18/07/2025
"๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ, ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐๐น๐ถ๐"
๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ taught me more than any classroom ever could. It pulled me out of my comfort zone, taught me ๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, and how to keep going ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ-๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ป๐ฎ. Looking back, ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ kahit hindi madali, I grew into ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐โ๐บ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ..
๐๐ญ๐ฒ - I enrolled in ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ sa Palayan City, pero after one sem, I had to stop. (๐๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฌ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐) My father was sick, and my family couldn't afford it. That time, ๐ด๐๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ด๐๐๐๐ผ ๐ธ๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด-๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น, pero ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐ธ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐บ๐๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด dahil di na din kaya na pag aralin ako. I worked anywhere I could, botika, water station, canteen at restobar. ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ako jan usually one to 2 months kasi ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ผ, pero bawat trabaho na yan may tinuro saโkin na life lessons.
๐ท๏ธ๐ญ๐ณ - Nahired ako sa ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ฒ'๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ 3 to 6 months contract, but then my father died so tinapos ko lang contract and then ๐ฏ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ผ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐บ. Pero ang hirap talaga kasi kinakapos pa din and ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐ธ๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐, walang malapit na fast food sa area. I just ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ para mahelp ko kapatid ko sa school nila. ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐บ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ, โ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด-๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น."
๐๐ญ๐ด - Started working sa ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ผ contractual from ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ, ๐ค๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐บ, and then ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ. (Thank you bez Niturada hahaha lam mo na yon๐).
My supervisor sa Celine ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ kahit undergrad ako and ililipat ako sa SM Rosario Pangasinan.
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ..๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐..
๐๐ญ๐ต- My mom told me about a ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐ถ. Full slot na actually pero maraming nag back out. So ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐. The moment I stepped into that University, I whispered to myself: "๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ผ ๐น๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ผ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ผ ๐ด๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐๐". And hindi siya naging madali..Our allowance was for dorm and food and kulang pa din talaga pero super thankful ako kasi malaking tulong yun for us so I decided to work while studying.
๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ full time schedule kinuha ko kasi nasasayangan ako sa taon kung hindi ako matatapos ng 4 years na diretso. 5am-1pm work sa Ayala, 3pm to 9pm school, 9pm to 12am study and review major subjects. Madalas ako magkasakit kasi mahina din talaga katawan ko.
๐๐๐-๐๐ - Nagfocus na sa studies, ๐ป๐ผ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ. Pero may side hustle, ๐'๐บ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐
๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ and it really help a lot sa school expenses ko. Eye opener yun, dun ako nahasa. ๐จ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ป (๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ ๐ซฃ๐), ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐ถ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐. Then I travelled Makati to Cainta.. Dito ko naikot at natutuo magcommute sa Manila at South Luzon :D
๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฏ-๐ฎ๐ฑ - ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ท๐ผ๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐! Di kalakihan ang sahod, pero sulit sa experience at masarap kasama ang mga boss at kaworkmates kasi laging may ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ.๐
๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ-๐ฎ๐ด- Lipat sa ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐. Mas kailangan ko ng mataas ang sahod kasi ako na ang tumatayong nanay at tatay sa mga kapatid ko. Sabay sideline as ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐, lahat ng raket ginrab ko talaga that time para matulungan mga kapatid ko sa school.
๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ต-๐ฏ๐ฐ - ๐ง๐๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐น ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ. Risky, pero worth it. ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ, ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ผ, dun ako nag decide to resign. ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ..Wag mag resign ng walang plano.
This time parang gusto ko magpahinga muna sa work, parang looking back ๐ป๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ... Pero ๐'๐บ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด kahit na wala na ako sa corpo nun time na 'to.
๐๐ฏ๐ฎ - ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ - Woking now as a ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐, who would have thought na ung gusto kong work na hawak ko time ko is andito na ngayon.
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐ถ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐ถ ๐'๐บ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐'๐บ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ..
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐, ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ต๐ผ ๐ผ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ
๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ ๐บ๐ผ, ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ด๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐บ๐ผ ๐ธ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ.
But one thingโs for sure , ๐ธ๐๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ธ๐ฎ. Kung may pangarap ka, gagawin mo lahat makaahon lang sa hirap na pinag dadaanan mo.
To anyone struggling right now, ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด.. ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ.
