Just like any other fresh graduate, I withstood the summer heat as I walk along the towering edifices of Makati in search for that one thing we always have been dreaming off the moment we laid our foot in school. That very reason why our parents sent us to school in the first place, and why we endured almost two decades of education.
Yes. It was time to get my first job.
As a tourism graduate, I imagined myself working as a Reservations and Ticketing Agent of an airline, or a reputable travel agency. So with me is a map of Makati (why Makati? I'd love to be called as a Makati girl), database of airline offices and travel agencies there, copies of my resume and my hope to come home with a new job. I went to Gulf Air, Eva Airways, Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines, Delta Airlines, Jet Airways, Asiana Airlines, Korean Air and Etihad Airways (almost all of which along Ayala Avenue). Among these airline offices, I am quite fascinated about Gulf Air and Etihad Airways. I don't know if, really, Middle Eastern airlines have this sophisticated taste that is quite evident on their offices from couches to architectural design. I have this good feeling that one day, these will be my offices. I don't know why and how, but, yeah, I just have a good feeling.
True enough to my hope, I went home that day with positive feeling that this particular 'top of the line' travel agency is wanting a follow up on my job application. Everything went fast, all I can recall is that I signed at the "Conforme" of my application, and "Accept condition" on the next days. I was too excited to even bother myself read what I indeed signed at and for. All I know is that it was a 'premier' travel agency in the country and that I am branded as a "Travel Associate". It was my first job. The first paycheck is what I am excited about. But before all that, came the time when I have to report for work.
Damn.
I knew it wasn't the right job for me. I knew it since day 1. I knew it because I can feel it. After 6 months, I quit my job. But one thing I learned from my mentors who never fail on giving me advices, never quit your job unless you have a strong 'back up' financial aid (if not for another job). I was fortunate enough to land a better job. The day after my last day in that travel agency, I was then branded as a Marketing Coordinator of a medical travel agency. Where? Inside Gulf Air's office. Inside the glamorous old Gulf Air office in Ayala Avenue. Yeah, that good feeling? Yes, indeed my good feeling was right. I looooved my job as a marketing person. I love the graphic design duties, business development initiatives, website updates, talking to travel suppliers and trade partners, research, collaterals. Everything I love doing, I found in that job as a marketing person.
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| Here's the Gulf Air office and some GF buddies. |
For almost two years, I stayed with that medical travel agency. Then came an opportunity to work for an airline affiliate. I thought to myself, this could be the chance I am waiting for. I was then transferred to the General Sales Agent of this Middle Eastern (again) airline. After a few months, I found myself reporting for duty at the Etihad Airways Makati office. I was a half-Marketing, half-Sales person. Yes, that posh office of Etihad Airways I once have a good feeling of being a part of. Yeah, it basically did happen.
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| Gulf United Corporation (Etihad's GSA) buddies on the 'Graduation Day' of our Sabre training. |
It all started with my thought of 'having a good feeling' about a thing. And it did attract that good feeling to happen. I guess, it just goes to show that things happen at the right time, at the right place. If it is meant to happen to you, it will. Just put your trust that it will indeed happen. If it doesn't, well, you have to believe that better things are waiting for you. It doesn't matter when and where, but what matters most is that you keep in you that trust in Him that everything will fall into the right place. Trust His timing, His plans for you. You'll never know how exciting His plans for you are until it finally unfold. You just have to wait, to persevere, and to trust. That's all it takes. Oh, by the way, I am no longer a Marketing person now, but a college instructor, in tourism. (Will tell you tale about that on my next entries)
xx
Eenapot
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