While doing some temp admin work.... my boss said something which set me thinking. "When I was a student, I used to do alot of things... I got myself involved in alot of activities in schoo. I worked in Italian restaurant, Mexican restaurant, property etc... " ......................."I love to own my own restaurant" ......"So what is your dream?"
This set me thinking...
After 21 years on earth, I have tried my hands at a number of jobs. In fact I worked every holidays after O's in 2001 coz in poly the term breaks are long affairs. In fact I work during school term as well... as a tutor that left me with severe blood loss from the countless buckets of blood that I've puked. Let me recall what I have done for the past 5 years.
I think I'm busy with npcc trainings for dec and jan so my job hunt only started in feb.
Feb-Jun02: Banquet Waitress at a hotel along Clarke Quay (My very first job!)
Dec'02: Roadshow Promoter for one of the telco giant
Jun-Aug'03: Tele-surveyor for a cleaning company
Dec'03-Apr'04: Admin Asst for a petrol station
Nov'04-Mar'05: Poly Attachment at an IT company
Jun-Jul'05: Admin Asst for a Japanese company
Dec'05: Return to the Japanese company
May-July'06: Intern for a pertroleum giant.
All these jobs no matter how long or short the duration, no matter how mundane or challenging the task, I've learnt somethings out of them. It can be transferrable skills like admin skills or organizational skills but more importantly it gives me a chance to peek into the working world in different kind of organizations. I'm grateful for the opportunities to see different people at work and of course to see myself at work in different environment. I believe this will help as you must first know yourself, what is your style of doing things so that you can evaluate upon yourself and ask if your potential employers are looking for such traits that you have. Change what you can to suit your employer but if you cannot change, then find an employer that will accept your traits.
So back to the question posted to me.... "What is your dream?" This stumped me for 5 seconds before I gave a weak "I'm not sure too" followed by a weak attempt to laugh at myself. I've never asked myself what my dream was. I never believed in dreaming. In fact I'm a down-to-earth + terribly realistic person, to the extent that if I think this is not what I want, I will rather forgo it than to even try. I don't like to dream as I'm more interested in what is infront of me. I've no patience. I want instant gratification or at least what I can justify for doing in the short-term. Is this wrong? I don't think so. But subconsciously I do have a vague idea of what I want in life but no concrete picture floats in my mind. I guess this is what people call 'goals'.
But don't bother asking me what it is for another trait of mine. If I want you to know I'll let you know otherwise it will only irritate me by asking. Friends should have realized that I very seldom probe in their lives coz I believe if you want to share with me what is happening in your life you will tell me w/o me asking.
Speaking of friends, I seldom msn/call up/meet up with friends esp during sch term where I'm terribly busy. Why? Coz if I regard you as a close friend, I would believe we don't need to meet up very often. There will be no awkard moments when we meet up after a long time. If I only regard you as a friend, then even if I see you everyday is pointless coz I'll make it a point that you won't know much about me. In fact I get very irritated if you try too hard to know too much about me when it is plain clear that I regard you only as an average friend and nothing more.
Bonkers @ 12/08/2006 10:02:00 PM
