A little whisper in the dark

Look before you leap

As I come to the end of my polytechnic education, I stand poised to enter the working world. Earlier this week, I went for a classmate's going-away barbeque. She's going away to Australia to take a degree in Horticulture. Lucky girl, parents are funding her, all that stuff. I want to go, but budgetary constraints make it hard for me to go immediately. I'm also pretty surprised that most of my classmates, those who aren't going to army, (that basically just leaves the girls) are already employed. And some are being rather surreptitous about applying for jobs without their friends knowing. I shan't say too much on that score. Not really figures into my scheme of things.

In any case, it led me to wonder why I am holding off applying for a permanent job? A few offers came and went, I didn't take each up. In part it was the desire to take a break from my industrial attachment and real working life. I don't think a 2 month break is overboard. In any case, I'm holding out for my dreams. I hope to be a magazine writer. I'm making a little inroad on that, the proverbial foot in the door, so let's see where that leads. I'm trying to hone my photography, so a lot of time is spent shooting for my school's preparations for this year's Freshman Orientation program. Suffice to say, I'm living out a dream that's intertwined with photography. Will it be just another passing interest, like my brother has laid down his camera because he's been too busy and interested in his soon-to-arrive Honda Civic?

I hope not. I may like something easily, but it takes a lot for me to let it go once I've gotten into it.

posted by Chung Leong @ 2:41 AM