This morning I was confronted with a question about my being able to handle my responsibility with my career and my role as a wife and mother. How do I handle it?
Frankly my dears, I don't! It is true that one can not dove-tail, or do more than two things at the same time. Perhaps, the proper terminology to be used is J-U-G-G-L-E. yup! Since I have 24 hours to spend in a day, most often than not, I juggle work, home and school...
It is not easy.
Imagine jumping from one meeting to another...and then squeeze in bringing my daughter to and from school..plus the assignments and PTA meetings...then coming home from a very hectic day, I have to help out and do some house chores. if you think it may be tiring, exhausting, difficult, physically challenging...Y-O-U are definitely correct.
I admit, there are times I feel like giving up. That there are times I really have to sacrifice something...that I am not S-U-P-E-R M-O-M after all...but these times happen a very seldom that I don't mind them at all. Just think that the word T-I-R-E-D is not in the English dictionary...what's that again? and that it is more of F-U-L-F-I-L-L-I-N-G in the end. Knowing that you are going to wake up inspired, around embraces of people I love...what more can I ask?
Ciao!
Friday, October 12, 2007
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
How to last a job for more than five months....
I have been working for at least ten years now after I graduated from college 1994.
From then on, I've been into 8 jobs. Twice as Customer associate, twice as Hotel Department Secretary, as a University Professor, as a Food Chain Marketing Manager, as a Guess? Retail Store Manager, and now as Marketing Manager with the premier and only aquasports facility in Mindanao...
Not only that, I got a Master in Business Administration degree ( almost), 2 vocational courses (Professional Caregiver and Call Center Agent), volunteered to the Davao Autism Center as Editor-in-chief for it's school newsletter, worked OJT as a caregiver with a local cooperative hospital, and earned an english proficiency certificate.
Don't stop counting yet...I also got married, had my first and only daughter Grae...built our bamboo house...went scuba-diving for the first time...
I have often been joked upon by former co-employees,by my relatives...and friends, that I am a jack of all trades...master of none. My mother, a retired AVP for Operations for a broadcasting company here in Davao City, Philippines would tell me...to stop...and be at ease, she had a say on it, she retired by the way with a 50 years of Service and Loyalty Awarded to her...but I'd just laugh and say...Iwill...in time.
Ive been into high salaries, good benefits, prestigious company's, challenging and odd jobs...'till now.
It's no joke...all in ten years.
I am about to have my first year anniversary with my present employer...and I feel great and good still. I still feel as excited as I did when I first walked in Wind and Wave Davao. And I realized these are the few things I found worthwile.
First, I enjoy it. I am not restricted in the four corners of an office, I go out and see sunshine...the blue sea...trees...birds...feel the wind...and sand. ( Did I mention,I met Nemo too?)
Second, I am with real people. From the Boat crew to the Board of Directors...all real, they laugh and cry....get mad...pig-out on food, drink beer, get sick...get well...
Third, I have time for myself. To explore, discover...express my views and be heard. To have mistakes...and a chance to correct them...this way I learn.
So now I realize, for me to last for more than five months...I just need to be myself...it's more than just doing the career...what's important is to shine!
From then on, I've been into 8 jobs. Twice as Customer associate, twice as Hotel Department Secretary, as a University Professor, as a Food Chain Marketing Manager, as a Guess? Retail Store Manager, and now as Marketing Manager with the premier and only aquasports facility in Mindanao...
Not only that, I got a Master in Business Administration degree ( almost), 2 vocational courses (Professional Caregiver and Call Center Agent), volunteered to the Davao Autism Center as Editor-in-chief for it's school newsletter, worked OJT as a caregiver with a local cooperative hospital, and earned an english proficiency certificate.
Don't stop counting yet...I also got married, had my first and only daughter Grae...built our bamboo house...went scuba-diving for the first time...
I have often been joked upon by former co-employees,by my relatives...and friends, that I am a jack of all trades...master of none. My mother, a retired AVP for Operations for a broadcasting company here in Davao City, Philippines would tell me...to stop...and be at ease, she had a say on it, she retired by the way with a 50 years of Service and Loyalty Awarded to her...but I'd just laugh and say...Iwill...in time.
Ive been into high salaries, good benefits, prestigious company's, challenging and odd jobs...'till now.
It's no joke...all in ten years.
I am about to have my first year anniversary with my present employer...and I feel great and good still. I still feel as excited as I did when I first walked in Wind and Wave Davao. And I realized these are the few things I found worthwile.
First, I enjoy it. I am not restricted in the four corners of an office, I go out and see sunshine...the blue sea...trees...birds...feel the wind...and sand. ( Did I mention,I met Nemo too?)
Second, I am with real people. From the Boat crew to the Board of Directors...all real, they laugh and cry....get mad...pig-out on food, drink beer, get sick...get well...
Third, I have time for myself. To explore, discover...express my views and be heard. To have mistakes...and a chance to correct them...this way I learn.
So now I realize, for me to last for more than five months...I just need to be myself...it's more than just doing the career...what's important is to shine!
Wind and Wave Philippines
I was browsing my friendster account...updating...and uploading pictures, when I saw my old pics specially that of my work...
A picture of the sunset, of me being the captain of WaWD's speedboat on a sunset cruise going to Monfort Bat Conservation Park in Samal Island. Frankly speaking, bats used to give me the creeps, imagining them as vampires that would crawl up to me in the middle of the night...suck and drain my blood till I'm dead hahaha. At the Bat Cave, the guests will be taught fascinating facts about bats, their behavior and requirement for privacy...and silence. The MOnfort Bat andConservation Park is sanctuary to 1.8 million Geoffrey's Rousette Fruit Bats, owned and managed by the Monfort Family...this has been reported as the last significant population of this genus known to remain throughout the world with its broad distribution from Africa through Madagascar, Asia and the Pacific.
On our stint of the exclusive Island Buevista, where you can own the whole island to yourself for a day...live like royalty...eat...drink and be merry like tomorrow never comes...Wow!
At the Pearl Farm Beach Resort,taking a plunge...scuba-diving, riding a banana boat, jetski, wakeboard or simply snorkeling and taking a tour of my native Davao Gulf...quenching my thirst for fun and excitement...
I then was taken back to how much I loved...and enjoyed what I do...I am connected with Wind and Wave Davao, the premier and only PADI Internation Resort and Retailers Association in MIndanao, Philippines...it is the authority if we speak of aquasports adventure being in the business for more than 14 years,with the largest fleet of boats...having the widest coverage for activities...and safe...what with having an emergency first respose protocol, our very own dive physicians and a hyperbaric chamber. What more can you ask for?
If you are a life-form wanting to get real...to indulge in nature's simple pleasure sometimes...or simply want to get out of the hussle and bussle of metropolitan life...check out www.windandwavedavao.com.
I know, this is the kind of life I want...for keeps!
A picture of the sunset, of me being the captain of WaWD's speedboat on a sunset cruise going to Monfort Bat Conservation Park in Samal Island. Frankly speaking, bats used to give me the creeps, imagining them as vampires that would crawl up to me in the middle of the night...suck and drain my blood till I'm dead hahaha. At the Bat Cave, the guests will be taught fascinating facts about bats, their behavior and requirement for privacy...and silence. The MOnfort Bat andConservation Park is sanctuary to 1.8 million Geoffrey's Rousette Fruit Bats, owned and managed by the Monfort Family...this has been reported as the last significant population of this genus known to remain throughout the world with its broad distribution from Africa through Madagascar, Asia and the Pacific.
On our stint of the exclusive Island Buevista, where you can own the whole island to yourself for a day...live like royalty...eat...drink and be merry like tomorrow never comes...Wow!
At the Pearl Farm Beach Resort,taking a plunge...scuba-diving, riding a banana boat, jetski, wakeboard or simply snorkeling and taking a tour of my native Davao Gulf...quenching my thirst for fun and excitement...
I then was taken back to how much I loved...and enjoyed what I do...I am connected with Wind and Wave Davao, the premier and only PADI Internation Resort and Retailers Association in MIndanao, Philippines...it is the authority if we speak of aquasports adventure being in the business for more than 14 years,with the largest fleet of boats...having the widest coverage for activities...and safe...what with having an emergency first respose protocol, our very own dive physicians and a hyperbaric chamber. What more can you ask for?
If you are a life-form wanting to get real...to indulge in nature's simple pleasure sometimes...or simply want to get out of the hussle and bussle of metropolitan life...check out www.windandwavedavao.com.
I know, this is the kind of life I want...for keeps!
Life's Pleasures
Today is the beginning of my new life... a change from the old...transformed into the person I am now...a metamorphosis...like that of a butterfly...beautiful and free...a freedom to express myself!
You might ask why? I used to whine a lot...complain...a surge of an infinite discontent and confusion...of what's, when's, where's, why's, how's...even to a point of asking "God" if he really is there? BUt all these quesitons fall on deaf ears...if not remains an echo or words resounding back to me...unanswered...unsatisfied.
Now is my chance to express...and share my thoughts...to billions of readers whom I know are like me...maybe, learn from them too...about life and its pleasures.
I remember one person who once taught me two lessons:
First lesson: "Never depend your happiness on others".
You were born alone...naked...and crying. Your pain is yours to own, your nakedness...your shame to carry...and your individuality...yours to bear. That nobody else can solve your problems but yourself, you may drown yourself around friends but in the end,when you are in the corners of your room...staring up your bedroom ceiling...you still are all alone.
Second Lesson: " The world is a never ending change, Yes. But never expect people to change their attitude for YOU. Learn to accept if you must...if not, then let go."
We are in constant relationship with others...as a co-worker, as a son or a daughter, as a neighbor, as a relative, as a parent and so on and so forth. Because of these different roles that we have to assume, it couldn't be avoided to be confronted with conflicts...I was advised, do not expect them to change their attitude for you or might just end up dissappointed, learn to accept and love them as they are...This will help you adjust and understand the situation...to be more patient. THAT IF YOU DO NOT EXPECT A LOT, you wont be frustrated. If not, let go...and free yourself from pain.
When we avoid from being hurt...when we don't expect too much and rely only on ourselves...then can we start to say, that life is a pleasurable journey after all.
You might ask why? I used to whine a lot...complain...a surge of an infinite discontent and confusion...of what's, when's, where's, why's, how's...even to a point of asking "God" if he really is there? BUt all these quesitons fall on deaf ears...if not remains an echo or words resounding back to me...unanswered...unsatisfied.
Now is my chance to express...and share my thoughts...to billions of readers whom I know are like me...maybe, learn from them too...about life and its pleasures.
I remember one person who once taught me two lessons:
First lesson: "Never depend your happiness on others".
You were born alone...naked...and crying. Your pain is yours to own, your nakedness...your shame to carry...and your individuality...yours to bear. That nobody else can solve your problems but yourself, you may drown yourself around friends but in the end,when you are in the corners of your room...staring up your bedroom ceiling...you still are all alone.
Second Lesson: " The world is a never ending change, Yes. But never expect people to change their attitude for YOU. Learn to accept if you must...if not, then let go."
We are in constant relationship with others...as a co-worker, as a son or a daughter, as a neighbor, as a relative, as a parent and so on and so forth. Because of these different roles that we have to assume, it couldn't be avoided to be confronted with conflicts...I was advised, do not expect them to change their attitude for you or might just end up dissappointed, learn to accept and love them as they are...This will help you adjust and understand the situation...to be more patient. THAT IF YOU DO NOT EXPECT A LOT, you wont be frustrated. If not, let go...and free yourself from pain.
When we avoid from being hurt...when we don't expect too much and rely only on ourselves...then can we start to say, that life is a pleasurable journey after all.
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