” but then again, it is expected, as the people themselves who brand others aren’t mature themselves. I guess, immature thinking is what all people experience all along as they grow up.
5 years…. It is still a long way for me to go… but I am determined to become successful and strong in the years to come. Who knows what skills and the types of people I will meet in the years in between? People and events like this can make or break a person… so it is necessary to be careful along the way....
