The power of what people say to you

*I wrote this in 2017 wonder why I didn't post it earlier*

 I take science stream because one of my classmate used to say to me,

 'Kau amik art stream je lah lepas ni' 

when I moved to another school.

I dont know his intention but at the time it sounded condescending. So I continue science stream in highschool, pursue engineering in university and became an engineer.
Same as that particular classmate.
I'm satisfied.
But he forget what he said. 

Why did he asked me to pursue art stream? and why i don't want to?
Because I love to write novels in highschool even when the teachers are teaching.
Because in my society, art stream is equivalent to - you cant do well at maths, and you cant handle science subject.
 Normally art stream student consists of students who got bad grades in science subject.
 In short - you're stupid.

 How it should be - I should take whatever stream I like to do not because someone or somebody says a certain way. but I didn't know better at the time.

 I go to private uni because one of my granduncles,responded to my not so good SPM trial result with
"Hmm, masuk UiTM boleh la" 

his daughter was studying in UTP at the time. So I vowed not to pursue my study in UiTM and apply for UTP, Uniten and MMU, got accepted in Uniten and MMU and I chose MMU.
Few years later her daughter ends up quitting studies in UTP and continue her studies in UiTM.
He forget what he said to me.

There are no good or bad institution, there are just bad students. A lot of renown people in various field came from UiTM.

 How it should be - adults shouldn't plant this idea in their head that public subsidized universities are not better....etcetc

 Thats 2 of my biggest life decision as a result from what others are saying. I was 16, and I didn't know that I shouldn't live my life on people's expectation. I should live my life, as how I see fit. As how I LIKE it. As how I WANTED it to be.

Luckily,  I turned up OK. And I'm not one of those who always wonder 'what if?'