I was actually listening to Lite FM on one particular evening, and this DJ was asking anyone who wants to call in to tell them about their childhood ambition and are they fulfilling their childhood ambition today.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
“Are you fulfilling your ambition today?”

The DJ’s childhood ambition when asked by his parents was to be a MARINE BIOLOGIST. Cool! He then described that he told his parents that was his ambition because it was the longest, coolest and most unique a little child would tell to impress his parents. And today, he is a cool Radio DJ for Lite FM. So, he didn’t become a marine biologist though :P .

Of course I didn’t manage to call in. (You all should have some experienced regarding calling to radio station. It could a be strings of busy dial tone…and you gave up). In fact, I didn’t call cause I was driving :D

Anyway, that’s not my main point here. This question made me thought about my own childhood ambition. I grew up in the era where the parents expecting their child to be doctor, lawyer, engineer……etc. Well, I was a bit influenced by that and my first ambition was to be a teacher as my mother is a teacher (I’m quite sure during those time, teacher could be one of the choice of ambition right? Maybe I was wrong too).

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Then, of course the ambition changed (you know kids’ ambition can change over time, hehehe….). So now, I want to be doctor .

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When you mix with friends who loves X-files and sci-fi film, you tend to follow them and hence, my ambition had changed and I want to be a scientist.

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So, up to university, I ended up taking electrical and electronics engineering degree. So now I am supposed to be an engineer.

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So, today, am I achieving my childhood dream?

What do you get when you have teacher + doctor + scientist + engineer?

Looking and thinking back at all my childhood ambitions, I would say I pretty much achieving bits and pieces of it :D .

I am a lecturer (teacher), doing research (scientist) in engineering field (engineer) towards my PhD (doctor), though not the “real” MD doctor, anyway the name still counts :P

In all, I really thank God for His wonderful blessings upon me. He is a faithful God. Glory be Him.