much ado about nothing(?)

[raggedee_ann]

these days, i keep thinking about what i want to do with my life. it's not entirely voluntary really. what i mean is, circumstances and people keep popping up and proding my thoughts in this one direction

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[playingpossum]

that's the sitch with some of my friends here. we jokingly divide majors into "employment majors" (econ, computer science, government...) and "unemployment majors" (like anthro, international studies, sociology...). and it *is* really frustrating knowing that you don't have a clue about what you want to do for the rest of your life... and watching all these high-powered executive, government type people get all the jobs and get all the money.

so many times this year i've thought to myself that i made the wrong choice and i should be an anthro major but i didn't have the guts to do it because of my parents and just thinking what it would do to them. (zhujun imitating my parents: what?! what are you going to do? how can you find a job? are you going to work in the desert? ah girl ah... please...)

i know how it feels, and believe me, someday we're all going to be very very intelligent bagel-ladies, and we'll be able to strike up fascinating conversations with the investment bankers we sell tea to.

changing the world one muffin at a

[raggedee_ann]

bagel-ladies... heh. i like the sound of that. thanks for the encouragement ad. :) maybe it's normal to have your entire life charted out for you in scholarships and swanky career options by the time you're 21? sometimes i wonder if i'm just over-reacting out of my own paranoia or that i'm being a sour grape because i haven't got anything fancy to speak of. hah. :P

i guess it's all about discovering how much i'm really worth to myself. some people go by 20-year plans, impressive resumes and all that fluff. mine's just an alternative route. ;)

[pinkgelatin]

hmm well darlin, i'll pop by your shop and buy your bagels..... wait, that didn't sound very right.

[raggedee_ann]

well.. if it'd been anyone else saying the exact same thing, it probably would. coming from you my dear.. well... hmm. *twiddles thumbs*

[playingpossum]

oh! on a side note, if you haven't read hermann hesse's "siddhartha", read it... it's a short book but it really casts an alternative perspective on the value of teaching and knowledge. it basically shows how one cannot find the path by having people teach the way to you, you need to find your own teaching from yourself.

[idiavalo]

well.. you know what i already have to say about this. and about what i think about going for something else after you graduate... please know that i'm here for you and that i'd like to share that part of your life (after uni!) with you too.. =)

[raggedee_ann]

thank you sweetie. :))

[liquidstardust]

I know what you mean.

I'm ambitionless, learnt this from all the internship interviews I have gone for.

[raggedee_ann]

ah well.. i suppose interviews help give you ideas which is a start. no sarcasm intended at all but at least you got your sph internship. :) congrats!

[pinkgelatin]

weeeee-ll.....you could liquidate your assets and buy every single possible combination of 4-D and toto. you'd definitely win somehow. and then you'll roll in money for the rest of your life and remember your brill friend and CGL whom you're so grateful for giving such a brill idea that you'll give her half your prize money. or a brand new sports car. whichever.

[raggedee_ann]

nice try mel... but there's an inherent flaw in that otherwise brilliant plan, considering that my (material) assets really don't amount to very much...

[pinkgelatin]

awwww.... nuts. well, i HAD to try. *big toothy grin*

[pinkgelatin]

ohh oh oh and we missed you and wayne at the rally today... was kinda cool. :p