hahha!!thanks to Nisa...she and her creative juices revamped the old boring layout of this blog...into this beautiful layout...thanks dearie!!!haha!

Alright....to tell you the truth life hasn't been quite the same...after starting IAP it was indeed an eye opener for me...I witnessed so many 'dark' things, like people mistreat people, power play, internal politics, betrayal and arrogance.

I trust myself when I say, school can only equip you with a set of knowledge and skills, however, school itself would never teach us about life. It's not even part of any syllabus. Lecturers always tell us the good stuff, things we want to hear, but I honestly feel that they should be honest and tell students the truth of what to expect in working life. They should share with students how people lost their innocence and become arrogant and start to take control and make other people's life miserable.

How people suck up to superiors to gain favour and to get promoted faster. Did I hear any lecturer telling me this...NO!..honestly NO!...most I heard was that...'Oh, the prospect of horticultural industry is very bright and promising!' yeah right!

All this career talks and cadetship crap..was really an advertisement...what goes on behind the scenes to strive for greenery excellence was not beautiful at all. People shed tears, sweat, blood, time and many had to make sacrifices in order to maintain the so-called high standards of the park or garden.

Yet, these are the people who are being looked down upon, poorly paid and their efforts were never appreciated.

I think its a great lesson for me, I'm being reminded so that wherever I go, wherever I will be, whatever I achieve would mean nothing if I stop listening, if I stop asking, if I stop smiling, if I start putting myself first, if I forget how to walk on the ground and smell the roses and earth.
Something I learnt: Always put others first before yourself!

I really hate what I'm seeing right now, and maybe because I'm a perfectionist and have the tendency to hope that other people can see what I'm seeing...but I forgot they too have imperfections and they too are forgetful. Sooner or later they'll still need to learn what they have to learn. I can't learn it for them. I'm grateful God, let me understand this and gave me the awareness so I would not commit the same sins.

So, I will strive to survive and learn as much as possible during these 6 mths internship. I will definitely become a person who is more aware and very sharp in detecting cunning people that's always taking the easy way out and sucking up to superiors and making other people's lives miserable in order to achieve their goals.