Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Could the (almost) impossible thing become possible?

I have a big dream to pursue,
and at this moment now, it gets louder and louder inside my mind that pushes me to GRAB IT SOON

Yes, Sheila.
Don't always make excuses like "Oh well .. I'm still preparing for blablablaa"
Just do it, I guess. Now or never.

On the way to pursue it sometimes I get hesitant, anxious, doubting my self. Sometimes I would think , "man.. that sounds like a LOT of WORK"

But then just last night I was thinking.
I was thinking about how I got here now. My position, my life.

How I got into ITB.

Reminds me of one of my teachers in high school. At that time I was already admitted into Unpar for Industrial Engineering study program. Already paid all of the fees, since I was the first batch at that time. No return. Suddenly one of my teacher asked me
"Sheila, are you going to do the SPMB test?"
"huh? Nope, Pak. I already got a school. "
"Oh well.. that's a shame. I'm sure you will get accepted if you try"

That exactly words got into my mind very deeply. I was thinking.. Well.. Why not trying? Nothing to lose anyways. I asked my family (I swear I'm not writing this to show how cocky I was, LOL, but this is exactly what happened), "mm.. what's the best public school then? is ITB good?"
My brother gave me a bitter laugh.. "Are u seriously asking that? It's HARD to get into that school. Of course it's good"
I was like, "OK, challenge accepted!"

I was practicing all the exercises using one of the book I bought in a bookstore. Day and night, no "test preparation" kind of thing, cause well, as what I said, it was nothing to lose.
I did the test in Bandung, thinking I was screwed up because I left almost half of the exams "blank", LOL. And I got admitted :)
It was awesome to remember that moment again.. It was probably one of the very best night of my life, the night I got the SPMB result. The moment which directed my life into what I've become right now.

Secondly was the time I got my job right now. I remember the time I got the internship opportunity, in Jakarta. One of my seniors told me "if you got the internship in Jakarta, you have to communicate in full English. Cause most of the employees there are expats. You have to do the presentation in English as well."
I was like.. "DIE ME"
Yet... turned out it was totally OK. There was a bit of rocky steps to go through during the hiring process (which left me hanging and stressed in +- 3 months), but I just passed it all behind right now. I mean, I'm still survived, aren't I?

This is just to remind myself (again and again), there's no such thing as "Too much work... I'll just go the easier one"
No.
You WANT it, you WORK on it, you GET it.
No HARD thing, it was just your decision, either being too lazy, or SELF DETERMINED enough to get it?

Woosha..

May God bless me and my dream :)



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