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Life is a series of decision making..

I figure every year, among of the thousands of decisions have to be made, there’s at least one decision that matter most A few months back . I thought that time has come, but it didn’t, instead recently. An old friend emailed me and asked if I’m interested to work in a different city. She offered me to be her replacement as she’s planning to get married and moving back to Jakarta. If this isn’t a coincidence, what is? Some time ago I chitchat with several pals about the possibility moving together to another place. Get away from this over-crowded city. Bali was agreed to be most favorite.

Now the opportunity turns up right in front of my face and I don’t know if I still want to do it. So many pros and cons have to be thoroughly considered before deciding. Seriously, if it occurred just a month earlier I’d say yes. Last month I’ve decided to take up another ‘burden’, ie. going back to school. Have been toying with the idea for a long time, finally made up my mind.

Even that took long consideration coz there aren’t much good program offered in night schools. The best options I got (related to my interest and educational background) are english literature or german literature or accounting. I just need to complete the application form and now this..?

It’s a bit unsettling when the company already asked my commitment while they haven’t give me any info of what kind of package they’re offering. She sent me list of questions, starting from how well I know Bali, am I serious working in Bali, also asked whether I’m going to get married soon. Then parents aren’t very crazy about Bali itself, land of hedonism. The line of business is jewelry, compare to the company I work now it’s less stabil. But frankly speaking, the idea of just spending a year (max. 2) working outside Jakarta itself has its own appeal. Besides, I could always go back to school, no?

Decision… decision…

The decision to go back to school was finally made after years of contemplation. Yup, u read right.. years, ever since i graduated from college. The 1st couple of years was a bit tough coz I had to safe some money to be able to self finance it, the 3rd year I sorta lost interest, instead I dedicated my time to take german classes. It was fun learning something completely new.

So that went on for several years.. Recently the learning drive was back, so I started looking at schools info. Universities, colleges, also distance learning. Distance learning was quite appealing (especially if the univ. is abroad), but I hesitated when I read an article on diploma mill*). Well if degree is the main objective it doesn’t matter, but what’s the need of a degree if the person’s unqualified?

*) Diploma mill is an unaccredited institution that grants degrees without ensuring that students are properly qualified. Some consider it as fraud, such as institutions that give degrees based on life experience, has no listing of faculty members and claiming accreditation from a questionable accreditor. Well, that's another story and not exactly my field.