I guess life is with dilemma right? Now that I have decided to stay, the letter seems to be unimportant to me already. I don’t feel anything. It is like another piece of attachment I get from my email, nothing special. Yes, I do have a second thought on my decision earlier. Now that I have got the letter, I have another option. But soon, I stayed with my decision. Things do not always appear as we wanted. And, I guess, this is fate for me.
I told my friends that I have always been unlucky. I never good in drawing lots, seldom win lucky draw, and what more, when it comes to offers or scholarships, I will never get it! It is not that my results are not good. It is just I don’t have the luck for it. I managed to get matriculation earlier, hah, but I only got to know when I’m studying my Pre-U. So, what I am trying to say is that, it is the same with this matter. I decided, then I got the letter. Whether is good or bad, I cannot decide now. But, since I have chosen to stay local, whether good or bad, I will stay with it.
If you were to ask me, will I be sorry for giving up this offer? My answer is NO. The only thing that arouses my curiosity in this email is the course fee. I looked through my offer letter, and found the application form attached to it. And oh well, the course fee is stated inside. Wow, eventually, if I were to go Deakin Uni to study, for my first semester, I would need to pay at least a 10k Australia Dollars, which is around 29k Malaysia Ringgit!! Wow~~~ It is expected. But it is still very shocking to see the actual calculation! Education really so expensive! What more? It stated that this amount is “ESTIMATED” as cost might increases next year. Wow! One semester only ler..
And let me calculate my course fee in Malaysia. Depending on how many subjects I take, one subject will cost me RM 1,400. And, if I am not mistaken, I still got 11 subjects to take to complete my Degree. So, 11 X RM 1,400 will be around 14k. Har, there you go! My one year here is even cheaper than one semester in Australia. Of course, we must compare apple to apple, orange to orange. So this comparison is ridiculous! Australia has better environment and education! But then, I want to say, I need the money. If I can get a Degree in both ways, I might as well choose the cheapest path and save the money for other issues. I want to do my Master. And I want a better qualification with my Master. And so, I will keep my money for that.
You might tell me that my local certificate is not as precious as the overseas certificate. Let me tell you something. I have confident in myself, and I trust no matter what certificate I get nor where I get it, I am still capable to find myself a good job. I trust I make the right decision.. And no worries, one day I will surely go see the World outside Malaysia.. Just that, the time hasn’t arrived…. ^^
Written on 27/08/2008 @ 11:23 p.m.
