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Note: After rereading this passage over and over again, I decided it’s already decent enough to be post on this blog. However, if you disagree with me, it’s your opinion. As humans, we have different opinions. And sorry if there is any grammatical mistake, as we all know, to err is human.

Have any of you ever wondered, why life is always complicated? Well, if you came from a middle class family or lower, of course.

I’m not saying coming from a middle class family is a bad thing, I myself was raised in a middle class family, nothing wrong with that. In fact, I should be thankful because well, with a few exceptions of arguments between me and my parents, they are the best parents I could ever ask for in this world. My siblings who love me the way I am, a decent house to protect me from the sun and rain, friends who always understands- I have to admit, I am lucky. Well, sort of.

Fine, maybe some of us do not live in a multi million ringgit houses, facing a nice golf course or the breathtaking scenery of the city. Maybe some of us do not even own an iPod, maybe because our parents think it just a waste of money on something that only store and play music (Of course, as a teenager, I love iPods.) Maybe some of us didn’t go to a private school, well, do our parents want to pay about RM30, 000each person for EVERY school year? Anyway, that’s not really the point.

Forgive me if you think what I’m saying is wrong or doesn’t even make any sense at all. Maybe because when I heard my parents talked about the university fees, my heart dropped. I’m talking about universities. You know, the one that people always says, “If you get into a university hor, you sure can become rich one lar... Every day you just sit down and counting money lor.” Of course, if anyone ever said that to me, I would probably glare at them with my look of death. Yes, my parents can send me to a university somewhere in UK, or New Zealand (right now I’m concentrating on overseas.) but of course, that means no more TV’s, no more eating at restaurants, maybe no more hurm. Anything at all? And what about if YOU are the students, you need money for the rents, books, fees, food, heck, I’m not surprise if they charge us on the air that we breathe. Can your parents send you money every single month? What about plane tickets, we all want to go home when summer is about to begin (Of course, the existence of Air Asia really help many Malaysian students. Phew.) Roughly, there are about a few hundred thousands of students who will be taking SPM a.k.a. Saya Pergi Mati, err, I mean, Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia, and the number scholarship offered by the government and a few private companies? I can bet it doesn’t even cover HALF of the number of students in whole Malaysia.

Wise men said, “Money can’t buy happiness.” Uh-huh, in the 21st century, we can buy ALMOST everything with money. Go for an overseas holidays for 2 weeks, sure go ahead. You want a bungalow house that planted on top of private property facing the forest AND the city view. Sure, if you have money. You want to go to Oxford, Harvard or Cambridge? With a good results and $$$$$$$, (Okay, maybe with a little luck, too.) It seems like a piece of cake. You want to drive the newest series of red, shiny, BMW. No problem. Okay, maybe I should stop now before I get trap in this rich lifestyle fantasy. In conclusion, we all knew

YOU. NEED. MONEY. IF. YOU. WANT. TO. BE. HAPPY.

And the real question now is, how to be rich? If you think this is a step by step guide on how to earn $1 million in 1 month flat, just press Alt+F4 for your convenience. And I’m not talking about those Ponzi’s schemes either. The most common way which some of us may actually can recite it with an ease, well, duh, like those nosy aunties always say- “GO UNIVERSITY HOR!!!” or if you’re a big fan of The Nanny, you can always do what Miss Fran Fine always trying to do- find a SINGLE, HANDSOME (AND RICH, TOO!) DOCTOR. Hahaha, I’m kid.

Back to the topic, okay, so you need to go to a good university and after you graduated, you’ll find a secure job and hopefully by the age of 30, you probably married with hot, sexy angel on earth and a high-flying career as whatever you want to be and if you want kids, maybe you were blessed with two tiny tots which inherited good genetics from their hot father. But do you really need the degree from university to excel in life? Look at Bill Gates, he’s a Harvard dropout, but he makes millions BILLIONS every year without fail, even the economy recession doesn’t even have the effect on him. Or Li Ka-shing, one of richest Asian in the world and he didn’t go to high school. So what makes this 2 incredible people succeed in their respective life?

The answer is: Passion and determination.

They believed in themselves and strive for perfection. They change obstacles to opportunity, and treat fear as a teacher.

Now, ask yourself. Do you want to do succeed in life but live in the life you loath, or... do something that you love but you might live in so-called normal life which luxury seems to sound like a forbidden word?
People treat a degree/master/PhD like a kiss of life. A golden ticket to a temporary paradise. That’s what keeps running in my mind lately. And I’m torn between Reality and Fantasy.