I'm so excited!! Woah, as from tomorrow, I shall be thrust into the semi-real world of social work. I shall be a student attached at the Centre mentioned above. It'll be a time to test my mettle, strengthen myself emotionally, thinking more theoretically (I realised after a brief conversation with two Counsellors on Monday, one from Fei Yue and the other from Singapore Children's Society, that YES, these professionals do talk very theoretically, even if we try hard as students not to believe it. They actually discuss the benefits of different theories!!! OMG). It'll be a time when I will see more of the real world, and the people who live in it. A time when I have to face the sadness of doing admin work. A time when, finally, I get to experience if the calling that i think God has given me will come to fruition.It seems tough. My interviews yesterday and today with AWWA and Viriya respectively have taught me that social work is a profession like any other, with people who want to climb higher and go faster. People who are willing to take positions that I can never see myself doing, and love them.
I hope my supervisor is kind. I hope I can get a chance to handle many different kinds of cases. I hope that I will be willing to learn and do as much as I can. Especially, when it comes to doing dirty work. Lotsa people I've talked to so far have told me to be prepared for dirty work. But after the army experience, I have a natural disaffinity to sai-gang. Hope I will not show attitude, but to accept it humbly, as I will prolly be the lowest-ranked of everyone there. Oh, and I hope my fellow student attachee is nice too!
I'm excited. I pray that I might really make a difference in peoples' lives, and not just do an attachment. I want a real, human experience. I want God to be in the centre of it all.
i'm sure u will. ;)
cy