Teacher vs. Paramedic
OKi, here it goes... I am happy that I manage to get the interview, but like I mentioned, the chances are still 50 - 50. But there is something else that I am still taking into consideration. And that is the Paramedic job. I heard about this job from a friend or should I say an aquaintance. Well, I met Salwa at the MCG Familay DAy at Eastcoast. The event was meant for alumnis to gather but sadly only 3 of us manage to make it. I think the rest are busy pursuing their careers.
So, Salwa and me began our conversation on our employment status, which she then update me on her other friends(those whom I am familliar with) on THEIR employment status. Which led me to this job, about being a Paramedic.
When I first heard it I was intrigue by its prospects in terms of the pay. It is blardie hell 1.9 la... Who wouldn't be attracted by THAT.
Well..Okay... So, the job pays you well. But nevermind the pay, I don't want to regret making rash decissions just because of a 1.9. So I got home thinking about it and gave a piece of my mind to Zack and see what he thinks... Zack as usual, he would say things like "it is up to okay, yang... i will be supportive of it." And I would usally reply him with the "what ifs" or the "contraries". Example "you wouldn't mind right if I go for it and there is alot of guys over there..." Just to play it safe. Yes, play it safe. There is nothing more you can do but to play it safe when it comes to your boyfriend. It is just like those terms and condition thing where they have some tiny prints at the bottom to say it otherwise.
Okay, there and that... He said his piece and I just leave it hanging and I didn't put a finger on it just yet. The next day, my darling and I did the usual, talking over the phone. And he brought the subject up again and said that he wouldn't encourage me to go for it because the job is tough and that I might not be able to hold my stomach well, if in case the I have to handle a disembodied head or guts flowing out of the body or what not... So, I would disagree with him and tell him that only the police handles this kind of thing. And so to rebutt, he layout all kinds of "what ifs". "What if casualty's head got smashed and you see his eye and brain spilling out and he is still alive. You would still have to send him to the hospital to save him... You'd be grossed OUT." For a minute there, ZAck did make some sense and knock some into mine as well.
So yar he is right to say that. So from that on, I didn't pursue the matter... Un-til TODAY. I blog hop into people's blog, read Shila's(she working as a paramedic) blog and read the entries on the experiences she faced.
Let's see.. PARAMEDIC, paramedic job-good pay-packed with action-1.9-good pay-1.9-hectic hours-day shift-night shift-eyebags-1.9-good pay-spilled guts-disembodied head-good pay-1.9... Hmm... that pretty much sums it up! Hell yeah! I think I would like to take that job!!!
After much consideration, I realise maybe being a pramedic would be perfect. I don't have to risk having wrinkles or pre-mature aging due to shouting and screaming which Teaching provides... And it is not about the pay, it is not about the shifts, it is not about the spilled guts, neither the action! It is about saving lives!!
Imagine brape banyak pahele I will get if I were to become a paramedic.
It is what I have always wanted to do since young. I always wanted to be a doctor, to save lives. But I wasn't smart enough. I missed my chances by doing a DAE(direct admission exercise) into RP for biomedical sciences after forgoing the course that the goverment has chosen for me which is Nursing in NYP... Now, I can be a paramedic and save lives. Yeay!!
But on the other hand, Teaching serves a better prospect. Though the pay is not that good for a start. But I can pursue Dip. in Education and from there, Insyallah, if I study hard I can do a degree in Science education... And with a degree, I can widen my options even more.
Paramedic or Teacher? Paramedic or Teacher? I am simply flummoxed. Let's see how it goes, this Tuesday, with the interview. Let God decide...
If you hear me..up there... Please save my soul guide me to the right job and right path. I want to have a good and decent future.
* 1:05 PM
