At least that was one of my dream.
I still remember bringing this up when I was in NS. That would be in mid 1998. We were training to be plant operators and were waiting for lunch at the training shed.
Dixon was talking about his similiar dream, to become a steward. Clad in our smelly number 4, I turn to him and told him about harbouring the same ambition.
This ambition should had ignited in mid 1997. I was working for a printing company in Loyang and the company secretary was an ex stewardess. His husband then was still a steward. Inundated by their captivating stories, I was further propelled by their motivation to give this trade some consideration once I finished my NS.
Stories of travelling around the world...Free!, going to dozens of places and countries that otherwise would never even thought of was floating nicely in my head.
I came out of army and started looking for a normal job, ignorant of the channels to note of about steward recruitment drive. Dixon joined SIA not long after.
I believed he is still there enjoying his dream and living the life he foreseen. Me? I went through 5 jobs, 2 retrenchments, some ups, some downs. I did go for one of their recruitment in late 2003 but one sissy's answer during the group questioning round made me grimace, trying to refrain from breaking into laughter.
Too bad it still attracted the attention of the judge. I did not make it passed that round. I never did try again. Well, at least I did give it a try. The same for trying to make it in becoming an actor and a singer.
Still, flunking at all these(which all happens to be my dream) doesn't really help in elevating a person's morale.
Being the person I am, I still brood over this every now and then.
In one of my retrenchment, my HR manager told me that what had happened may be a blessing in disguise. There are certain truth in his pacification.
Hopefully this "blessing" will appear soon.
P.S. I am referring to a job, ambition hor. Not a person or my life. So don't mistake hor. You know who you are. ;)
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Is, or was your dream to be a steward? If it's still a 'is', why don't u try again? Since u had/ have interest in the job... going for it would be better than waiting for the right job to come around...couple of years in the job would also be good... my sis was an air stewardess for a couple of years just for the experience too. ..just my thoughts lah...
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