i've been asked a lot about what i want to do later in life by quite a few people recently.

and my reply had always been i'm not quite sure, but i'm sure as hell can't see my myself practising. (by practising i mean practising optometry, in a spectacle shop and all.)

too boring, not engaging, too dull.

and talking to mr koh reconfirmed that.

over dinner yesterday, he asked me the same question: what do you want to do?

and he's the first one who wasn't surprised (at all) when i said that i do not intend to practise, saying that knowing me, he was surprised when he heard that i opted for optometry upon leaving junior college.

we talked a little about my likes and dislikes, what i want and do not want from a profession and he spoke about something that one of his former student is doing now, something that i found really interesting, and something that i'll surely consider in time to come.

me koh also said some really flattering things about me.

without sounding arrogant and boastful, i've had these compliments before, but i usually take them with a pinch of salt. but hearing them compliments come from someone whom i respect so much, and someone who's been around the world, i was really flattered. yet humbled at the same time, because of the reminder that he gave me, to never, never be condescending and think myself on a pedestal. self-righteous, morally right were his words i think.

so yes, i do think that i'm always right, but you might have a point (or in rare occasions, two) too.

fair enough?