Here's the context as to why I wrote this blog post: People around me have been asking me about what I am doing now, and of course, I told them that I am currently pursuing my doctorate degree. Well, to be fair, this has been my answers to those around since 4 years ago. But you know, it is not easy to pursue a PhD degree, and it's a long commitment and journey towards the research you want to do. So, these people around me that questions me, they always gave me these replies "how long more to go?", "you are still doing your PhD?", "when will you complete your PhD?", "If I am in your shoe, I would have given up on PhD long ago, but it's okay, you haven't given up because your parent is rich and you can afford to live without pay for this long.", "Are you sure this is what God have called you into?" So, here are my thoughts. . . In the past, I used to be really sad and hurt to hear these comments especially from friends...