ALL WORK AND NO PLAY?!
we are all but humans. at some point, we all get tired. just as i am now.
you see, all i ever wanted was a fairly good life. i am no extravagant person. but then, as they say, "there is no such thing as a free lunch." we all have to work to get what we need, moreso, what we want.
work, in this context, doesn't only mean getting compensated. aside form my day job (wherein i work ten hours a day, by the way), i've been attending this evening review classses. imagine being at the office as early as 6:30am to be able to get off by 5:30pm. then going straight to diliman to catch my 6-9pm class. whew. that's basically my life right now. been doing that for 3 weeks, and there's another 2 weeks to complete. although i am not getting compensated for this review class i actually paid for, i still see it as work. it's an investment of time, money and daymn effort for future use. it'll get me a better paying (and more stable!! hehe!) job in the future. you can't blame me for calling these review classes 'work' because after all, it's all about it!! it'll make that piece of document longer and apparently more substantial. what do you call that again? oh.. resumẻ..
with this kind o f schedule, i had to give up some things. i hadn't made any new arrangements for my guitar student, who prefers saturday afternoon for our lessons. (i still have saturday review classes..) my evening runs are totally non-existent. i haven't seen an episode of one tree hill in months. i am an unreliable back up player in this billiard tournament i joined. i try to squeeze some of my social life in, and with the friends that i have, it's still pretty much intact. right now, i just meet someone for coffee becuase i need to borrow a book from him/ her.
i haven't even practiced badminton with daday yet for our upcoming tournament. and people around me keep saying that we are the team to beat? think again. daday maybe the person to beat. but with me, i guess it's a totally different story. hehe.
my band also has suffered with my choices. we have gotten so many contacts for auditions, but my schedule wouldn't allow such. well, at least not for another 2 weeks. but even with no gigs, we have to meet at least once a week. we still have to practice individually and as a group. it's like keeping a well-oiled machine working. meeting up without preparing for a gig is really no problem with my bandmates. (i am blessed with wonderful people in my life.) we just love to play. but then, as soon as my review classes and my stupid 10-hour work sked are through, we will definitely get a gig. after all, what we do is also an extra source of income. and at the end of the day -- it's still work..
if there's one thing i don't consider as work, it's this blogging thing. it's my virtual shock absorber. very few people read some of my posts. i know it's not as interesting as one can be. but hey, this is about the blogger, not the blogs anyways. (beingmelay nga eh!) i am not here to promote world peace or make this world a better place. that requires even more work to be done. no thanks.
work. work. work.. nakakapagod. i suddenly remember a line from one of my favorite books -- LIVE A BALANCED LIFE -- learn some, think some, draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work everyday some. which leads me to grab a bag of chips and a can of soda on my way home, and go straight to our couch in front of the tv set. i've been working hard lately. it's time to relax...
you see, all i ever wanted was a fairly good life. i am no extravagant person. but then, as they say, "there is no such thing as a free lunch." we all have to work to get what we need, moreso, what we want.
work, in this context, doesn't only mean getting compensated. aside form my day job (wherein i work ten hours a day, by the way), i've been attending this evening review classses. imagine being at the office as early as 6:30am to be able to get off by 5:30pm. then going straight to diliman to catch my 6-9pm class. whew. that's basically my life right now. been doing that for 3 weeks, and there's another 2 weeks to complete. although i am not getting compensated for this review class i actually paid for, i still see it as work. it's an investment of time, money and daymn effort for future use. it'll get me a better paying (and more stable!! hehe!) job in the future. you can't blame me for calling these review classes 'work' because after all, it's all about it!! it'll make that piece of document longer and apparently more substantial. what do you call that again? oh.. resumẻ..
with this kind o f schedule, i had to give up some things. i hadn't made any new arrangements for my guitar student, who prefers saturday afternoon for our lessons. (i still have saturday review classes..) my evening runs are totally non-existent. i haven't seen an episode of one tree hill in months. i am an unreliable back up player in this billiard tournament i joined. i try to squeeze some of my social life in, and with the friends that i have, it's still pretty much intact. right now, i just meet someone for coffee becuase i need to borrow a book from him/ her.
i haven't even practiced badminton with daday yet for our upcoming tournament. and people around me keep saying that we are the team to beat? think again. daday maybe the person to beat. but with me, i guess it's a totally different story. hehe.
my band also has suffered with my choices. we have gotten so many contacts for auditions, but my schedule wouldn't allow such. well, at least not for another 2 weeks. but even with no gigs, we have to meet at least once a week. we still have to practice individually and as a group. it's like keeping a well-oiled machine working. meeting up without preparing for a gig is really no problem with my bandmates. (i am blessed with wonderful people in my life.) we just love to play. but then, as soon as my review classes and my stupid 10-hour work sked are through, we will definitely get a gig. after all, what we do is also an extra source of income. and at the end of the day -- it's still work..
if there's one thing i don't consider as work, it's this blogging thing. it's my virtual shock absorber. very few people read some of my posts. i know it's not as interesting as one can be. but hey, this is about the blogger, not the blogs anyways. (beingmelay nga eh!) i am not here to promote world peace or make this world a better place. that requires even more work to be done. no thanks.
work. work. work.. nakakapagod. i suddenly remember a line from one of my favorite books -- LIVE A BALANCED LIFE -- learn some, think some, draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work everyday some. which leads me to grab a bag of chips and a can of soda on my way home, and go straight to our couch in front of the tv set. i've been working hard lately. it's time to relax...
posted by melay / carme at Sunday, May 08, 2005
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Well said...:-)
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