life's a one way road

Friday, April 13, 2007

so screwed for exams. i need to do well to up my GPA but yet my mind is not cooperating.
currently, i'm more interested in the job hunt. Blehz.. Afterall, that's wat i've been working (so hard) for all these past 4 years. To land myself a relatively decent job.
But that in itself is an irony.

what is a relatively decent job?
one that fulfills your expectation, one that just gives the perfect match or one that pays well?
a job that fulfills all 3 criterias is most prob the ideal job... but how many of us actually land that ideal job?
Most of the time, we have to make a choice. a choice btw passion vs money.
Passion.
that's wat many fresh grads and veterans in the working world will say, citing the fact that we're still young. Yes i agree... but the first job is going to determine pretty much ya career path. Changes...horizontal changes are possible but it's going ot be a tough one where rejections r high... pay cuts are almost a yes. Yes we fresh grads have tons of passion... but when u r placed with a scenerio where most of your friends have decided to join the high paying industry ie the banks ... whehter out of passion or the money... u start to waiver n feel that passion is not going to bring u far. it's not going to let u lead the life that u eye and crave for... afterall friends are the next biggest things in our lives & like it or not... they make a huge impact on our lives.
Money.
Who doesn't want money. At least for now.. money is the gateway to almost anything. a house. a car. material good. Much as we can try to convince ourselves that all these doesn't really matter... it's a fact of life that one day... all of us will need our own roof over our heads. and that in itself is going be a big load & burden to us. I still can't decide if it's a sad thing that we've been brought up with the value of owning our own homes.
Passion vs Money. Or many Passion & Money.
What if the passion runs dry or gets drained off by the intense struggle to keep the passion that brings in the money... does it mean money doesn't flow in as well...

It's the crossroads of life once again.
Try for something with the safety net or something more adventurous.
Try for something that pays well or something that might or might not pay well.
Try for the excitment that the job brings u or the money.

It's a choice to make.
I just wished all the options are laid out in front of me... at least i won't haf trouble choosing... the trouble comes when the options comes, in drips n draps.

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