a call from taiwan
i woke up really late today, around 5ish (ung tipong malapit na magsunset) and the first thing that i did was to check my cellphone. i've got 4 missed calls from mark-- one of my close friends in college who's now working in taiwan. he left 2 years ago considering the fact that it's not that easy to find a job here that pays well. he wanted to pursue the engineering field talaga unlike me whose supposedly in the ECE field and now enjoying a demanding career in IT particularly in SAP.
mark and i stayed in touch even if he's working overseas. from time to time, we call each other para magkamustahan. once in a while, i check his friendster na sabi nya eh andun daw picture ng new girlfriend, pero wala naman!
going back, after seeing the missed calls, i sms-ed him (ayoko muna tumawag kse nga frugal mode ako ngayon dba?!?) and he phoned me right away. the usual kwentuhan and i asked him kung bakit nde natuloy ung planned uwe nya last march for her sister's graduation, un nga daw he decided to extend his contract pa. he's planning to come back this october. i was wondering why he wanted to come back pa and work here. kme nga dito na nasa pinas pa eh nagkakandaugaga nang umalis. i know he misses his family and he doesn't have any plans on living abroad talaga, pero kahit na sayang. hai, ganun din kaya ako? well, as for me, i've always dreamed of living elsewhere where i can eventually take my family to stay with me. nakakainis na dito sa pinas, especially now, election na naman at magulo.
anyway, the chat with mark left me wondering what it'll be like if i get the chance to fly abroad, live independently and work my ass off to earn dollars. what the heck, i have to deal with my birth certificate correction first, fuck!
mark and i stayed in touch even if he's working overseas. from time to time, we call each other para magkamustahan. once in a while, i check his friendster na sabi nya eh andun daw picture ng new girlfriend, pero wala naman!
going back, after seeing the missed calls, i sms-ed him (ayoko muna tumawag kse nga frugal mode ako ngayon dba?!?) and he phoned me right away. the usual kwentuhan and i asked him kung bakit nde natuloy ung planned uwe nya last march for her sister's graduation, un nga daw he decided to extend his contract pa. he's planning to come back this october. i was wondering why he wanted to come back pa and work here. kme nga dito na nasa pinas pa eh nagkakandaugaga nang umalis. i know he misses his family and he doesn't have any plans on living abroad talaga, pero kahit na sayang. hai, ganun din kaya ako? well, as for me, i've always dreamed of living elsewhere where i can eventually take my family to stay with me. nakakainis na dito sa pinas, especially now, election na naman at magulo.
anyway, the chat with mark left me wondering what it'll be like if i get the chance to fly abroad, live independently and work my ass off to earn dollars. what the heck, i have to deal with my birth certificate correction first, fuck!
No comments:
Post a Comment