Dear Ambition

Going to change my blogging style. Shall start a post with a question and answers it based on my personal opinion. My followers can share their views as well.

Question : What inspires your ambition and how far can you go to achieve it?

Ambition is vital in order to be on the right track in your life. Some people like to plan everything in their life and some being completely vice versa by living the life as it is. I like to plan most of the things in my life such a reunion gathering or future plans. I’m not the one you expect to say “Let’s see how my results turn out to decide my future study plan.” Instead, I would tell them you that I wanna be a Forensic Scientist specialized in homicide field. Most people wowed at my answer and some of them might even think whether I have what it takes to be one.

Ever heard of famous American crime-solving TV series, Crime Scene Investigation or known as CSI? That’s what triggers my passion to study Forensic Science. When I was in elementary school, I used to read the famous Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew series of detection novels. I watched my first ever CSI episode when I was 14. Detection based series or novels or even comics like Detective Conan are just what I need to spend my time. Between detective and criminologist, I always have this feeling that detectives live a secret life and earn money only when someone assigns them for solving cases. So that’s what inspires my ambition.

After sat for PMR back in 2006, I browsed the Internet to find more relevant information regarding forensic science and once I came across an article that says good knowledge in Chemistry is essential for it. I was very diligent back then till I actually studied first few chapters in Form 4 Chemistry textbook. I kept telling myself that I need to master Chemistry in order to achieve my dream of being a forensic scientist. I was more disappointed for scrapping a B3 in Chemistry rather than my ‘almost-fail’ Additional Mathematics. But Chemistry in Form 6 was way harder than I ever imagined it will be. There’s a huge difference between Form 5 and Form 6 syllabus and so far, I did a bad job in maintaining my progress in that subject. Dear Chemistry, do you know that I love you so much? Just stay in my brain for a longer period lah! For me, public universities are the safest and cheapest way to do your postgraduate courses compared to the private ones. I had seen a few friends of me who are studying in private colleges with big financial problems. So in Malaysia, University Sains Malaysia (USM) offers the postgraduate for Forensic Science course and I believe it would be great to study in USM with all the great facilities offered by them. Two days ago, I looked up for Forensic Science course requirement (again!) in USM. It is stated that I need a minimum of 3.00 GPA overall. And I have the confident that I can score it if I put enough effort in my studies. What I want is the feeling of accomplishment that I had worked every possible way to achieve my ambition rather than give up without trying at least once. To me, it is planning your own failure. So what if I don’t make it as I wanted it to be? I will be happy enough to choose another career prospect that allows me make a great deal of money.