financial future

I was already prepared about my meagre RM500 salary as an intern, but I had higher expectations when I graduate later and work full time. Then I realized after listening to my abang-abang and daddy dearest that a fresh grad earns on average less than RM4000 a month. You are pretty lucky even if your salary hits RM4000, extremely lucky and murah rezeki if your salary is RM5000. My goodness, I get more from my JPA allowance!
I did a mental calculation to compare what I am about to earn and my current lifestyle, and I realized how far my parents have progressed in their career to be able to afford all the good things in life. After all, no one has a deeper pocket than daddy and mummy dearest.
You can judge me and call me materialistic, but money is a pretty important motivation to be able to go out and do the same thing everyday for the next 40-50 years. I admire my mum's financial independence. And secretly I confess, I cannot let go the current lifestyle that I am comfortably leading now under my parents.
Solution: I need to work hard, and this makan gaji field of science will not enable me to achieve my $$$ goals in the future.

Cold hands

The thought of me being The Settler actually crossed my mind, but we'll see how this goes.
Thanks for the crazy night, Friend. Even if this leads to no where, you will still be the most unforgettable friend I ever had.

wanita bekerjaya

I am currently doing an internship at Innovax Pharmaceutical (under Chemical Company of Malaysia). So far, I spent the first week orienting myself in the new lab. Did you know the autoclave machine is called 'Stim Dandang' in Malay? I gave a Sheldon-y laugh when I heard this word. Almost broke a micropipette too. Feels great to have a lab practically to yourself....would be better if I can actually put it to use. Major #firstworldproblem: Supervisor hardly gives me any work, so I ended up being bored most of the time at work.

Don't get me wrong, I love going to work. Even when I was a part-time assistant instructor at Kumon, I enjoyed going to work. Completing a task at work feels so much more rewarding than completing a task at school. So not doing or achieving anything at work feels demotivating.

Is this a foreshadow to what my future career will look like? My dad said fresh graduates can't afford to be choosy; jobs are hard to come by these days. I have huge, fast-paced, dynamic expectations of what I want to achieve in my career before I turn 40. The best I can do right now is to make this experience as a stepping stone to get there.

Post Created 2012-07-03 3:40:19 PM

God, I heard you. Loud and clear. Thank you for answering

I can never miss what was never mine

A friend of mine said:
It's ok if you do a good deed for someone and he does not give you credit for what you have done. That person is just a medium for you to obtain the ultimate reward from Allah.

That struck me. So people, things, pets, etc were never mine. They fulfill their purpose as intended by God, they move on. So all the people that I chose to leave, or left me, had definitely shaped me to become a better person and they set the bar for the next person that I will come across in my life.