Coffee Float & Career Path

My long list of employment requirements is now down to three or four... it's still a lot but I'm almost there.Whew!

I remember getting a job two months after I graduated from college. I had no effort at all in getting in. I just brought with me my recommendation letter. Astig! But then when the first school year ended I craved for more. I thought having a 5-digit monthly salary would be cooler.  With perseverance and determination, I landed in BPO and made a lot of money for 5 years and 4 months to be exact. True, it was a lot of money but I never got rich. Ha!

My journey continued when I decided to settle in the neighboring city of my hometown. In the historical Butuan is where I started a career in a College Institution. I bumped my head and enrolled in Masters degree, then when got bullied by colleagues and was "constructively dismissed", I bumped my head again and simply walked away without a word.
I sat still in my shelter doing online English tutorials. My life was so simple. I didn't even have to wear a bra while working, as long as I got my make up on and that takes care of it. I just have to speak English fluently and excellently. Until a friend convinced me to step out once more and apply for another job. To cut to the chase, I'm hired again as a Guidance Counselor. For some reason, this job title haunts me from the very beginning. I always tell myself, I'd rather be a Professor or Psychologist than to be a Guidance Counselor. But it has opened its door for me again. 

This will be my sixth job. I want it to be my last. If there's a lesson I've learned from my previous employment specially those that turned sour, it would be staying tougher on tough times. To please the Lord Almighty instead of pleasing men around, to stay humble and passionate to what I do. So just like a coffee float, making a career choice and plotting out your career path is a mix of bitterness and sweetness.

#excited mode lang. ;)

Burnout

When "No Other Woman" hit the box office, a lot of film makers mimic the story line. Sure enough they were successful in conveying the masses. It even happened in real life. It happened to me. It happened to my mother. The only difference is, my mother stayed and I didn't.
For one, if I chose to forgive that cheater and gave him another chance, our household would never be peaceful again. I know that the betrayal behavior will always come up in the middle of nowhere.
I'm saying this because it happened to my parents. I am a living witness of their feud over my father's infedility. Surprisingly, my father never admits it and still keeps doing it. So this evening his mistress had the nerve to send me destructive text messages. Things that implies how stable her relationship is with my father. I snapped when she used my father's number in texting me. I knew it was about time to express my rage. The moment my father walked through the door I became a monster. I started screaming and before I know it I threw his clothes outside and destroyed his phone.
What I don't understand is what makes an unfaithful man difficult to humble down and just leave their mistress or leave the family to stop each party's agony?
I wish it is that easy to let Papa know how painful it is for us already. His bitch acting like the victim and he can't even tame her for us.
Lord I know I am suppose to honor my father and mother...but what I saw from Papa is just so disappointing that I don't think he deserves some little respect or love anymore.

The first video I've created..

Happy Anniversary to us RJ!

It was a rainy evening of August 15, 2012 when I first met my online students. I remember grabbing a dinner from Jollibee first to treat myself for the big day when the rain suddenly poured unstoppably.

I ran for my life towards the house from the hi-way since there was no more pedalled tricycle to give me a ride. Instead of feeling devastated, I just compared the heavy rain to a life's problem that night. If I stopped running, that meant I give up. 

So I found myself home safely but was soak like a duckling who threw itself into the pond.

From that day on, I'm still bubbling with Japanese folks who never failed me by the way.

Happy Anniversary to us RareJob! Cheers! 

A Letter

A TIME TO WEEP, AND A TIME TO LAUGH; A TIME TO
MOURN, AND A TIME TO DANCE.
( ECCLESIASTES 3:4 *NKJV )

Dear Catherine,
Well you are in luck, for today is a time to laugh! So sit
back and enjoy the following message from one of our
Sister's In Christ. Soon you will be saying: THEN OUR
MOUTH WAS FILLED WITH LAUGHTER, AND OUR
TONGUE WITH SINGING. And just as Sarah said when
God told her she would have a child at her advanced age.
You will be saying: "GOD HAS MADE ME LAUGH, AND
ALL WHO HEAR WILL LAUGH WITH ME."
( PSALM 21:6 ) & ( GENESIS 21:6 )

Squirrels in Church!

A small town had only three Churches in it but they all
suffered with the same problem. You see, all three had a
serious problem with squirrels getting into the Church.

Now each Church, in its own fashion, had a meeting to
deal with the problem.

The first Church congregation decided that it was
predestined that the squirrels be in the Church, and that
they would just have to live with them.

The Second Church decided they should deal with the
squirrels lovingly . So they humanely trapped them and
released them in a park at the edge of town. However within
3 days, they had all returned and were all back in the church.

The Third Church came up with the best solution. They
voted the squirrels in as members. Now they only see them
at Christmas and Easter.

The moral of the story is: Don't be a Squirrel, attend your
Church regularly! ( Just a bit of Saturday Humor, Catherine,
please forgive me. )

In HIS Love & Service,
Papa Jesus