I had a dream.

In my sleep, i usually would not be able to recall much about the dreams. Most of the time, there wasn't any dreams at all. Today i had a dream. I dreamt that i was with a group of people, with all around us, are vertical(but not directly vertical)congregations of different breed of wildlife animals, all seated around. Somehow, the setting was that all of us were calm, lazing and somehow tired. This totally includes the wildlife animals. Beside our congregation were the lions. Up next to the lions were the raccoons, and the furthest were some animals, which they seem like wolfs or dogs to me initially, but instead of them lazing around like us, i could see a couple of their movements.

Being beside the lions, i was a little perturbed at first and whether we would be of any danger. I asked my group of people to shift to the furthest, as it could be safest to be at the furthest point, near to the wolves, and far away from the lions. But one of them(someone whom i am able to recognise) told me that it is better to stay on where we were, and he pointed out to the furthest that those were the wolves. I somehow thought in my heart, "wolfs aren't that dangerous, as compared to the lions beside us?" In the end i just stay put. That was the end of my dream. Indeed, the dreams were really vivid. I could almost recalled this scenario like a small portion of movie.

I woke up in the early morning before work, and checked the Dream Dictionary which i had bought so many years ago. Here are some of my finding:
Animals: To see wild animals in your dream is generally a good omen pertaining to business, but the interpretation depends on their attitude; if they were calm, your affairs will prosper, but if they attacked you(or each other), you can expect some reverses. See also Lion, Dog, Cat, Bull, Cow, Horse, etc.

I checked the Lion: A lion featured in your dream is a symbol of social distinction and/or business leadership. If you heard the lion roar, you are likely to have to cope with jealousy from someone close to you. A friendly lion cub is a forecast of a new and valuable friendship. See also Animals.

Then i checked the Raccoon: Raccoon fur or articles made from it predict that you will find a new talen or hobby which will prove profitable as well as enjoyable. Otherwise, see Animals.

So i checked the last one, which is the Wolf: This animal is, as expected, a symbol of hard times or financial embarrassment, so pull in your belt, unless you managed, in your dream, to kill it or drive it away, in which case it predicts success in spite of all obstacles.

It seems to me that my dream is overall, not a bad one. Lion is a good symbol of social distinction and /or business leadership, and there was no roar from the lion. The raccoon were just next the lions, while the wolves were at a distance away, and furthest. It was a good thing in the dream that the friend has asked us not to go over that side, because he said that side were the congregation of the 'wolves'. So in a way in life, I thought i could have somehow avoided hardships or am far away from financial embarrassment, which in the dream the lions and the raccoons were quite vertically congregated next to us. If the wolves were to be able to reach us(me and my group of people), they would have to go through the area of the Raccoons, and be able to pass through the lions, before reaching us. That was the picture proximity in my dream.

Such an interesting and intriguing dream, i thought. Nevertheless, as we dream, the mystique behind those dreams sometimes does want to tell us something, something that God may one to relate to us, in an unconventional, yet subtle manner.

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Building our pipelines.

As one says, we need to build up our pipelines. But usually one needs to be patience, and try his way constantly to move forward, and upward. In a career start, it will could take someone to have 8 to 10 jobs, before stabilising permanently in one job. But no matter what job, I think satisfaction is the most important. Job satisfaction and good collegues and bosses will likely make you stay as long as you can. But ultimately after staying too long, and when one has no lack of savings or spending which could last for some time being, one would eventually resign to seek a more meaningful life. A case where one resigned from his career for 30 over years, and then went to a poorer country to teach english has been heard. I am very sure there were more cases like this. Sometimes heaven has a plan for us, sometimes, heaven may give us the liberty to choose.

I choose to build the pipeline of career following the normal years, and accumulating the exeperience, as this is beyond my control. However, I can accelerate my academic status within the years while i build my career pipeline with accumulating years of work experience. Accelerating academic status is under my control, therefore i choose to hit the 'Accelerate button'. While performing normally or nothing deemed out of the norm from my daily routine career job, i am taking chances of life long learning, continuously taking up courses and workshops etc, despite having completed my degree.

The true fact will be that taking up courses could as well be my hobby. As i am starting my CIDTT course, i am also gradually taking the ACTA(Adv Cert in Training & Assessment) modules. When my CIDTT completes early next year, there will come my MEd. The MEd programme may be my last academic career path to a master degree. If there were to be a DBA or PHD, it will need to take my natural ability to decide at much later part of the years, because achieving all these ultimately needs to serve good purposes.

In my point of taking the CIDTT, it can help enhance me as a private teacher and trainer to conduct any forms of training, beyong academic, beyond skilled. It could also be sports and martial arts. CIDTT can be opposed to a Diploma in Education, or even a Post Graduate Diploma in Education offered by the NIE, MOE. CIDTT = Cambridge International Diploma for Teachers and Trainers is a strong private qualification offered by the University of Cambridge international examination body, which deals with our O'level/A'level,  allows one to get into the Master Degree in Education. However a CIDTT needs to be coupled with a Degree not relevant with Education, to be accepted.

Having an MEd, I would prefer to look into teaching and learning, or development of course syllabus and curriculum, or even lecturing freelance in future. Doing a job that could interact, nuture, and touches the lives of many, brings joy to my natural being. However certain goals needs that pipeline to be built, before the goals are reached. This is call the 'Process', and the objectives to reach the goals.

As I could plan certain thing, i may not foresee other hidden situations. Could i see that within two years of working in the same company, i will be able to rise up to a Senior executive, or even an assistant manager?

After finishing my Master of Education in mid 2013, will my rank not balance with my qualification that need to compel the company to move me up, if it was to be rightfully mine? If it does happened, it will have to. However if i am already a senior executive by then, the chance of an assistant manager at least, should be. Otherwise, i should jolly well accumulate my years and move on to a better position elsewhere, with better pay cheque, of course!

I am also getting married to my beloved girlfriend estimated to be from late 2013 to early 2014, if possible.

Nevertheless, plans could be plans, but the ultimate plans for us lies from the above. One could wish or pray for the above to grant us his blessings, or else he could change our thoughts and offer a different, but better alternatives.