Needs and desires.

As defined by the marketing note we had godknowshowmanycenturies ago, needs are basic things that we must have to survive.

You know. Like food, water, air, cash, electricity, internet access and coffee.
No doubt I'd malfunction if my life lack these stuff.

Then there's desire. Things that marketers make you think that you need but dont really need to survive. sounds scary yeah?

Ah well, thats commercialism for you. A modern and widely acceptable form of brainwashing.

Everyday you wake up, listen to the radio, walk on the streets, turn on the tv and go online, you are bombarded with all the unneccesary information and news of the things you should need. Cause apparantly right, we need that latest atas model of car to woo that hot chick you stalk everyday, to drift in, to shoot your own mtv video with jessica simpson.. and I dont know, to be able to walk in a more dignified way in front of your peers?

cause kononnye it comes with a free shirt which you can parade around with and casually tell the unfortunate people who ask you where you got it from "oh, this. I got it from the car I just purchased"

"Some things in life are priceless. For everything else there's mastercard"
what a mastercard moment!

Education now is a need. Not a desire anymore. BUT desiring how much you are willing to sacrifice, financially or otherwise, is an option. Same goes with choosing the course you want. NOT a need.

For some, they choose it out of the desire of others. They sacrificed their own desire to meet with the needs of the so call future economy. Which is ironic since no one can predict whats going to happen in the next 24 hours, apatah lagi in another 24 years?

But in my opinion, when it boils down to the actual decision making, who else can provide better judgement then he himself?

I used to have second thoughts, doubts about pursuing a business related diploma, as I was from pure science and didnt know, didnt give a damn about the difference between supply and demand. As long as I have water, food, air, electricity, internet access and coffee, it shall be none of my business. Leave the numbers and figures to the experts.

Wanna know the reason why I choose business administration last time?
cause I watched too much apprentice thats why.
cause that show makes walking around with an MBA seem cool.

cause my mom's best friend holds an MBA.
and she's way cool.

dont think I'll go that far la. A degree for me will suffice.

cause my SPM results made me feel stupid in the midst of the berpuluh-puluhan A's people get nowadays.
cause I lack the confident to do form 6 and perhaps get a placing in a local Uni?
cause I am not brillant enough to get a scholarship and get whisked off to some foreign land of angmohs?
cause my folks are just normal people with normal salaries?

They say the rat race starts the moment you get into the work force.
I digress.
The rat race actually does start from the moment you step into school.

What I need to do now:


make like a nerd

What I desire to do now:


sink my toes on the smooth sand of a beach.
any beach.

Go Yum Char more often


lie down on the soft green grass
look at the lush green canopy above me
and fall asleep under the blue sky.

Such a conflict of needs and desires.
Ah well, its all part and parcel of life anyway.
We all have to gotta learn to deal with it.

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