What do you want to be when you grow up, and where are you now? Parents support?

[pedialite]

Discuss!

I have many ambitions, some stupid, some funny. I never can really decide on anything. For some reason I have been thinking alot about my future lately.

Heres goes (in no particular order) :

Policeman (damn slack? decent pay, drive around all day? Enlighten me..)
Touring Musician in a band (obvious reasons.. BECAUSE I LOVE IT!)
Professional Criminal : Assasin (I don't know if I could actually kill anyone.. Hitman, Shooter)
Professional Criminal : Robber (Oceans 11,12,13 anyone?)
PE Teacher (Job seems fun)
Secondary School Teacher (I don't know, haha.. rewarding job? Connect with the students)
Actor (gaaa..)
Opening a Jamming Studio
Recording/Audio engineer
Pornstar! (Kinda over this one now.. )

Actually theres probably alot more but I can't seem to think of anymore right now..
I also want to travel the world and live somewhere else for short periods.. like maybe a month to a few years.. places like Japan, America and many European countries/cities like the UK (London) and the Netherland (Amsterdam.. WEED!!!)

Where am I now? I'm studying for a diploma in accountancy (year 2 when sem starts), safe job, safe pay, safe life.. Its hard for me to think that I will be sitting behind a desk all day, typing and typing.. Every passing day I'm closer to that situation..

My mum wants me to go get a degree or something after army too. I actually wanted to go to SP's music and audio technology but she wanted me to go JC.. long story.

I feel like I have no choice, most people would say fck it and move out/just sign up for the course but I face a very difficult guilt thingy. I live a very decent life, and I feel that I need to provide this same standard, or even better, of living back to my parents.

My plans now? Study 'hard' (my GPA last semester was 1.7).. Get a job, get paid, pay back what I owe to my parents.. In the meantime while I work, if I will have any freetime, continue to play music, maybe save up and open a studio.. and since i'm working, I would have loads of money to blow on the scene eg. organise gigs..

Studying music for abit is also on my mind for the future..

PHEW! LONG POST!

Anyway, you guys can say what you want about me, i've heard it all, but what I really wanna know is whatsup with you guys man, whats in the mind of a Singapore teenager. My friends all kinda don't give a shit, but they don't have the 'live fast, die young/fun' attitude either. All just go with the flow, but I don't feel any 'flow'.

 

[screamfest]

me! me! me!
of course touring around the world as a musician.
warped tour, download festival, etc.

pilot!wtf.i dont have perfect eyesight.-_-

start a clothing line.
like atticus, lucky-13, etc.

own a record label.

i'm dreaming too much.i need education!

 

[pedialite]

Clothing Label is on my mind too.. HAHA!

 

[Jugman]

i wanna be a musician.



HEY! i'm living my dream right now!!!!

but actually yea, i wanna be a toring musician too. the music scene is small but it's definitely growing, bit by bit. it'll take extra effort to break through.

other than that, i've always wanted to be the, well, president of the company, Coca-Cola. hahaha. one reason: that's my favourite drink!

 

[ruixist]

i used to consider very seriously the notion of being a PE teacher when i grew up because i'd been in sports ccas since primary school and nearly went straight to NIE after o levels. my parents were really for it, but in the end i decided to go to JC instead, because i still wasn't *that* sure.

then in JC, i toyed with the idea of being a school counsellor! after i chucked that, i wanted to be a guitar teacher. so i'm currently doing part time guitar teaching, and i taught right through my 'a' levels.

and it was through all that, that i finally found my real interest and i realised whatever direction my life takes, i'm going to surround it with music! so i'm headed to the music and audio tech course in SP, applying without my parents knowledge nor permission. got alot of stick from them about it since they (like most people, i'd expect) considered a waste to go poly after doing well enough at the a's to go to university. but they're dealing with it

in short, music career here i come!

 

[Gracia]

Be a swimmer then when the world sinks I'll survive.

Other than that, I want to build my own high street fashion label ten years from now. I'm just about to graduate out of TP's Visual Communications. Not that related, but I have my plans. I have parents' support because there's always a demand for clothes.

 

[ruixist]

Be a swimmer then when the world sinks I'll survive.

ooh very poetic, i like!

 

[zullio]

hmm..

i actually wanted to be a pilot, but my eyesight ruined it..
then an engineer, cos my dad was one.
soccer star, but i suck.
musician, most realistic dream currently.. yah sound engineer too..

thats all i guess..

 

[Plastic]

Ohhhhh.

Designer. 3-D modeling, animation, photoshop etc etc.
Finally able to study it, after boring years of maths and sciences, and self learning

My mum asked me to consider being a type-writer, while dad says pilot, but I don't want to be responsible for a few hundred lives.

 

[alshit]

When I was young, I dunno what I wanted to be...
Then during secondary school, I decided to be a rapper, seriously...
Then a few months ago, I want to be a musician/sound person...

Currenty, I pursuing a diploma in sonic arts in RP, pretty much the direction towards my dream, but recently, I found that maybe thats not what's really good for me, coz reality always bites, I don't think I'll be able to support myself with all these music stuffs judging by the condition of the local music industry. So right now, I'm thinking of just graduating from the poly with a decent 3 plus GPA, go NS ,sign on or something, get a decent paying job. I can still be playing music during my free time right?

My parents didn't really have alot of expectations of me, they just wanted me to be happy with what I'm doing, or at least be "normal". I'm glad that my parents allow me to do what I like, but sometimes I just feel guilty... for not being good enough

 

[recklessnick]

i wanna be a touring musician. or a music producer.
im living life for myself and if my parents choose to support, then good for them. i always tell them life is too short to be studying and working for 3/4 of your life and the other 1/4 just living on retirement waiting to die. when does life actually begin? it begins when you decide to start it. im not going to watch the best years of my teenage youthful life studying for o levels, not saying that i dont study, im just not the kind who closes the door and studies for weeks without going out

 

[Dime]

musician
captain of vessel.
lecturer.
stuntman<<<<<<i dont know why but i like blasting off into the air :/


but actually in life all i want to do is to repay my parents.live like there is no tomorrow.dont really care what job or status i hold.

 

[zullio]

but actually in life all i want to do is to repay my parents.live like there is no tomorrow.dont really care what job or status i hold.

very moving and true..
like it or not, all of us 'owe' our parents.
i for one, am thankful to my mum cos she really supports my ambitions.

 

[Jugman]

yea me too. she just wants me to be happy.
my dad...um.. i dunno wad he thinks. he initially hated the fact that i want to be a musician. not sure what he thinks now

 

[GrimRiffer]

I want to be a sports journalist/pundit like Shebby Singh!

 

[zullio]

yea me too. she just wants me to be happy.
my dad...um.. i dunno wad he thinks. he initially hated the fact that i want to be a musician. not sure what he thinks now

my dad also kinda like yours..

ahh.. but thanks to him i picked up the guitar instead of the bass..
he said to me, "why play four strings when you can play six".. so yeah.

 

[balloons]

The porn industry in Singapore is not prosperous,

why dont you sign on Army,Air-force,or Navy?

If you fail to get in,you can join some Security Guards Agency.

Security= good pay,advance pay,patience required,quick-thinking,everyone respects you in your zone,some places allows you to think more about life etc...

 

[Anteopiz]

I've always wanted to be a carpenter making wood furniture...
but then....

In came IKEA with their DIY assemble stuff
*Dreams Crush*
haa....

 

[Jugman]

The porn industry in Singapore is not prosperous,

why dont you sign on Army,Air-force,or Navy?

If you fail to get in,you can join some Security Guards Agency.

Security= good pay,advance pay,patience required,quick-thinking,everyone respects you in your zone,some places allows you to think more about life etc...

ah all in a package eh? but you gotta make sure the guy likes what he is doing. money but no happiness, you can hardly call that 'life'.

 

[balloons]

u know what? u guys should stop consulting your dads, because can he shred like Steve vai,malmsteen,satriani,or gilbert?

Imagine your dad having to support the family throughout his life by practically working all day,what image he has of musicians? does he knows the joy of music? it probably dawn on him that only $ can make him happy,but u guys know it is not true...