Generation gap

I guess I broke the news to my parents.
That I'm going to do photography after graduating.
And I also predicted their reaction.
It's no easy to be honest, but I'm super excited about my journey.
I don't think they'll ever give me the support until I can safely say that ducklight's going to be a stable job.
My father was angry at me.
And I guessed I was a little sorry as well.
To be using his money for uni but in the end turn to photography as a job.
I totally understand his anger and I find it reasonable.
But what I found unreasonable was the fact that they think that don't see it as a profession.
And that they degrade photographers to be a profession for people who don't study.
They also see university as a way to get a degree to be earning more money.
I mean that's why they kept pushing us for education.
Because they didn't have the chance to.
However, education didn't work that way.
It doesn't mean that more education = more money.
At least I don't see it that way.
I think education encompasses knowledge.
Coming to uni, I've learnt a lot.
Not just academically, but holistically.
I think I've learnt a lot from people's experiences and stories.
I've exposed myself more.
I found my place in TeamNUS which helped me grow into the climbing community more significantly.
And I do enjoy learning certain academic stuffs such as CERTAIN modules in physics and also stuffs like learning Thai and like taking my philo mod for example.
I agree that learning is a continuous process and it shouldn't just stop when we leave 'education'.
I'm eager to learn and continuing to learn.
Learn about photography, videography, marketing, PR skills and yeah basically learning to live.
I've never wanted to work a 8-5 job.
I promised myself when I was younger that I wouldn't want to see myself hating life because of work.
I want to be able to self-improve and have the ability to increase my "money-making" just by working harder.
I personally feel like working in a 8-5 limits my self-exploring skill.
Maybe it's not true but I've decided that I'm not going to find out.
And I possibly wouldn't.
1 more year to graduation.
1 more year to start making my own money.
1 more year to start stepping foot into this society.
1 more year to remind myself to be careful not to be drawn into this societal needs and drown myself.
I will prove my worth to my parents.
And I will definitely want to repay them.
In so many ways they have helped me in this 25 years.
Hope all these years of making them worry and angry will be worth it when I can finally show them this son of theirs has finally break through in his thinking somehow.

Excited.
Just so excited about my next phase of life.
Not looking forward to the setbacks but yea.
It will work out somehow I believe.

For ducklight.