Nov 30, 2011

the irony of life

when it comes to work or looking for a job/career...we all have our dream work.

when i was young, about 5-6 years old, my dream work is believe it or not, is to be a cashier or bagger at a grocery store. i find life so simple if your work is simple. of course, it doesn't apply nowadays. as a child, i enjoyed pretending i work at a grocery store! hahahaha.

when i was in grade 6, they interviewed me for the year book. my dream career at that time is to become a Businesswoman. why? we had a business before that i would help selling items during vacation or weekends. its a small store in ATC, more of a tiangge, but it was mabenta. my mom would give me "my salary", and bought school supplies and bag with it.

during high school years, it changed! i want to become a veterinarian. why? for my pets. i have a cat and a dog. a visit at a clinic, made me think, "hey! this is cool. i want to be the vet of my dog and cats." then during senior year, it kind of make a sudden turn. i didn't passed UPCAT where i chose vet med as a course. i passed the UST exam where i chose information management as a course. in short i enrolled at UST, but then i don't like my course. after one year, i decided to transfer to another university offering vet med. this is to fulfill my dream.

during my vet med years in college, i can say that my grades are good. there are some high's and low's. i am proud of my grades. i graduated from vet med in october of 2009. i looked for a job, but it was hard to look for any work. they would require a licensed vet.

i ended up as an asst. pre-school teacher. i really enjoyed this work. the company, the children, the activities everything, but then i know there is something missing. i miss my vet med years. i decided to resign in feb 2011 to take the veterinarian board exam. i admit that i still missed being a teacher. there is a tinge of regret that i resigned and i wished that i could come back. past is past. hehe

after passing the board exam, i am happy, but i don't know where to start, what to practice or what to do. i really wanted to work for the government. maka-Pilipinas ako, pero hindi ko sinasabing hindi ko iniisip magtrabaho sa ibang bansa but i would rather work here than abroad.

there are a lot of choices: aso't pusa, baboy, manok, kabayo, baka, kambing, academe, sales, government, public health, research..etc. i would choose government, academe, public health, research, baboy and manok.

i'm now in small animal practice. honestly, i'm not happy. hindi ko nga alam kung bakit. i dont understand what i'm feeling, whats wrong with me? quarter life crisis na ata to.


how ironic. kung anong gusto mo, ayaw sa'yo. Yung ayaw mo, yun ang napupunta sa'yo.