exhibit a: chemical engineer
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
apparently being a chemical engineer (or just graduating from that nightmare of a degree) puts you in a strange position in malaysia, especially if you're female.
in the corporate world, if you're talking to anyone with 10 or more years of work experience, stumbling upon a young chemical engineer is almost as fascinating as sliding down the end of a rainbow to land in the little green man's pot of gold ^^;
no, it doesn't give me any bragging rights O.o but to have people continuously gush over how magnificient the oil and gas industry is (WHY are chemical engineers only associated with oil and gas? seriously, why?) and how in-demand chemical engineers are is almost enough to make my cheeks turn a healthy shade of baboon's ass red >.>
that or they'll be all "omg you must be such an intelligent and hardworking girl!" and this sparkle of awe and/or respect will glean over their eyes as they look you over. add to that, a string of motherly advice and encouragement on who's hiring, when they are hiring and more reasons than i can come up with for being tardy with my assignments on why i should apply with that company O.o
in all seriousness, every single time someone attempts to heap praises on my undergraduate choice of being a chemical engineer and ask if i'm about to make millions soon, i feel like such a sham O.o truth be told, i'm a pretty terrible chemical engineer. so terrible i'm sure none of my professors would even want to acknowledge that i had attended any of their classes lol xD
i've had enough of chemical engineering for one lifetime and besides, i don't plan on killing a plant full of diligent workers because i let water leak into one of my reactors (cbe 324 kiddies will know which movie session i'm referring to lol) :p
also doesn't help things that i procrastinate religiously like a bad habit xD
although, mo would say that not being a chemical engineer is somewhat a blessing in disguise lol he has barrels full of unabashed hatred towards some of the faculty and students in the chemical and biological engineering department lol ;)
i'm pretty sure everyone in that department had their favourite scapegoat to model their voodoo pin cushions after ^^;
HOWEVER, if you are talking to someone of the opposite sex around my age group (let's say around 20 - 27), uttering the words "chemical engineer" is similar to letting loose a nice ass fart from your local jungle skunk smack into their faces. not only is it a good way to ward off the creeps that can't keep their tentacles to themselves when they're trying to chat you up, it's also the most efficient conversation killers i've ever come across.
for example:
random guy: so what did you study?
me: chemical engineering
random guy: whoa
*crickets*
or if they're nice:
random guy: so what did you study in the states?
me: chemical engineering
*semi-bulging eye look*
random guy: wow, that's where all the money is!
me: i guess--
random guy: so how was the weather in wisconsin?
O.o
however, malaysians being malaysians, the whole career question/answer session exchange is forgotten after a few minutes into a serious discussion on how diluted the drinks are O.o which is actually a good thing!
nobody goes out to talk/brag about work/school xD
at least i don't O.o
well, bitch probably :p
but it's getting past the whole introduction part which is mostly amusing and sometimes exasperating -_-
although i'm a terrible chemical engineer and despise the idea of even becoming one, do i really need to introduce myself as, for example, a psychology major to have people not be awkward at me for that one split second? just because i'm female, do i become less of a "conversation" because i'm not afraid to take up the old-fashioned man's career path of engineering?
are guys in malaysia afraid of girls who come off as brainy? (well, in actual fact i'm not, but i run my mouth every so often you won't know the bullshit from the facts ;p)
not that i have anything against people majoring in psychology ^^;
however, i get so pissed off when people start comparing and/or bragging about their degrees. usually (not always! ^^;), i find that it's the ones with the subjective-neither-here-nor-there degrees who have a tendency to want to let the world know how much work they have supposedly done and put others down in the process, in contrast to the ones who actually have done shit and suffered who just bitch about their work.
don't even open your trap about how your course is much tougher than some of the courses out there because you obviously have no fucking clue how much actual shit the rest of the world has to do to get their degree.
you know who you are.
back the fuck off and get off your imaginary high horse.
*cough* back to my actual topic -_-
so anyway, introducing myself as a chemical engineer has led to a myriad of honest, amusing and yet strangely suffocating responses ;)
not that i'd trade the experience for anything else really <3
apparently being a chemical engineer (or just graduating from that nightmare of a degree) puts you in a strange position in malaysia, especially if you're female.
in the corporate world, if you're talking to anyone with 10 or more years of work experience, stumbling upon a young chemical engineer is almost as fascinating as sliding down the end of a rainbow to land in the little green man's pot of gold ^^;
no, it doesn't give me any bragging rights O.o but to have people continuously gush over how magnificient the oil and gas industry is (WHY are chemical engineers only associated with oil and gas? seriously, why?) and how in-demand chemical engineers are is almost enough to make my cheeks turn a healthy shade of baboon's ass red >.>
that or they'll be all "omg you must be such an intelligent and hardworking girl!" and this sparkle of awe and/or respect will glean over their eyes as they look you over. add to that, a string of motherly advice and encouragement on who's hiring, when they are hiring and more reasons than i can come up with for being tardy with my assignments on why i should apply with that company O.o
in all seriousness, every single time someone attempts to heap praises on my undergraduate choice of being a chemical engineer and ask if i'm about to make millions soon, i feel like such a sham O.o truth be told, i'm a pretty terrible chemical engineer. so terrible i'm sure none of my professors would even want to acknowledge that i had attended any of their classes lol xD
i've had enough of chemical engineering for one lifetime and besides, i don't plan on killing a plant full of diligent workers because i let water leak into one of my reactors (cbe 324 kiddies will know which movie session i'm referring to lol) :p
also doesn't help things that i procrastinate religiously like a bad habit xD
although, mo would say that not being a chemical engineer is somewhat a blessing in disguise lol he has barrels full of unabashed hatred towards some of the faculty and students in the chemical and biological engineering department lol ;)
i'm pretty sure everyone in that department had their favourite scapegoat to model their voodoo pin cushions after ^^;
HOWEVER, if you are talking to someone of the opposite sex around my age group (let's say around 20 - 27), uttering the words "chemical engineer" is similar to letting loose a nice ass fart from your local jungle skunk smack into their faces. not only is it a good way to ward off the creeps that can't keep their tentacles to themselves when they're trying to chat you up, it's also the most efficient conversation killers i've ever come across.
for example:
random guy: so what did you study?
me: chemical engineering
random guy: whoa
*crickets*
or if they're nice:
random guy: so what did you study in the states?
me: chemical engineering
*semi-bulging eye look*
random guy: wow, that's where all the money is!
me: i guess--
random guy: so how was the weather in wisconsin?
O.o
however, malaysians being malaysians, the whole career question/answer session exchange is forgotten after a few minutes into a serious discussion on how diluted the drinks are O.o which is actually a good thing!
nobody goes out to talk/brag about work/school xD
at least i don't O.o
well, bitch probably :p
but it's getting past the whole introduction part which is mostly amusing and sometimes exasperating -_-
although i'm a terrible chemical engineer and despise the idea of even becoming one, do i really need to introduce myself as, for example, a psychology major to have people not be awkward at me for that one split second? just because i'm female, do i become less of a "conversation" because i'm not afraid to take up the old-fashioned man's career path of engineering?
are guys in malaysia afraid of girls who come off as brainy? (well, in actual fact i'm not, but i run my mouth every so often you won't know the bullshit from the facts ;p)
not that i have anything against people majoring in psychology ^^;
however, i get so pissed off when people start comparing and/or bragging about their degrees. usually (not always! ^^;), i find that it's the ones with the subjective-neither-here-nor-there degrees who have a tendency to want to let the world know how much work they have supposedly done and put others down in the process, in contrast to the ones who actually have done shit and suffered who just bitch about their work.
don't even open your trap about how your course is much tougher than some of the courses out there because you obviously have no fucking clue how much actual shit the rest of the world has to do to get their degree.
you know who you are.
back the fuck off and get off your imaginary high horse.
*cough* back to my actual topic -_-
so anyway, introducing myself as a chemical engineer has led to a myriad of honest, amusing and yet strangely suffocating responses ;)
not that i'd trade the experience for anything else really <3
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