School VS Work

An Indo friend here asked me question: "Lo lebih prefer skolah ato kerja Shel?"
 I was thinking for a second but then I just directly answered, "Kerja lah!"
 It might be different for everyone, but I have this elaboration about the answer. And the truth is, nothing really is better than the other like 100% better. It is always a plus and minus. And it might be different from what I'm going to explain compare to other people, depending on the place you work for or the school where u go for study.

So anyway, first of all, I have more money when I was still working. It might not be A LOT that u can buy branded bags everytime (well depends on your priority of course and financial management), but it was so enough!

Before I'm going to say more, I would like to emphasize that this post is not to brag. It's just purely what I felt, feel, and I'm making comparison. And I never really exaggerated things.

So yea, continue. It might not be THAT MUCH of money I had, but it was enough. It was enough for me to eat out everyday (cos who the hell would cook for my lunch and dinner? Not me for sure). Enough for having my delicious cup of coffee every morning (again, not instant coffee like I'm having at the moment), enough for me to shop clothes everytime I feel like I want to. Sometimes even when my friend asked me to hang out on Friday night, and I was not in "hangout" dress, there's no way I would go back home just to change clothes. I would rather shop to the nearest mall.
Enough for me to at least have one proper holiday in a year. Usually more. And still enough for me to save or invest on something. Cos I wouldn't want to spend everything, of course.

Now how about school life? One word. Poor. Haha! I don't even want to talk bout it, just making me sad. I really feel like I'm going back to the time when I was still in ITB. There was a moment (usually the very last week in a month) I would eat Indomie everyyday cos I didn't have money anymore. And the saddest was, sometimes in "tanggal tua" and my friend would asked to eat at good place such as Sushi Tei, and I would borrow the money first to get em back when I have more money sent to me on "tanggal muda". Sad yea? Hahaha... Of course people would maybe look at me and think, "cmon Sheila, there are still a lot more people having less fortunate condition than u. Don't be too manja!". That is totally true. I heard the "anak kost" before me even did not have car and smartphone, for 5 frickin years! Oh well, that is a lil bit too much for me. First of all, it is almost impossible for me to live here without car. I would be depressed. Depending on other people everytime, plus the weather is crazy sometimes. And hey, I used to work before, it would be different for people that just continue their study from undergrad, let's say. But I would be so depressed I think if I jump into too significant condition from where I used to be in.

Lanjut. So yea, one problem when u were working (like me, office hours everyday), is that u don't really have enough time. U would love to travel for a month, for example. But that's just impossible. During school? U could get 1-3 months holiday. But again, duit'e sopo?? Mbahmu? Hahaha...
That's what my friends kept telling me, "just go somewhere for holiday". Yea rite. Buat idup aja udah mepet.

One thing I miss from working life was when the oil price was still high, every year I would have at least 2 trainings outside Jakarta, with 5 star facility. Compare to the fieldtrip I had from school the last time. Yes we had the flight tickets and hotel room covered ( one room, for 4 people), but we have to spend our own money for eat etc. Plus the fieldtrip was from 7 to 7. Crazy. So little time to go around, really. Compare to when I did fieldtrip when I was still working. Basically it wasn't a fieldtrip I think. It was more like a holiday, hahaha. Cos we just walked a bit, snacking, eating, walk. And then the provider would prepare a lot of food and drinks for us. Oh well, it is always different working for oil company (when oil price is still good, of course).

OK that's for the bad parts. Now, why did I still go for studying? Because I remember, when I was still working, I was bored. It was just soooooo predictable. Everyday routine. Made me think sometimes , "wow, am I gonna do this exact things for, say, 10 yrs from now?". Of course in Oil Company they would rotate you sometimes, but it would happen in 3-5 years cycle. There were so many times I would just sit and wonder, wow, I'm doing the same things. I don't really wanna work. I just wanna go for holiday. And going back from holiday, all I wanted was to have another holiday. Hahaha...

When u were at school, no such things as boring things, really. Everyday is something new. Even stressful sometimes, but I bet nothing will bore you. It even surprises u, every single day, u discover something new, learn something new. And u have goals. Really short time goals. Sometimes it makes u feel younger too. LOL. But well, still, money is everything. Hahaha..

One thing also is, this has been my bucket list for so long. I remember when I was still working, everytime I heard someone studied somewhere abroad, I was always soooo interested to ask so many things. I think if I hadn't taken such opportunity, I would still dream bout it every single day. And wonder, why did I not do this?

So yea, the goal now is just to finish it, with the hopes that I would not go broke. Hahahah... Hopefully the scholarship would still be there even on this terrible oil price condition.