The Fiasco Continues

I learned today that the AOTS slots supposedly given to us last month was moved to January instead of its original schedule of October. Nothing is really sure in life. When we we're asked if we're interested, we were asked to decided immediately (on the same day that we we're asked).

At the end of that same day, one of the two slots was revoked by top management (Cebu), which led me to take back my decision as well. I'm not telling all these to justify my decision. I won't even bother to find out why it was moved to a later date. These things do not concern me anymore. >:P

Right now, I'm prepping myself for a new chapter of my career so I won't dwell too much on the past. I have no regrets. But I won't deny the fact that sometimes, I do wonder, what would have happened, if the screw up, unintentional or not, never happened at all. :-?

You might wonder, whether that was the reason for my resignation... to get even perhaps. After all, scorpions tend to keep grudges. On other hand, those born in the year of the boar are peace loving individuals, so I can't be doing this for revenge... :) Talk about contradicting characteristics!

My next post will be about the true reasons for my resignation. Till next time... :)

A Slap of Harsh Reality

No wonder I'm feeling a bit anxious and weird yesterday. My body seems to anticipate bad things even before they actually happen.

This morning, I've received a bad news about the AOTS. The original 2 slots for Manila was change to 1 in favor of Cebu.

Just yesterday, we were told that those 2 slots already belong to Manila. And just now, we got news that it no longer is.

So why the hell did they offered 2 slots in the first place??? We're professionals here, not small kids.

If they're plan is to wipe out the Manila office. Well, they seem to be doing a pretty good job. Screwing the right people at the right time.

First thing tomorrow, I'm going to inform my manager that I'm already withdrawing my AOTS application.

The selection process is flawed to begin with, so there's no reason for me to stick with my initial decision.

For me, the best way to fight office politics is to stay out of it. And that's exactly what I am going to do.

Crossroads

Stopping halfway is more difficult & tiring than progressing towards reaching the final goal.

I bought a fortune cookie during my afternoon break and got this message. I'm still wondering if I made a good choice of accepting the AOTS offer. That would mean being stuck here for another year and a half. But that would also mean another learning and growing experience for me.

What are my goals anyway? That's a question I've been asking myself these past few weeks. Recently, I've been accidentally meeting people who either wants me to work for them or wants to offer me a supposedly better job. I'm not trying to find a better job, I'm not even applying for another job.

Ultimately, I just want to become a better person than I am right now. And just like The Secret mentioned, you really wouldn't know and understand the "how", the universe will eventually reveal this for you as you go along. I hope they're right.

I'm just grateful for having these opportunities coming to me. I guess I just have to take a single step at a time until I reach my destination, whatever and wherever that is.

Now, I just have to re-write my plans for the rest of the year.