Living your comfort zone

Day by day, time just flashes pass and blink of a eye 7 weeks has passed! My internship feels more like a holiday rather another semester for NTU. But not alls a bed of roses, I work... maybe not totally for the company at least I am answerable to the time I spend during this internship.

Jeffery, my IA supervisor, is a very interesting chap. Unlike other fellow interns who were given tasks and projects, never a moment I could sit down and concentrate on a stipulated proj for more than 3 days. New assignements, research, ideas keeps me on my toes all the while. Google is my best friend who never fails to educate, enlighten and guide the doubts and questions during my learning phases.

Its a totally different kinda of Internship that one expects of an Comp Engn. I dabble into ERP, MRP, Supply Chain, ROI all sorts of busniess and marketing strategies instead of sitting still going thru the life cycle of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) reviewing on the requirement elicitations and CODE. Min. coding, maxing surfing!

Today, I was called in for a discussion with Jeffery. Started off as another mentor sharing session on Rapid Response providing real time information desemination btw the Customer and Supplier. Reaching the end, he shared an insight of his life with me. A dream he has, a target in his mind and I could feel his passion to achieve his dream.

LEAVING one's comfort zone. This routine lifestyle is slowly encasing me to a schedule. Wake up, Report, Lunch, Knock off, dinner, TV, Bed and the cycle just relives itself. Is that what growing up is all about? Looking forward to weekends and holidays where upon arrival I feel lost and dont know what to do?

I sat myself at a open field and gazed upon the heavens wailing to the stars for answers... Came so far and gave it all, in the end what matters ? I sound childish but just cant lie to myself, many of my friends just give me the blunt reply

"study hard, get good grades, earn big money, drive big car, live big house, marry dream girl, start family"

Born and bred a singaporean, meritocracy is a way of life and I dont deny its effieciecy and equality of the system but am I too blinded with all the material wealth I can fill my future household with but end up with an empty heart?

A dream, target, goal... to rekindle the passion. Leaving my comfort zone and expose more to the world. I want to backpack, bungee jump(hope the rope dun snap) or do all the things I would have never thought of doing before. Doing the waltz on the dance floor will be nice. One things for sure, I gotta get my license ASAP and thats a promise

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