I went for a haircut today and the lady who cut my hair (whos white) started asking me what I do and so on. Then eventually she started talking about her son and she said how he was really interested in doing Mechanical Engineering but suddenly during grade 12 he had this sudden interested in becomming a chef and now hes studying to be a CHEF! Holy smokes..she also said eventhough her son is really good when it comes to math and he always had interests in mechanical things his natural talent was being a good cook so when her son told that she was more than happy as he was following his heart! And then I said man thats like two opposite poles and its very unbelievable for me and she said yeah true but he enjoys it plus it has a great demand, and that its not the career you choose its all about doing the career you love and be able to be greatful about it even after certain years and making the mark of your own in it!
This chat I had today kept on resonating in me all day today which made me write this post. I was like that guy is so lucky to have parents who support him so much. I imagined myself going to my parents and saying mum, dad I love engineering and I love math but my heart tells me to follow my dream of becomming a chef and without a second wasted my dad would have screamed at me yelled at me he will even say he got so hurt and I am pretty sure he wont eat that day. And then I will have to APOLOGISE for thinking that way and then just go with engineering to please him and my so called “relatives”. Well actually thats what I am doing right now. I am not in the correct career path but I am doing it for my parents. Last summer after my marks were low I was crying and yelling at them for making me doing engineering and that my passion is somewhere else and my dad was completly upset. And mind you I was only saying I wanted to do a Business degree not becomming a chef! But then he called my uncle who supposedly has a PhD and that guy started ranting about how I was the first person to go to university as I am the eldest of my cousins and I shouldnt set such a bad example for my younger cousins of changing career choices! I am nto setting a bad example! I am telling them do what you LOVE! heavens!
Oh fuck! Well I am still stuck with engineering!
What is it with brown parents? seriously? No one survives if you dont become an engineer or a doctor? The worlds richest person is a doctor? no engineer? NOOO he doesnt even have a degree! One day a person interviewed Oprah winfrey and asked how she managed to become the top and the first black billionaire, she answered I do what I love and what my heart tells me therefore I am able to pour 1000% percent to what I am doing therefore I am successful. In order for you to be successful you do what you LOVE! Not do something that others want you to do!
I was chatting with my friends in Lanka the other day and what he told me just pissed me off. Everyone wants to become a doctor in Colombo and they are going to lands you have never heard of. They are all saying they are goign to Latvia, Czech republic, Belarus and all those un- heard countries just to do medicine since its cheap! WTF! This is crazy! When will we learn? Why are we always deprived of what we want? Just becuase my relatives is going to treat me good I have to become a doctor or engineer? NOOO.. I want to do what I love to do. I dont want to wear my hard hat and sit in a office or site just waiting when will my day end so I can get out of this crap!
I am praying this trend should change. This mentality should change. This is unfair for the children. They have so many talents that are just getting wasted. Passions that are been ignored. We are losing our Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey and people who can make a huge impact to the world since we are all busy becomming doctors and engineers and not very successful in it! So I am prayign for a change! Atleast our generation should realise this, step up and do something about it. Enough shattered dreams and boring jobs you dont like to do. DO what you love and then you’ll see success and you will be on TOP OF THE WORLD!
