career fear.
Today is the last day of a programme called National Career Week in my uni. I didn’t get a chance to really browse through every stall due to lack of time in my schedule, but I did manage to scan through a few. The CAC was flooded with job seekers/curious students. ---------- Outside the hall of the exhibition, there’s a bazaar with stalls selling food and clothing stuff. There’s this booth which sells Dyno-Tab, have you heard of it? The idea amused me, yes. I think I’ll take my time before jumping into business. (I do plan to later though) Oh, I didn’t get my Dyno-tab. ---------- I came across this idealistic quote posted online. =)
2006-12-20, 6:05 p.m.
Plus, the engineering building most of my classes are held in, is the venue for an open walk-in interview.
Over 20 big local and international companies/bodies (i.e. Exxon, Proton, Bank Negara, SHELL, TNB, etc.) participated.
It’s so very intimidating.
As I entered the lift, I scanned all the faces of the formally clad candidates and wondered,
“Which of them has the X-factor these companies are looking for?”
“How many of them would score a job and how many would walk out disappointed with perhaps yet another rejection?”
…
and the scariest thought of all, “In a few years, I’d probably be one of them…”
…
Reality.
Scares me. To death.
I know I’m still in a happy cocoon now that I’m still living the student life.
But I’m very well aware that in a few years, REAL life will come knocking on my door.
…and real life means entering the rat race of today’s material-based society.
Am I up for it?
Will my degree, in the end, be worthy of it?
Every single year, the amount of book smart people increase within Malaysian itself. As much as I’m proud of “budak-budak sekarang”.
I have to admit I’m freaking scared of them too. Competitions only get tougher.
As much as I like a challenge, I have my personal fears.
I have so many things which I plan to do, but can I carry them through?
I’ve been having lots of self-doubt lately.
But I will deal with it.
I have to.
It’s practically survival skill!
*ponders*
It’s one of the names given to this tablet which is gaining popularity for its ability to increase fuel-efficiency in vehicles.
The product is too good to be true.
Go to Dyno Tab for more info. If you can't get to the link, then try googling it.
Anyway, I was about to buy a packet to give it a shot since a friend of mine, Danial from MMU tried it and it’s proven to work amazingly for his Satria.
But, turns out, a classmate of mine was one of the agents for the tablets.
It’s one of those multi-level marketing thing.
After explaining how the things works (yea, I was already convinced, despite those who tried to disprove it ;p), she started to ask me to become an agent.
Then came a man she’s working for and he started to promote being an agent to me too.
I stayed a while longer to listen.
He was telling me how much I could make by selling and pulling in new agents (as if I’m an agent already).
He explained how much profit I could make in different methods – drawing on paper, arranging stationeries on the table, dramatic hand gestures.
He was indeed an enthusiastic person.
He also mentioned that it’s sad to be one of those who comes by and lines up to get a job at these career exhibitions.
And that it’s a waste of time to work for 9pm-5pm jobs.
He threw questions like
“Why not make more for less?”
“Why study so hard for when you can have it easy?”
and others which were pretty porovoking..
But nothing I haven’t heard before actually.
Did I buy his business idea? Yes.
Did I join it? No.
Did I end up buying those tablets? NO either.
Especially one which takes up so much time.
I have enough things to struggle for.
Plus, he kind of puts me off, in a way, when he insulted those who came to seek jobs.
Cos personally, I respect their effort of trying to make their degrees and other qualifications recognized and rewarded.
Everyone has the right to find their way and place of making it in this world.
So, just let them.
Guess I’ll just buy it from somewhere else.
(And insyaAllah, my car wont’ blow up, like what some claimed it might ;p)
"Choose a job you love, so you never have to work a day in your life."
I wish, I wish, I wish…
*keeps wishing*