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| When I grow up I wanna be???? |
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| Caraj |
| 03/02/05 at 15:51:25 |
| I was thinking back on my childhood and when my sons were little. What I wanted to be when I grew up and what they wanted to be. And how things change over the years. So what did/do you want to be when you grow up? I had 2 goals but married young. I wanted to be a Veterinarian and also a fighter pilot and later a cooperate pilot. I kid you not. However if I had to do it all over again I would of still had my sons. |
| 03/02/05 at 20:44:57 |
| Caraj |
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| Maryam |
| 03/02/05 at 18:19:48 |
| [slm] Azizah, How are U!? I hope that you are doing great by the grace of Allah (swt). I've been lurking around in the shadows, here and there. Wow! A fighter pilot, you go girl. Let's see, ... Youngest I can remember, I wanted to be an Ice-cream truck driver...(to get to have all the ice cream I wanted) Then I think I wanted to be a football player, like the first ever girl-football player or something...(I was such a tomboy, thanks to my two older brohters). I too wanted to be a pilot at one time... Then finally a teacher. But for now, I've settled into growing computer world. Sometimes life takes you where you least expect yourself to be. |
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| Ameera15 |
| 03/02/05 at 18:44:22 |
| [slm] Interesting thread :D When I was small I wanted to be postman or more correct postwoman, who brings the letters to people's homes. Later I wished to become lawyer, but wasn't written to happen. Alhamdulillah, otherwise I need to follow and defend according to man made laws and not the ultimate law of Allah(swt). After i finished my Economy school, I made few different courses, looking for something suitable, but at last I found myself not good in anything ??? as I become bored quite easyly. After that came the kids and thy are still small, but I desire to make new course, which i think is my new passion. Well, alhamdulillah for everything and in all cases! :) |
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| Kathy |
| 03/02/05 at 20:01:00 |
| [slm] Cute post, can't wait to read the answers. First i wanted to be a Veterenarian. Until I read James Harriet's books and found out i wouldn't always be dealing with small critters. his description of helping a cow give birth, sent me running! Then I wanted to be a Nun....until i kissed a boy... (I wasn't always Muslim) Then I wanted to become a dietition and was half way there, broke my leg, running after a boy.... (Yep, i wasn't a Muslim yet!) Then I wanted to be a sex therapist (I think I am seeing a pattern here....) for Muslims... Yep I was a Muslim now, but hubby would have nothing to do with it! |
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| Caraj |
| 03/02/05 at 20:50:41 |
| [quote author=Maryam link=board=bebzi;num=1109796685;start=0#1 date=03/02/05 at 18:19:48] [slm] Azizah, How are U!? I hope that you are doing great by the grace of Allah (swt). I've been lurking around in the shadows, here and there. Wow! A fighter pilot, you go girl. [/quote] I am well and things are getting better everyday all thanks to Allah. Yeah my airplane and helicopter love came to me at age 5 By 7 y/o I had decided OK Military after school to be a fighter pilot so there was age 20 to 30 plans with Veterinary school after. But eye glasses at 8 y/o squashed that. And Verterinarian after that and marriage at 15 and first son at 16 squashed that. But thats ok I would of rathered of had my boys. |
| 03/02/05 at 20:53:19 |
| Caraj |
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| UmmWafi |
| 03/02/05 at 23:11:52 |
| [wlm] Didnt know what I wanna be when I grow up. All grown up now and still dunno what I wanna be....hmmm... |
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| Halima |
| 03/02/05 at 23:47:53 |
| [slm] All, I wanted to be a singer - I was very good at it in school and I was member of the Music club but then my Dad (Allah Ya Arahamu) would have killed me... I wanted to be an actress - again was very good at it in school and I was a member of the drama club but again, my Dad (Allah Ya Arahamu) would have killed me... So, two dreams squashed. No regrets whatsoever and I thank my Dad. I wanted to be a politician - was very good in debates at school and I was a member of the debating club... and even now, people who know me and my colleagues say I have the potential to be a politician .... politics? A dirty word and look where it is taking the world! Nah! I wanted to be a mother and have many children .... but marriage went awry! The one thing I don't regret is HAVING MY BOYS! ALHAMDU LILLAH! They are a joy and enrich my life. So, marriage did give me SOMETHING PRECIOUS - KIDS! I wanted to be a writer ... I am very good in writing and English has always been my best subject in and out of school. I still hold this dream dear to my heart because one day ..... may be during my retirement .... the boys will have left the nest .... I will put words on paper that are mine! I love reading. I want to cruise the world on a cruise ship! Another dream I hold dear and hope INSHA-ALLAH that it will come true when my boys are standing on their own feet. Ah, well.... [wlm] Halima |
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| tree |
| 03/03/05 at 08:00:19 |
| [quote author=Kathy link=board=bebzi;num=1109796685;start=0#3 date=03/02/05 at 20:01:00] Then I wanted to be a Nun....until i kissed a boy... (I wasn't always Muslim) Then I wanted to become a dietition and was half way there, broke my leg, running after a boy.... (Yep, i wasn't a Muslim yet!) [/quote] TeeHee :D I also wanted to be a postman (ok, postwoman, but it doesn't quite sound the same?) I think because i loved watching postman pat :D then i wanted to be a firefighter....in fact, i still sometimes think about it... i also thought about being a lawyer, but i'm glad that i didn't follow that path and i also wanted to be a traveller and go visit everycorner of the world.... i don't know what I am now :P but i think i'm still hoping to be a traveller for the rest of my life!! tree |
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| sal |
| 03/03/05 at 15:52:50 |
| I will mention two things I wanted to be business owner. I liked the freedom of doing my own job plus I knew limited income like salary is not enough to do everything I want or give what I want .I always thought I can make more through business(that is my own personal view any way not the fact ok?) I think that was another reason I also wanted to travel much to see as much places in the world as I can for this I don’t have any reason And what happened is I found my self working for Citi bank(forgive me I didn’t have idea about the RIBA at that time) instead of for my own business but the dream was still there . I left that job and tried to make my own business. I did make it finally, unfortunately failed and lost much money over my first new project I insisted to do and I failed again I tried to forget this dream but I couldn’t ,so I again started in much less capital than I did in my previous ones and this was where the dream became true since then I am doing my own job The interesting thing I found in this is, 1-The lose of money in business is not like when you lose some money . Car is stolen or your house is burnt without insurance etc..I always feel encouraged and have hope there will always be compensation via another coming transaction and it happens in fact some times up and some times down .If I lose I know it has to be and if I get much profit it makes me no so happy I also found myself traveling much some of the trips very boring and unwanted but became a part of struggling for life ,This contradicts the freedom I thought I could get .It is much more harder than I thought it would but I like and love it very much regardless of all its hardship because that is what I wanted and ALLAH wanted me to be when I grow up I just mentioned that how suddenly dream and truth matched though there are other things I wanted to be but not yet perhaps when I grow up more ? |
| 03/19/05 at 15:01:19 |
| sal |
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| chocolate |
| 03/03/05 at 16:03:23 |
| It’s funny the timing of this thread should come up at a time where at my school we are having career day and listening to guest speakers. 8)When I was little I always wanted to be a scientist. Exactly what kind of scientist? That changed over the course of the years. first an astronaut and told myself that I want to go to the moon and build a house and get married to some moon guy and have half-moon guy half-normal kids. :-[(Weird, I know, I had a rather... wild, let's say, imagination) Then one day I said I wanted to be a comedian, but I didn’t think I would be good at it so I went back to scientist. I don’t know what I'll major in college yet, though I’ll be going there soon. aahhh. but I definitely know what I want to be... kind of. a biomedical/biochemistry scientist researcher person... ok I don't exactly know the exact name but close enough. Insha allah…. And as a part-time career- a traveler and a writer. coz I love them both But I remember when I was little I wanted to work in a candy store so I could all the candy I wanted. I also wanted to grow up into a grownup ::) so I could BUY all the candy I wanted :P. |
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| chocolate |
| 03/03/05 at 16:05:07 |
| It’s funny where life leads us. My dad ever since he was 4, wanted to be a pilot. Then one day when he was 18 or so when computers were gaining popularity, he learned a little about them and was Hooked. Now he is a computer analyst. My mommy wanted to be radio broadcaster, a public speaker a writer and an English teacher and she got to do all of them Masha Allah, alhamdulillah. However it’s kind of sad, she has muscular dystrophy now; a disease where your muscles start deteriorating and so she cant go out that much. :(She is teaching a few kids Malayalam, an Indian language, which is their native tongue… their parents were complaining that they know too much English and need to learn abt their roots, lol. But she is not anything else right now. Please pray for her…. She ‘s like in this weird depression right now because she used to be able to do all the careers she wanted and now she does none…. How sad…. :'( Haha, yeah my sister too wanted to be a news anchorwoman. Lol…. She LOVED to talk.. wanted her own talk show… :-X ;D she would have bored the guests to DEATH!! |
| 03/03/05 at 16:06:53 |
| chocolate |
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| lilac |
| 03/10/05 at 07:43:44 |
| [slm] Well - I wanted to be a News reporter -> Journalist -> Air Hostess -> -> But then around age 16 wanted to become a Dietitian - which alhamdulilaah i have become (been working for 5yrs) |
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| Savaira |
| 03/10/05 at 18:17:21 |
| [slm] Man I wanted to be so many things when I was growing up. First thing I remember I wanted to be was a teacher cuz I used to take all the little kids in my room and pretend to have a classroom and start teachin em whatever I knew, daddy even got me a huge blackboard in my room ;D. Then I started reading those nancy drew books and wanted to be a detective, then a Vet, then a journalist bcuz i loved to write. When I started college I wanted to major in Psychology but daddy wanted me to go into computers so thats what I started doing, and finally i ended up to be, not a psychologist or an IT professional, but a wife and mother of 3 :o. Alhamdulillah I am happy though, and inshaAllah maybe someday when my kids are a little older I will become either an interior designer or a florist :), lets see what happens. [wlm] |
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| lilac |
| 03/19/05 at 12:25:25 |
| LOL! I loved reading Nancy Drew Books too .... AND i use to teach to invisible students !!! |
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| Trustworthy |
| 03/20/05 at 03:20:54 |
| [slm]... Sweet thread. Hmmm....first I wanted to become Smurfette, then a good witch....then I wanted to RULE THE WORLD. Yep...RULE THE WORLD. WOOHOO!!! Really. ::) Then.....reality hit me and my dreams changed. I've always had this fascination with the endless Universe and possible alien lives. So Astronaut was my first choice and I became a trekki ever since I can remember. Watched the stars and looked for that falling star. Finally, I saw my first aflling star at the age of 27, but still it was like seeing something move from the corner of your eye. Al-hamdullilah, last year, I learned about a meteor shower and it was going to hit above Washington so that noght I got out a blanket with my daughter and nephew and we all layed looking up and it was the coolest thing ever. We counted about 10 shooting stars each cause they were hitting every few seconds. But Mom was like Astronaut, no way. Aliens freaked her out. So I wanted to be fighter pilot, Mom said, doctor. So she put that dream in my mind and I wanted to become a mad scientist and discover the cure for cancer because my cousin had cancer and the her doctor gave her 2 years. After she died that 2 years, I gave up on wanting to be anything and just let life hit me. I took the easy road and became an IT professional. Love my job, but now almost 12 years later, I've gotten my dream of becoming a doctor again and studying at the moment to make that dream come true. So Insha-Allah. Make du'as for me please. P.U.S.H. right....... Love reading yuor posts. Allah (SWT) knows best. Allah (SWT) bless..... Ma-assalaamah.... |
| 03/20/05 at 03:26:42 |
| Trustworthy |
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