Saturday, September 08, 2007
My Sister's Essay
It sure is comforting to know that I am appreciated by my sister. I was really touched by my sister's school essay sent to me by my brother.
Faith - thank you! And I hope you too will grow up to be an adult that will impact someone's life.
An adult who has left an impact on my life
An adult who left a great impact on my life is my second elder brother. He is a social worker and just recently last year he left for the United States of America, St Louis to further his studies. He is currently taking his Masters in Social Work and from here he plans to take his PhD in Chicago.
One thing that I admire about him is his dedication to what he has taken up, he studied for honors in Singapore and his job as a social work pays him enough to get him by, however the determination to expand his knowledge and experience gave him the strength to bravely request to my parents to support him in this venture. In USA the weather over there has been terrible when it is winter it is very cold and when it is summer the temperature is much higher than Singapore but he bears with it just so he can study and he does not want to waste this chance to study.
I think that choosing social work as a job is a way which one can give back to society efficiently; also I like the idea of helping others to put their mind at rest. From his work that I have seen, it is a very tough and challenging job, some of the people he counsels are those who like to rebel or have been exposed to a very depressing situation are very uncontrollable and unpredictable, but he does his best in what he can, and that touches me.
He did not only leave an impact on me just because he is good at what he does he is also a good brother to me. There is a huge age gap between me and my brothers and my eldest brother is busy taking care of his own family, my second brother is just as busy but he does make time to bring me out once in awhile, he brings me to watch movies or play soccer and more. I am touched that he does try to spend time with me; I do get very lonely because I am the youngest and I have no one in my family around my age that I can play with, even in USA he keeps in contact with me by MSN and he sends things that he believe I would like I like having him as an elder brother because I like that I have someone to debate with on the current issues that happen around the world and what their views are like. He is more open minded compared to other adults that I have met, one example is when the Da Vinci Code Movie came to Singapore, with the uproar it was causing the Catholics and my curiosity, he thought that it would be good to bring me to watch the movie so as to understand more on what people believe around the world. Another example is cosplay, he supported this idea even though my parents disagreed because he though it would not only teach me the value of money but also the value of time management, because of his support I have the chance to put this dream into reality.
In conclusion, my brother would be the person that motivates me towards to road which I have chosen to walk, and the one who will support me all the way through, a person whom I can rely on in bad times as well as good times. His generosity towards me has made me learn how to appreciate him more.
Faith Tan (29)
Secondary 2/7 ¶ 9/08/2007 01:01:00 AM
Faith - thank you! And I hope you too will grow up to be an adult that will impact someone's life.
An adult who has left an impact on my life
An adult who left a great impact on my life is my second elder brother. He is a social worker and just recently last year he left for the United States of America, St Louis to further his studies. He is currently taking his Masters in Social Work and from here he plans to take his PhD in Chicago.
One thing that I admire about him is his dedication to what he has taken up, he studied for honors in Singapore and his job as a social work pays him enough to get him by, however the determination to expand his knowledge and experience gave him the strength to bravely request to my parents to support him in this venture. In USA the weather over there has been terrible when it is winter it is very cold and when it is summer the temperature is much higher than Singapore but he bears with it just so he can study and he does not want to waste this chance to study.
I think that choosing social work as a job is a way which one can give back to society efficiently; also I like the idea of helping others to put their mind at rest. From his work that I have seen, it is a very tough and challenging job, some of the people he counsels are those who like to rebel or have been exposed to a very depressing situation are very uncontrollable and unpredictable, but he does his best in what he can, and that touches me.
He did not only leave an impact on me just because he is good at what he does he is also a good brother to me. There is a huge age gap between me and my brothers and my eldest brother is busy taking care of his own family, my second brother is just as busy but he does make time to bring me out once in awhile, he brings me to watch movies or play soccer and more. I am touched that he does try to spend time with me; I do get very lonely because I am the youngest and I have no one in my family around my age that I can play with, even in USA he keeps in contact with me by MSN and he sends things that he believe I would like I like having him as an elder brother because I like that I have someone to debate with on the current issues that happen around the world and what their views are like. He is more open minded compared to other adults that I have met, one example is when the Da Vinci Code Movie came to Singapore, with the uproar it was causing the Catholics and my curiosity, he thought that it would be good to bring me to watch the movie so as to understand more on what people believe around the world. Another example is cosplay, he supported this idea even though my parents disagreed because he though it would not only teach me the value of money but also the value of time management, because of his support I have the chance to put this dream into reality.
In conclusion, my brother would be the person that motivates me towards to road which I have chosen to walk, and the one who will support me all the way through, a person whom I can rely on in bad times as well as good times. His generosity towards me has made me learn how to appreciate him more.
Faith Tan (29)
Secondary 2/7 ¶ 9/08/2007 01:01:00 AM
