Do you worry about your Future and Career?

Do you worry about your Future and Career?

worry about the course you are studying now is useless in the future? or your
friends told you study art and design would bring you to a better and brighter
future? your cousin or uncle told you, study graphic design or interior design
(Beh tan Chiak) ? which means cannot find money? or your parent told you, you
must study this and that,,but not art and design " becos i dont like it
"

Back in 1993, i remembered when i was still in Form 3 in Sekolah Menengah
Kebangsaan Bukit Mertajam,

Penang

. that was a
time i suddenly thought of my future, cos as you know,,later form 3 or shall i
say after PMR, we are forced to select either you want to go for Sains class or
art class or account ..rite... then i thought to myself, since i love to draw
then i should go for art stream, but then later on after i finished my PMR and
got the result (though was suck)... but i still managed to join Science, becos
i was thinking science scope is bigger, and of cos ,,that doesnt do any harm either
you are taking wat during your secondary school...cos the MAIN point is,,,are
you doing your best,,, if you are doing your best,,no matter what stream you
are,,,you are SOMETHING different in there. thats wat i believe. we always do
our best...ok,,,that was the intro of my life path.

Why that, cos before that, many people told me,,, if you take Science, you need
to study double, and it's not a focus subject, unlike account or sastera or
wat, and you like art, you should go to art,,bla bla bla,,,all kinds of
opinions and ideas,,, " too much cook, spoil the soup" .. for my own
principle, i do wat i feel i want to do, no body can influence me, without
influenced by their opinion, of cos I do take people’s advice for
consideration. So without thinking further, i strait signed into science and
finished it.

 

But later on I think of am I going to be something like
scientist of wat, does it influence me if I am to study in a graphic college?
After thinking of so much, I still do my best in my form 4 and 5 of cos I took
extra subject in Lukisan lah…., after I got my SPM result, I came to Equator
Academy or Art.

 

So in 1996 April, I joined EAA, and before that, many people
told me,,,study Graphic design ahh,,,, you die la,,, no future la,,,wat wat
la,,, cannot earn money la,,one month salary not enough to buy food for your
fish la,,dog la,,,like tat…wah,,,so teruk meh… but frankly tell you, though I
heard so many negative feed back, but I still focus on wat I want to do and
study. Still focus on my GOLE, and go for it.

 

When I came to 1998 July, it was my 3rd year in
EAA, and that time I was rushing my final project ade, and again I thought of,
HOW AH,,now almost finish study liao, don know can find job boh,,,, then still decide not to think too much as I
believe GOD will make a way. Then really when I started my 3rd year
first term, a lecturer came to me and asked me if I want to work part time for a graphic design agency. To me,
it was something really new and tough, cos I need to work at the same time, I
need to rush my final.. as an opportunity, I grab this chance and willing to go
for an interview, who knows, the boss strait accept me, without interview,
so I guess it was kind of lucky and also
a new task in my life.

So, I started to work part time and at the same time, im
building my skills and my knowledge on graphic design, and after sometimes, I
gain lots of knowledge during the work. And it’s the same word, I DO MY BEST
even in the job, and boss somehow noticed my ability, and asked me to come to
work with them as a full timer after I finish my study……VUALAH………here it is, I
got my job even before I was graduated.

 

I finished my diploma in 1999 April and strait work as a
full time graphic designer in the agency. Actually join the agency in 1998
july, I spent a year plus plus there and learnt lots of thing.

 

OK, after the long old story, the point is,

1.) Do
the best in any course you are studying in now, don listen to wat people say
but believe in yourself and your own ability. If you are doing your best in the
specific situation, sure you will be outstanding, and those outstanding always
would be the one with a better future and career. Imagine, if you are a boss,
will you employ a worker with full of C or D in his/her cert? NO of cos, but
you would prefer to employ a TOP student rite. So as the reality. Do your best
in where you are, that’s the most important ones.

2.) Focus
on what you are doing and be serious on it, know what you are doing everytime,
but not doing it foolishly and blindly. Without objectives and aims, then
that’s really stupid. Always ask and seek for advice and learn from seniors or
others… this is how we learn, be humble to learn, learning is not a waste,,, if
you are to learn something on THAT DAY,,,,even a worse person would make an
impact in your life on that day, you might found out you learn something from
the worse person on that day.

3.) Just
remember one thing, your career starts now, and it begins NOW, if you plan to
work hard on your 3rd year, and let it sucks for the 1st
and 2nd year, then you are GONE ! so if you have that kind of
thinking, then stop it, cos you need to work REALLY hard from now, REALLY HARD
you know. Cos all the result you get during your 1st year will be
accumulated with your 2nd and 3rd year result. So if you
got more than 70% sucks result,,then will end up getting a poor diploma.

4.) You
want to play, yes,,there is lots of time to play, is just the matter how you
manage your time.

5.) Im
not trying to scare you here, but remember, now is 2008 ,,, education is very
important, GOV sector, NO chance for you ya…., don even think about it. So wat
we do, we can only work amongst the private sector, what happen if you are
USELESS to private sector, which mean you got no where to go, then why you
waste your time 3 years here? You learn nothing yet useless to the world. Think
and plan for yourself. If you think im joking and talking nonsense, then good
luck to you.

 

Conclusion, no matter what course you studying now, is all
the same, you can study doctor or lawyer, what happen if you got very bad
result, the conclusion is,,,you are still useless and jobless. It’s the same as
you study art and design, if you got poor result, the same ending. So, one
thing to remember .. . . do your best in which ever area you are.
That’s the most important one. God will do his part if you have done your part .

long gas-ed,

momo.

Cannot manage your timeline? cannot focus on your work?

I was having some chat with an old fren, and then we came across the topic of time management and work time line. hmm.... not bad ye...this is a common problem faced by MOST of the people i guess.. except those exceptional ones :)

Ok, the summary is, everyday or everytime we know we have work to do, and some are really important task that has to be finished earlier, some we are assigned with dateline. but either way, is the better to finish things as soon as possible but never wait till last minutes, but of cos sometimes reality might just drag you from reaching the goal fast.

What ever it is, everything comes back to your own attitude, your own disciple and self management. This is your life, if you cannot handle and control it, then no one could. think about it :)

having said that, actually it is not that hard to tackle these kind of problem if only you ALLOW yourself to handle it for yourself. and it's very simple, again! it's upon yourself, if you cannot do it, don't blame other people but look at the mirror and ask yourself. :)

1.) human nature ! majority are the same when it comes to work. specially people like US nowadays, we have full of entertainments and hi tech gadgets at home. we don have to go outside to look for fun and entertainment, but just by sitting infront of your computer, you can spend the whole day there..... am i rite :)

Just think about it, have you ever come across that everytime when you want to start to do your work, and at first you are so full of WILL and CONFIDENT that you will complete your work NOW and THEN,,,then you walk to your computer and switch on it, after you enter to windows, you see the MSN icon or some are AUTO sign in, and then  " Teng Deng " your fren Nudge you or greet you " hi " ... :)

OK, now,,,, your spirit of completing your TASK begins NOW, if you reply " sorry busy " and LOG OFF, then you are able to continue with wat you first plan = Finish your project now......

ok,,,,if you reply him/her " hi,,,how are you today " then she will reply you again,,,and then ....then...then.... then thats the end of your PLAN . . why i say that,

according to survey and experience, 80% of human nature is, we tent to adapt on situation very quickly, which mean, your WILL power goes according to what you first do when your WILL is still on FIRE. Once the fire burns and you start to do your project or assignment, then you will continue to do it until after 4 or 5 hours non stop. NOW..... on the other way, if you start by CHATING or Playing GAMEs, then your WILL or FIRE will burn at the CHATING or GAME way,,,,so you will end up playing games or chating....

and this is very dangerous, you will sure CHEAT yourself by saying, i am doing work at the same time,,,,just REPLYING my fren in MSN. NO..don't think tat way, you are just cheating yourself, you are not just REPLYING but you are actually wasting your time in chatting.

Talk about gamers, it's the same way. When you first come to your computer, you are still on FIRE to do your work, then you tell yourself,,, " let me relax by just playing a round of GAME" , then here goes your WILL of work,,,is on playing GAME. sometimes,,,, "YES " you really play one round and you switch  to project. Believe me, your WILL is not as good as IF you start do your work from the beginning. let's you have 100% will power, after one round of game,,it will decrease to 60% or 50%,,, then this 50% to 60% will decrease very fast and then to 0%...then you end up tired and think lots of excusses to yourself by saying,,,  " i still left 1 hour only, i'll do my project tomolo lah " or " you will ignore the project and go wondering around "

why like this, HUMAN nature, let's start from the beginning.
when you first came to your computer, if you strait to your project which means your brain is still fresh and you are still on FIRE, then the fire will keep on burn on the path way of completing project,,,and you won't think of game or msn... your body and mind will automatically focus on project,,and you wont feel tired,,,cos your train your mind from the beginning.

then if you play games of chatting first,,then your mind and brain is told to having fun and relax,,,cos chatting and gaming is FUN and Relax.,,so you see... you tell your brain to relax and fun at the beginning when HE is still fresh and on FIRE of waiting for you to order him wat to do,,,so since you ask HIM to play game first,,,,so very fast,,,he tells your body to relax and fun. Then you end up do project less.

Believe me, try to clock and calculate your total working hour, lets say you spend 5 hours in front of your computer with all the chatting software on, and you are chatting with fren and together you are doing work. if you can... let's calculate your total working hour, im sure you chat more than your work. let's say 3 hours chatting and 1 hour work, 1 hour browsing around internet for research and for nothing.

So, how to tackle and avoid these problems from occur? simple, like i said, strait to the point and disconnect yourself from all the Messenger or GAMEs. Sure you can complete your work well and smooth. TRY

Also, remember, of cos you are allow to play and fun, specially those who loves to play games. then set your time, when to work,,when to play game.

I told this many times to fren, and i will say again now,,,,cos is really effective, and not much people are using this method, cos they think im crazy and stupid. :) well it's ok.

The technique is,

Everyday, PUNISH yourself to do project/assignment in 2 hours times, if you can go more, then 3 or 4. When i was taking my degree course, i gave myself everyday 4 hours to do my project and assignments. During this 4 hours, im totally disconnected, but just focus on project. until i totally complete all subjects, if cannot finish but already 4 hours, i will stop. TOTALLY stop, and never think of project on that day, cos my mission is complete, and my promise to myself is complete,,,soo i enjoy the rest of my time through out the whole day. Then will do the same thing again tomolo, on SUNDAY,,,im totally OFF...no project or assignemtn in my mind,,then i can enjoy my Kuala Lumpur shopping with my good fren Syahman Othman :)

Believe me, 2 to 4 hours, FULLY focus on your project, just produce what ever you can,,,such as print outs research, reading, research, sketch, conceptual sketchs, what ever you can ..as long as it is for project use. I tell you,,,,more than enough to complete all you want for the project. yet you have a very good and complete Journal to submit.  TRY...

ok... talk more later, need to go class :)

long gas-ed
Moses

Do GOOD things,don't remember, do BAD things, remember for life !

In our life, i guess each and everyone of us has gone through this concept or come across this thinking whereby we always think of, why HUMAN nature is just as boring as this. When you do good to someone, it does not count for any credits, but if you do BAD he will remember it for once. You got my point?
Sometimes we might hear it from your friends and even family members. Do 10 times good, they don't appreciate, but remember all the time the mistakes i did last time, always bring it back during quarrel. Either you come across these or not, i leave that to you.
Ok, let's share this out and you think the rest.
In human nature, NO ONE is borned to do BAD things, rite. Everyone is assigned or expected to do GOOD things. Having said that, automatically doing good things is just as normal as drinking water in our daily life. It has become nothing to human, though you are doing good things. Doing good things is not highlited in our life. Unless stuff that is really very very good, then people will remember it. But not really as remember as rememebr bad things.
Ok, since everyone is doing good, like i said is nothing to human. So ,,, if you do ONE single BAD thing then the BAD thing is highlited. Thats why everybody remembers what you've done wrong, because it has become something very diffrerent from NORMAL,,and that is doing GOOD. you get the point?
If everyone is doing BAD, then you try to do GOOD, then people will always remember your GOOD things. And the BAD things has become normal,,no one will remember it. Like some of the boss or company, they always trying to do bad things to others, and YOU try to stand up and fight for the RIGHT things, therefore you are wrong. Get the point !!
A group of people always think and plan bad things to others, for them ! doing bad things are GOOD. So if you stupidly trying to fight for the RIGHT things, therefore ,,, all of them hate you,,and you become wrong,,instead. what a shame....these people doen't know what is rite and what is wrong. :)
Sometimes is so sad to have these kind of people around us, and no matter how you try to safe and help them,,they just keep on think of nagetive stuff and think that you try to go against them, and never accept the fact. What a shame, and pitty to these kind of people too :)
So, this is my point of view to the phrase of
"Why people only remember my mistakes and never remember my GOODs "
so this is one of the point that explains the question. Is just a sharing and point of view. ok :)
cheers
long-gas :
moses