.The Fork in the Road

.College has been a fork in the road for me... it was the part of my life where it pressured me to do things that I didn't know what I was capable of... it was the part of my life where I felt I learned things that stayed with me... it was the part of my life that got me the courage to pursue the things that I really really want to do. It was the time when I felt that it was a new beginning... more opportunities... it was time to get serious! I remember facing the white board of AS21, my first ever classroom, on the third seat of the first row. The first program we were to make was (yes, I know):

void main(void)
{
printf("HELLO WORLD!");
}

.First time I heard this line, I was, "Umm.. okay." And that's when life as a programmer started...

.And throughout College life, I experienced so many happy and sad things. Once again, a fork has been added to my road when I was to choose to stay in my course or to shift to a course my family wanted. I created another fork though, and chose a course both parties would like:

void main(void)
{
printf("HELLO I.T.! HELLO Datalogics! HELLO IT26 and Phys1!");
}

.Truthfully, I was scared. I was scared to do the paperworks alone. I was scared to travel back and forth Main and TC to have documents approved. I was scared I was gonna end up with dissolved schedules and/or closed ones. I was scared to plan. I was scared to make orders. I was scared to do something that might not please everybody!

.That time was the school year that I felt no stable structure for the fork in the road that I chose. There was a time when I couldn't stand it anymore and broke down in front of people I didn't want to show my weakness to.

void main(void)
{
printf("Hey guys!");
}

.I was able to stand up after falling down so many times... but I can't say that I learned to stand up on my own. I was able continue down that road with so many people running beside me. It was like receiving a baton in a race, with so many people's emotions passed around with that baton. Some people went on... some were beside me... some were left behind... but everyone was still in the race.

.Less than 2 weeks left before Graduation and once again, yet another fork in the road... another turning point in life. Where we go after... What we do next... What to expect... Who knows? That's what makes it exciting since we don't know what's about to come!

.Corporate world is such a scary place... but we will adapt somehow. So as we make the last step on this part of the world, we take a new step on the new road with the new fork we encounter.

.And so to my old road, I say [大学, さようなら!] Goodbye College! As well as... Goodbye exams! Goodbye enrollments! Goodbye lining up in the bursar! Goodbye schoolstuff.tk!

.To my new road:

void main(void)
{
printf("HELLO WORLD!");
}