Happy belated early retirement

It has been one month since my old life died and new life began. My wife insisted to do something about it. So she sang this song to me everyday, for a few days. Here’s the belated song to commemorate the occasion.

How is the new life? Here’s a short summary.

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Before: Must wake up early.

After: Must wake up earlier.

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Before: Don’t know what I’m here for.

After: Still don’t know what I’m here for.

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Before: FYP = Fail? You Pergilah!

After: FYP = First Year Premium.

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Before: Dress like old man, hairstyle is “free flow”.

After: Dress like old man, hairstyle is “free flow”.

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Before: Kena kutuk by one female about my sense of fashion.

After: Kena kutuk by two females about my sense of fashion.

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Before: Jam is what you have for breakfast with bread.

After: Jam is what you have before breakfast.

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Before: Never really happy about anything at work.

After: Never really happy about anything at work.

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Before: A lot of time, very little money.

After: More money, no time.

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Before: Make less money, spend less money. Problem.

After: Make more money, spend more money. Problem.

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Before: When feeling bored, develop a sense of humour.

After: When feeling pressured, develop a sense of humour.

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If I can offer a piece of advise to all my former students…

Get yourself a professional degree, no matter what people tell you (or don’t tell you). Some parents tell their children, “Do whatever you want. But before that, get a professional degree. After that, yes, do whatever you want. Join the Peace Corp. Take up sculpting. Become a musician. Whatever.”

There is much wisdom in that.

Because one day, when you find out that your ideal little world is not working, you still have a paper qualification to fall back on. If you have that piece of paper, you can do what any average idiot can do, and fetch a lot more money than what the average genius can do without that piece of paper.

Wherever you work or whatever job you do, you will eventually come to one realization: Work is work. All work is the same. There is nothing new under the sun. And this is a great evil.

So do not be deceived. If you don’t have the paper, you will work, and get very little money. If you have the paper, you will still work, and get a lot more money. Same #@&%, more pay.

Oh well…

Here’s a comic strip I’m working on. Just in case I get retrenched, the Dilbert way.

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First box

A: What will you do if your boss asked you to work around the clock?

B: No problem!

Second box

(B happily drags a big clock and puts it on top if his round table)

Third box

C: What is B doing?

A: He says he is working around the clock. He changes his seat every 10 minutes.

(B is whistling to himself, sitting on a chair, at a round table with 6 chairs around it.)

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