It's Been 10 Years
Before I talk about the topic, honestly I'm tired and just forcing myself to write something because it's too early for me to sleep, though my body wants me to sleep. Just tired, mentally and physically drained. But it's just not the right time to rest... Just a few more hours and I'll call it a day!
Well, It's been 10 long years of being away from the Philippines. So, how did this happen? It didn't start when I took my undergraduate degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management, I really didn't think at that time I would be working outside the country. I had plans of having my own business being successful at it, but it never happened. I worked in Manila for a couple of years, tried a few jobs after my on the job training in Hyatt. Then came an opportunity I was waiting for, I had a chance to teach my passion in college and that is the same course that I took.
In two years, I had a lot of fun teaching my students to be future hoteliers and restaurateurs. I had great time with my students, teaching them the ins and outs of the industry, teaching them leadership skills that they needed in the real world, teaching them to be successful in any endeavor they want to pursue. I was really enjoying it. I wanted to take my Masters degree so I can continue teaching in college, but the opportunity to go to Saudi Arabia was quite interesting. Honestly, at first, I really don't want to go. Why? Because I don't want to leave my students behind. But I needed to... Because the opportunity was about training, I was hired as a trainer and it's something I am interested in. Another reason is that I would be paid more than I'm getting in the university. So, I made up my mind to go and find a career outside the country.
So, I spent 4 years in Saudi Arabia, I built my career from a trainer to an operations training in-charge and training developer in the same company. I worked up the ladder, had a lot bumps and bruises, had failures along the way, I had great moments with friends and scary moments with them. There are a lot of things that happened in 4 years, the good and the bad, the life of just going to work, sleep, and work again. Working long arduous hours, working in the heat and likewise in the cold was just a few things that made it interesting for me stay there. I made friends outside our company and joined a badminton family, it was a great relief to remove all the stress at work. Though playing badminton, kept me thinking of the part of my life that I hated badminton for years after my high-school. I learned to work with a lot of people hating me in the company and not minding them at all. I worked as hard as I can to build my reputation until I left the company that tarnished my reputation as well.
But why it tarnished, only a few people knows my plan, only a few people would know the plan, only a few people understood my decision. I left for Singapore for a year to keep a promise I made to my ex-girlfriend that I would be coming for her and have a new life with her in Singapore. Unfortunately, I was too late, I was heartbroken, I was crazy in love that I fought for it for years. I was crazy to think that we will be together again. I left the job that I learned to appreciate, I left the job that I am happy with, for her. I left everything for her. And sadly, we are not together, sadly I risked my career for love and it didn't work. I was fighting for it to happen, but there was only one solution and that is to leave her alone and be broken. I worked in Singapore for a year and a few months, but with all the hatred and stress in my life, I can no longer work in Singapore. I had a choice just to come back to the Philippines or work somewhere else, because I just can't work anymore longer in Singapore. It was all pain and no happiness. And this was the year that my mother passed away, which broke my heart even more. God gave me the opportunity again to redeem myself, and helped me take a job back in the same company I worked in Saudi Arabia, but now I'll be working in Malaysia.
So, now I'm here in Malaysia. Honestly, during the first years in here, I still thought that my ex-girlfriend and I will be back together, but in the years passed, I finally moved on. I found new life in here, as the same, I had good and bad moments in here, there are things I wanted to bring back but I just can't, there are a few things that I want to continue and be happy with. Now, I just enjoy living alone in my place, being independent and free. No commitments to anyone. No one to answer to, for anything that I would do wrong. But, also thinking of being with someone to be together, start a new life with someone I hold dearly.
Things can never be the same after 10 years, I grown fat, I learned a few more languages, I learned sorts of people, I learned different cultures and lives, I learned how the sun rises and sets in different times, I learned how to appreciate more, I learned who my true friends are, I learned people can just be so rude, I learned how to love and fall out of, I learned many things about me that I thought I would never do in my life. It's been 10 long years of happiness, struggles, life changes, paradigm shifts, love, and friendships.
So, CONGRATULATIONS! I've done 10 years and counting!
Well, It's been 10 long years of being away from the Philippines. So, how did this happen? It didn't start when I took my undergraduate degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management, I really didn't think at that time I would be working outside the country. I had plans of having my own business being successful at it, but it never happened. I worked in Manila for a couple of years, tried a few jobs after my on the job training in Hyatt. Then came an opportunity I was waiting for, I had a chance to teach my passion in college and that is the same course that I took.
In two years, I had a lot of fun teaching my students to be future hoteliers and restaurateurs. I had great time with my students, teaching them the ins and outs of the industry, teaching them leadership skills that they needed in the real world, teaching them to be successful in any endeavor they want to pursue. I was really enjoying it. I wanted to take my Masters degree so I can continue teaching in college, but the opportunity to go to Saudi Arabia was quite interesting. Honestly, at first, I really don't want to go. Why? Because I don't want to leave my students behind. But I needed to... Because the opportunity was about training, I was hired as a trainer and it's something I am interested in. Another reason is that I would be paid more than I'm getting in the university. So, I made up my mind to go and find a career outside the country.
So, I spent 4 years in Saudi Arabia, I built my career from a trainer to an operations training in-charge and training developer in the same company. I worked up the ladder, had a lot bumps and bruises, had failures along the way, I had great moments with friends and scary moments with them. There are a lot of things that happened in 4 years, the good and the bad, the life of just going to work, sleep, and work again. Working long arduous hours, working in the heat and likewise in the cold was just a few things that made it interesting for me stay there. I made friends outside our company and joined a badminton family, it was a great relief to remove all the stress at work. Though playing badminton, kept me thinking of the part of my life that I hated badminton for years after my high-school. I learned to work with a lot of people hating me in the company and not minding them at all. I worked as hard as I can to build my reputation until I left the company that tarnished my reputation as well.
But why it tarnished, only a few people knows my plan, only a few people would know the plan, only a few people understood my decision. I left for Singapore for a year to keep a promise I made to my ex-girlfriend that I would be coming for her and have a new life with her in Singapore. Unfortunately, I was too late, I was heartbroken, I was crazy in love that I fought for it for years. I was crazy to think that we will be together again. I left the job that I learned to appreciate, I left the job that I am happy with, for her. I left everything for her. And sadly, we are not together, sadly I risked my career for love and it didn't work. I was fighting for it to happen, but there was only one solution and that is to leave her alone and be broken. I worked in Singapore for a year and a few months, but with all the hatred and stress in my life, I can no longer work in Singapore. I had a choice just to come back to the Philippines or work somewhere else, because I just can't work anymore longer in Singapore. It was all pain and no happiness. And this was the year that my mother passed away, which broke my heart even more. God gave me the opportunity again to redeem myself, and helped me take a job back in the same company I worked in Saudi Arabia, but now I'll be working in Malaysia.
So, now I'm here in Malaysia. Honestly, during the first years in here, I still thought that my ex-girlfriend and I will be back together, but in the years passed, I finally moved on. I found new life in here, as the same, I had good and bad moments in here, there are things I wanted to bring back but I just can't, there are a few things that I want to continue and be happy with. Now, I just enjoy living alone in my place, being independent and free. No commitments to anyone. No one to answer to, for anything that I would do wrong. But, also thinking of being with someone to be together, start a new life with someone I hold dearly.
Things can never be the same after 10 years, I grown fat, I learned a few more languages, I learned sorts of people, I learned different cultures and lives, I learned how the sun rises and sets in different times, I learned how to appreciate more, I learned who my true friends are, I learned people can just be so rude, I learned how to love and fall out of, I learned many things about me that I thought I would never do in my life. It's been 10 long years of happiness, struggles, life changes, paradigm shifts, love, and friendships.
So, CONGRATULATIONS! I've done 10 years and counting!
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