mundane routines call forth prolific imagination, and in my job the daily humdrum seems to have a way to summon some scatterbrained thoughts, such as what i could be doing in another life, another era, another planet even. so over time i made a list of stuff i would love to do if i weren't doing what i'm doing now. some of them are achievable, some not so much. thought i should blog about them, just so that i can look back in the future and laugh at myself. :)
and so, here's the list, in no specific order:
- be a travel tv hostess. tell me, what can be better than having all your traveling expenses paid for, explore a new foreign land, do all the touristy and not-so-touristy stuff alike, understand other cultures, interact with different people, and then at the end of the day all you have to do is just talk about it? i'm well aware that i have to do some 'homework' and it's probably not as easy as it sounds. but i'd say it's damn well worthwhile and i would give it my 200% to whatever research i have to do! for anyone who loves nothing more than to travel, explore and see places, this has got to be a dream job. but that's just what it is - a "dream" job. only a handful of people really get to do it though.
- be a food critic. sheena and i wanna be this. :) well. no. correction: sheena wants to be a food critic, whereas i'm more inclined to just be a part-time food blogger - doing food photography, enjoying food, then write about it. perhaps occasionally get free samples of food hehehe. food critic is, IMHO, more serious and more like a career by itself; i'd rather just enjoy it by my own standard without having too much stress bout building reputation etc.
- a proprietor of a book cafe with a grand piano in the center of the room. more specifically an underground cafe, with ground and second floor as a mini library-study/reading hangout. it has a quiet cozy ambience, with shelves and shelves of reading materials that cover a broad range of disciplines, ample couches and tables to fill the place etc. at one corner there'll be an espresso bar and a fruit juice bar. think of it as a quaint barnes and noble store with starbucks in it, except it won't be a chain bookstore nor a chain coffee place. the underground cafe menu includes the traditionally filtered coffee like those you get in kopitiam, toasted bread with kaya and half boiled eggs. and cheesecakes and pastries, of course. this is just a sketchy idea, but i'd love to make it happen someday.
- a freelance writer/blogger. need i explain more? :)
- a movie director. i have in my mind a film i wanna make as adapted from a book, a half-written movie script in my head, and half-a-dozen of crazy dreams that i think can be made into short films. hehehe.
- an actress. not for its fame and celebrity status, but because you get to play all the different roles - the good guy and the bad guy. my earliest ambition as a child was to be a flight attendant. then i wanted to be a pilot. then a doctor and a teacher, followed by a swimming instructor. i was having a tough time singling out which one i wanna be most, but then i found a brilliant way to be all -- be an actress!!! hahah. don't know what happened that i didn't follow through, though. probably because of parents' disapproval, making it sound like i'd starve to death if i have become an actress. thus i didn't give much thought to it since then.
- a boy. that i should have been a boy, is really my wish, and i'm not really joking. many a time i feel and think like a boy, and it's just more natural to me. i always believe i used to be a boy in my past life, and something must've happened, thus now i'm back to this world as a girl. sigh. payback time eh. :P oh well. at least, i'm alright being a girl - don't need to go for a sex change or anything complicated like that hahaha.
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