What WAS your ambition?!

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I got to know that one of my lady student currently working as air stewardess in Korean Air. Read through her blog, she grumbling little bit that the life during the training to become an official air stewardess was really tough. She also wrote to tell me that the job is really tiring (She already completed her training and start to work now) coz the working hour is quite long and can as long as until 14 hours per trip!

But seeing she becoming air stewardess, makes me pondering little while and and I asked my husband a question, " What WAS your real ambition?"

I found that many friends around me not really work on something that they are interested in. The pay may be very high and very good, but they are not happy coz this is not the job they want. I had a friend, she loves music very much. But due to society realistic, culture, and family pressure, she in the end gave up her dream to persue the study in music degree course and currently working in IT field. Is she happy? I guess not.

My ambition was becoming a lawyer. But again due to pressure from my father (he said lawyer this job is not really an ethical career coz sometimes as a lawyer, we have to turn something false into true. Lawyers who read my blog, pls don't put in heart. My father just voiced his opinion only!), i ended up study IT course. But luckier than my friend, I manage to work as lecturer. Even though is not my original ambition, but at least I love my current job. It is a job that TALKS a lot too. :P

I have many other ambitions, but I guess it is hard to become real. I had a dream to become a TV host. Hope that I can sit in front camera, spreading the news to whole country people or even to whole world. I wish I were a chef, that can know how to cook many delicous food. I wish I were a make up artist or beautician too, to help other ladies in beauty knowledge and help to color up their face, make all the ladies to become pretty. My husband always encourage me to take some part time course, e.g. professional make up course, but sometimes too much commitments in life, making me keep on delaying this thoughts.

I guess one of the reasons many people in this country not able to work according to their interest is due to our country's culture too. Different from other country, Malaysia career is more limited. In Japan, a cartonist can earn a lot per annum. In FRance, a drawer can earn and live well. But how about in Malaysia??

Will our future generation ever step on the path we have taken? Work in the field that they never love? Unhappy to stay in their career. Lately read some news in newspaper that more and more small kids (5 - 6 years old) having pyschology problem and need to consult pyschology doctor or even depending on pills and medicine to sleep at night due to too high pressure given by their parents. Ballet class, piano class, tuition class etc making all these small little kids breatheless! They have lost their naive and wonderful childhood! What's wrong with our world now??

LEt's pray that our future generations can find that their smiles, their happiness and their childhood. Parents! DOn't pressure your children too much! Life is not only about becoming a professional or good doctor, lawyer, accountant etc. Life is an enjoyable process too... Let's make our future kids life to be more colorful and happier path!

Give back smiles to our future kids!! Life, always so beautiful~