Difficult times ahead...

Had a conversation with one of my friend a few days ago...
We were talking about which engin we are going into when we hit year two...

My friend was saying that if he couldn't get into the course he wanted, he may wanna quit school...
Cos he wasn't interested nor good enough to go into other areas...

I dunno whether he was kidding or being serious...
But I feel that it would be a waste if he really did quit school...
Afterall, just because of some failures, forgoing the entire university education is not worth it...
You had the chance which many others don't...
Don't waste it...
Don't give up...


These few days I’ve being thinking about my choice of study…
On whether I have made the right decision…
And even if I decided to stay in Engin…
Which course should I go??
Initially, I wanted to go into Environmental Engin…
Now having second thoughts…
What am I good at??
Which do I really like??
So many questions…
Zero answers…
Only time will tell…


But all I know is that…
I can’t afford to give this up…
I have already gotten the loan for paying my fees…
My family has been spending a lot on the remaining fees uncovered and many other school stuff…
Not to mentioned that my brother may go to Uni too, in 5 years time…

And my Mom just told me…
That our family financial situation is getting from bad to worse…
My Dad’s business has been losing money for years…
His partner has been borrowing money from banks to turn their tide, but to no avail…
All the recent incidents, such as the terrorism, the natural disasters in so many countries, the rising oil prices, and the increasingly global competition, all have an impact on my Dad’s business…
Because of the rising oil prices, due to the stupid hurricane, many fishermen from other countries stop working or decrease their fishing activity…
Which means that my Dad couldn’t get any fish to sell…
And there are so many competitors, especially those belonging to giant companies, they are really pushing small business like my Dad’s to extinction…
Globalisation isn’t an entirely good thing…

So my Mom said…
If this carries on, my Dad may be forced to sell his business within 3 years…
And he will be around 51-52 by then…
Unemployed…
Me and my brother will still be schooling…

What will happened to us…