Bits & pieces about my career path

My childhood dream was to be a renowned psychologist. That was because I love to deal with people, helping them to solve their problems. I like to influence people too, getting them to change their perspectives in life, esp on something I strongly believe in. I graduated from Curtin University in Accounting & Finance. There must be a big question mark now why I’m taking Accounting & Finance instead of Psychology. Well, my parents do not like the idea of me becoming a psychologist because they think psychologists do not earn much in Malaysia & it’s hard to find a job here too. There are right, in a way, & I’m someone who expects highly on myself so I chose Accounting & Finance, the "most technical & challenging" course in Commerce, not even dreaming of being an accountant, since I have no interest at all in accounting. It was a very hard time for me studying accounting, but I, as a result-oriented person, cannot bear to see myself getting bad grades. I took a long time to understand what is debit and credit. In my foundation studies, I kept on asking my lecturer on many confusing basic accounting theory; I remembered I kept on asking stupid questions during class until he said to me in front of my classmates: “Cheryl, do not let anyone say you are stupid, okay? In fact, I know you are a very smart girl”. I don’t know why but he always sees a bright future in me. =)
Not only him, but my many other lecturers as well. I'm so sorry to let you all down!

Then into my working world – Ernst & Young is my 1st permanent job after I graduated. I never thought of becoming an accountant but I just followed the trend. I thought auditing was more interesting than accounting but I was wrong. I felt like I’m just not myself. I used to get excited easily but there is nothing exciting looking at figures and invoices, debits and credits. I found something missing in my life – which is the excitement that would get me motivated. Somehow I ended up working as a Sales & Admin Executive at Jiajaya Sdn Bhd (a housing developer). The boss is one of my church friends, who offered me this position and made me think what I really wanted in life. He asked do I really wanted to be an accountant for the rest of my life? It was a struggle for me because on one hand, I’ve used all my uni life taking up accounting & finance, not to mention the course fee and all that, & I’ve also passed my 1st CPA paper; On the other hand, I can never visualize myself being an accountant 1 day. Deep inside me, I know I’m going to quit my accounting career path, the sooner or later. So, finally, I quit Ernst Young, but I never regretted working there, & never regretted taking up accounting & finance course in uni. That’s because wherever we go or whatever we do, we can always get something out of it, whether directly or indirectly.

Now I'm enjoying myself as a Sales & Admin Executive:) I'm an addict of phone-talking, & this job really satisfies that urge of mine. haha! Anyway, there are many challenges for me as well, as I have to deal with building plans, structural plans, constructions stuff which I never got the hang of it.

Where will my new career path lead to? I have no specific career goals at the moment, although i wish to have 1. I trust God's leading. Reminded me of this wonderful song, "God will make a way, where there seems to be no way ..."