Jan 22 2011
22nd January, 2011
So I sat here about several hours ago staring at this little textbox with the sudden urge to fill my un-updated journal with something – anything – just to fill the blank space on my blog.
But I realized that I didn’t have anything valuable or even witty to even put down into words.
Thus, instead, I retreated to enjoying my Friday night with a couple friends, eating a decent Korean meal at the Village on campus, and concluded the night with a nice round of a few Friends episodes and by watching a nice ‘Indie’ film: Eternal Sunshine – of which has drastically changed my perspective on Hollywood actors’ acting (it’s not that they can’t act – it’s just that Hollywood’s standards in terms of story, plot, and script have dropped significantly over the past decade since I was growing up in the 90’s).
And that movie, too, made me reflect on things. And somewhere in the process of it all, I got to thinking about my path within the Sauder School of Business. Where to go? Where to start? Afterall the road’s bound to be full of twists, turns, spiraling paths and crossroads to face, one would presume.
So somewhere along the line, I realize that getting into Sauder seemed very trivial when considering the actual process of having to survive (as primitive and exaggerated as this word sounds – it is in fact very accurate of my experiences thus far) in this faculty; in spite of all the complaints and comments I’ve heard from people about how elaborately difficult it was for them to get into the program, or, in the case of others, how disappointing it was to find out that Sauder was unable to accept them for whatever reason.
And I realize that, in spite of hearing Jeff’s talks about MBA’s, CA’s and whatnot, the jargon behind preparing a fine, fully detailed and extensively decorated resume for potential employers of larger firms for future recruiting periods, I find that at the very end of the day, none of that really seems that important to me.
I’ve been reflecting on my own strengths as a person whilst writing my resume in preparation for applying for the Jump Start program, and I’ve come to realize that as the individual I am, with my background and experiences in my life thus far, my strength does not rely only on my academics, but mainly my ability to perceive the things around me openly, and to be able to respond with an open heart, mind, and spirit to most scenarios I’ve been presented thus far.
And maybe this was contributed by another forte my former economics and business studies teachers from Melbourne talked about before I finished high school – for they said some really powerful, encouraging, and for some strange reason, seemingly accurate things about me during my parent-teacher interview night.
That my main strength is that I learn fast from my mistakes. And that I’m persistent and won’t give up in the things I want.
So even though I don’t necessarily want the glamor of being an upper-class business person (of which I see too commonly stereotyped in the media today with flashy suits, PDA’s, briefcases and an icy demeanor), I suppose that all I really want to do is to charter my own path and to truly help the people around me – as simple minded and idealistic as that sounds.
I don’t have to found a multi-national firm to raise enough funds to stop world poverty, I don’t have to be a nobel-prize recipient and woo the world to world peace, because no, that’s not what I’m getting at.
I just want to do things in my own manner, no matter how small or maybe even grand my efforts may seem. This is my essential goal in life of which I’ll pursue, as loosely and as resolutely as possible.