vustudents
06-19-2011, 07:05 PM
Perhaps the most difficult and important problem for a young man is the choice of his profession. It requires a clear assessment of his talents a deep understanding of his tendencies and a realistic survey of available opportunities. I remember the anxiety and agony I experienced while making my decision. My father is a doctor and he wanted to make a doctor of me, too. In fact, he had been talking of it since my childhood I had been so much influenced by his desire that it never came to my mind that I did not like to become a doctor. Then something happened when I was in my final year at school, and it changed my plans. Our history teacher took our class to Lahore to visit the places of historical interest. For the first time I saw the magnificent buildings built by Moghul kings. The fort, the Badshahi Mosque and Jahangir, s Tomb all fired my imagination, and filled my heart with wonder and joy. I remember I had always been fascinated, by lines and angles, by squares and circles Now I looked at these beautiful, wonderful buildings with graceful pillars, tall minarets and splendid domes and I thought of the builders who had designed and built such stately structures. If I could build only one such building! I thought But how? I was to become a doctor. Still the idea, the dream, never left me. When I came back, I read every book on the Moghul monuments that I could find My interest in architecture grew so intense that I asked my father to allow me to study engineering. At first, he did not like my idea. He thought that my interest was a transitory fancy. But I had never like the odour in his dispensary; and I had never entered his surgery. I told him that I had always been afraid of sickness and the sick people. He was shocked and angry. Then he realized that I had always been terribly afraid of his surgical instruments. He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head and thought that I was too much of a silly, timid fool to study pre-engineering subjects when I passed my secondary school examination. Now, that I am taking my F.SC Examination, I am happy because shortly I shall be joining an Engineering University for my degree in architecture. I do not want to become just another engineer and build some more ugly buildings. My ambition is to translate my idea of beauty into concrete and marble. I remember my dream. I will create buildings that inspire and satisfy the aesthetic sense of all who loves beauty