I see a lot of people pass by the newly constructed overpass not noticing the gleaming blue of the sky as it peeks from the rust-eaten hole on the roof. I see a lot of them come and go, never pausing for coffee or even the smell of it. I pass by different groups and varied races, indifferent yet unanimously repulsed by beggars and their loads. Perhaps the sight of dirty feet and tattered dirt bags remind them of a haunting past; Or maybe of rotting attitudes and hidden weaknesses.
I see recurring expressions and hear a multitude of laughter. I notice friendly inviting masks conveniently hiding grievances from the world. As the morning mist thickens into the afternoon heat, I see everyone lost in their own transactions busily monitoring someone else's lives but their own. I see it everyday, even when I look in the mirror at night as I prepare to end the day's work.
I am finally happy with my job - not officially my first but my first love nonetheless - and is decidedly settling down into where I hope to establish an area of expertise and a coven of concentration. I've finally made it to the corporate world after 5 grueling months of bumming and job hunting, flirting with the possibility of a promising career and disregarding the countless emotional bruises along the way.
A week shy of receiving my first salary, I feel like a volleyball bouncing from side to side but never settling for any. Working at Robinsons Land Corporation felt like a dream, an imagination topped with more imagination. I sometimes feel giddy til reality kicks in and hands over a picture of a demanding boss (one that is virtually disliked by everybody), an unimpressive colorless office, and a confusing job description. But then again not everything about reality bites as at the back of each picture reveals a portrait of approachable office mates, happy lunch hours, and priceless bonding.
And then there's the job... the one thing that keeps me looking forward to another confusing work day. (*_*)v
A week shy of receiving my first salary, I feel like a volleyball bouncing from side to side but never settling for any. Working at Robinsons Land Corporation felt like a dream, an imagination topped with more imagination. I sometimes feel giddy til reality kicks in and hands over a picture of a demanding boss (one that is virtually disliked by everybody), an unimpressive colorless office, and a confusing job description. But then again not everything about reality bites as at the back of each picture reveals a portrait of approachable office mates, happy lunch hours, and priceless bonding.
And then there's the job... the one thing that keeps me looking forward to another confusing work day. (*_*)v
I am self-proclaiming to be the Interview Queen who couldn't get a real job in well known companies because of reasons I couldn't fathom. And by real job I do not mean to include call centers (no matter how prestigious they may be) and small businesses in need of flunkies who would settle for a dime in exchange for their honest labor. Call me stupid for maintaining a standard fresh graduates of today ought not be thinking about. Shoot me for being tooooo ambitious. Judge me guilty for wanting to pursue a career in a well-known company in the real estate/food and beverage/hospitality industry that pays a little more than minimum wage.
As I face the computer, fervently pounding on the keyboard, the other side of my brain is rounding up words that would make up a great application letter. I am once again applying... but for an international company no one's ever heard of. It isn't my nature but I'm sensing positive vibrations about this. If by having a great feeling about a potential job offer sends someone straight to heaven then I'm in Nirvana right now. I am well aware of my current unemployed situation - something that never should've happened had I decided to wait until the end of the month. This isn't something a normal 20-something fresh graduate should be feeling having quit from a really really high-paying company after only a week of training and turned down what could've evolved into a lucrative web-based career.
My parents don't know that my call center career already ended before it even began. Ironically, I realized what a disaster of an agent I would have been after receiving several text messages from my mom pushing me to go on. Obviously it didn't push me enough. What was supposed to be words of encouragement made me realize how wrong the path I was beginning to take was. A friend shared an advice from her father - about quitting not because you're stressed but because the job isn't making you happy anymore. My week in the call center taught me well, taught me enough. I was contemplating resignation after my first day and telling my batchmates about my plans of letting go. I wasn't happy even from the beginning. At least I can really say I am not cut out for it.
I am paying the price for being choosy (and I am talking about superlatives here!) and idealistic. I am unemployed and too absorbed in the drama of it all. I refuse to quit yet I don't know what the heck to do and where to go next.
Seventeen-year-old Bella Swan moves to the rainy town of Forks, Washington and meets the alluringly handsome Edward Cullen. At first she is intrigued by his dark and mysterious persona, but when he befriends her and impossibly saves her life from a series of accidents, she finds herself falling in love even after realizing that her perpetual savior is a vampire painfully resisting his craving for Bella's blood.Living with a family of vampires who have sworn off human blood, Edward struggles to stay away from Bella, only to admit to himself that she may be the unexpected surprise that finally gave meaning to his immortal existence, the soul mate he has waited almost a hundred years for.
A love forbidden beyond doubt ensues. Breaking all the rules, Bella and Edward find themselves wrapped in the glorious heaven of first love. As their emotions grow deeper, it becomes more dangerous. Just when Bella finds herself welcomed into the Cullen family, a strong and dangerous vampire enemy lusting for her blood hunts her, and almost kills her had her beloved not been able to save her on time.
They dwell on how much of a mistake their love is but in the end, Bella refuses to let go of Edward. She asks a life-changing favor and, in a romance like theirs, he could only promise to stay by her side as long as it takes. Edward knows the rest of eternity will never be the same. He has Bella's love which, to him, is enough for forever.
Well, well, well, Cedric Diggory's grown...
...from a handsome Hufflepuff into a hot human bloodsucker
Yum, yum
Robert Pattinson and Kristin Stewart in
TWILIGHT
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