Graduated ft Adulting
The age of 23 is such a strange age, they said. Some of us are still struggling to complete our degrees. Some of us are still juggling part-time jobs while searching for full-time. Some of us have secured our dream job. Some of us are happily engaged/married, have kids, and act like real adults.
Graduated
14th of October officially marked the end of my university journey, completed my degree in Chemical Engineering, I am now an alumnus of the University of Malaya. My time at university had its ups and downs, but I wouldn't change it for the world. It was the best and sometimes stressful four years of my life so far. I was surrounded by such supportive people and made some lifelong friends.
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| Look at them. Aren't they the cutest |
Job hunting
Adulting is hard enough, but job hunting is another level of exhausting. I was always with my laptop updating my cv, scrolling through career websites, studying, replying to emails all the time. Gladly, I have lecturers who still take care of me even though, technically, I am no longer their student. They recommended part-time jobs related to my studies to build networking among their industrial friends. Enough with my rants, I have finally secured a position, and Alhamdulillah to that. Though my first job is quite challenging, it is not as I expected. But did you know the Hanging Gardens of Old Babylonia with a similar intent as the Taj Mahal?
Born into a 'kind-of privileged' family background, I never knew earning money is this hard for a long time. Learning how to work for things I wanted out of life was clear for me for a long time, and I did my best to prepare for it, but it is impossible to prepare for that kind of drastic change. Meanwhile, from the outside, people thought my life was perfect. But you know what, growing up in a big house doesn't make my feeling go through during adolescence any more or less intense. Going on vacations doesn't mean me, as a first daughter, teenager, or woman, don't feel things like sadness, frustration, anger, uncertainty, or depression.
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| my current workplace |
Born into a 'kind-of privileged' family background, I never knew earning money is this hard for a long time. Learning how to work for things I wanted out of life was clear for me for a long time, and I did my best to prepare for it, but it is impossible to prepare for that kind of drastic change. Meanwhile, from the outside, people thought my life was perfect. But you know what, growing up in a big house doesn't make my feeling go through during adolescence any more or less intense. Going on vacations doesn't mean me, as a first daughter, teenager, or woman, don't feel things like sadness, frustration, anger, uncertainty, or depression.
The truth about growing up in a privilleged family is that living in the privilleged family doesn't mean that your life is perfectHopefully, this phase goes as smoothly as possible.
As for me, I still have 1 more year to go before graduating. Its very nerve-wracking but I hope everything goes well. Good luck to you dear ;))
ReplyDeleteThank you and goodluck to you too XD
ReplyDeleteEconomy nowadays make us struggle to live, even though it is already 2020. Haha, embrace the life, we can do this!
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yes! yes! Thank you <3
ReplyDeleteto be honest, twenties are weird times. i have been working for two years and even though i notices i have changed a lot, at times, i still feel like the me that just graduated. i hope you'll feel better soon and have fun too.
ReplyDeleteI know right. And that makes me realize that everyone has their own pace in their life. Thank you ;)
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