Life of a Seaweed [krazim.net]

23rd January 2012

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why i wanna be a housewife/teacher

long-ass post. read it at your own risk. :P

when i was young, i always wanted to be a performer or a teacher. every weekend, my parents would set up a stage and would let me perform my song of the week to them. as for teacher, whenever i played “school” with my cousins, i was always the teacher that taught them things and graded stuff. 

but then again, in third grade i was considering about being a firefighter - that quickly changed when i realized my little fear of fire. i then thought of being a graphic designer for awhile, which again, changed after i realized that it wouldn’t be a stable job for me. i didn’t like it when i designed something for someone. i hate deadlines. i then wanted to be a singer, but that changed after i heard stories about the entertainment industry through my cousins and a few friends.

my parents then one day sat down and asked me which path i wanted to take - lawyer or doctor. i really didn’t like the thought of being a doctor, so i chose lawyer. however, i realized that i lacked in my arguments. my grammar isn’t great and many times, i can’t quickly think of a witty comeback to say. however, i’m still pursuing for law school since i wanna be able to have some kind of good back-up plan.

and yes, i thought of being a teacher for quite awhile. when i was 14, i thought about just being celibate and become a sister/nun. i wanted to open up an orphanage (it’s still something i would really love doing) and just take care of kids. a lot of people admired me for that, but some of them laughed, saying it’s impossible. another reason why i wanted to be a teacher dawned on me when i was tutoring my sister in increasing her reading and math skills. i realized how much she was improving in school, which made me really happy. mentoring in my last two years of high school hit me as well. i really enjoyed it.

as for the housewife part… i was inspired by the many mothers at the church in my hometown. some of them also homeschool their children, and i really appreciated that. i used to hang out with the families, and many of the children really liked it whenever i came over cuz i would listen to them and help them on their projects/assignments/etc. i remembered when my cousin viet told me that he could see me as the motherly type and said i wouldn’t have a problem staying at home and watch over the house. i also wanna have a husband who can come home and be less stressed out about what to eat for dinner tonight and such. but of course, going to law school… it’s good to find a husband who will financially support me. haha… i mean, i don’t wanna have a rich-ass guy. i might not even find a guy in law school. but it’ll be nice since when he comes home and is dealing with a difficult case, i can help him. however, it’s only just a plus. :P

sorry if this is random. but it’s just a response to those who asked me why i chose this path. plus… shhhh… my parents don’t know what my plans are. they just know i’m gonna go to law school. :P

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