A Letter To Myself
Dear Me,
It seems funny at times to talk to myself, but then who would understand me more than me, myself? But then again, sometimes when i think i know myself well enough i'm actually confused with what i really need.
This year have been a year with lots of choices. Although it hasn't ended yet, but i think there are lots of choices coming my way. I've always wanted more choices to choose form in life. I think that if a person can afford to have the luxuries of being able to choose his way of life, then that person is successful. What i meant by choices is not just merely what to eat for breakfast, or where to dine on Valentine's Day, or how much can i spend on a daily basis. To me, choices is more like how i want to live my life.
i really don't want to be stucked in the rat race, but of course, who would want to? It's the law of the majority that you have to work to eat! And the rules to this game changes on a periodic basis. As people gets smarter, we have more competition. To survive in a competition filled society, one must at least be able to cope with the competitive nature of work, if not being ahead of it. But then, what i've seen in the "real" working life isn't what i thought it would be.
To be really honest with myself, i think of the working place a more awful place to be. No kidding. But then what i see is something slightly different. Some people would view it as a blessing but i think it's like a cancer. It slowly eat you out, and when you realize it's killing you, it's too late. What i was really referring to is the working attitude of people in this country.
"Cannot finish, leave it to do during OT lor!" or "Tomorrow only do lar. They're not going to pay you more if you finish this today!". Sounds familiar? i say out these words from time to time too. It may not be a good culture to make the workplace over competitive, but i really don't see much competition going on in this country. No one is striving to the best anymore. Hey, being second is jsut good enough, that's what they say.
This is the problem with the culture of this whole place. You know you never want to be just like everyone else. Stick to your principles, stay true to your thoughts, work hard and work smart.
Yours truly,
ChiM
It seems funny at times to talk to myself, but then who would understand me more than me, myself? But then again, sometimes when i think i know myself well enough i'm actually confused with what i really need.
This year have been a year with lots of choices. Although it hasn't ended yet, but i think there are lots of choices coming my way. I've always wanted more choices to choose form in life. I think that if a person can afford to have the luxuries of being able to choose his way of life, then that person is successful. What i meant by choices is not just merely what to eat for breakfast, or where to dine on Valentine's Day, or how much can i spend on a daily basis. To me, choices is more like how i want to live my life.
i really don't want to be stucked in the rat race, but of course, who would want to? It's the law of the majority that you have to work to eat! And the rules to this game changes on a periodic basis. As people gets smarter, we have more competition. To survive in a competition filled society, one must at least be able to cope with the competitive nature of work, if not being ahead of it. But then, what i've seen in the "real" working life isn't what i thought it would be.
To be really honest with myself, i think of the working place a more awful place to be. No kidding. But then what i see is something slightly different. Some people would view it as a blessing but i think it's like a cancer. It slowly eat you out, and when you realize it's killing you, it's too late. What i was really referring to is the working attitude of people in this country.
"Cannot finish, leave it to do during OT lor!" or "Tomorrow only do lar. They're not going to pay you more if you finish this today!". Sounds familiar? i say out these words from time to time too. It may not be a good culture to make the workplace over competitive, but i really don't see much competition going on in this country. No one is striving to the best anymore. Hey, being second is jsut good enough, that's what they say.
This is the problem with the culture of this whole place. You know you never want to be just like everyone else. Stick to your principles, stay true to your thoughts, work hard and work smart.
Yours truly,
ChiM
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