i am a single mom with three children - a 12-year old son and 9-year old twin girls. i am smart, i was a philippine science high school scholar and was able to make it to one of the toughest quota courses in the University of the Philippines Diliman. irresponsibility, however, and maybe a little of naivety as well, got me pregnant. And the usual thing happened, stopped going to school, got married, had children and got separated. Even though my parents supported me financially in raising my children, i decided not to finish my studies anymore because i realized it really wasn't my passion. i started then takling up short courses on computers but that also didn't went through and i was only able to finish one short course.

as my children were growing, i worked at whatever job is available since i really didn't have that much choice, being an undergrad. And somewhere along the way, my career objectives were set aside and i started living my life in a que sera sera way. it was enough for me that i am able to feed my children and send them to school.

then i met Pipay. Let?s just say she?s my life coach. meeting her made me stop and rethink about what i want to do with my life. i realized i was just living it like a robot. yes i was working, earning more that what i was doing. but my heart wasn?t really into it. i performed well, worked hard but i realized, i wasnt into it.

and came web 2.0. as the internet changed and evolved into a functional platform that everybody can use and made their life mobile, web 2.0 also changed my life. it rekindled my passion for computers and the internet and its applications. and where i am right at this very moment, glued in front of a pc, is what i want. meeting pandorasquared opened the and presented the last thing that was left in the box. HOPE. that hope gave me the will to decide to go where my heart is from the beginning. and in retrospect, i believe it is also what pandorasquared saw in me. i am not a programmer. i am not a web developer. i am not even a salesperson. but my love and avidity for the company's services and internet/computers showed through. a friend of mine told me that what is important in a business is passion.

and now i know what he meant. if you are passionate about your work, you will be determined to succeed in it. skills or the lack of it does not matter. skills are enhanced by one?s passion.

four or five years ago, i wouldn?t have taken this gigantic leap and take such risk. but it is never too late to pursue your dream. and i am going to do just that.

i dont understand why so many students are taking up nursing just because of the high demand in other countries, nothwithstanding the fact that our local labor wages can barely make ends meet. ironically, there's also quite a number of doctors who went back to school and study nursing to be able to work out of the country.

with so many filipinas working all over the world, all i can say is that if your heart is not into whatever you're doing anymore, then you have to make a decision on what you really want to do. doing something you are passionate about does not equate the renumeration of a job your heart is not with.