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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.
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