What I like is when you’re looking and thinking and looking and thinking… And suddenly, you wake up.

Something that came up in the discussion board of Facebook...

XXXX XXX (San Francisco, CA) wrote 42 minutes ago:
i have a question...

Why should income wealth and opportunity in life be based on factors arbitrary from moral point of views?

xxxx xxxx replied to XXXX's post 25 minutes ago:
if u tink simply, it happens in our daily lives.

I am currently an engineering student in university. i hate physic and love political science and history but to survive in a economy system such as the one in Singapore, i don have a choice to choose wat i really wanna do. i took up engineering hoping to get a gd job.

i dono, but many of my friends are facing this same issue as me.

You replied to xxxx's post 19 minutes ago:
Actually, i have a friend who is studying history and political science in an australian university. He is almost finishing his Phd, which focuses on Australia's participation in Singapore during WW2.

I believe he's coming back once he's done and i really admire him for doing what he enjoys. I don't think there will be any difficulty in him finding a job. :)

I'm a working engineer too, but i enjoy engineering. :D

xxxx xxxx replied to your post 16 minutes ago:
i think we the younger generation have a lot more choices. but been an asian. my parents and many others are still veri cautious abt what we are going to study. to them, the moral compass mentioned, dont point so much to the arts or poilical scenes.

You replied to xxxx's post 8 minutes ago:
Lol... I'm 27, so i like to think myself as part of the younger generation. xD

But i do understand where you're coming from. Yes, our parents still worry about our future and they want us to have a stable livelihood. I think its the difference in mentality. Our priority is to have a job which we like and love. Their priority is to provide for the family, even if it means that they don't enjoy their job.

We have to respect our parents' wishes because that is part of our asian culture. If our parents support everything we do, including doing something that is uncommon and might mean an unstable livelihood, then we are truly blessed. Few of us have that privilege.

We all have our own individual circumstances to deal with, and i think we make our choices based on those circumstances. :)

Too much thinking on a weekend can really hurt your head. :p