What were your ambitions when you were young?

We used to write down our ambitions on school cards we needed to submit at the end of the year. I can remember vividly my early dream was to be a Hotel Administrator or a Hotel Manager. Being quite a perfectionist (I realise my perfectionism is only in certain aspects of my life), I chose to write Manageress instead of Manager. At one point, I even aspire to be an urban planner. How ambitious was I!

I wanted to 'rule' then. I wanted to decide what should there be in a city, how to manage the city. But, my dream was shortlived. I couldn't recall what was the reasons for giving this up. The following year, I kept to my real profession 'Accountant' as my ambition.

Being a secretary and a teacher were my last two choices. For the former, it was due to the influence of my sisters who were all in this field. A teacher, not something that I was very proud of as I know that a teacher doesn't earn a lot of money. However, I do know that it's a noble profession. Anyway, I wouldn't even believe that I will be teaching a few decades later.

A lawyer was in my mind but knowing fully well that studying to be a lawyer was not going to be cheap. There would be books to purchase and at that age, I've learnt to realise law books are imported and therefore didn't come cheap. So, splash!! there went this ambition being washed down.

Along the way, somehow, somewhat, professions such as Hotel Manager or Administrator were being 'discarded'.

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