The Year In Quotes — Practical Advice, Inspiration, and Humour Part 5

As yet another year comes to an end, we’re looking back at all the different people that we’ve had the pleasure to meet. What we like best is that all these come from people we’ve met on the streets — every day people, not always high-ranking CEOs or industry veterans, but always with a unique perspective and their own points of view. No matter where you came from, we’d like to thank each of you for being so incredibly open in sharing about yourselves, and in turn, inspiring us and our readers. Here’s our round up of the year in words, the fifth in a seven-part series — quotes, stories, and quips from our Shentonistas this year that might not have made the final cut, but have definitely stuck with us throughout 2015.

“When I’m in my thirties or forties, I would like to own a farm which would double as a theme park. There’ll be cows and sheep and apple-picking and a roller-coaster right smack in the middle of it all.”
— Rasyiqah

“When I was in college I entertained the notion of being a jazz recording artist and live performer. The first bar a friend and I tried to peddle our services to at Club Street sent us home with $50, saying the stuff was too sleep-inducing! But I say, fail early to succeed sooner. We’ve both found our place in the world.”
— Shan

“Probably a fighter pilot so I could wear sick Raybans every day.”
— Scott

“In another life, I would be a handstand-doing, Martha-Stewart-party-planning individual.”
— Tianyun

“An astronaut. Outer space, and the idea of something out there being beyond human comprehension and being limitless in potential and boundaries, has always captured my imagination and interest.”
— Aziah

“Farmer living in France, growing my own cheese, with my own wine yard.”
— Inez

“If I had the brains, maybe I’d be a chemist or astrophysicist instead. Maybe then my life would be of better use to society. I can’t cure cancer by selecting sweaters. Or can I? One thing’s for sure, I’m donating my body for science, full stop.”
— Allysha

“You-tuber! It’s my closet ambition but I came of age in the dinosaur era of pagers, so I’m simply not savvy enough in the new social media landscape.”
— Jennifer

“I’d love to teach but I don’t think I have the patience to deal with the self-entitled parents of today. Plus I’m quite sure I’d be fired by the first day for child abuse.”
— Pat

“A spy. I’d love to work for a government’s central intelligence, involved in espionage and all that.”
— Gillian

“A journalist writing profiles of interesting people across professions and passions. A criminal profiler. Manning the info counter at Kinokuniya. Or an extra in a Jay Chou or Wang Lee Hom MTV.”
— Lishan