My So-Called Profession

I have always been told that engineer graduates like me are not very artistic. Somehow true but ever since I reached my homeland, I am often given the opportunity to express my artsy side. Take for instance, I was hired on the spot to redecorate my friend's wedding hantaran the morning of his big day. Of course it doesn't match up to a professional standard, but I was rather pleased with the outcome. First time given a huge responsibility during a wedding, I was flattered.


And then, I challenged myself with this fairycake project. My icing decoration debut, so I was expecting it to be a mess. True enough, I was covered with icing mix. My fingers, my hands, my clothes. It also didn't meet the professional standard such as that of Angel or even Cuppacakes, but I did receive some wonderful compliments about the colourfulness of my fairycakes. ;)


From the moment I started working at the coffee house, I felt I should have thought about being a school teacher. I was constantly holding chalks of all sorts of shades, thinking of what to scribble on the black boards. And then, came yesterday where I was requested to make up a recruitment ad for a position I had just left. I guess it's funner than making many cups of coffee.


I knew for a fact that I have the wrong tertiary ed qualification and there no doubt that I did enjoy the times spent completing the artsy work. An all round decorator, that's what I like to be called. I'm still not as good, but I believe it takes time.