Saturday, December 18, 2010

"If it is not now, then it will be never"

Almost two months since I last posted something here. I've finally completed my thesis paper and now, I'm a full time reporter. With this new identity, I guess I'm now going into a new chapter in my life. A new chapter means, I have to re-organise my life. I always struggle when my life turn into a new chapter - I tend to waste a lot of time trying to figure what should I do because things that I usually up with were done. I think it should be fair to say that we should have a goal - achievable goal, not exactly dream but something you should achieve in a year or two in our life.
Still remember three years back when I just completed my Diploma, I was working so hard in a magazine company so that I could save enough for my Degree. Well, even I spent all the money that I saved and went to Seoul, but God was so great that I earned myself a scholarship to further my studies after I came back. When I was completing my degree, my goal was to become a journalist in the company that I'm working with now. When the company finally took me in as their reporter even I was not officially graduated and in the midst of completing my thesis, my short-term goal was to become a full-time, college-free, thesis-free reporter. And now that I have achieved that, I'm trying to figure out what is next or what should this new chapter be..
It was almost three weeks since I've closed my previous chapter of life. Meaning to say, I was living without anything in mind except working for the past three weeks. It was a good rest for my mind tho. I did, however trying to figure out what should I do besides working (since I'm that kind of person who always multi-task - part-time+working). And so, I decided to look for some part-time job or freelance or taking up language courses. However, these few weeks, News Desk seems to be really busy, and it did remind me that part-time, freelance or night courses might not be a good option for me. And so, what should I do, and what should I expect in this chapter of my life?
Yesterday, I met a freelancer at one assignment. She writes for magazines and some newsletter for corporate organisations. Before that, she used to worked with newspaper company, PR firms and a full time traveler. She shared with me her life working with newspaper company and how she left everything and went to round the world for about 10 months. I was so impressed for sure, but then I thought.."Hey, I can do better than that..." While this round the world idea still singing in my mind, today I found out another interesting thing at my assignment. I went to an education fair, and this Korea University representative told me that I could apply for their full scholarship in one of their Master programmes. The Graduate School's Dean, Mr Kim recommended Master in Korean Language and Culture Education to me, since I've told him that I would like to learn about different culture and language to enhance my career. I thought, it might be a good idea.
Even though I don't have any intention to leave my job now, but well, I need a goal so that I will not stuck in the same News Desk for the rest of my life, just like most of my seniors there. Even I would prefer to continue my studies in UK, but well, get to learn another language will definitely help me in the future. Who knows, I might be the BBC correspondent in Seoul..Going out of Malaysia might be a good platform for me to earn myself an opportunity to work with international media. And so, I should now decide this as my goal for the next two years, so that I will not stuck in the same desk and be a common reporter, If it is not now, then it will be never...

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