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Chronicles of a Young College Boy

Sunday, June 10, 2007


Took this picture in Pier 39...its basically a tourist attraction in San Fran...beautiful little shops selling souvenirs..heh i bought myself 2 beautiful snowglobes...i don know whats with me and snowglobes..hahaha...i just love those things...always wanted those things when im a child...i got one which has a pirate skull in it...and another one with the phantom of the opera mask...the one with the mask is actually not only a snowglobe...its also a music box!...it plays a small part of the music of the night...just beautiful...i will do my best to take a picture of them and post it up...the first snowglobe tht i bought last year in new york broke...it annoys me so bad...u might look it up in the archive posts in august or september 2006 for the picture and the unfortunate story....

Today i wanna talk about something that has constantly been on my mind in the past year or so...i have never rrally gotten to write about them because for some reason this subject kinda runs away from me everytime i think of a subject i wanna write for a post. Anyway the subject is : Money.

You know, this subject has been dubbed to the point of controversial when it comes to deciding what path of life you are going to take. I have encountered many people who would say, "Money is not important in what i do", "I will never use money as deciding factor when im choosing a job", or "I will follow my heart, not money". Initially I would say the same thing because it sounds pretty good right? But after doing a lot of my own thinking, I realise that these statements are not entirely true. I've come to the conclusion that some dreams are not achievable if a considerable amount of money is not involved. My dream is to pump at least one million USD into one of the respectable animal conservation organizations in the world. Now the statement of my dream itself has money attached to it, so whether i like it or not, i do have to get a job that earns quite a bit of money.

Now on the contrary, I have an experience where i work for a pretty high wage, but i dont really enjoy doing the job. Coming to work becomes quite a pain, because the thoughts that I can be doing something else in the mean time keep firing off in my mind. We dont really want to be in that situation too, because before you know it you are 60 and you have kinda wasted your life doing something you dont enjoy.

I think as always there must be a healthy balance between the 2, not just one-sided. For example, if you love the job so much but the job doesnt pay you enough, would you really want to stay in that job for a long period of time? Especially if you are the head of the house and you are in charge of supporting the family, I dont think its possible, unless you juggle 3 jobs at a time. Money has that power to put extra icing into a job in which if you have the choice of a job that is the first on your job-that-I-want list, and a job that is second in that list but pays more money, which one would you take?

DanieL counted snowflakes at 3:27 AM

About The Author


Name - Daniel_Widjaja
Age - 19

Ok this is me in a nutshell: reflective...hardworker...goofy humour...no sense of fashion(just common sense)...messy...hopeless romantic ;)...enthusiastic learner (depends on wad subject)...easygoing...loves family and friends...internet/msn addict...library bug...into fantasy stuffs...mugger...single-minded at times...AKLTG Alumni...can be kuku at certain subjects (fashion for example)...wahaha..ok thts however much i can describe me..my friends definitely hav more to add..be it good or bad...enjoy the visit in my blog !

Other Chapters of His Life

November 2005
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January 2006
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March 2006
April 2006
May 2006
June 2006
July 2006
August 2006
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
March 2007
April 2007
May 2007
June 2007
July 2007
August 2007
September 2007
June 2008
July 2008
August 2008
October 2008
January 2009

Places He Frequents By

Supermanhomepage.com
The Superman Franchise/History Video
Superman Returns Full Trailer
akltg.com
NBA.com
Life Coaches Blog
Enlightenment.com
Slow Leadership.org
Anthony Robbins Motivational Video
Stuart Tan's Audio Programs
Marquette TKD Club
Crazy Martial Arts Videos
TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design)
Squidoo

His Companions

Harry
Jenny
Evelyn
Suang
1Peace05
Sam Shen
Eric
Eugenie
Stuart Tan
Evan
Celine
Tan Yong
Amanda
Wendrey
Gregory

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In This Life
Delta Goodrem

Wisdoms of Life

"Doing what you love is not a recipe for an easier life, it's a recipe for an interesting life." Andrew Matthews

Favorites

Basketball, Martial Arts, Personal Development, Smallville, Superman, Southpark, Authentic Asian food (pls no sweet and sour chicken wif fried rice..im starting to get sick of it), Snowing days (its beautiful =) ), Fantasy and medieval stories, Rasberry ice lemon tea (wahahaha..it replaced green tea here)

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