Highlights (part 1)

Warning: What you are about to read is something you've never heard me speak of it before. It tells about my personal experiences, my pain, suffering, and the like.

Most of you guys wonder: Why these past three years? Well, to tell you honestly, I've reached a series of ups and downs for the past three years -- in short, after I graduated. After summer 2004.



Looking back through college
I decided to take a break after my last summer classes. Yes, I did not graduate on time. But who cares anyway? I'm still proud of myself even though I flunked a lot of subjects. If in case you're wondering, here are my failed subjects: lol

1st year, 1st semester
1. Math 101A - 5 units
2. English 101 - 3 units
3. Filipino 1 - 3 units

Total: 11 units = under probationary (must not fail a single subject next semester)

2nd year, 1st semester
1. Calculus 1 - 4 units
2. Statistics - 3 units

Total: 7 units = under probationary (must not fail a single subject this summer)

3rd year, 2nd semester
1. Art Appreciation - 3 units
2. Marriage and Counseling - 3 units (incomplete; cleared oct 2004)

4th year, 2nd semester
1. Information Systems Resource Management - 3 units
2. English 102 - 3 units (incomplete; cleared aug 2004)

A student having these grades would have shifted to another course, or stopped going to college and work in a call center. But not for me. I still kept going forward. Everytime I fell down, I stood up. I endured various kinds of stress: physical, mental, and emotional. This is one of my biggest accomplishments. Even though I didn't march with my batchmates, I'm still proud of what I've done.

And so, my next challenge: work.



Metrobank
My mom's former boss offered me a job at Metrobank. So yeah, I took the job, even if I had 2 incomplete subjects at that time. To cut the long story short, I got fired after 2 months of employment because they found out my incomplete subjects. I've been trashtalked by their HR Manager, telling me that I'm a big liar, and that I should fix my life first before getting another job.

Now wait a minute... who the fuck are you to tell me on what must be done on my life? I think you need to fix yours first before I fix mine.

After that incident, I got addicted to gaming. For eight months I thought of nothing but Ragnarok. I never thought of working again at that time, all I did was play, and play, and play. Well, on the other hand, I met a lot of people and made new friends, some of them are reading my blog right now. Some of them are of my age, but most of them are just kids. And then it hit me. I guess I should start to move on with my life. And so I did.



To leave, or not to leave
I tried applying to some of the big companies in Makati, and got rejected due to my grades.

At that point I felt hopeless,

A few days after that, my ninangs from LA called me, hooking me up to Annie, a friend of theirs in LA. They're taking me with them once they come back in five months.

I don't wanna break their hearts, so I made a deal with them. If I can't get a job in five months, I'll go with them. And marry Annie.



Teligent Systems, Inc. and Allied Bank
After I made the deal, I went to Makati, Ortigas, Alabang, and started applying again. There were only two results: either I get rejected, or wait for their call, which eventually, didn't call up. And then I seeked help. I talked to my batchmates: PV, Paolo, Cay, and Brian, asking if they have any vacancies in their company. Only Brian replied. And so I applied, and fortunately, I got in! There's a catch though... They told me that for five months, I would undergo training in one of my most hated languages, COBOL. So I guess the deal's off.

I had no choice but to take it. I took my previous job for granted, and now I am paying the price. I also met new friends, namely: PA, Angela, Ardee, Rossini, John Go, Nap, Christian, Liezl, Axiel, and Ma'am Jocyl. Not a dull moment with these guys.



GSIS
After five months of training, me and Ardee got deployed into GSIS. Being deployed there isolated us from the outside world, letting us experience the harsh reality of a project in critical status: Weeks of overtime. Tremendous amounts of pressure. Your project manager going nuts because you guys can't meet the deadline. Well it's all her fault though. Her irrational and unrealistic goals led her to her downfall. We ended up bailing out of the project.

(to be continued)