LOST
After the fun of elementary and the laughter in high school and the glory days in college…after having applied to all the job openings in your field and eventually those not in your field…after having gotten over the anxiety of that first summons and nerve wracking interview…when all of life’s regrets seem to pile up and you repeat that interview over and over again in your head, wondering how you could have ever answered something so stupid and mundane as “my great weakness is that I have trouble with punctuality”(Note: That was just an example)…while lying in your bed temporarily having forgotten that you have that social life to get back to before you exit the (wonderful to some and not so wonderful to many) world of the unemployed.
And after having worked for a few years—Yes, surprisingly, work can still be found in the Philippines!… despite what has unconsciously been inculcated in our minds since time in memorial, it is quite a fallacy that work cannot be found in this graftly corrupted country (I am well aware of the fact that there is no such word as “graftly” but this is my blog and I can very well create my own lingo if I want to. Thank you). Those that cannot find work are those that do not try hard enough, in harsher terms: the losers that give up. Its as simple as that, trust me. But mind you I did not say high-paying (in your standards), I only said work. Nursing students need not apply.
But let me not deviate from my theme… :) this is not about employment or unemployment, I’ll worry about the latter when I resign. This about the what nows. You work not necessarily your ass off, but yes, you work and try to find dignity and importance in whatever it is you do…counting the number of subordinates you have as the years go by while finding some distorted form of self-worth by doing so. With your pay you buy most of the things you either couldn’t afford or had to really save up for when you were on allowance slash charity. You might kick yourself eventually and regret having wasted so much money on that impulse buy, but hey? Its my money. I don’t have a family to support so what the heck! Spend! Spend! Spend!
The single and employed are the backbone of this dwindling economy.
So here goes the big question—WHAT NOW?? Think about it. I’ll continue this later.
And after having worked for a few years—Yes, surprisingly, work can still be found in the Philippines!… despite what has unconsciously been inculcated in our minds since time in memorial, it is quite a fallacy that work cannot be found in this graftly corrupted country (I am well aware of the fact that there is no such word as “graftly” but this is my blog and I can very well create my own lingo if I want to. Thank you). Those that cannot find work are those that do not try hard enough, in harsher terms: the losers that give up. Its as simple as that, trust me. But mind you I did not say high-paying (in your standards), I only said work. Nursing students need not apply.
But let me not deviate from my theme… :) this is not about employment or unemployment, I’ll worry about the latter when I resign. This about the what nows. You work not necessarily your ass off, but yes, you work and try to find dignity and importance in whatever it is you do…counting the number of subordinates you have as the years go by while finding some distorted form of self-worth by doing so. With your pay you buy most of the things you either couldn’t afford or had to really save up for when you were on allowance slash charity. You might kick yourself eventually and regret having wasted so much money on that impulse buy, but hey? Its my money. I don’t have a family to support so what the heck! Spend! Spend! Spend!
The single and employed are the backbone of this dwindling economy.
So here goes the big question—WHAT NOW?? Think about it. I’ll continue this later.
posted by Asya at 9:14 PM
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