You know i was complaining and complaining and complaining to my mum one day that Audit SUCKS big time.. and then there was this Q that people keep asking me that i was never able to answer... what would you have done if you weren't an auditor?
A few years back, 1,2,3,4..yeah, 6 years ago, at this time, I was preparing to sit for my SPM, I was still playing tennis, I was still thin, and yeah, I was still into this thing about Law. Yup, LAW. I wanted to do law, I was so crazy about everything about a court house. For some stupid reason, I even used to find the judges robes a turn-on.
At 17, I was into the craze called Ally McBeal. You know that stick thin lawyer with the blow-up doll.. apparently Shane has one too? haha.. kidding..
When i went to college, both my college crush and I had this thing for Ally McBeal. The thing about law, all the Law & Order's, all the Practice's, I was really really into it.Then came this thing about Actuarial Science. Being an actuary enables you to calculate the (apparent) exact time when you’ll die. Wow.. i thought.. amazing.. But the irony is that, I doubt that if I ever became an actuary, I’ll be far far away from calculating the date I die. I don’t even think I want to calculate when my parents or anyone close to me are gonna pass. Apparently we have tables and all. Formulas. Huge ass formulas. And apparently it’s pretty accurate! Or so my college crush said.. Say all the clicking and stuff yields a number of 150, it just means that you’re gonna live till 150. Doesn’t necessarily mean you’re gonna live happily till 150. Rite?
Or say all the calculating and checking up tables gives you a number 30, but you’re already living year 40 of your life, does that mean it’s inaccurate? Or that all the salad eating and running on the threadmill have caused you to surpass all expectations? I don’t know you see, it’s like something which is accurate yet vague. So I thought, heck, this is not something which I wanted to do.
So then I went to uni. And the craze was this thing about Michael Flatley and the Feet of Flames. Huh? hahaha.. They are a dance troupe. They call themselves the Feet of Flames because they tap dance for a living. And boy are they good at it! Imagine doing something that you love and earn loads of money for it! More of like Michael Schumacher, or Tiger Woods or Roger Federer. I was obsessed. I watch DVD after DVD.. (or was it the LD at that time? I can't remember) I went to watch Riverdance a few years back and the obsession grew.
Ch-cheng!! I wanted to TAP-DANCE!
Never mind that I was already 19 and have bones as flimsy as a pig’s ass.
Never mind that I have bad posture.
Never mind that I can’t even balance for shit on a fallen tree trunk when I went for camp and ended up falling into the river.
I wanted to tap-dance!Oh the revelation! Oh the excitement!
Time went by. Itchy backside and all, I was scanning through the papers one day, and guess what, I see this ad looking for a “JOURNALIST”.So from Law to Actuarial Science to Tap dancing to a JournalistMy dreams are pretty wide-ranging don’t you think? hahahaha.. Somehow I never contemplated Medicine or Engineering. I guess too much rigidity and all.. cannot tahan la. But now comes the biggest contradictory statement. At 23 now, I am an auditor! All the crap about rigidity, I end up being in one of the most rigid and compliance-bound professions in the world.As I sit for my 3rd professional paper, my head tends to run a little wild.
My latest dream? To fly a plane. Yes i can already so hear everybody... HAHAHAHA.
Luff... just luff...
Hey, I have a 20/20 vision ok.
But okay-la, truth be told, it’s the uniform la..The freakin' uniform.. blardee turn on..
Saturday, November 04, 2006
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deary, its normal then. It happened to me too..hahah...maybe all these people who can't make up their mind what they want to do for a living will end up as an auditor? Well...no harm dreaming ...it might come true someday (fingers crossed!)
but at the moment, while we are still auditors, lets' just pray for each other's sanity...u know with peak period, deadline, clearance meetings, padp, crappy assignments....sigh!
funny. i don't remember ever having an ambition of whatever sort.
i think i was more pre-occupied with fashion. nyek nyek
i always wanted to be like those bitch-ass ladies in beautiful suits and killer heels. throw in some nice sunnies + stuffy parfum.
how bloody cool. i thought.
it didn't matter though what i did.
which explains everything... sigh
guys, i have a confession. my stilettos have been hurting my knees :*(
but i'm not ready to say good-bye to them yet.. youth is... fleeting
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