Hi! Hells Yeah!
Awhile ago, I started sending my curriculum vitae to random prospective jobseekers in Jobstreet.com. There’s actually a lot of good companies looking for an Industrial Engineering graduate but it was quite hard to apply since I’m a new entrant, and most of the job positions that are available require lots of years/experience, but I still applied. I trust my instinct but the spontaneity of this action makes me hope for more chance of being considered.
I don’t have any plans set after graduation. I’m still accepting the reality that I’m a graduate who’ll soon face the real world with less financial support from other family members, and someone who have to live independently and expected to have a job as soon as possible. With my case during my last term in Mapua, I wasn’t expecting that high that I will pass my Industrial Engineering course, that’s why I didn’t plan anything that relates to future actions. I was hoping and praying that I would pass, and it happened. True enough, God is powerful and praying is the best way to communicate with Him. I passed the course, completed my thesis and settled everything that would hinder me from graduating. Now, my name, they say (because I haven’t seen it myself), is on the official list of graduates, but still here I am, trying hard to somehow plan things for the next days of my life. Coping up with reality is hard. I used to do things spontaneously which is, obviously, not that applicable as I grow and mature physically and mentally.
My graduation is on the 18th of the Love Month. I am thrilled by the fact that I’m walking onto the platform of PICC and receive my pseudo-diploma that I was longing for a very long time. But as days go by, the more pressure are being given to me by myself telling that I am in dire need of a job. I’m not a fan of bumming around the house because it makes me feel sick, and I don’t want to waste every moment of my life by just sitting in front of the TV and watch noontime shows. That made me realize that I’m not that unproductive being after all.
Before, all I wanted was to graduate and have a Bachelor Degree. Now, me head is on a hunt for a good job that would pay the rent that will be enthroned to me any time soon. This entry is getting heavy already and I think that I should stop over thinking because that wouldn’t help go far.
On a lighter now, the wi-fi signal that my laptop is receiving gives me the freedom to surf over the internet. If you must know, I’m don’t live with my mom or anyone anymore. I now live in a condominium of doom, well not really since the TV has cable connection and there are still canned goods to eat, but I can’t live with that alone forever. I need an internet connection which I can’t have yet because PLDT processes documents like a snail. I was using a sim card-driven SmartBro internet service, I’ve spent a lot of money for the load, but I’m not satisfied with everything about it. The connection is slower than a dial-up connection and that the price that I’m paying for is now worth it. Now I wonder how come they claim that they have the fastest internet provider? I hate Mo Twister, he’s a liar. Smart is really not that Smart in proving their service after all. Good thing that I’m on Globe, but too bad that they can’t prove internet connection to me because the condominium that I’m in is sort of consigned with PLDT. But anyway, I think that PLDT or any broadband internet connection is good, except SMART. Oh, I really hate Smart.
Even though I don’t have a full-time work, I will be working on a project-based work that’ll start on Tuesday. My friend, Patrick, included me in the team and I’ll be working with some of my former classmates Pau and Chris. The most wonderful part is that my former professors, Ma’am Villapando, Ma’am Borres and Ma’am German will be part of the team, too. Now we’re colleagues, which is sort of intimidating, I have to work professionally. This is the my first job and I hope that everything will turn out fine. I don’t want to talk about the salary right now because it’s the experience that I’m after with. The work is almost the same work that I did in my internship. The company is ACS (Advance Contact Solution), it’s a BPO/call center that resides in Makati. Oh, I don’t want to get lost in that city again! I’m getting more excited just by typing these. Oh yeah.
There’s a lot of things that I want to to after graduation, part of it is to apply for a student’s permit and learn how to drive. Now that I’m going to be working and I’m coming from a far place (Valenzuela City), mode of transportation is a big factor. I don’t want to waste my time walking on a very long rode, queue in long lines during rush hours in MRT/LRT, stand on bus, and even inhale the pollution of the metro. I mean, I’ve had too much of it when I was a student, and as much as I wanted to take this out of my system, my inability to drive hinders me to do this. I know that gas double its price from time to time, but having a car is convenient a less stressful. I never dreamed of having a car but if there’s one graduation gift that I would love to receive, that is a car. Whatever kind it may be as long that it could take me to places that I need to go, and it is brand new. I’ve had too much of second-hand stuff. They’re more prone to being broken or having random system failure.
Living alone makes me feel somehow lonely. Lonely in a sense that I felt the need to live with someone, aside from my family members. But this has to wait and I believe that this will come just right on time. I just hope that it won’t be too late.
I need to change my lifestyle. I’m not a kid nor a teenager anymore. I’m grown up. An adult in his tweenty-ish age who has to stop sucking thumb and stop leaning against the people who used to support me. I mean, I really need to live independently. But on top of it is that I need to live healthily. I want to go to the gym and work my ass off on heavy weighs. Not that I want to be a muscle builder, it’s just I feel like the fat living on my body is taking is toll on me. My tummy looks like I’m pregnant, I’m having man boobs, and my arms look thin. I need to tone up my body. I need to stay healthy and look fresh. I know that it takes a lot of motivation to get this done, but I pray and believe that I can do this when the opportunity comes. I just need to practice self-discipline and stop eating too much rice, even though I need to look sort-of fat.
It’s almost five in the morning and I have a dentist meeting at ten, I should stop blabbing now. Oh, I really missed doing this.
God bless Haiti. God bless us : )
