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Sunday, May 08, 2005

未斷奶的巨嬰

職業﹕學員
工作性質﹕進修各種自我增值課程
薪金﹕每月津貼500令吉
公司﹕人力資源部
條件﹕失業大學生

看到這樣的“征聘啟事”,你會心動嗎?如果你會,我倒有點汗顏。

因為這是在“倒米”啊!6年免費小學教育,6年免費國中教育,再加上進入政府大學後每年數千令吉的高教基金貸款垂手可得。畢業後不但不能貢獻社會,反之,還要再用納稅人的錢倒貼培訓?

唉,有時候覺得我國政府太溺愛自己的孩子了,她就像一個對已長大成人的孩子仍不放心的母親一樣,不懂得該何時放手,如何放手。可是啊,不要忘記,過度施肥也會導致植物營養過剩而死亡。

記得在一部電影里,有個父親對孩子說﹕“保護你們的最好方法就是教會你們如何保護自己。”所以,“母親”啊,你最重要的職責是教會我們保護自己,而不是成天在保護我們呀!

“孩子”你也是,當“母親”教會我們該如何“走路”後,未來路就該靠自己勇敢走下去。如果你不敢踏出第1步,你永遠走不到第2步。

“走路”這過程,我們難免會因為崎嶇不平的路而跌倒,或來到三岔口時不知所措而停頓下來,但是,這每一個都是學習的過程,學會後下次再遇到同樣情況就懂得該怎麼做了。這不能言傳,只能體會。如果你曾有所領悟,相信你懂我說甚麼。

活了大約四分之一個世紀,如果凡事都還只想“衣來伸手,飯來張口”,那抱歉,只能說你有點像還未斷奶的巨嬰噢!


星洲日報/不同凡想‧孫禮珊‧2005/05/09

Source: http://www.sinchew-i.com/columns/index.phtml?sec=15&sdate=&artid=200505080591

I am wondering: Will I be one of these "babies" after I graduated? Life itself is not all about studying. Learning to deal with the uncertainties in life is another pivotal part of our lives. I believe that studying in the U.S will make all of us a difference. Yet, we are the ones who should try to venture out all by ourselves, to seek the various opportunities availabe out there to further improve our personalities, and horn our living skills. Do we want to be spoonfed by the government when we graduate and go back to serve for the country? Definitely not!

Time to ponder again: What do you think?

9 Comments:

  • At 5/09/2005 06:25:00 PM, Blogger Mandy said…

    hehehe..500 ringgit..tak cukup man.. :P

    No one can predict what will happen in the future..there are too many unknowns. I really don't know what is gonna happen on me. It's kinda scary too, I am like a fish swimming in a dark pool. :(

    Hai..I am always disappointed with Malaysian government. However, I was given the chance to study here, I have to work for it..sometimes I am confused, what am I going to do after graduating? What kind of work will I be assigned?

    ai..3 more years and I will say goodbye to university life..it's short man..

    Wooen..You don't say too loud..come back and work here..what if u r the first one getting married..hahaha..when finish serving gov, u've got 3 children dy..wahahahahaha

     
  • At 5/10/2005 04:48:00 AM, Blogger Mandy said…

    Haiya..i said already lo..you cant predict what will happen! :D

     
  • At 5/10/2005 06:14:00 AM, Blogger RJ said…

    Haha... yeah, life is unpredictable, you'll never expect what will happen next :-D
    Hmm, I really agree that biotech doesn't have much room in Malaysia, the same thing goes to actuarial science. Well, Malaysia seems to brag about how it'll enhance its advancement in biotech or whatsoever. But till now, I see nothing. Maybe you guys should be the ones to improve the environment of the biotech field...
    As for me... I seriously see no future in me if i were to become an actuary. Well, even though there are only around 25 qualified actuaries in Malaysia, and it's claimed that every company needs an actuary, but come to think of it, do we need that many actuaries? Are all companies in Malaysia willing to pay high salary to an actuary which will increase the cost of the company? Also, when I graduate, there will be so many actuaries around. My seniors, the ones in my batch. And after one year, those kiasu juniors time to graduate and compete with us in the market. There will be tonnes of actuaries then!!!!
    Hehe, I don't really know how my future is like. Maybe I'll end up sitting in JPA office and asnwer call :p or maybe I'll be an actuary. Or maybe I'll be no one... Nobody knows...
    But at least, come back to the topic, we should learn the survival skills so as we are able to cope with the working world. I don't want the government to feed us after we graduate, nor i want to waste the taxpayers' money... Afterall, we are spending on taxpayers' money now...

     
  • At 5/10/2005 08:29:00 AM, Blogger Mandy said…

    hehe..everyone is an one..no one is no one.. coz everyone must know that he/she is the one in his/her life. Well, as long as we know our values..

    i also dunno what i am saying..haha

     
  • At 5/10/2005 09:46:00 AM, Blogger Wearn said…

    "everyone is someone".. no ppl say everyone is an one. if u really wanna put something in front of "one" u should put "a", not "an". coz u read "one" as "wan", not "on". ok crap..
    i will go back to malaysia and see how. i believe we won't starve to death. we will have something to do. at least we are JPA scholars. if no ppl hire us, all of us biotechnologists can set up a biotech company and do our own research. haha dreaming. then we hire ren jie to work for us. wahahaha..

     
  • At 5/10/2005 11:51:00 AM, Blogger Mandy said…

    hehehe...i know that there's a grammatical mistake..

     
  • At 5/11/2005 12:43:00 PM, Blogger RJ said…

    Haha, yeah, we usually say that you are somebody. That's the phrase Martin Luther King always used during his speeches, with his finger pointing at the audiences. Hahaha :p this is from what I whizzed through from a book :-D

    shien, what you wrote sounds like tongue twister lerh =) Hehe, try to read it fast and loud, then your tongue will be twisted!!!

    Yea, guess that what we should do first is to go back Malaysia, and see how the government arranges us for work. If they don't get to find a job for us within 6 months, we are freed (right?) That time, you'll be able to go wherever to pursue your career. If you get to work for the gov, just try find job satisfaction there, and if possible, try to make a difference in that particular field.

     
  • At 5/18/2005 04:17:00 AM, Blogger Jinlan said…

    oo.."babies" are being too pampered by our government.let's put our hands together praying for a better tomorrow.

     
  • At 5/18/2005 10:50:00 AM, Blogger RJ said…

    Wow, this blog has a new visitor!! :-D
    Jinz, thanks for stopping by. By the way, your blog is nice, and your chinese is awesome!!!!

     

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