on my way

i have been working for the same company for a few days shy of fifteen months. congratulations to myself, this is quite a feat indeed!

what have i learned after fifteen months? this is a very good question indeed, for there should always be growth involved when it comes to your professional life - while it may not always be monetary growth, there are other factors to consider as well.

for one, there's friendship - i am proud to say that after all the mess i have been through at work, i still have people who watch my back (the same people, in fact), and whose backs i shall watch as well. i need not mention your names here, you know who you are. possessions are fleeting, it is said, but i feel these friendships can last a very long time. long after we have gone our separate ways and realise our potentials, we shall still be there, keeping touch and having fun. party! gv all the way!

discernment - funny how i still have a lot to learn about this. i mean, for someone who studied psychology, understanding people should be a breeze. and it has been for me. but sometimes, you just need to dig deeper in order to discern what it is that motivates/drives people to do certain things. despite the fact that you have been stabbed, scratched, humiliated and all, you have got to understand where these are coming from. a desire for power, a need for survival, a selfish compulsion, it doesn't matter. it takes a bigger person to do all this understanding, for sure. but doesnt being the bigger person pay off eventually? let's see.

work ethic - i can say that i have a strong work ethic, and this is proven by my performance since i was still in school. while there have been trials along the way which question this, i eventually survive and move on. resilience is the key. bottom line, the people i have worked with here can never (read: never!) say that i am a slacker, or that i don't pull my own weight.

leadership - sometimes, you really have to be the one to create opportunities for leadership. if you just wait for your immediate supervisor to give you the chance to spearhead an activity, or take charge of something, well you might end up waiting a long time. consider this - you've already got too much stuff in your hands with your basic work (the main reason why you were hired, in other words), your boss will obviously be in the same situation, and you got your other colleagues to worry about as well. if you see an opportunity to take charge, do it. volunteer to shoulder the responsibility. form a team, distribute the tasks, follow-up - these are very basic things that a leader should do. you know how they say a good leader is a good follower? i believe in this so much - personally, it's not just so much that you're a good follower, but basically it's that you were good at what you do even before you became a leader. i dont know if i made sense, but my point is: it would be hard for you to have people follow you if they know that you are not competent in the first place.

enough rambling. later.

lots of catching up to do

aaargh!

dont let me fall into the same old rut - starting something, vigorously keeping up at it for the first few instances, then poof! oblivion.

we have this term in filipino - it's called ningas kugon, which basically stipulates that one is only good at the start, then eventually nothing happens, the work never gets finished. i admit, i have a tendency to follow this habit. case in point: this blog.

i always get a chance to check my email, friendster, my messenger services, but how come i fail to maintain my blog?

hopefully, that would change. effective today.

i got tons of stories to share, and i guess this is the best medium to do so. after all, save for some friends of mine (and other friends who might chance upon this site), no one knows that this blog exists. right? hehehehehe.

so, allow me once more to invite you to take a look at what's been happening in my world. some might view it boring, others exciting. the point is it doesn't matter!

so, yet again - here's to getting started on tomorrow.