once a boy, once a teenager nurturing...
when we were young, similar as jia pin we fancied stuff like spiderman. super heroes always catches the attention of the young. these are fascinations that are enjoyed by non-deprived children. such thoughts begin to diminish as we gradually grow up, looking more towards the distant future. as we all know, our parents tend to inject phrases such as, "when you grow up, aim to become a doctor or a lawyer". i guess this phrase just seems to be a trademark sentence that has been passed down for quite sometime. since i was probably 10 years old, i always wanted to be a pilot. imagining the ease and freedom pilots go through like a bird's migration i could not stop desiring to become one in the near future. at one point i wanted to do engineering as i thought of it as a 'guy thing'. i also considered doing business. however my dad told me not to do business not strictly, but in a quite discouraging manner. i guess it is just something ironic that certain parents do not want their children to follow their footsteps. after schooling, i changed my mind once again setting myself adamant to venture in health sciences. as a matter of fact i only opened myself to two options which was medicine or pharmacy. based on clinical attachments and interaction with doctors, it seems like medicine requires loads of dedication, commitment and time. therefore, i took up my second choice, "pharming" after all these changing of interest and ambitions... did i make a right choice after all???
- hung hing-