I remember a scene from Year 1 Semester 1 in class; when we were debating rather forcefully on the subject of dreams and ambitions. I remember this girl telling me she wanted to be a singer, and even went to the extent of auditioning in some arts school. However, she decided not to enroll because of financial ineptness and some other reasons that completely escapes me as of right now.
At that point of time I was really worked up, and being very brash by stating that if they desire dream so much, it shouldn't be so easy to give up. I questioned the class' commitment to their dreams, and their apparent lack of backbone.
I still stand firmly by what I said. I still believe that if the dream was thought of since young, it shouldn't be easy to forget, to let go, to forgo for another. You tell me - is it easy for you? And even if you do replace it with another, wouldn't your heart ache for what could have been?
Perhaps this may seem like a very Westernized view of things, like how we should have the freedom to choose what we want. But I think that such ideals should not be an either/or view. It shouldn't be the sort like "I am brought up according to the ideals of absolute freedom yada yada" thus my stand. It should be more of a desire to fight for what's apparently close to my heart - I fight for what's rightfully mine. That isn't just an Eastern view. That isn't just a Western perspective. It's not either, but it's both.
And yeah I do subscribe to that belief. Life is too short to live for another.
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I don't know, but most of the people around me (namely, friends and classmates) just don't really seem to have any dreams or ambitions...they're all pretty vague at the moment. Mostly, "Oh, I want to get into JC/Poly/etc." or "I just want to have a job in which I'll be able to make reasonable amounts of cash and live comfortable..."
There's just nothing definite yet.
Yeah, I agree with you.
I think it has to do with Singapore's pragmatic way of doing/looking at things. We always think a degree is better in hand, and then we will go forth to pursue dreams.
My friends are pragmatic in this case. But when they are questioned about what they want to do, its the same case as yours! They are unsure, nervous.. and I think that's pretty sad, and it shouldn't be this way..
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