My Vocation in Life

ASSIGNMENT 1

(Research Methodoly in Chemistry)

I still can remember when my Standard 1 teacher Cikgu Rosnani asks me what I want to be, and on the sport without thinking I said, I want to be a doctor. Then she asks me again what kind of doctor that I want to be? I gave her a blank and pulse face-rescue-me for that answer.

Life goes by; my interest’s changes as the wind blow me. Sometime I want to be lawyer; next day is to be police inspector, change to business women and to name a few. Until I reach my step to university and studied Forestry, I still don’t know what the best for me. For my parents, they just left the decision on me. They don’t want to push me to be what they want me to be, but at the end I led them down. So for them ‘I guide my own way’.

After finish my Degree, as all my friend did, is to find a job. Got a very hectic and crucial day to find a job, that make me just grab whatever that passes in front of my way. My housemate asks me whether I’m interest to be a research assistant (RA). I reply as, I will try. I have no job, and I have and should try it.

After a year now, the way I handle myself, the way I handle my job and the way I handle people surround me; make me think that these is what I want in life and these is what I wanted to be. My job has train me to be a tough, brave, mature, and independent young lady, that who has a higher respect to herself.

People will think research as no big deal. Just follow what your supervisor said. Yes! It’s true. But what happen if your supervisor is the Director of one institute, such as busy like hell. No time for you, no time for stupid or any tiny mistake. Only stayed two weeks in Malaysia and other week he will travel all around the world. UK, India, Thailand, China, London, Austria…..bla..bla..bla… Sometime you have to follow him in the meeting with Director, CEO, Datuk, Datin, Professor, Doctor, and only you are the one which is “research assistant”.

From the first day I became a researcher, I’ve learn like a kindergarden kids. Learn all sort of chemical, learn how to titrate, learn to try an error-thousand time, and my supervisor always strict us to take responsible for what you’ve done. One mistake, he will mumble and bubbling for the pass 2 hour of the meeting, till your ear and face will become hot and spicy.

Look back to my childhood year, when people ask me what I want to be? I`ll answer it as to be a doctor. What kind of a doctor? Now I have the answers. A doctor which do a research job.