First off, let me start by saying… “Aaaah! Tiz ish life…” After three months of social withdrawal, perpetually tedious functions and out of cash settlement, I finally landed a new gig. Everyone close to me knew that I am not the kind of person who will settle for doing nothing. I love working and earning money. Who doesn’t want money by the way?
Now that I have a new job (basically like the old one with a twist), I am back. Back to old routines; waking up early morning preparing for another day, being raped and brutally harassed by Metro Manila’s polluted air, face to face encounter with my computer 12 hours a day while pulling my hair in between, sleeping for merely 4-5 hours max every night, updating my social calendar, refilling my beer storage weekly and unlimited shopping spree. This is the kind of life err the only way of life that I am good at so why bother learning a new one? I tried quitting the corporate life and I sucked! Not only that it gave me a lot of additional pounds to lose but it made me act like a creepy-widowed-dysfunctional-twat.
At first, it felt nice. I am spending all of my waking hour eating, watching movies, reading books, FB, Twitter, etc. Sometimes, I go out with friends or by myself. I don’t have work stress, I don’t have to wake up early just to get beaten up by pile of workloads or an overly bitchy boss, I don’t have to act insanely heartless and put the plastic face mask on just to keep up with my fellow workers, I don’t have to listen to random ramblings about people I don’t care about. In short, I wake up, do my shit and sleep. SIMPLE. But I am not simple. Simplicity is not my cup of tea. I love being extravagant and loud. I always picture myself surrounded with lots of people (not necessary people I like), arguing or sharing pleasant stories and just be totally awesome.
Going back… My new gig entails a whole lot of changes career wise. I call it the “ultimate jump”. I can’t exactly divulge the nature of my work but it requires a lot of attention, thinking and understanding… a whole new level of technical writing—which is by the way, exciting!
To end this post, I must say that I never felt this way before. It is like despite of the long hours of work, shitload of hurtful past, almost healed heart, empty bank accounts… I feel like I am in the right track; I am in the right place, at the right time with the right people. It’s not perfect but it is reason enough to carve a smile on my face before I sleep. Hallelujah!
