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A lot of things have happened to me lately. I doubt if there’s anyone following my blog to know much about myself (not that I complain since I don’t update it regularly) but I’m certainly glad that things start to look all so well again after such a torrid time over the past 6 months.
It all started to change after I went back to Malaysia for my Chinese New Year holiday last February. Before that, I was so worried about my future as I have not started to work despite having graduated last August 2005. On top of it, I was still waiting for the results of my Australian permanent residency application. I was really depressed for a period of time.
The moment I reached Adelaide, I promised myself that the next time that I board the plane and step foot on Australian soil again, I’ll be more successful; a man who no longer needs financial support from his family and is more than capable to look after himself. My 2 other friends and I tentatively set a date when we will all return back to Malaysia if we are still unable to get any jobs by July 2006. We somehow realised that we shouldn’t be so obstinate and adamant with our desire to stay in Australia and have to resort in working shitty jobs to support ourselves here. I worked as a glassy in a nightclub during weekends while my other friend worked as a construction worker and another working in a pizza place. It’s just unacceptable to me that people with our qualifications have to succumb and gets trapped in this sort of work. Not that I despise the job or anything but it’s appalling that the 3 of us had wasted a valuable 6 months of our life doing nothing much and have completely lost a sense of direction in life. It’s even more mind-boggling as one of my friends is a top student in the engineering faculty; he’s a first class honours degree holder who was on a full scholarship with the uni. He has since went back to Malaysia because he has all but given up his hope and desire to stay back here in Australia. It’s a wise decision anyway because people with his qualifications and excellent academic results should not have any real problems in securing a good job in Malaysia.
Fast forward to April 2006, my fate has taken a complete twist. Not only have I been granted my Australian PR, I bought my first car, a ’98 Mitsubishi Magna and had been offered a 2 year Graduate Mechatronic Engineer position by Kraft Foods Ltd in Victoria. I couldn’t really ask for more considering all my friends here are having troubles in getting a good head start in their respective careers. Some are either unemployed and has to do labour jobs or are working in some shitty companies as technicians.
Thinking aback, although the past 6 months had been the most unproductive and depressing period in my 22 years of life, it has taught me a few good lessons.
Lesson 1 – Value your family, friends and anyone around you
Lesson 2 – Don’t be afraid to sacrifice because you won’t be getting any benefits without first making sacrifices
Lesson 3 – As much as you judge other people, you are also being judged yourself
Lesson 4 – Be humble and true to yourself
Lesson 5 – A great man is not judged by his success but by the way he picks himself up each time he falls |
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