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Post-Massive Decision + Rants

 It's been well over a month since I declined the government position and to be fair, in the first couple of weeks, I was having a rough time getting over it. A huge sense of regret came over me, over and over again. Looking at some of my friends updates on social media did not help as well. I saw they reported for duty, joined school events and seemed to have great fun. I thought to myself, that could be me. My close friends were happy knowing that I would stay here for another couple years, and some of colleagues and peers from university felt that it was a waste to decline it but they're happy with my choice. It is whatever. Last month, I also had the privilege seeing my little sister graduated. She had finally finished studying at IPG after five long years. She will be reporting for duty in September, I think. Also the same thought came to me while watching her receive her degree, "this could've been me too if I had gone for the teaching role, and graduated after o...
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Massive Decision.

 Hi, This is my very first entry on this blog. My own blog, my own headspace.  A little bit about me; I am 25 years old, officially turning 26 in 3 months. I am from east coast Malaysia. I was a bright student at school, although my beginnings were a bit rough. I scored 5A's for UPSR, 11A's for PT3, and 8A1B for SPM; AddMath being the culprit behind the shortfall. I studied English at a local university, and am now working in a corporate sector in the southern region.  Recently, I made one of, if not the biggest decision in my life. I had just turned down a government role, to be specific a teaching role, at a secondary school, just 20 minutes from my mother's house. It was a difficult period; I was disraught, scared, and honestly, depressed for a whole week when I was asked to make that call.  Post-SPM, I was adamant on becoming a teacher. I had gone to do Foundation in TESL, and I finished with first class. When I applied to study for a bachelor in teaching, I was ...
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