Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Wut So Great About Being An Engineer???

This morning, I had a chat session on Gtalk wif my super duper BFF, Cik Uny Azmi... 

Hmm... one of the topic was about the mindset of most of our people (especially the senior citizens) about the greatness of an engineer!!! in their mind, a woman engineer must get married to an engineer as well or else, a doctor... then only they can be 'setaraf'... of course, both of us were disagree bout that... 

however, this actually reminds me of my skulmates and female GEMMIES who are not engineers... they owez asked me to find them an engineer to become their bf... n as an engineer, i wonder why everyone is trying their hardest to get an engineer as their bf...

frankly speaking, i dont prefer to hv an engineer as my spouse... but wut to do? (nyanyi lagu 'terlanjur cinta' part korus... aku terlanjur cinta bla bla bla...) hmm...  nape? sbb most of them mmg x pandai nk amik ati pompuan lgsg!!! maybe bcoz of the few number of women in their working or studying life... 

thats why kanak2 brilliant, bila aku rapat dgn lelaki, it doesnt mean that i hv feeling towards him.. just, aku mmg dh biasa rapat dgn lelaki ms stadi dlu, kelas aku hanya ade 30 girls out of 114 students.. n aku pnah keje dikelilingi 30 lelaki n aku sorg je pompuan... so, dh biasa sgt rapat dgn lelaki... n rapat itu x bermaksud aku ade perasaan lain ok?? 

berbalik pada topik about the greatness of an engineer, meh aku nk cerita bertapa bencinya aku jd engineer... 

  1. xde workstation yg cantek2 beraircond... biasenye office kitorg xdela cantek... kdg2 sblh dgn stor la, dkt workshop la... tambah kalau site engineer, dok la mencangak kat tengah panas tu... berpeluh busuk badan... belum lg dgn sunburn...
  2. merosakkan kulit... dh jd engineer, mmg x ble lari la dr keje kat site or dgn chemicals kn? n 4 a person yg ade sensitip skin mcm aku nih, mmg teruk la kulit... n pnah ms aku keje kat kilang bodoh dlu, kulit aku akan terkoyak even kalau digosok dgn lembut... effect chemicals ok? 
  3. mengadap engineer lelaki yg sgt tgi egonya mmg menguji kesabaran... being the minority in the industry, woman engineers mmg dianggap sbg kaum yg lemah... tambahan pulak, most male engineers mmg sgt ego... nk slhkan dorg pun, they are born like that... nk bt camne? dats why sy x prefer bf engineer... 
  4. asik keje luar je... yes, being an engineer, u are required to travel a lot... ni pun antara sbb sy xsuke husband sy engineer... bygkan idup anak2 kami nanti? mak ayah asik travel sna sni... anak kat umah jd cacamerba!!! 
  5. antara topik yg jd issue di seluruh dunia bg woman engineer adelah career and family... dlu sy pnah ckp kat sunbae, alah, sy mampu balancekan kedua2nya... sunbae hanya senyum je kat sy... dia ckp, we ll see... ok, after a few years, ye sunbae... kamu betul... sy dh mula rs x mampu walaupun x kawen lagik... hahaha... sy bygkan bila dh pregnant n having kids (terutama kalau kna operate), dh tentu sy x mampu nk panjat sna sini mcm skrg... dh tentu x ble angkat mende beberat mcm skrg... so, efficiency sy akan diragui... so, between career n family, i can only choose one... kalau sy sygkan career sy n nk jd engineer yg dikagumi semua, sy xkn dpt jd ibu yg baik utk anak2 sy... n kalau sy pilih utk jd ibu yg baik, sy hnya ble jd engineer yg suam2 kuku shj... 
  6. setiap hari, keje kitorg berisiko tgi... adakalanye menggadai nyawa senirik... uish, tp mak ayah sy ckp, cikgu lg tgi risikonye... ari2 sedut habuk kapur... anak2 murid mcm2 kerenah lagik... ma, takat habuk kapur tu apelah sgt kalau nk dibandingkan dgn chemicals yg ari2 kitorg sedut... boric acid, melamine, carbon... suma tu sy dh sedut ma... dh penuh dlm peparu nih... takat perangai anak2 murid tu, apela sgt kalau nk dibandingkan dgn menggadai nyawa memanjat scarf folding tu... ade ke cikgu mati layan kerenah anak murid dlm kelas? tp brp ramai org mati sbb jatuh tpt tgi.. so, jd engineer bkn sng ma... (sy bukan merendahkan seorg guru.. sbb apa yg sy ada hari ni adalah berkat usaha cikgu2 jugak... tanpa mereka, sy bkn siapa2... tp sy sgt x puas hati bila mama asik membandingkan sy dgn kakak bila sy komplen psl tugas2 sy sbg engineer mmbuatkan sy benci dgn KEHIDUPAN!!!)
ade byk lg sy nk tulis... tp nnti2 la.. rumah sy ni mintak dimop... hahaha...

just kat sini, sy nk ckp... if i can have a time machine, i want to travel back to the day i received the offer letter to become a mechanical engineering student... i will cut the offer letter into tiny pieces and throw them to the air...

nape? sbb kisah sedih hidup sy bermula hari itu dan berterusan hingga hari ini... ketika sy masih bodoh (ye, sy br berusia 17 tahun ketika itu)... sy hanya ikut ckp parent sy membuta tuli... parent sy pulak ikut je ckp org2 keliling, konon engineering is the best career path... apatah lg, time tu sy dioffer scholarship oleh syarikat gergasi kat msia nih... sng dpt keje, gaji byk... jgn amik accountancy (which i was so crazy to take at that time), nanti xde keje... oh, suma tu mitos belaka!!!

dan wahai kebanyakan rakyat Malaysia sekalian... udah2 le membanding2kan anak2 kamu dgn anak org lain... setiap manusia Allah kurniakan kelebihan dan kekurangan masing2... biarlah mereka memilih bidang yg mereka sukai... xperlu la nk ckp, "alah, anak dia p UK tu amik bisnes stadi je... anak aku ni, amik medic tau!"... perangai2 nila yg memusnahkan anak sendiri... dan aku adalah salah sorg mangsanya!!! 





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Wut So Great About Being An Engineer???

This morning, I had a chat session on Gtalk wif my super duper BFF, Cik Uny Azmi... 

Hmm... one of the topic was about the mindset of most of our people (especially the senior citizens) about the greatness of an engineer!!! in their mind, a woman engineer must get married to an engineer as well or else, a doctor... then only they can be 'setaraf'... of course, both of us were disagree bout that... 

however, this actually reminds me of my skulmates and female GEMMIES who are not engineers... they owez asked me to find them an engineer to become their bf... n as an engineer, i wonder why everyone is trying their hardest to get an engineer as their bf...

frankly speaking, i dont prefer to hv an engineer as my spouse... but wut to do? (nyanyi lagu 'terlanjur cinta' part korus... aku terlanjur cinta bla bla bla...) hmm...  nape? sbb most of them mmg x pandai nk amik ati pompuan lgsg!!! maybe bcoz of the few number of women in their working or studying life... 

thats why kanak2 brilliant, bila aku rapat dgn lelaki, it doesnt mean that i hv feeling towards him.. just, aku mmg dh biasa rapat dgn lelaki ms stadi dlu, kelas aku hanya ade 30 girls out of 114 students.. n aku pnah keje dikelilingi 30 lelaki n aku sorg je pompuan... so, dh biasa sgt rapat dgn lelaki... n rapat itu x bermaksud aku ade perasaan lain ok?? 

berbalik pada topik about the greatness of an engineer, meh aku nk cerita bertapa bencinya aku jd engineer... 

  1. xde workstation yg cantek2 beraircond... biasenye office kitorg xdela cantek... kdg2 sblh dgn stor la, dkt workshop la... tambah kalau site engineer, dok la mencangak kat tengah panas tu... berpeluh busuk badan... belum lg dgn sunburn...
  2. merosakkan kulit... dh jd engineer, mmg x ble lari la dr keje kat site or dgn chemicals kn? n 4 a person yg ade sensitip skin mcm aku nih, mmg teruk la kulit... n pnah ms aku keje kat kilang bodoh dlu, kulit aku akan terkoyak even kalau digosok dgn lembut... effect chemicals ok? 
  3. mengadap engineer lelaki yg sgt tgi egonya mmg menguji kesabaran... being the minority in the industry, woman engineers mmg dianggap sbg kaum yg lemah... tambahan pulak, most male engineers mmg sgt ego... nk slhkan dorg pun, they are born like that... nk bt camne? dats why sy x prefer bf engineer... 
  4. asik keje luar je... yes, being an engineer, u are required to travel a lot... ni pun antara sbb sy xsuke husband sy engineer... bygkan idup anak2 kami nanti? mak ayah asik travel sna sni... anak kat umah jd cacamerba!!! 
  5. antara topik yg jd issue di seluruh dunia bg woman engineer adelah career and family... dlu sy pnah ckp kat sunbae, alah, sy mampu balancekan kedua2nya... sunbae hanya senyum je kat sy... dia ckp, we ll see... ok, after a few years, ye sunbae... kamu betul... sy dh mula rs x mampu walaupun x kawen lagik... hahaha... sy bygkan bila dh pregnant n having kids (terutama kalau kna operate), dh tentu sy x mampu nk panjat sna sini mcm skrg... dh tentu x ble angkat mende beberat mcm skrg... so, efficiency sy akan diragui... so, between career n family, i can only choose one... kalau sy sygkan career sy n nk jd engineer yg dikagumi semua, sy xkn dpt jd ibu yg baik utk anak2 sy... n kalau sy pilih utk jd ibu yg baik, sy hnya ble jd engineer yg suam2 kuku shj... 
  6. setiap hari, keje kitorg berisiko tgi... adakalanye menggadai nyawa senirik... uish, tp mak ayah sy ckp, cikgu lg tgi risikonye... ari2 sedut habuk kapur... anak2 murid mcm2 kerenah lagik... ma, takat habuk kapur tu apelah sgt kalau nk dibandingkan dgn chemicals yg ari2 kitorg sedut... boric acid, melamine, carbon... suma tu sy dh sedut ma... dh penuh dlm peparu nih... takat perangai anak2 murid tu, apela sgt kalau nk dibandingkan dgn menggadai nyawa memanjat scarf folding tu... ade ke cikgu mati layan kerenah anak murid dlm kelas? tp brp ramai org mati sbb jatuh tpt tgi.. so, jd engineer bkn sng ma... (sy bukan merendahkan seorg guru.. sbb apa yg sy ada hari ni adalah berkat usaha cikgu2 jugak... tanpa mereka, sy bkn siapa2... tp sy sgt x puas hati bila mama asik membandingkan sy dgn kakak bila sy komplen psl tugas2 sy sbg engineer mmbuatkan sy benci dgn KEHIDUPAN!!!)
ade byk lg sy nk tulis... tp nnti2 la.. rumah sy ni mintak dimop... hahaha...

just kat sini, sy nk ckp... if i can have a time machine, i want to travel back to the day i received the offer letter to become a mechanical engineering student... i will cut the offer letter into tiny pieces and throw them to the air...

nape? sbb kisah sedih hidup sy bermula hari itu dan berterusan hingga hari ini... ketika sy masih bodoh (ye, sy br berusia 17 tahun ketika itu)... sy hanya ikut ckp parent sy membuta tuli... parent sy pulak ikut je ckp org2 keliling, konon engineering is the best career path... apatah lg, time tu sy dioffer scholarship oleh syarikat gergasi kat msia nih... sng dpt keje, gaji byk... jgn amik accountancy (which i was so crazy to take at that time), nanti xde keje... oh, suma tu mitos belaka!!!

dan wahai kebanyakan rakyat Malaysia sekalian... udah2 le membanding2kan anak2 kamu dgn anak org lain... setiap manusia Allah kurniakan kelebihan dan kekurangan masing2... biarlah mereka memilih bidang yg mereka sukai... xperlu la nk ckp, "alah, anak dia p UK tu amik bisnes stadi je... anak aku ni, amik medic tau!"... perangai2 nila yg memusnahkan anak sendiri... dan aku adalah salah sorg mangsanya!!! 





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