It took a turn.
I am reading “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”, a finance book by Robert T. Kiyosaki. It’s funny what I am getting out of this book is, other than financial knowledge, a new perspective. I realized that being an expert in finance requires “innovation”, a different way of thinking from the others. You see, this book basically talks about why people get rich and why they don’t and those who are rich are those who had a unique and different POV from others. They viewed houses as liabilities, not assets. It talks about FEAR and how it unconsciously affects people’s financial behavior. “F-E-A-R” seems to be the root of the problem here, other than financial illiteracy (obviousy).
My friends and I recently applied for IAESTE. (Google it if you wana know more about it.) I wasn’t harboring any hopes to be chosen because I was the one with one of the lowest GPA in the group and we had all applied to the same field. Yes, my clique is made up of Smart Alec (in a positive way!) with me as an exception. As expected we all passed into the interview round. I went for the interview, not in the hope to niche it, but just for the fun of it and since all my friends are going too. We are all confident that one of my friend who has a GPA of 4.00 on a 4.00 scale (yes, she is that SMART, straight As since the first semester) would be the chosen one. To back this up, the interviewer who interview both me and her kept saying “She’s a genius, she’s a genius!” to me (I was the third to be interviewed and she was the first), expressing his preference for her (this is what I inferred from his behavior). But things took a twist. I was offered with the opportunity but she was not.
And this made me think a lot. It makes me question myself. Why? I was happy to be chosen but I really want to know the reason behind it. I don’t think the interviewer would like me since I kind of “quarreled” with him. He was talking something about Thailand and I really don’t like it so I was being sarcastic to him. So, why me?
And that reminds me of Mr G. He once said to me, “Why not you?”
I don’t why and I’ll never know why I was chosen. But I am grateful, grateful that someone or maybe it’s just my luck that had opened a door for me. I am grateful, grateful because someone saw something in me that I hadn’t realized.
The country that I got is UK, Dundee, Scotland. Still deciding if I should take the huge plunge. It was something I had least expected and I wasn’t prepared for it. I had planned to further my studies and this opportunity is making me rethink everything.
