On Monday I went to see a career counsellor in my campus to discuss about something. I went home feeling unsettled, frustrated, disappointed, and pessimistic about life. Fortunately I have enough positive energy that enables me to stay objective and reflect on what’s going on. I thought hard for days until an idea sprang up to my old brain after listening to my Ipod playing Leona Lewis’ song I See You, which is the Avatar‘s soundtrack. Suddenly I realise what the problem was, and figure out ways to avoid it.
I always have this sort of uneasy feeling after meeting the “wrong” people — people who are not on the “same frequency” in thoughts and spirits. For example, the career counsellor did not try to understand my problem from my point of view; get an intimate knowledge about myself, my dream, my passion in life; and explore what I want to do at this point in my life, which were something I expected from someone who called himself/herself a counsellor. I left her office feeling dejected in the knowing that I did not know why I had this problem and how I should solve it. Her suggestions were outdated: instead of digging into my passion and getting to work on it with me, she suggested a few things that reminded me of my counsellor in my undergrad years. The type of people who have been in the college for a long time that they forget there’s a world exists outside the Ivory Tower. A real world. So the conversation went on like a doctor trying to analyse my symptoms and prescribe something. Anyway it’s not all that bad though. She offered me something that might help me with my future career. But I already decided to stay away from this type of people, all the time. Go away. Run.
I See You song is a gentle reminder that not all people are the same. Me, for example, can help myself in scrutinising my life, and find people who are empathetic and inspiring at the same time. I have met a different variety of people from different “breeds”, who can be with me or others, and tune in fast to other people’s dilemma or aspirations that are otherwise difficult to let out. “I see you” is the Na’vi people greeting in Avatar movie that means, “I understand you”.
Check out this Learn Navi website for the language!
