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This post has been edited by sagethesausage: Sep 11 2014, 07:23 PM

@zstan, can I ask you a few things about the pharmacy course?

Is there lots of lab work involved when studying pharmacy? I'm currently in Form 6 and I find that I did not enjoy doing the experiments we had to do for Chemistry and Biology. I kind of find repeating the same thing over and over boring and tedious. Also what kind of content do you guys have to learn? Do you guys have to memorise various drugs' name that are ridiculously long? Is the syllabus very hard? As in, does one need to do revision and study everyday for four years OR can one still slack off, relax and have a study-life balance?

Sorry for the long-ass question, I currently have no direction in life and don't know what kind of job I want to do in the future for the rest of my life. Currently considering pharmacy as a viable option among other choices.

Thanks for your response. I know I should choose my career based on my own interests but it's kinda hard to build a career out of my interest, which is travelling (Too short to be a flight attendant, dammit).

I'm really unsure of whether I want to pursue pharmacy as a life-long career. I might lack the enthusiasm for it but I actually don't mind saving people's lifes/taking care of their health as I would like to do my part of contributing to the society.

I probably will have no problem with the memorisation parts either since I've been a Straight A's student all my life so I know that one can learn anything as long as he is willing to put in the time and effort into it. It's just that I'm tired of studying after working so hard for all these years.

I don't really know what I want do in the future. I am probably a lazy piece of shit for just wanting an easy life and earning enough money to support my dreams of travelling around the world. Looking back, I should have just accepted the IPG offer, go through a relaxing five years training, and become a teacher, though it would probably end of my dreams of travelling, since teachers earn quite low wages in Malaysia (Except for the years when a teacher already close to retirement, but at that age, does one have the energy to travel anymore?).

Sorry for the rant, it's been bothering me so long that I felt a overwhelming urge to get it off my chest. I'll probably just stop worrying about my ambitions (or the lack of it) and put it aside for the meantime, and focus more on finishing my pre-U first.

This post has been edited by sagethesausage: Sep 12 2014, 12:57 AM