Now that I'm taking a break from work, I find myself actually having time to reflect on my life. Yes, that R word (which is usually and unfortunately taken negatively). I recount the numerous ambitions I had since I was little.
When I was 10, I wanted to be an Interior Designer. I love beautiful homes, so I thought I could make people happy and myself happy if I were able to do up homes and make them beautiful. Unfortunately, soon after, I realised I couldn't draw to save my life, so, well, I must say that dream went out the window. Ouch!
Then, when I was in secondary school, the idea of being a model was spinning in mind. You see, I was much taller than the average SG schoolgirl and I really had an attitude (I thought it was the same as X-factor...so not! Hahaha!) and it was so chic to be a teen model in the 1990s. But I was a scardey cat, and never went round to going for auditions. Besides, I was too much of a geek to be a model, so my modelling career RIP-ed before I even started.
At 17, I fell in love with Nikon, so obviously the closest thing is to be a photographer. But I could never develop a photograph without Alex's or John's (President and V-President of Photography Club respectively) help, and being Vit A-deficient doesn't make things easier in the darkroom, so, it was goodbye smelly chemicals and expensive equipment. Oops, I think I forgot to mention the bonus of being a school photographer - I luvv it when I get sent for canoeing compeitition assignments (pssst...coz all the cute guys are there!), okay, half truth, minus the blazing sun. But it's a little ridiculous to carry an umbrella and walk around with a camera, so the idea of freckles put me off the job a little.
Triple 9 was my favourite show in Uni. Haa! Yes, yes, that James Lye and Wong Lilin. Bet you can't imagine I made sure I was home by 8.30pm every Sunday night to catch the serial. Yes, I'd wanted to be in the police force. Uh-huh! Can't imagine right? Me? Somebody who can't even pass Napfa Test for sugars and would scream at the sight of lizards, police force? Yea, right! But I was so dead serious about it I even went for the SPF talk organized by the uni during career week or something. I can still remember it was at LT11. But I didn't dare live it out because I knew I wasn't going to make it.
Anyway, on and off, the idea of being a hairdresser pops up in my head. Linda, my regular hair-stylist knew I liked the idea and even offered me the position of a shampoo-girl in her salon! But as my mum puts in clearly (and blatantly), she didn't put me through school to become a hairdresser, so there! Anyway, I've always thought that I have the flair for hairdressing. Psst...I cut my sis' fringe: check out this photo!
So eventually, and quite expectedly, I became a teacher. But I'm more like an ah-lian (as KO puts it) than anything else, so it was hard for me to conform to certain policies and initiatives aka ra-ra, and eventually, I decided that the pasture is greener on the other side. So, I 'shipped' myself to HK for a couple of years.
Okay, what's next? I was thinking maybe I could drive a train, but this was quickly shattered because the NEL is on auto-pilot and SMRT's probably going onto that soon. Maybe I'll be a superstar afterall!
1 comment:
I love triple 9 too. Rushed home n I mean rushed home. And tat was how i actually did become a police office, and an Investigations officer at that. But i cant possible say that in the interviews right. I wouldn't be taken seriously.
Hows that for really following the show!
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