Talking about my future career or goal is quite heavy and hard. Although I am currently an international student at NUAA China and am pursuing my second semester here, I still have not thought through what I want to be and my aspirations. I am not too clear about what my goal is, as in senior high school, being a medical student and a soon-to-be professional forensic scientist was my number one option in life. However, I decided to pursue business instead. This decision has led me to be confused, and what I currently want to focus on is to be able to be fluent in Mandarin. Nonetheless, I still have to fully think about what my career plan would be after my studies, and slowly, I developed a plan for my career.

After finishing my studies, I plan to take another year or half a year of learning advanced Mandarin if I do not appear fluent in Mandarin, since my priority coming to China was its language, it would be a waste if I were still not able to speak Mandarin. Then, coming back to my home country, Indonesia, and working in an Indonesian-Chinese company position as a translator or in international relations. After years of working there, I might also go in hand with my high school friends to create a business based in Indonesia where we could expand our operation to countries such as China, Australia, Germany and many more--considering that they might have relations in the country they went to too. Furthermore, after gaining much experience in business, my parents encouraged me, from today, to continue my Master's degree, reaching out to top universities such as Harvard. If by then I decided not to pursue my second degree, I will continue the businesses I have made or the company I will be working for.

What excites me the most in graduating and being a future professional is the new people that I will be meeting, the experience that I will be getting, my first wage that I will receive which will be used either to save up and build a house or to return the favor that was given to be my whole life to my parents. Being successful is everyone's plan, and that desire inside me is out of reach. That desire shaped me to always work hard, study hard, but also play hard. Not only that I have to be smart, but I have to socialise to fully understand how the world works and to breathe. Studying too hard will burn me out, but playing too hard will risk all the planning I have made; thus, to balance, I have to have both.