what lies ahead..what i hoped to see myself...

A superb wider picture of what lies ahead. An apparent pleasant view of the forthcoming future. A clear image of a fulfilling and thriving success. I think these are what we everyone envisions to seize and have.

But if you were to be asked, how will you achieve these visualizations? How do you see yourself few years from now?In particular, what do you want be?
What do I want to be?Hmm.Well, this may sound a little disappointing but I have not decided yet of a particular profession related to my course. Frustrating to say but I think I am a bit misled, confused of what my ‘right path’ should be and where it is. A delimma I am so consume about. So I had to give myself time to run through what is it what I really want.

It totally bugs me to keep on thinking about what do I really want to happen in my future, on where will I find myself few years from now, on what are my exact goals in life, how will I achieve them, what will be my steps in making them happen, on what particular field in the degree of information technology I am taking up will I intend to excel, specialize and be an expert of. Duh, practically, it is so soon to put so much attention in considering these questions. I have always believed that one should not worry about what tomorrow will bring rather a person should be more concern of what the present will bring about. What you will carry out today will affect what lies ahead. Isn’t it so absurd to think of it when just getting through a semester can even be such a torment? Grr…People can be so irritating sometimes. Why can’t they shut their mouths and mind their own business? Why the hell should they be so persistent in asking questions and making you decide on your plans? Don’t they know that it can really be of so much pressure sometimes? It actually makes me sick. But what am I to do? One way or another, they have made some points. Planning ahead should be made in order to sort out and systematize how the plans will be made possible. Okay, okay, okay. Got that already!

But can’t it be just as simple as having a stable job which means also having stable income, properties like a house and a lot, and maybe a steady relationship as well. Not! Hehe Just kidding. Who on earth does not want that kind of simple living? Huh? Well, if it is that easy then no one would even be having hard times working, right? Anyway, where am I getting? Tsk. Nowhere I guess. Hmm. My point is that no matter how simple we hoped to live our lives, it is just not that easy. Getting there, getting to where we hoped to be at will take time and effort. That is how life works.

Technology and its wide range capabilities and possibilities applicable in diverse aspects of life. Automation of machines, creation of cyber space, high-speed communication and convenient ways of transportations, computers, PDAs, cellular phones, gadgets, gizmos, iPods, music players, portable players, appliances, advanced animation and movie effects, sophisticated medical equipments. Name it, technology have it.

When we say Information Technology, people always associate it to the ideas of technology that I have just enumerated or worse they tend to misinterpret it to be exactly the same. Well, yes, maybe it is partly true. I would not agree to it that much. But Information Technology is far more than those. It is beyond what people think it is. It is just an external point of what and how Information Technology works.

As an IT student, biased as may they say, hehe but without question, yes it is difficult to study. And people sometimes mistakenly expects us to have knowledge of everything that relates to the layman's view of technology. Whew! But it is really great pressure on us. And we are even expected to become IT professionals. Okay, now that would be acceptable. I think. Hehe

IT Professional? What is an IT Professional? What talents, skills, capabilities does a person needs to possess to be considered as an IT professional? Does IT or CS or any computer related courses will lead anyone into becoming an IT pro?
They say IT professionals have great opportunities that awaits them. I guess that is true. With all the job offerings lined up everywhere, yeah, it must be true. But do you really think it is that easy to be hired as an IT pro? Well, it isn't. It ain't going to be I guess. Going back to the questions earlier, what is an IT professional and what does a person must have to be considered as one? If I were to define it, Hmm, I think it would be somebody who has the knowledge and skills in different fields of information technology like programming, designing, managing information system, developing and maintaining a system and many more. And I guess having taken up a degree of IT or CS will help one person in getting closer to being an IT pro. I believe it will be a great foundation. But I think it would not be enough. I know it won't. There is a need of experience and close interaction with what the real world orientation entails. As the saying goes, “Experience is the best teacher”. Through this. The learnings, knowledge and skills will be put to use, be applied, molded and enhanced. I think that the true assessment of capabilities will be measured through performance.

Years ago, when I was in my last year of taking up secondary education, I had myself thinking about the same thoughts I have right now. “Unsa jud kya?!”. Caught up by the idea of the digital era and how technology rapidly grows, thoughts on technology related courses passed through me. I want to be an IT expert. I want to to be able to make use of technology in aiding businesses and organizational operations, to create and develop efficient and effective software and to fully utilize the capability and competence of technology, its functionalities and contributions to society. That’s why I have come to choose to study IT.

But after finishing this degree, what will happen? Of course I am expected to find a job related to the course I have chosen, right? But what is it? What is it gonna be? Thoughts have ran through my mind, as I have mentioned earlier it is actually hard to decide especially with regard to the idea that unfortunately, I am of no way near of being good in the field of education I am studying at the moment. Really, it is no joke. Undoubtedly, I am just the average type, mediocre or whatever you call it. It may seem that I am degrading myself but I am just being true and practical. I wish I just joking but I am not. It is I who know well my capacities and capabilities. And yes, sometimes I have thought of how I have been wrong of choosing the road to take on. But as time goes by, I have realized that maybe I felt I was wrong but I have come to like where I am now and what I am doing now. I have kept in mind that there are really no wrong choices in life, it is you who will decide whether it will be a right or wrong choice. I think it is a matter of how you see things.

Like everyone else, I picture myself be on top and to be known for something. I hope to see myself somewhere wherein I will be able to work at my best and full potential. I want to be of good use in wherever I will work. Well, since it is of no charge to dream, I might as well dream big. Hehe I will be very privilege to work under managements of well-known companies who are involve in information technology development. An institution wherein I will be able to apply and practice what I have come to learn about the degree I am currently taking up. I wish to be one of the best employees having high rate payments and be in demand in the service.
I have thought of taking up another degree, a business related degree in order for me to know more about how businesses are being regulated and how they are run. I want to acquire knowledge in how business problems occur and how they are address. I want to be able to make use of both the degrees I hope to finish. With these, I look forward that I would be able to integrate the ideas and concepts of information technology and business, not only apply automation of systems in the business operations but also develop a more advanced system, and to aid and work out business problems with the use of technology. In one of my subjects this semester, I have learned that when one makes use or utilize information technology in aiding and resolving business problems, a person is considered as a systems analyst. I also want to be a software engineer which involves performing all the systems development life cycle but specializes in maintaining and managing systems.
I have also realized that it is to pass on what I’ve learned, to educate students, to be able to impart to them the learning I’ve come to learn and study is one of what I intend to do in the future. I also have this interest in studying and exploring managing information system. It is of no joke. But first, I have to be well equipped with knowledge about software and physical machines which are the hardware and to be outfitted in leading and managing people.
Since I was little, I have always been fascinated and very fond of cartoons and animes, of how drawn pictures tend to move, how they have come to possess great sense of humor, how they are brought to life and how realistic they have evolved and they have been as time passes by. As I have come to be aware of its processes, operations and how it is done, I have thought of doing the same, to be an animator, to create graphic effects that everyone would admire and appreciate, to be able to make animation more advanced than ever, to be create and develop a trend of graphic design and to be known for it.

I have all these ideas tangled in my mind of which I hoped to see myself 10 years from now. I am not actually certain of where I want to picture myself in the future. One thing is for sure, that all that I have mentioned are the ones I hoped to achieve. Hehe I can do all those things if I want to. I can partition my time just to be able to do all those stuffs I want to do. bleh!

These ideas and plans are quite striking, don’t you think so? It would really be so amazing to be able to attain all of these. But achieving these, getting there can be relatively difficult. Paces toward reaching it should be carefully structured that is where a plan needs to be formulated. A strategic plan to be exact. There are ways and approaches that should be taken into considerations and should be made to accomplish your goals. I think the first thing that should be kept in mind is that priorities should be set. In order for the plans to be attained, important matters should be weigh up on what are the things that should be prioritized and be set aside. Once you have made actions of setting your priorities, I think you will be able to have a clearer picture of your vision. Now having fixed your concerns of your goals in life, I think the next move to be done is that one should make and organize steps or ways to do good in your main concerns. Have strategic schemes and develop approaches in getting closer to reaching what you aim to achieve. Make sure to have and to possess the qualities needed to carry out your goals, to get through and surpass the trials and challenges that will come your way in tracking the road to where you want to go, and one must obtain positive attitudes and outlook on dealing how things work, situations and circumstances happen and chances come and go. One ought to work hard, to be persistent and determined to succeed, to persevere and to have the will to pursue, to be confident and to have high self-esteem, and most of all, I think one should be enjoying what he/she is doing, to have fun and to love what you do. I believe that if one loves his/her work, he/she will be able to survive anything, no matter what he/she will come to encounter. It is a matter of loving what you do and having fun. More importantly, I think it is wiser to take things one step at a time.

If we don’t take actions in reaching our goals, we might as well forget those plans and leave it just as dreams.

To achieve these goals, I must pursue on learning and studying, to focus and keep a clear vision of what I aim to attain. And to always have a logical and realistic course of action to aspire. And to bear in mind that if we lose track of our goals and mislay our attention and focus, our future could be of no more close to be reached. We must keep the boundary between a dream and a reality. Keep dreaming and believing but never cease moving.

Be concern of what lies ahead.