Hi! It’s been quite a while since the last time I blogged. For the past few months I was really busy preparing this and that (I’m not gonna explain what “this and that “ are, uhh oh well maybe I will in my next writing: p). Anyway, there were several milestones that happened in my life during these few months.
Okay first thing is uuhmm I am with someone now yeayy! Hhaa. No I am not gonna share my story with the new guy, let it be our story (yeaah right :p). The next thing is that I am really excited about this year as I have made several goals and have also worked my ass out reaaaall hard to achieve it. Well I am still working on it and hoping for the best result. Amen.
What I am going to share is my story of joining a finance course. I have engaged in a CFA preparation course for almost a month that every Saturday I have to sit for about 8 boring- at-first-but-i-found-it-really-fun hours hha. For any of you who don’t know what CFA is, you can find the definition here.
At first I thought the participants will be the kind of people who already have a lot of experiences in finance industry, those who are considered well-grounded. In fact they are, but there are also other people who less-experienced and have no idea about what finance is but at the same time have a huge curiosity about it. I definitely belong to the 2nd category hhe.
Let me start with person no.1. She is a graduate of the finest state university in Bandung, class of 2004. We are about the same age (I thought..). After she graduated, she joined a pharmacy company (since she holds a bachelor degree in pharmaceutical engineering). It turned out that she didn’t like her job and decided to continue her study by taking a master degree. The interesting fact about her is that she entered the school 2 years earlier than she supposed to.
I’m gonna let you guys think for a sec.
Okay? Got the picture?
This girl, a 23-year-old human being, already obtained a bachelor and a master degree and now pursuing to obtain a CFA certification. In such a really young age, she has gained so much in terms of self-development. To some extent and since I am a common normal person, jealousy is just unavoidable. ;p
Now turn to person no.2. At first encounter, nothing’s special from this middle-aged woman. She’s just like everybody else in the class. But wait until you hear her story.
She lives in Jogyakarta. And you know what? She takes a round-trip Jakarta-Jogjakarta-Jakarta in order to be able to join the class. And she does that every Saturday for the next few months. Every Saturday!
Can you imagine that?
I was like,, what??!
My jaw hit the floor as I listened to her story (okay, this metaphor is just lehebahayy hhe) . But come on! This woman is no longer in her 20s or 30s or anything that labels her as a young person. She proves that age isn’t something that could limit her thirst for knowledge.
What I can say here is that these two women are just amazingly crazy. I salute them, I really do. They give me a really good example on how to stay focus, how to keep their dreams alive and continue to chase it no matter how hard it is.
I believe the ingredients of successfully grabbing dreams are a cup of faith, a big bowl of hard work (I mean a really huge one ;p) and an unstoppable droplets of prayer. Hmm probably should add a nice slice of patience there hha.
So I got the recipe, now it's time to cook :)
