Choices:
a) Civil Engineering
b) Information Technology
c) Business Administration
Answer:
c) Business Administration
Business Administration course was really my last choice. I really wanted to take up Civil Engineering (CE) or Information Technology since it was the in demand course way back 4 years ago. Top of my list is CE not just to have that "Engr." before my name, but also since elementary that's what I wanted. I remember my elementary years, when my classmates used to have that Autograph thingy, I usually wrote: "To be a Civil Engineer someday" in the What's your ambition question. I was also inspired by our Elementary Graduation guest speaker who happened to be an Engineer of the same field I wanted. She came from a poor family but then she was able to finish her studies & got the title she longed for; "Engr."
Upon entering Capitol University as a working scholar (thank GOD for the blessing), my dream to be an Engr. someday is fading slowly. To be a working scholar, you have to maintain your grade and once you failed in your subject, you will be terminated from the scholarship. I worried. I was afraid. I doubted my capacities. Afraid that what if I will fail and not be able to continue my studies, my parents can't afford to send me to school, so, my second choice was to choose another course.
Information Technology (IT), my second choice. IT sounds challenging to me. I want to do computer things and dig in my knowledge about this what we call a never ending innovations of computers. I thought its my final and last choice of my course not unless a friend of mine talked to me. She told me that if I will be taking up IT, I should expect that I will be staying in Capitol University for 6-7 years because every computer subjects are credited as 6 units if you are a working scholar. What do I expect? IT has lots of computer subjects, major subjects to be exact. So, until I finally had this one left, my last choice - Business Administration.
If only Business Administration (BA) course can talk, it would probably yell at me and said: "What do you think of me, easy go lucky course?! You just chose me because you have NO choice?! Let's see if what you guys think of me will still be the same once you experienced me and when you're in my environment!"
Yes! BA is my "no---choice" (peace BA). Not that I don't like BA but its just that it's not my top choice of course in college to take up. So, nevertheless, i chose BA. I took Financial Management as my major. In my first & second semester of BA course, I kinda used to it and kinda like my course. Since in my 1st & 2nd year all subjects are still major ones, was into deciding what major to really take up, should I go for Financial or shift to Marketing Management major? I asked from my friends who are already in their 3rd and 4th year in course if what they can say about their course. Some Financial major students said I'll go for Financial because it's a lot of fun and I will enjoy the numbers and I will work in a bank someday and etc. Others also, on the contrary, the Marketing majors suggested that I should shift to Marketing Mgt. because it's more nice and if I'll work someday I can be assigned anywhere not like Financial that I would solely be dealing with numbers and be in a bank, not exciting job as they said. I was still in two minds that time, undecided as to what really to choose. I prayed and ask His guidance and help me decide because I know for sure that whatever my decision will be, I will bear it for the rest of my life and if I will chose the wrong one, it will be risky on my part, I'm thinking of my work in the future, my career. So, still ambivalent, but, I don't know, maybe God's instrument to help me decide, I had with me this man, someone close to my heart, who helped me in choosing my major (which I owe him one). He helped me decide to take up Marketing Management for some "sweet" reasons we both only knew ;-). So, as agreed upon, I chose Marketing Management.
Day by day, with Marketing as my major, I enjoyed our discussions and topics discussed everyday day. I learned lots of things in the field of business and also I enjoyed and happy to know about economics thing. I then set my mind to like my major. I remember this line of Mary Kay Ash, one of the most dynamic businesswoman in America: "If you want to love something, you must decide to love it. You must decide to be happy with it and be contented of that something. Happiness is a choice."
Now, as to this day, I'm counting days until my last day here in CU, and I decided to be happy for the rest of my days left in studying my course. I decided to love it, I thought it was just a LIKE thing, but now, I tell yah, I love my chosen Marketing Management major. I am happy for the choice I'd made. My heart goes with it, when I listen to our class discussions, I enjoyed, and I am excited to listen to my Professors. So as to say, I won't regret this choice I chose.
I am nothing without Him who strengthens me. To our Heavenly Father, endless and countless THANKS for EVERYTHING. To the man whom I believed God's instrument in helping me decide this chosen course, this might be just little thing for others but to me it matters a lot, because my choices today, is where my tomorrow dwells. Thank you Baboy... what I like before, is what I love now... 438 days and counting! ;)
What matters most is how well we walk through the fire.
"God bless us beautiful hand-made of GOD!" ^_^
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