Sometimes it's really hard to be an idealist in a reality-driven world. As much as I would've liked to live my fantasy of managing to post at least one entry per day, I cannot abandon school, family and other responsibilities that I harbor. Therefore, I apologize for being so late and having a potentially irregular schedule of blog update. Now, on to the post.
I've been really interested in the world of journalism, even to the point of considering it as a future career. I reckon it started when I was browsing through universities sites when I was about 15. At that time, I was in an international-program school and as a result I was deeply interested in trying out abroad universities. The country of my fixation at that time was the UK.
Have I mentioned to you before that I was an idealist? Well, I once had the nerve to check out a university that holds one of the best reputations in the world: Oxford University. You're welcome to laugh by the way :) Yet, I still haven't put aside that dream to this day. Hahaha.
Going back to the topic. I was kind of upset hearing the university's reputation of having a really tight entrance procedure. I didn't think I had enough drive to try that path. Therefore, I tried to aim a little bit lower, such as the University of Glasgow in Scotland, UK. One university called the Imperial College University also came to mind. For that one, I even talked to an education counselor.
So, there I was, trying to convince myself that it was my "destiny" (such an overused word if you ask me) while ignoring what my parents' wish for me not choosing an out-of-the-country college. I was so driven to get into those UK universities that it didn't matter to me what course I would be taking. That's the allure of foreign universities that many of Indonesian daughters and sons are caught by nowadays. I should write an opinion essay about that someday.
I was thinking of taking a biotechnology major because I felt that I had a mediocre of interest in science. I've always been an attentive student at school. Anyway, to make the long story short, I started to have more doubts when I read through the course structure. I just doubted its ability to hold my interest for long, and potentially become my life career. Boy, weren't they kidding when they said that choosing universities would be one of the hardest choices in your life!
I was browsing, browsing and browsing, when I saw one tiny ad at the bottom right corner of page, which is about BBC College of Journalism. You can click on the link to find out yourself. :) It made me feel a strange pull and I ended up opening it. Granted, it actually is not a concrete college (I mean, with building), but a sort of online guide. Nevertheless, that is the beginning of my journalism-linked interest that I can surprisingly remember with a clear clarity.
Fast forward to today, I'm now feeling elated over something that I've come to consider as "the first milestone in journalism". Insert dramatic music here. Hahaha. Here's the reason:
Yep. That's me. It's not necessarily a big deal I suppose, and may come across as significant for some people. But this means enough for my a-bit-insecure side to the point of being happy in two consecutive days :) And no, I don't get paid.....yet :)
So, my dear readers, you're just witnessing my first venture! Sorry for the overly-excitement-thing, but I can't help it!
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