Somehow, as a child, an accountant gave me the impression of being a very highly-respectable profession. Not only that, one can only call herself an accountant after passing all the necessary examinations. She can't call herself one just because she holds the title of 'accountant'. Having knowledge of this respectable profession or rather occupation, as what I knew last time, and the fact that not anyone can be an accountant, I told myself that that would be my choice.
How about doctors and lawyers? Aren't these respectable occupations? Oh yes, they are. And these earn a lot of money too. I had even thought about whether I would be able to be a good lawyer as being a lawyer means one needs to have a high proficiency level in English. Doctors came in at very low priority as Science wasn't my favourite subject or in other words, I was not very strong in Science subjects.
However, knowing fully well that my parents would not be able to afford the education costs of putting me into such course, I had abandoned the idea of such honourable occupations. An accountancy course is more affordable for my family. Somehow, other occupations such as a marketing manager or administration manager didn't cross my mind at all. To me, to be an accountant IS the job I shall have. I wanted to be a professional then.
However at Secondary 5, it took a turn. I seemed to realise that a manageress is a higher-ranking position in a company. Hence, I had changed my first choice ambition to that of being a manageress not realising that an accountant is also of managerial level.
Anyway, to cut the long story short, I realised my dream of being an accountant at the age of 26 in a subsidiary of a public listed company. With this first job of mine, I made myself proud and I hope I also made my parents proud.
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