i'm unhappy - Page 2

bro, once the op is finished with MS economics: international bus&fin, he can make a decent living in places like Hong Kong..

and r u still in high school?

and I'm trying to make it a light out of things. you don't have to answer back in depressing mood because that's the way op asked the question..

though i feel bad for those unable to attend college, i think it's human nature to want more than they have. in addition, I dont think its beneficial for me to say "oh i guess there is people here who's doing worse than me so i should feel grateful".

it wasnt easy for me to get my BA, during that time, i was working 40 hrs a wk and attending college as a full time student with 5 course loads. every summer break i took up full time jobs working 60+ hrs a wk. i spent a year n a half working 60+ a week to save up money to go back to school. even now, i'm working 36 hrs a wk while taking 5 courses on the graduate level. success dont come easy.

and then after all that hard work you realize, "hey i'm going no where in life"

its a little hard to swallow.

i dont expect you to understand. but i really dont like ur attitude.

No I'm not. I'm in community college. I understand now that it was a harmless joke, but I felt as if it was a little harsh considering what they are going through.

i went through a similar thing in school.

so why don't i tell you how depressing my story is and then we can cry over it and then kill ourselves.

wow, ur unbelievable. u've been in the same situation, so u should know better than anyone else how difficult that life was.

there is a fine line between being overly optimistic and just being plain delusional. if you think having a MS degree will give u a free ride in a decent job in asian countries then obviously you havent been getting proper information. Having a degree and not having experience means shit. there's tons of people with oversea degrees in major asian cities, and you know what they got and people like us dont? papers and experience. and you know what jobs we get when we get back? entry level jobs with salaries equivalent to 2/3 of what we earn here working under the table. and you know whats worse, major asian cities usually mean high living expenses. meaning you earn less and spend more. but hey, at least yu get treated like a person right?

next time you look at the bright and sunny side, be realistic.

YOU MAKE ME ANGRY!!!

I got Tyler's joke...and back to meehx3,

I can relate. I was happy in high school then college was a 180. I felt that way during my first semester in college and the feelings creep up once in a while. Congratulations on the AS and MS degrees, that gives me something to work towards.

I got over my depression moments by doing what I liked: watching tv (asian dramas, BBC, and some american soaps, and soccer) and swimming. That's what I would recommend. And for the internships, I would recommend craigslist or backpage.com. Do something other than what is routine. Take a break, a short one so you don't completely lose your job or get behind in class. That helps me retain my sanity. And feel free to vent, typing may not be the same as physically talking to someone, but it helps.

I got Tyler's joke...and back to meehx3,

I can relate. I was happy in high school then college was a 180. I felt that way during my first semester in college and the feelings creep up once in a while. Congratulations on the AS and MS degrees, that gives me something to work towards.

I got over my depression moments by doing what I liked: watching tv (asian dramas, BBC, and some american soaps, and soccer) and swimming. That's what I would recommend. And for the internships, I would recommend craigslist or backpage.com. Do something other than what is routine. Take a break, a short one so you don't completely lose your job or get behind in class. That helps me retain my sanity. And feel free to vent, typing may not be the same as physically talking to someone, but it helps.

So basically, you're unhappy because you realize that you can't start out big?

You gotta start somewhere so you can start at an entry lvl position and then build your career incrementally.

By your own definition it's "entry level" jobs. after years of experience, your salary gets better.

So you would rather get paid off the books working at restaurant rather than work at a job where your salary gets better as time goes on just because off the books pay u more?

the reason why the living expense is high is because people who live in the city make a lot of money. And you have a chance to become one of them.

probably better than feeling depressed.

Big Black C... ?