Thursday, May 03, 2012

a year older, a year wiser, or so i thought ;)


do birthdays really go unnoticed for the young professionals?

i mean, "busy bees" don't really get enough time to unwind, you know. and for us who work in the media, holidays have long been written off our hectic schedules. they simply "don't exist." even Christmas and New Year, you ask?

certainly.

you see, i haven't done anything special during my birthday, 'cept for watching a last full show.

okay. "The Avengers" movie was great, but there's nothing special in "just" watching a movie, know what i mean? of course i did watch it with some friends, and i finally discovered i'm still capable of "crushing" on some hollywood hunk. thanks to mr. chris hemsworth of Marvel's "Thor."

but going back to the topic, i usually go out with loved ones during my birthday. a special someone would have sufficed, but spending that special day with family could have been better. however, being a "busy bee" for quite a while now, taking sometime off from work ain't easy at all. summer has always meant working my ass off while the rest of the family are back home in the province enjoying summer break.

i don't mean to complain about the kind of job i have. but last time i checked? at least i had the whole day to myself during my birthday last year. i had planned out going to the spa for some pampering, but it's been a week after colleagues and friends had sung me a birthday song, and here i am, still not able to pay the spa a visit.

there are some nights i stay awake and do some rethinking regarding my career. i don't know. i'm quite sure there are a hundred who would want to swap their jobs with mine, but seriously, going on a sabbatical has finally looked appealing to me.

i mean, have you imagined traveling the world, trying out the latest restaurants or even dipping in the marvelous waters of the Philippine islands? there's a lot you can do without having to worry about pressure, beating deadlines, or waking up when you still want to sleep.

well, i still have a choice, though. i have been counting on myself after getting a year older. this june, i'd be back to UST grad school once again, hoping i'd manage to finish my mba by the end of the year.

so what's the plan? it's gonna be a smooth transition to teaching while building my interior design career on the side. there's one question i haven't settled, though. 

and this december, that's the time i'm gonna find out. there's one promise i've made to myself: if i'm going to pass the entrance exam for that discipline, i'm meant to be what i might have been, even if it means starting out from scratch or going back to the bottom of the ladder. it's been a childhood dream, you know. and dreams like that don't die at once even if you have grown old. but if not, then it's gotta be interior design for me.

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