I don’t get it. Why do you look down on graduates like me who have yet to sign the contract selling my body and soul to some big-shot company? Why do you corporate slaves scoff at us? Excuse me, but I’m enjoying my freedom. I can do whatever I want, go wherever I want. I don’t have to go through stacks of paperwork just to get my boss’s permission.
So you want to know what I’ve been doing here at home. Aside from my daily dose of Internet and books, and the occasional pig out party by the ref, of course. Well, I take care of my baby brother so my parents and aunts can do extra work at night. I help my younger sister with her lessons so she can be as smart as (or even smarter than) I am. I take over our store’s counter on Sundays and when our cashier takes her lunch. And I am writing our business’ operations manual, so we can export our products five years from now. I’m not such a useless bum after all. I may not be getting a paycheck at the end of each month, but I’m doing something worthwhile. I know I am contributing something beyond money to my family and our employees.
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Hey, hey, it's your life. You don't have to justify it to anybody, and especially not IBM or HP or whatever pit.
i know it's my life. but i can't help but feel insulted when people (especially batchmates) look at me with pity or as if there's something wrong with my credentials after i tell them that i don't have a job yet. kulang na lang they tell me na i shouldn't have shifted out of b(ull) s(hit) math. grr.
sorry. hormones taking over my brain. :P
Oh, come on. At least you shifted out of the damn course. I'm still in mine. And I'm graduating.
Re: your batchmates. Just tell them to mind their own business. You don't actually feel it's wrong that you don't have a job yet yourself, at least, right?
ETA: My guidance councilor told me they still have graduates coming in about career problems, so don't worry. :)
don't you mean "counselor"? *big grin*
they seem to think that i could have better opportunities had i stayed in math. after all, all my former blockmates all have jobs *dripping sarcasm*. whatever. rude and self-righteous as i may sound, what kind of jobs do they have anyway?
i wish i could tell my batchmates to mind their own business (and to shove their desk job and paychecks up their big a**es), but i wouldn't want to be confrontational or something. i'm thinking i should just mind *my* own business, and gripe about them in my blog. free speech, right? :)
i kinda feel bad na i'm just bumming around, but my family needs me here. besides, i've been away from home more almost 8 years, so they miss me. they don't want to let me go yet. :)
Hey, it's your life. You don't have to prove anything to anybody. Enjoy whatever free time you have because once you start working, everything changes and you'll want to be a "bum" again.
By the way, talaga sa Bilibid ka pala nag-immersion? When was this? I facilitated an immersion there in 2001, when I was still working for OSCI. I haven't gone back there for the past four years kasi sa CIW ako pumupunta lagi pag umuuwi ako. Take care!
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