Thinking about our ambition that we were requested to fill up back in SMP and even primary school. I wonder whether anyone of us has achieved it. I am really curious about it.
One fine day when I was around 6-7 years old, my grandma asked my cousin and I what were our ambitions. My cousin proudly said "Doctor". I also proudly said "Soldier". I bet all the adults were impressed with my cousin's ambition but not mine. In fact upon reaching home in Kangar, I was scolded by my mother, "People's son want to be a doctor! You want to be a soldier? Eat bullets?". I was crazy about the TV series, Combat! So, I was influenced by it.
Eventually, the ambition evolved from a soldier into an artist. Again, my mother was not happy. She said, "Artist? Wait till you die only you may be famous...or maybe not". I loved drawing those days especially cartoons. Then, an artist is again being evolved into a scientist. Again, I was criticised with "All scientists are mad". I actually admired Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Isaac Newton, etc. I was also crazy about astronomy and curious about our universe/UFO. I stopped revealing my ambition to my parents after that, knowing that I would never gain any support.
In the secondary school, all my ambitions were kept as secrets from my parents. I had ridiculous ambition such as a singer (actually I wanted to be a Heavy Metal singer with long hair but I sang like a frog...haha), an astronomer (carried on from my scientist ambition), an actor (a comedian actually), a pilot (to be exact it's air force), a sailor (a navy actually), a DJ (I loved radio), etc
All those exciting ambitions I didn't came close to achieve at all, except for one that I went on to the radio show because of my DJ friend's help. It was not a career anyway...it's a hobby.
This photo is for YY & PL who made me vomited blood till 2am the other day..hehehe:
Sometimes, when I read the cartoon of Calvin and Hobbes, it reminds me of myself. I had my imaginary friends including headless ones, armless ones, legless ones, I also imagined my family members as baddies etc. Lately I have been thinking that my life could be more exciting if I am a biologist exploring the jungle. I guess my "God mother" aka Puan Cheah might have cultivated her biology into my brain...haha. I loved biology comparing with other science subjects because of a teacher who treated me well with her encouragement. I hated chemistry because I had a teacher that discouraged me. I hope those who have their own kids will give more support to the kids instead of discouraging them.
So, what were your ambitions when you were schooling?
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5 comments:
从小我的志愿是当一名教师,而我确实在等待STPM成绩的两三个月里到A/S的一所小学当代课老师,之后,我毅然把这个志愿丢掉,因为了解到现在的小孩真的很恐怖,已经不像我们小时候那样听话又可爱。
现在,我的志愿是当一名家庭主妇,对现代的女性来说,你敢讲这不是最伟大的志愿吗?Hihi..!
YY, it will be so simple if your ambition was housewife last time. The teachers didn't have to think about how to help you to achieve your ambition anymore...except for finding you a good husband...hahaha. For guys, maybe becoming "little white face" (translate to Mandarin to get the actual meaning) will simplify things too.
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