The Alchemist
Recently managed to get hold of The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho. Been watching too much shows etc on my comp at nite so it was a welcomed changed. When life becomes so mundane and predictable, it can drive ppl crazy....
It's an interesting book actually and i like it quite a lot. I'm not a very religious person but I'm open to the idea of the existence of a greater power.... a bit contradicting but tat's not important. I almost finish the book in one nite coz it's really not thick at all.. After reading this book, I realised one thing... I know all the lessons tat are taught in the book but i guess it serves as a reminder... there's many things tat we understand but we dun actually put it into action... Many at times i've been guilty of taT. We take things for granted ...
As i reflect, I've taken many things and ppl for granted, too often and too much. Education is part of tat. I guess I've had reasonable success in education so far and sometimes I just took it too lightly. Even now I'm still unsure of wat I really want to do in my life. There's many things i wanna do but I just can't seem to prioritise them. I hope to be able to plan my career soon but I'll have to get my goals right. I'm now just a pathetic guy who is lost in his own protected world. Even in primary school, we can proclaim our ambitions but now, I wouldn't even be able to give a proper answer if asked wat's my goals/ambition...
Hope i'll be able to find my way again....NOw i'm lost in the road called life...
Industrial Attachment.....
Been doing my IA for almost 2 months.... encountered a few things.. some good some not so good... Have an IA mate. from another country.. He's as young as my bro... Frenly guy that likes soccer too... fan of Milan which is cool with me. But sometimes i just can't stand him .. dunno y...Sometimes he dun even bathe be4 he goes to work..and he kinda smells...on top of that, he stands damn close when he's talking to others... I wish i could just wave him away sometimes.....Another issue is that he kinda starts talking at the wrong times....and when i'm in a bad mood.. i'll just probably ignore him...I know its bad of me to dat... but still.. i'm only human :P not a saint
Another thing i noticed is that ppl with higher academic achievement tends to be arrogant or snobbish(at least at the place where i'm working).....Seen a lot of faces that smiles whenever they are talking to a fellow colleague but whenever they see us (the IA students) they just show the stupid long face, with a sneering look. What the hell!! Dr so wat! Big deal?! Ok, I know i shouldn't make such sweeping statement coz there are some who are quite frenly ....all it takes is a smile.....but some definitely are hopeless....
Have a supervisor who keep asking me to make my own decisions..i appreciate that he is trusting my judgemnet but seriously, I'm just an intern! How much power do i really have? After i decided to do this and that, I have no authority watsoever to request the other permanent staff there to do my bidding./... in the end i still have to refer back to him.. I can't use him as a shield could i? I'll probably piss everyone off and end up having a worse time there...
and of coz all the back stabbing etc... not as serious as i expected but still...a workplace without conflicts like this.. issit even possible? If you know of any, do tell me...I dunno.. beginning to think that working isn't even for me... not with all the politics etc... Maybe i'm just a weakling who can't survive in this society...
