In a Race that Matters

It's been almost two weeks since our team-building activity at Dalampasigan Beach Resort. Gosh, my head's still spinning and reeling from the fun (a.k.a. enjoyment) of having to sing my heart out and savoring the soothing waters at 3am with my brainstorming pals. After eight years of being myopic with the hubby and kids, I finally got to mingle in school-girl fun with fellow aging work buddies. Away from domestic concerns (thanks for a considerate hubby!), I felt like an eagle that's been trapped in a gilded cage, raring to flap my wings and soar up the limitless expanse. Oh, I didn't realize there could me much fun outside of my homeschool environs. I felt like I was thirteen again complete with the giggles, sighs and excitement especially during the videoke session where, I learned, after 13 years, FNTI has so much talent in the entertainment department. I swooned over mr. balladeer, laughed at lyrics-swallowing mr.tipsy, turned jelly-eyed with the singing c...

Wasn't it only yesterday when I was excitedly charting out my life? Gosh, I didn't realize it's been over a decade since I got off the well-adorned UPLB stage with a huge grin on my once pretty face, silently chanting every fresh grad's mantra, "Hello world, Here I come!" Armed with tons of confidence, I barged in every available job opportunity hoping against hope I would get the nod so I could get out of the alarming statistics of the unemployed. I even resorted to borrowing clothes to don for job interviews. (oh, what do you expect? UP never trained us to wear something fit for the corporate world.She encouraged us just to be ourselves!) But, oh, where did such haste lead me? Here, in a rather obscure jungle of the narrow minded, the snoop and busybodies who relish nothing than to kick other people's butts.I 've allowed 12 years of my life to just pass by in an environment that did not awaken my passions for the best. I kinda drifted along, ne...