2010. I still get amazed at how this year never fails to surprise me. Happy, frustrating, nerve-wracking, petty, BIG, liberating and etc. things keep coming my way. I've never figured this much sense into all the emotions that had me fixated on the why's and how to's of my life :) I'M CLEARLY LOVING IT.
Since I haven't stayed true to my word of religiously updating this blog, I'll do my usual list of random things for my updates :)
1. LOVIN' MY JOB. It was just about right for me to get all so hyped up upon starting my corporate career. The whole experience is so fresh and invigorating, I'm like the typical fresh grad yuppie who's very eager to learn. Canon has really been kind to me: the environment, the people (pretty debatable, I'm surrounded by a sausagefest of meanies), the work load, the incentives, the culture, the prestige of the company, the ideals...
What I love about working is the extra time that I have for myself whenever office hours end - I have time to grab dinner with Ojie and with other friends, I have the energy to work out or read a book since I don't have the burden of extra work that I need to accomplish the next day. I keep my work only where it is needed and I expend all the right amount of energy and excellence to accomplish it. Well, I still have to read some stuff for my revalida now so I have to work on that this long weekend. But you get the drift right? :)
Although, last Saturday when we did the interviews for ASLA, I have to admit that I miss the school vibe. I walked around Ateneo with students lining up for NSTP or heading to the library to beat deadlines for their hell week. I'm in a totally different world now. Nonetheless, I'm happy that I was able to make the most out of it ♥
2. Financial management crisis. Last Friday was my first payday and what can I say, it gave me the ultimate feeling of independence. My hard work is finally converted into hard cold cash. Of course I was also sad at the same time since I can't really get a way with being the spoiled daughter that I am when it comes to shopping and material investments anymore. I am now faced with the words budget, debt and SAVE. I've already prepared an excel file of the all the things that I want to buy for myself and the list just goes on and on! But I've decided that the trick is really, allocating major expenses on a monthly basis so that I can cover the necessary things that I have to spend for. Things like: PERM, Nokia C3, clothes, shoes, bags and a camera become a per month type of luxury. Hahaha. Good luck to me. :) Which leads me to a more crucial type of investment.
3. TRAVEL. I promised myself that I'd take my go-getter self a notch higher. I love to travel but commitment to work and tight schedules have always hindered me from visiting must-see places. Now I have the money, the companions and the leisure to go wherever I want. I've always been a firm believer that a person has the responsibility to enrich himself by absorbing the different cultures that the world has to offer. I have so much time and so much freedom now to relax and enrich myself by being a mini jetsetter. First stop: Puerto Princesa, Palawan in October :)
4. DREAMS. When you realize that you are at a critical point in your life towards self-realization, you begin to think of all the things that you want to do, or miss doing because you used to love doing them. I'm now torn at the meridian of the two: what I used to do and what I want to pursue in the future.
I miss performing - singing and dancing - being in front of a crowd, oozing with zeal and talent, just being on the spotlight. For me, these are the hobbies (that somehow defined me) and things I did for fun, alone or with other people, that gradually lost their spot in my uptight schedule and just seem to have been a thing of the past. Now, I'm slowly having the urge to revive them. I told myself I'd try to get into dance classes as a sideline and an excuse to exercise but I just can't seem to finalize it. Or even if I weren't the one performing, I also promised myself I'd watch as many musicals and plays as I can to top off this 'cultured' and 'sophisticated' me. Hahaha :) I hope still get the chance to squeeze this in.
Meanwhile, I have things in mind that I'm seriously preparing to pursue: cooking and being and entrepreneur. Cooking because it's my newfound love circa 2008 when I realized I enjoyed cooking gourmet meals for my family, friends and the boyfriend. Doing business because I really wanted to build my own empire in the next 10 years or so, but with a twist of public service :)
My cooking career isn't really the type that can be stretched into the certified chef or restaurateur. I just want to take cooking classes that will help me garner a gourmet mom pedigree. I'll make sure that when I have my own family, I'll cook the best meals even on an ordinary day to keep them healthy and happy. But that doesn't mean they'll have to be picky on foods because they have a 'gourmet palate.' I shall also ensure that they know how to eat the simple tapsilog, bopis and tuyo-egg-sinangag favorites :)
Entrepreneurship brainstorming has also started with the potentials partners that I have been eyeing for long. The HoneyMaid jam had so much potential but since my partners and I have pursued our different corporate lives, I know that Vitabee Inc. is facing a pretty bleak future. So I took what's left of it and decided to pitch it with associates that are ambitious enough to juggle it with their corporate lives (like me) and now we already have a work in progress.
5. LOVING LIFE. I can just attest to how much life there is after a huge storm that wrecked almost everything I had. SERIOUSLY. You know when you're suffering because of something and you just want to fast forward to the time you'll be okay? THIS IS IT. The wait and effort were all worth it. I've never had so much direction and meaning in my life. I've never felt so fulfilled and accomplished in 21 years.
5. LOVING LIFE. I can just attest to how much life there is after a huge storm that wrecked almost everything I had. SERIOUSLY. You know when you're suffering because of something and you just want to fast forward to the time you'll be okay? THIS IS IT. The wait and effort were all worth it. I've never had so much direction and meaning in my life. I've never felt so fulfilled and accomplished in 21 years.
With that said, here is my goal (that was suggested by a GS friend of mine in a causal conversation ing FB one time): To be one of the most successful *toot* in my twenties.
Lots of people have done it and I know I'm not some sort of mediocre who just wants to party and have senseless fun. This is me, I am made for this kind of greatness :)
More posts soon ♥
