When I was a bit younger, I had already planned what would it like
when I go to college. Everything was set and properly planned. From my
course to my dream university. Yet when I failed to take the USTet,
those plans I had in my head slowly crumbled like weathering rocks. I
felt mortified when my dream of getting out of Davao and start a new
life in Manila as a college student cannot happen and WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
After that, I've been going through an inner battle within my ambitious
self and my laid-back self. After months of asking myself, I ended up
in the situation that almost every High School go through-where would I
go next?
After I got the exam result yesterday and my prospectus, I didn't
feel giddy or excited. In fact I felt blank, almost nothing. Then if my
dad approaches me and ask me if I'll take up I.S. ,I just keep my mouth
shut.
Sure, I'm pretty firm about my ambitions of being a lawyer
but I can't proceed to law right away if I don't graduate a 4-year
course. Because of this, I am absolutely torn with these two specific
courses that is closely related to my strengths. That is International
Studies or Mass Communications.
I've been pretty engrossed with
books since I was young. Also,since I learned how to talk straight when I
was 3, I never stopped talking,haha. Then, when my cousin introduced my
to the world of writing, I've been immersing myself in writing stories
which I always fail to finish(facepalms). I'm not making it sound like
I'm a bookworm or worse a geek yet reading has been a part of my
learning. I could say I'm worth a degree in Mass Communications. But
years ago, a friend of my grandma discouraged me when I said that I'll
take up Mass Communications. I remember she said this: Wag kang mag MassCom Monique, maraming hindi nakapagtrabaho diyan.
(Don't take up MassCom Monique, a lot of graduates did not land a job
from that course.) I know some people who graduated MassCom who ended up
as tambays or in a decent manner, became
call center agents. This made me back up and think of an another course.
Then I learned about International Studies.
International Studies has so much to offer like traveling or
getting assigned to Japan. In the school I had applied to, they are
directly supported by their Japanese administrators because it its a
Japanese school (Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku,to be precise) yet I'm not
sure myself if I'd land a job related in this course. I don't want to
end up applying for a job that is not in-line with my degree. Worse, I
don't want to be unemployed. I hate to fail my parents and waste the
money they'll spend.
If I choose to take up Mass Com, I have two
universities in mind: Ateneo de Davao University or University of
Mindanao. Although personally I'd rather attend in UM than in ADDU
because I don't believe in them. They're all just paarte
and doesn't have a single grasp of reality. In I.S. ,I have 1 school in
mind which I had mentioned earlier. If ever I choose this course, I'd
only want to concentrate in Japanese and nothing else.
I only
have days to make up this godforsaken mind. If I choose the wrong path,
I'd be doomed. I don't want to wallow myself in regret one day for
choosing the worse decision. I just want a bright future and a surefire
career.
Shit this post is way damn long. it's probably the longest post I wrote here in Blogspot. Anyways, I'm still glad I poured everything here otherwise I would explode.