Friday, March 2, 2007
I sit by my computer, giving serious thoughts about my future...
Maybe i should not take up a degree in hospitality and tourism. Judging from my results for the past three years, it can be clearly seen that i do not fare well in H&T subjects. I actually suck, scoring mostly Bs in all of them, not even an A. Sigh.
Do i have a passion in the H&T industry? Well, you can quite say that. I love meeting people and seeing new faces everyday, as compared to working in an office, where you'll see the same face everyday (except for new recruits), rub your butt with the chair and stare at the computer screen for eight hours a day. How mundane is that! :/
People may argue that an office job is less tiring and the working hours are fixed (9am-5pm) unlike the service sector, where you have to stand for hours, handle difficult customers and their complaints daily, work on the weekends and even on public holidays! <--That really stinks!
Additionally, the starting pay is quite low, ranging from $1300-$1600. My mom joked that free meals and uniform are provided by the hotel, hence the reason for the low pay. LOL. I don't know how true this is, but it sounds quite reasonable to me. heh.
I was thinking of taking up other courses (ie. sociology, social work), however, having studied this course, i do not want to waste my parents' money and my precious time and effort. They say it's best to pursue your passion, so that at the end of the day, it would not seem as "Okay, i'm working and i'm doing this to earn a living." It would be "What is a JOB? I love what i'm currently doing!"
Ok, i'm getting all confused and having a headache just thinking and sorting out my thoughts about my future. Arghhhhhhh. I hope to find my guiding star, to guide me through this arduous period. Ok, even if there isn't any guiding star, i hope God will guide me through and show me some light to overcome this obstacle.
What do i want? I do not know. Can someone guide me through? Pretty please? Oh Lord, i pray ever so fervently, that a guiding star,
would shine ever s0 brightly in my darkest hours, to show me the right path to take...Have finally finished watching "Under the canopy of love"!!! Lovely hk drama, albeit during the last few episodes, there were many events happening all at once. It seemed as though the director wanted to squeeze the drama into 20 episodes, hence having to run many events concurrently, absolutely not giving its audiences any chances to grasp what is happening. I believe this is especially so for the love triangle among Ah Sze, Shen Lang and Kuen Lik.
Though the ending is a happy and almost predictable one, with Ah Sze and Shen Lang getting back together, I feel sorry for Kuen Lik. He loves Ah Sze so much, yet in the end, he chose to give up fighting for her and even gave his blessings to Ah Sze and Shen Lang. How generous and bold to do that!
Watching this, i can't help thinking, is this what you call sacrificial love? You love someone so much that you let him/her go. If he/she is meant to be yours, he'll/she'll return to you? (Ah Sze unfortunately didn't do so) I guess Kuen Lik knows in Ah Sze's heart, she doesn't love him as much as she loves Shen Lang. That is why he let her go. After all, you can't force love or force someone to love you as much as you do. Poor Kuen Lik.
I was also touched by about how the director conveys the importance of family in the drama. He potrayed Ah Sze's family as a close-knitted family, a family that stays together and is there for one another through thick and thin. I believe the director hopes to serve this as a reminder that at the end of the day, it is
family that matters the most and who would be there for us no matter what happens. Hence, we should treasure them and not take them for granted. So true. :)
Nice storyline, lovely theme song and with yummy eye-candies (Shen Lang and Kuen Lik) to boot...what are you waiting for? Go catch "Under the canopy of love" NOW! It's a great hk drama not to be missed! I absolutely recommend it! =D
