reaching for that... goal!

i got to watch goal! last week. it can be likened to many of the movies which talk about dreams and reaching for them. of course, not all of them feature 3 football giants in the same screen, albeit for only a few seconds. i'm talking about beckham, raul and zidane. of course, you can't take this lightly when the premise is that you're a complete nobody, coming from the latin community of LA. somebody spots you and gives you a ticket to showcase your skills to the manager of one of the bigger teams in england. off you go, and on the way, you encounter a number of obstacles. playing in your first game is just the tip of the iceberg if you do well. and winning game after game must be the greatest feeling of them all. what makes this a nice watch is that you can relate to the feelings of santiago munez. playing football elicits similar feelings in me. love of the game wants me to achieve greater heights that santiago has. in fact, the succeeding goal! movies will feature santi inside the camp bernabeu, home of real madrid, and if this is correct, the last will be his world cup appearance, him being an illegal immigrant and all. just achieving his dreams makes me rejoice for santi, with goosebumps welling up in me as he achieves his dreams.

this brings me to a more important topic: my goals. our teacher in HE 100 has been telling us that without goals, we won't be going anywhere. we should have a map of the things we want to achieve and the things we ought to do to achieve them. this serves as a guide for the things we'll be doing for the next few years or the next decade of our lives. this has bothered me because i have no concrete plans. i only have this general goal that i want to achieve and yet, i'm not sure how i'll get there yet. the means i'm thinking about is not even very nice when you look at it. it's not how many successful people come to achieve their dreams. however, i'm just planning to wing it out, see how the tides go and just plan based on it. i don't think i'm much of a long-term planner person. in fact, if its alright, i wish i will not have to involve myself in a career related to food technology. or not. i'm not sure yet. this social responsibility thing hinges on my mind. work in this field is complicated. chemistry, physics, biology. but it's stuff for CSI if you are in the right job. hmm, i remember thinking i could work in forensics for an exciting career. however, there are a number of things i want to do alongside having a career. so, nothing's resolved. i've just aired it out. let me do some more thinking.