Friday, April 11, 2008

Dream, Reality and Happiness.....

I love sports. I hope I could play any sports without any restrictions everyday. I hope to be a sportsman or a coach. Hence, I dream to have a working career that is related to sports.

I hate studying. I hate to do the assignments given by teachers. I hate to take exams. However, I love to chat with my friends in school. Hence, I dream of going to an educational institution where I could just chat with my friends without being troubled by assignments and exams.

I love to eat. I never dream of having abalone or shark fin for my daily meals. I just hope my daily meals can be tasty and filling. Hence, I dream of eating some nice and non-expensive food in Singapore.

I hate busy life. The fast and modern pace of Singapore’s life is killing me. I am just a boy who likes to appreciate and enjoy every single precious moment of life. Hence, I dream of getting back into a leisurely simple life.

Unfortunately,

I am doing engineering course in NUS now. The field of engineering most probably will be the area where I will start and end my working career for the rest of my life. Therefore, my dream to have a working career in sports’ field is dashed.

As I am studying in NUS now, I have to sit for plenty of “bloody hell” difficult and torturing exams in 4 years. I am not as good and smart as other NUS brilliant students. For me, I feel it is too competitive here. It is definitely not the academic life that I dream of.

Singapore is facing inflation nowadays. Price of general merchandise keeps rising. So is the price of food. As a result, I always have to pay a non-reasonable price for a little amount of non-delicious food especially when buying food in PGP!!!

I am bonded to work in Singapore for at least 3 years after graduating from NUS. Furthermore, I am in debt already as I have applied some other loans for my exceptionally high cost of living in Singapore. Thus, I have to work very very very hard after graduating as debt will make my future life like hell. Obviously, no leisure in future!!!

In fact, I am just a simple guy who is having some simple dreams and hoping for a simple life. I never hope of wanting to have high academic qualifications and a high-paid job. I just hope for a comfortable and simple life in future. If all my simple dreams can come true, I definitely and truly will be happy and contented. Nonetheless, reality is cruel. Reality doesn’t allow us to have an easy life. Dreams will not be easy to be realized in reality. Simplicity can be said unreachable.

Hence, if you ask me whether I am happy or not, I will tell you I am happy, but not truly and fully and I am definitely not contented as my dreams just can be my dreams forever. They have been ruined by reality.

7 comments:

Tsyr Harn said...

All I can say that life is not always the same we dream.

Boon Woei said...

Well, i guess all of us know something called "resonance" and that is how I felt now. But, if you keep this passive mind it will not help you at all. Yet struggling to have a better result is all I can do just before the exam. All the best.

wee said...

Keep it up,Sawks!Don't be so passive!I believe you will success 1 day!

Brad Blackstone said...

Thanks, man, for this interesting post. I think I know you better now, the last week of the term.

You wanna combine sports with your dream of working in sports? Why not work for a company that designs sports hardware, like weight machines, or treadmills, or scuba equipment. Or how about sail boats? Engineering can be applied to any field. There was a guy who lived close to my hometwon who had a similar dream, but he loved golf best of all. Somehow he got into golf club design. Now he has his own factory, his own golf club brand and he's a trillionaire.

Dream on, dude!

Ewa said...

What can I say?
Life sometime has been a pain in the @$$. But, it is all part of life and we have to make do with what we have to enjoy life


anyway, good luck for your exams.

Guo Cheng said...

You don't have to start with an engineering job. In fact a lot of engineering graduates do banking.

Zhang Xuejie said...

Best wishes to you your dreams~
The person who has dreams will never loose his passion and motivations.
I believe you are the person just like this:)