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I was recollecting some memories and I remember wanting to be a detective when I grow up. I thought it would be cool catching the bad guys and digging out dirty secrets from them and helping people. When I was about nine or ten, I would not have thought that maybe being a detective, or some other job somewhere along the line, would be very life-threatening; until shows like CSI cropped up on the television screen. It's shows like these that display the realities of the world and it's gruesomeness.

I knew that my dream to be a detective would never happen by the time I was in secondary school. Come on, I definitely have to join the police force and be prepared to shoot the bad guy if necessary and I don't think I'd be able to make a split second decision to take another person's life just like that. Plus, the pay might not be enough and I'll be putting my life and my loved ones' at stake.

So, detective work was out.

Another occupation that interested me was archaeology. Cool! I get to travel to places, unearth historical artifacts and maybe discover the ruins of another lost city! Maybe I might go to Egypt or South America or China, or maybe they'll just throw me to some rural part of Malaysia and make me look for proof that we DO have our own Bigfoot here. But there are some put-off factors to being an archaeologist like the time needed to dig and search for just a small item, the minimal pay, the irregular working hours and not forgetting the overexposure of UV rays on the delicate feminine skin.

And that was out too.

I really couldn't figure out what I wanted to do after school and it got to a point where I thought that it would be best to find a good, loving, loyal and rich man to get married with, and start my new life and family from there on.

Okay, maybe I had not really thought of that at one point, but it would have been a good option too right? An "easy way out"? But since when was life so easy? Getting married at a young age is like looking for trouble in the long run. It might work for some people but how would we know if we are categorised in that "some people" list without going through that path?

Yea so, that is definitely not an option for me. Well, it never was anyway. A lot of people would be furious at me if I ever considered that!

After loads of thinking and research in my final school years, I finally set my mind and I think I am quite certain, maybe 95% sure, that I am going to be an actuary. I know that a lot of people did not know what the job is but I think most people now have a rough idea on what actuaries deal with. Besides that, I found out that it's getting to be a more popular option for students nowadays. I think most people are attracted to it because actuarial work is synonymous with big fat paychecks. For me, I wanted a professional job which is highly respected, challenging and mind-boggling, and well, I too want a big fat paycheck. XP

So where am I getting at with this post?

I wanted to let you all know that I plan to do a Bachelor of Commerce degree majoring in Actuarial Studies in the University of Melbourne because it is the course I want and I think that to learn a professional job, I should go to a place which has been offering the course for quite some time as they would have better experience.

Why Melbourne, Australia and not a university in the USA or UK?

Accomodation would not be such of a problem as Ee Can is in Melbourne and I can stay with her. Therefore, expenditures are cut and I have someone who can look out for me in a foreign land.

But the problem is, we might not have enough and it would be a waste if I could not afford to pay for the rest of my tuition fees in my second or third year or something. We're trying to look for scholarships and loans but nothing is confirmed yet. Right now, I am looking for other possibilities and there is one option. I could study here and fly off after that. It will take a longer time but if it will get me to the same spot and it costs less, why not?

I just have to be sure that it would guarantee me that I can do actuarial work in the future after I complete my course and I will be qualified to sit for the professional papers. I sent an e-mail to Melbourne a few days back and asked them for more information on their Graduate Diploma in Actuarial Studies. If the qualifications are the same after getting a Graduate Diploma in Actuarial Studies and a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Actuarial Studies, then.. ;) Hehe..

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