CLOUD 9

Whoa! My goodness, it's been ages since I posted my last blog. Hmmm I guess I have just been busy.. neh, the truth is, karun p nko nhinumduman ang password sa akong blogger account.. ahahaha.. anyhow,so much for that… let's get down to our business, shall we? If you have noticed, my last blog was back when I was still in college. So why new paradigm? Well aside from the fact that Im done with my schooling years, (no more group studies at dunkin divisoria, no more playing badminton with ann, fred and derbie, no more tambay2 sa drypond or school canteen) , I guess it’s just the idea of me getting used to a new pattern of life.



First off, spending more time with my folks. You see, after I graduated college, my mum requested me to work within the jurisdiction of Malaybalay. It bugged me for a minute coz I wanted to work in a far place (the job offer in manila would have just been perfect) but I kinda got the fact that they (my parents), wanted to bond with the older children (me and my brother) and so, I said yes. I could remember back in my college life, i would usually go to sleep at 1 AM (hey, im just enjoying my life in the city). Now, I go home at 5:30 PM, talk to my parents till 9 and doze off by 10. And every morning, as the sun rises, I would talk to my erpat with a cup of coffee in our hands. Whew…

2nd, me working in an office. After a month of unwinding, soaking under the sun and all that, I was hired as a researcher in the International Center for Research on Agroforesty (ICRAF). The work, I must, say was very,very, exhausting yet fun. I don’t know why but I just enjoy doing researches (particularly on community development or environment). Unfortunately, my ICRAF colleagues transferred to another area. I cant go with them coz its quite far. So after a month, I got another job as a researcher and a proofreader, meaning, new colleagues and new style of working. The funny thing is It was only when i was started working that I became more careful in what I do (danghag man gyud ko atong una.. hahaha).



Lastly: eating lunch with my grandmama. I admit that I was closer to my grandpa than my lola. My lola was the disciplinarian when we were younger so given that description of her, she was really strict. I could remember when I was visiting them (grandparents), I would always stay at my lolo’s room because when my lolo and I were talking, perminte ko exempted sa tanan sugo.. hahaha… after my grandfather’s death, I promised to myself that I would spend much more time with my lola and I guess God provided a way for me to do that. Now, I eat lunch with her because my working place is near from her house. I like it coz it made me realize that my grandmama is not that strict pala, she’s very thoughtful and very loving. I enjoy exchanging views with her in politics (passing of Cory, etc,etc) and telling her every thing that I do in my work (the things I would usually do with my lolo when he was still around).

With this new routine and style, I could say that Im on my way to maturity..waaaaaaaa oh no.. 0_0.. hehe but hey, I could still goof around but in the right place and right time.. hahai.. although I miss going to school and my friends and other stuff (dawat ug baon, wandering.. hahaha).. but I have to face reality and embrace it.





Its not so bad.. lets just put it this way, this new paradigm molds me to be more responsible and in time I could get used to this... =)

Do what you know that you can do… I recall my uncle saying those when we had a little chat few months ago. I was quite impressed of how his life got so prosperous. I never really put much attention to it until I got enrolled in a theater class. You see sometimes the indifference attitude in me comes out of my system and just don’t care of the things that happen around me. It just so happened that in our theater class, things got pretty much shaky that our teacher told us that our production might be cancelled. To prove that we can do it, we were given a chance and we only had one week to practice. As one of the business crew, I seldom go to our practices but with the things happening and surely it will affect my grades, I have to attend the practices and help in any way that I can So one time when I joined the practice, I noticed that there were only few people in the stage crew and knowing that they play an important role in the play and pondered what my uncle told me, I joined the crew.

I must say that being one of the stage crew is not that easy, the fact we were only given 20- 30seconds to set the materials on the scene plus we get scolded by our head can push you to quit. But knowing that I can do it and I already started doing it, why quit dba? So go lang ng go ang bata… The succeeding rehearsals made me and the rest of the gang get familiar with the lines of the actors that when they say their lines, we imitate them at the backstage; it was actually more like fooling around just to forget the fatigue feeling. But I don’t really think of the job as that tiring because I enjoy doing it and it helps our production. 3 days before the performance, nadagdagan ang bilang bilang namin so naging doble ang saya sa backstage! ahaha..^^ There were times that we peek from the back to the extent n kahit ung maliit n butas pinagtitiyagaan para makatingin lang! haha.. I really had a lot of fun doing that .