10 percent

it is a funny thing that i realise such a small lesson while watching television today. i was watching a kid cooking competition programme by masterchef australia. there were fifty kids competing against each other, vying for the crown of junior masterchef.

Junior Masterchef

first, i would like to commend on this programme. it has not only fired up the kids' spirit in cooking, also encourage people that you can achieve great things in life no matter what age you are. the thing that is stopping you is your mind and thinking. i was wondering, 'if all these kids attend the competition, what happens to school'. if it happens in asia, i am quite certain the tv show will receive wide criticism for depriving children proper education by lavishing them with unrealistic dream of becoming chefs. such thinking does not only limit what a child's dream in life but also restricts one's passion for cooking. tell me honestly, do your parents tell you to be a chef or cook when you were young? of course not, they will say being a chef comprises of a lot of hard work and we should study hard to work in white collar jobs.

Ham Cha

such was a thinking embedded on me. i think if i were given an option to choose all over again, i might have opted for another career now. i like cooking. it calms my mind and towards a certain extent, i feel happy. yeah, i am a natural high person. i get excited very easily which is not necessarily a good thing because i notice i am being misconstrued as not being serious. hence, i have tried to lower my excitement level every now and then. i am more subtle now.

back to the topic of 10 percent. in this show, the fifty kids were divided to 5 groups of ten. they will compete for one spot in each group and the rest will enter further rounds until the number totals up to 20 when the real challenge begins. my heart had this feeling of being disheartened. for me, if i were to put in a group of ten and only one of us is chosen, i would have given up. i believe such thinking is kinda pessimistic. in life, it isn't the outcome that counts, it is the journey that inspires to be the best we can be. i think by watching this show is not so bad after all because i learn to do my best. the bad side about me is that just as easily i get excited so does the pace my motivation level changes. by learning one lesson today, i think i have become a better person, perspective wise.

blogger feels that if everyone gives his best, there shall be no regret in the world and what a pleasant world it would be then.