Whoever said that life in the ‘real world’ is miserable was either (a) jobless, (b) in a job that s/he despises, (c) working on long hours but not getting enough compensation, or (d) lacks optimism in life.

Glad I am suffering from neither of the above. But if you are, it’s easy to get you out of that slump. It all boils down to perspective. It is never about what comes in life but how we take it.

So, go find a positive attitude! Take time to love your job, or else, do something else that you love! It will be worth it! As for me, I’ve gotten past the hard part. Now that I have earned a regular position in the company I’m working for, it leaves me with a bit of stability and more time for explorations and self-discovery (I hope).

You cannot leave everything to fate, she’s got a lot of work to do, you must give her a hand too. This might be your one shot at transforming your life, and maybe start to celebrate it. Good luck guys!

Pissed as I was because I really wanted the holiday to be moved on a friday so I would have had a long weekend, it wasn’t. The President sticked with commemorating Labor Day on May 1. No moving this time. *sigh*

But still, I managed to finish my task on April 30 and was so ready to get to work on a new set of tasks. Definitely a brilliant way to start the first working day of May! He said that he’d be gearing me up for a much more different task, which had nothing to do with the PlayStation. Geez! What could I be writing this time? The thought alone makes me excited and nervous at once, but a positive kind of energy though. So, I went to the office today feeling quite similar as I did during my first day at work.

So, if you’re wondering why am I here blogging instead of getting started on that new task? Apparently, my boss has not left me anything to work with just yet. And for god-knows-how-long, I have been wandering through the net looking for great ideas for my sister’s wedding invitations and personalized wedding vows. Whew!

(Abby, keep your excitement level in check. They say, be careful what you wish for. You might just drown your time with that new task and you won’t even have time to update your blog.) Like really? If that be the case, then I might as well finish this entry now and think of something better to eat up my time.

When you have three more hours to spare at work, it helps to read through your friends’ blogs. Reading through one of my friend’s blog entries, it has just dawned me (and I was almost surprised) that it has been a year since I graduated.

Looking back on that very day of my graduation, I did not know whether to be proud or scared. As one of my blocmates said, there was no epiphanic moment. There was none of those tear-jerker moments we often witness on graduation rites (except for a few). Oh well, I would give myself a credit for having undergone four years of grilling in one of the underrated courses in UPMin. Yep, it was a torture! That is why I counted this success the sweetest…

But what have I become after a year in the “real world“?

I know, it has been overrated. But for someone like me whose going through the transformation of being a college student to an independent woman, it is a scary thought. It’s not only about getting a decent (repeat: decent) job, it’s the fact that I am slowly carving the paths to wherever I am headed from here on out.

After two jobs – the first one paid well enough but did not offer me self-fulfillment, the second one that was referred to by my mom as a “blessing in disguise” – I felt like I haven’t seen much of the harshness that the “real world” has to offer. But then, I don’t really believe that you have to fall in order to stand up tall. And I believe that I am standing tall.

So, if you’re asking what I have become then? This is all there is to me as of this writing…

Hopefully, tomorrow, or the next few months (or years, don’t count on me please) I’ll be somewhat different.