Starfleet Command (Star Trek) - The best organization I can think of to sign up for, except that it won't be in this lifetime. When I was in elementary school - first time I was exposed to Star Trek franchise by accident - I thought I would become a scientist to bring this science fiction into reality. After a few introductory books on real physics, however, it became obvious that I won't live to see a FTL drive being invented.

USAF - I seriously considered becoming a fighter pilot while I was in middle school. Flying the best air superiority fighter was (and still is) my dream job which I'll never get. USAF operates them, F-15s back in the 80s and 90s, and F-22s since 2006. But the cold hard fact is that I'm neither a US citizen nor a green card holder. Why didn't I join ROKAF instead? With my severe myopia, not a chance to begin with. And there was something else - although I do admire the bravery and sacrifices of ROKAF fighter pilots in active duty, ROKAF as an organization didn't seem very attractive in terms of equipments, culture and benefits, or its scope of operations. And a series of accidents back then - not the usual pilot error or mid-air collision or engine failure, but some outrageous and embarrassing systematic failure of the organization that led to the loss of the lives of pilots - hugely disappointed me. Americans are no different in suffering terrible accidents every once in a while, yet there seem to be a slight difference in the way the system works. Even now, I remain reluctant to say I like ROKAF's way even when I, as a mere civilian, do appreciate the fact that they manage to get the job done anyway.

CIA - This 'spooky' organization is on this meaningless list NOT because I wanted to become another drive-shoot-shag James Bond, but I read too much of Tom Clancy's novels and fell for the fictional protagonist, Jack Ryan, who starts out as an intelligence analyst. In fact, I'm one of the worst liars in the world, so I've given up on becoming an intelligence field officer long time ago. (not that I've never tried lying in my life, but it seems as if it's written on my face that I'm lying, everytime I dare try) Then again, why not Korean NIS? The scope of operation, again. The main focus NIS has ever had are either counterintelligence against North Korea or domestic surveillance on the opposition parties on behalf of the current administration. Overseas activities are, well, tertiary at best at NIS since South Korea doesn't have much of overseas presence to begin with. Thus it can never be as appealing as running global intelligence for the strongest empire of the era. Nevertheless, I don't intend to become any kind of 'traitor' to any side, and my working in intelligence community is never gonna happen anyway, so a childhood fiction remains as a fiction.

FBI - Not so many friends of mine know that I could have ended up in law school for my undergraduate. Although there was a quote saying FBI agents are just 'glorified cops,' Hollywood products did quite a good job of putting the image of those 'Special Agents' being the best and the brightest bringing justice to the world. And flashing badges, the symbol of legitimate authority bestowed by sovereign state, does indeed look cool, honestly. But, voila, there's no such organization in South Korea. Within Korean legal system, you have either Public Prosecutors who would be equivalent to district/federal attorneys in the U.S. or the National Police who does most of the investigation and legworks but still falls 'under' the command of Public Prosecutor. To me, it was the 'investigative' side putting criminals behind bars that seemed particularly appealing, not the 'boring' (but oftentimes even more important than the former, as I came to realize over time) battle in the court. Yet I had to decide which major to choose between law and economics during my last year in high school. 10 years later, I still wonder what 'the road not taken' would have been like.

ECB - Euro is the first real, major, supranational currency in the modern world as far as I know, (SDR is not a real money, US dollar or Pound sterling is somewhat different in nature although both are 'international' in reality) its pros and cons is still an open question. But the ECB gets to control this common currency of 16 different nations from Frankfurt. Their job should be as sophisticated as solving a 16-dimension puzzle and colossal in workload, yet it sounds fun to me to keep such a complex system rolling. Well, at least it does when I'm looking from the outside of the system. Yet, they are independent enough from the administration(s)/government(s), they dont' have to worry about being dominated by external factors, at least not as much as my poor old friends in BOK.