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Hailing from the southern part A visionary with a positive
Self-IdentIty of the country, I was told since contribution to society? By all
young that we millennials are
means! Count me in!
destined to do great things,
that we are supposed to be
Written by Mr. Joshua leaders of the civic squares, Except the magnificent pomp
Illustration by Gan Lin Kee Sr1A ranging from building cities, faded into insignificant grind,
to influencing young minds, day after day, year after year, as
and thus ushering the world if I am the modern Sisyphus
into a new age of prosperity. incarnate, helplessly rolling
the boulder up the slope of
daily grind to chase after a
Imagine that the new golden mirage, only to have it escape
age is engineered by yours our grasp and rolled to the
truly. How surreal! bottom. I found myself slowly
morphing into a workaholic
in various settings, from
It would be a complete lie to legal sector, to education,
say that I was not at the very attempting to invigorate
least captivated by the visions meaning into my life while
presented to me by the very vying for success.
class of people who worked in
fields upon which I would not
even dare tread. Fate, it seems, has deemed my
name unsuited to be written
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