i’ve done my 3rd project. it was kinda good other than a few ‘Ah’s (’Ah’ in toastmaster include pause like ‘um’, ‘eh’, ‘well’, ‘anyway’ and etc.) I also mixed up the word accountant, accounting and accountancy. how stupid i am. Gona go on with my 4th project which is gona be tough. why tough? cuz da next speech’s objectives is body gesture. I will have to work on eye contact, hand gesture such as showing size, quantity and stuff. Facial expression is important also. So many aspect that i have to look into. Have to think of a suitable speech to show so many gesture. anyway, here’s da speech for my 3rd project.

Can you imagine me in a decent piece of suit? I guess not uh? Neither can I. When I’m much younger, I used to fascinate being a doctor and lawyer. But right after I got my first computer, I knew I wanted to do something related to computer. Be it a Software Engineer, Graphic Designer, Animator or even the next Bill Gates. I wanted to work or own company like Pixar, Microsoft or Google. I’ve never changed my dream since then. I even nearly got into the Multimedia University after my SPM. Perhaps it is fate; I’ve got no news from Multimedia University. So I ended up in form 6. But here I am, after the STPM standing in the middle of a cross junction. I have to decide what I wanted to study in the University. I’m still holding my dream of furthering my study in the IT sector strongly until last week. I finally decided that I’m going to do something else instead of IT. I’ve decided to do Accounting. What made me changed my mind you must be wondering.

First and foremost, the most important of all is the Hard Crude Reality. I always admire those animator giving lives to the cartoon heroes and characters like the Incredible or Nemo the fish. However being an Animator or a Graphic Designer requires a lot of creativity while the fact is, I have none. I’m not an artistic person. I can’t draw nor can I paint. Being a software engineer requires technical skills like math and I sucked in math. But for accounting, I’ve always managed to master it fast. I guess there’s something inside of my genes. I could understand the system or logic of how the accounting flow goes. I didn’t think of being an Accountant because I do not have the passion as much as I have for IT.

Secondly, being an accountant offer sumptuous pay. Who doesn’t want cold hard cash right? There’s nothing free anymore in this world. You even have to pay to use the toilet. There are always mouths to feed, places to go. All that needed money. You need money to survive and being an accountant provided that you work hard, you are mostly guaranteed with a good pay. And if I’m able to be a Chartered Accountant and open my own accountancy firm, I might even reach financial freedom soon and I can pursue whatever I’m interested in later after getting out of the rat race.

I used to think that interest and dream are what we supposed to go after. But I’m wrong; we should be looking at the market demand instead. It is not about what you want to do, but it is about what the market needs. Accountants are needed as long as there’s money involved. Big tycoon, big company, movie stars even individual need accountants. So there will always be demands for accountants. Unlike the IT sectors, according to a report, our MSC is actually a failure unlike the Silicon Valley in United States of America. Silicon Valley is mostly dominated by those IT professional from India who have a much more higher qualifications compared to us Malaysian. So it is going to be difficult for us to be able to compete with them.

By taking the fact of the market demand and the hard cold reality, I guess accounting is what most suitable for me though I’ve never thought of being an accountant. But it is a dog eat dog world out there, you have to be among the best in order to survive. Perhaps I might not be working in IT sectors, but still, this is the best way in order for me to survive in this harsh world. Wish me luck in my future in being in one of the Big 4 Accounting firm. Thank you