Reliving Childhood ...

What did you want to be when you were a child?

I wanted to be a policewoman. Heh, well that was way before IT and seeking a job that can support my love for travelling came into the picture. Mysteries and detective stories were my passion back in those days. The library was my favourite hang out place. I would borrow lots and lots of books like Enid Blyton's Five Find-Outers, Trixie Belden, Alfred Hitchcock's Three Investigators, and "curl" up in my comfortable sofa at home and read to my heart's content.

Those days were peaceful and tranquil. Just have to make sure I finish up my homework first before I can indulge in my readings complete with a warm cat sleeping on my lap.

Nowadays, I don't have such an inclination to read. I guess I've been spoilt by DVDs and such. Fancy something to whet my appetite for mystery? Just pop in a CSI DVD.

But the thought of being part of the detective or forensics team did grip me every now and then. I wanted to become a policewoman. Instead, I ended up as an IT person.

Instead of seeing dead people and helping their loved ones find closure, I see dead hard disks and mouse and make sure the finance department can close their accounts every month end.

Instead of hunting down a trail left by a serial murderer, I get to hunt down the trail of a virus and a worm through the firewall logs.

But despite the sad, sad analogy, I love my job. I guess at the end of the day, that's what matters the most. That we love what we do. And that we are happy where we are, wherever that is.