Sunday.

My first weekend back in Singapore and it felt really weird. Apart from going out yesterday lunchtime for a quick while, I was staying around at home and not doing anything in particular. I mean, I would probably be out somewhere in Shanghai on weekends, but this weekend I just wanted to laze around at home and not go anywhere. Perhaps after one year away from home I’m not really that excited about getting out of the house. Perhaps when school eventually starts things will get better.

I decided that I’m going to work on my internship report as well as the presentation of my business case tomorrow. Maybe I’ll just drop over to school – either my favouirte hideout Central Library, or somewhere SOC would be nice as well.

So amidst all this lazing around, I was doing quite a bit of pondering about life. I think with a year of school to go, it’s time to start thinking about my career. Before I’ve gone to Shanghai, I was always thinking of getting a job after I graduate; but after this one year, I realised finding a job and finding a career are two different matters altogether. A job is something to “tide time over” which is not really permanent, but a career is something that’s long-term and would lead to (or perhaps require) a whole deal on personal development. So perhaps I should be always looking in the direction of a career, and aim for something that probably is going to give me a great deal on personal development. After all, I don’t want to be graduating with a degree with a bag of experience in Shanghai, only to be stuck in some office facing the computer the entire day, with knocking off from work being the only satisfaction from the whole job. Dad was commenting that I could probably fetch a pretty high starting pay, which I would love to agree with him. A five-digit salary (in Hong Kong dollars or RMB) should not be something that I can’t be getting – at least that’s what I think. Have I become more realistic about life?

I think I’m very determined in building a very good career. Not just for myself, but also for people whom I feel are very close to me. For them, I will work hard. Or at least try to work hard.