Visit to The Star Education Fair

Today I went to The Star Education Fair at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. For those who do not know, Star Publications Sdn Bhd (that is, the company who publishes the daily newspaper, The Star) has been organizing this education fair yearly for many many years already. I first went to the fair when I was in Form Three. I was accompanied by my parents then, and also the 2 years after that. During that time, my parents brought me there to listen to education and career talks. We also walked around to see all the booths. My parents would ask me again and again about what I want to do in the future. Almost everyone that my parents speak to at the fair thought that it was quite early to start thinking about tertiary education.

But last year was THE time to think about what do I want to be in the future, and what course that I am going to take. I had figure out that my course would most probably requires pre-university qualifications, and since my results wasn't good and my parents can't really afford to pay the fees, I decided on Form Six -- STPM.

Ever since I was little I have always thought of becoming a medical doctor. During my childhood, I always played with my younger siblings 'the doctor game' where one would pretend to be a doctor and the other two of us would be the patients. It was really fun! E.R. was one of my favourite shows during my younger days. But after attending these talks and visited these education booths at the fair over the years, I started to feel like I don't want to be a doctor in the future anymore. Why? One, I looked at those grousy pictures about damaged human parts, about doctors treating these people, and also I watched programmes such as MedikTV...I imagined myself stepping in their shoes and I feel like I don't really fit in into these kind of work. Two, I did not really care much about the medicines that the doctors give me when I was sick. That is, I don't know what those medicines are (of course I know what they ARE FOR), how does it react with the sickness that I am having, how does it cure me and etc. etc...Three, I am not very sure if I really like the lifestyle of a doctor, after hearing about the late night sleep, the long hours of on call, the sacrifices that they need to make, the stress that they need to face when they are on duty and a lot more...

Oh wait, I am supposed to think of the reasons why I decided to go for engineering! Well, I think I will put it in my next post. Also tomorrow would be the 2nd and last day of the talk. Hope that I can learn more new things!