2. Regret Always Come Late

Imagine that you had finished your studies. Yes ! No more mugging nightmare. No more staying in the library from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. No more hair-pulling because of Bolzano-Weierstrass. Bellman and Kuhn-Tucker theorems and proofs.

Now, it's time to find a job to repay the "piece of paper" that had made you suffer for 3 years. You start browsing for job vacancies. You see your dream job and it requires the following:

1. Graduates with 2:1 (second upper class honours) or above
2. Shows initiative, leadership and teamwork skills
3. Good interpersonal skills and communication ability
4. Fluent in written and spoken English and Mandarin.
5. Proficient in MS Office especially Excel and Powerpoint
6. Shows interest in finance 
7. Preferably have finished one or two internships

You quickly prepare your CV and try to recall what you had done during the last 3 years.

1. You didn't do really well for your studies because you were a "last-minute" student - you started studying 4- 5 weeks before the exams and unfortunately (and as expected) you only got a 2:2 if not a pass degree.
2. You did not get involved in any of extra curricular activities. You went home straight away after lectures and tutorials.
3. You were "shy" type and only mingle with few people at school and seldom talked.
4. You only hang out with friends from your own country and only spoke your own language.
5. Oh come on ! Since when UOL required students to use MS Office ? Hmmphh !
6. You took BSc. Mathematics and Economics or Management and didn't take any finance course.
7. You remembered you were offered an unpaid internship but you turned it down.

Time flies and 1 hour has passed but you could not remember any experience or skill you had garnered to match most the criteria above. You remembered that you had spent most of your time (other than studying) watching Korean dramas, Facebook-ing, and playing DotA or World of Warcraft. Tears starts flowing from your eyes, you regret all the "crimes" you had committed and wish that you could turn back the time.

Fortunately, it was just a imagination! Your wish had been granted and now you are back to the present time. However, the nightmare is still vivid in your mind and you hope it never occurs to you in the future. You quickly wipe your sweat and seek out the remedies.