ME IS THE BIGGEST LOSER

Think of it, finding a job is in many ways similar to finding a girlfriend. One cannot just flip the papers and look for the ideal job. To begin with, the ideal job might never even existed for you in the first place. So, to stubbornly put all your money on getting that dream job of yours is tantamount to plain stupidity.

Remember, if you put all your eggs in one basket, chances are, if plans backfire (as they usually would for me), you will end up losing everything. Forget about saying that you are going to try your darnest best and assume you will get the job because you, well, simply put, think you are the best man for the job. It really doesn't work that way. What makes you think the company which you wanna work for isn't looking for somebody else in the first place?

You, as a job seeker, have everything to lose, and nothing to gain if you adopt this suicidal mentality that I have. In the end, who will have the last laugh? Not you and your stupid idealistic world, but the practical company who keeps an open mind on which employees to hire.

I would like to believe I'm a diehard romantic in the game of love, albeit a naive one. To stay focused on the one which my heart wants me to follow, and shut out all other choices that may appear before me. The rules of the dating game has changed in modern society today. And change it did. That is why I believe I'm still living in the olden days where being true in the pursuit of the significant other usually gets you rewarded in time to come. What was I thinking?!

Screw it. Things have taken a whole new perspective for me now. I will want to keep my choices open, but not to the extent of being a profligate cassanova(I don't think I can qualify as one anyway). I will still be looking out for my ideal girl, but I will not just be looking at the one tree when I can choose from the entire forest.

So, yes. I've already sending out applications for posts that is not even remotely connected to what I want to do. To go for interviews with an open mind, and see if something works out from there. If not, there's always another job opening to look forward to. If you never try, you'll never know.