Moving Forward

My recent status in Facebook was a line which I got from Fun.'s song Why Am I The One. It says . .

"For once I get the feeling that I'm right where I belong."

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Not so long ago, I really don't know what to do with my life. I was unemployed then and I can attest how hard it is to look for a job which in my case had a little experience. I participated in Job Fairs, signed up for websites like Jobstreet and JobsDB and looked for Classified Ads in the newspaper but nothing happened. I was very hopeless in that job hunting activity so I thought of other ways that I can help myself move forward and bring meaning to my life once more. I applied for a Graduate Program in De La Salle University which I knew from the start I will never pass but I did it anyway because there's nothing wrong in trying. While waiting for the results, I continued searching for possible careers, watched my favorite movies all over again, walked my dog every morning, wrote blogs, and read books. It took a while. Same routine everyday then all of a sudden, everything had change. I was like in the movie Hunger Games which I can say, "The odds are now in my favor."

My blog "Ganito Kami Sa MRT" was a hit and became viral for three days (yeah, just 3 days, I'm not that popular). It had took 3000 likes and 4000 shares in Facebook and I was like, "This is nuts!" Week later, I passed DLSU. And another week had passed, I got a job in CDO Foodsphere, Inc. God had given me everything I prayed for and now it's time to choose whether to continue my studies or rather work again for a living. I chose both. I know it is challenging but it can be done.

I've been working in CDO Foodsphere, Inc. for one and a half months already and I've never been this happy. The work is sometimes tough and a real challenge but it excites me. I love what I do and it's really a pleasure to work with such a great Team [Sales Support Group]. I'm really looking forward to work for this company in many years to come that is why I also want to pursue graduate studies because of the reason I would really want to contribute to its success.

I know it's hard to believe that for a span of one month my loyalty for CDO was this intense but what I do believe is CDO will continue to satisfy me like what it does to customers and help me grow personally and professionally. So yes, it's true . .

"For once I get the feeling that I'm right where I belong."

Welcome to FTSTS, Archers!

It's exactly 7:45PM and I'm here at LRT Pedro Gil Station waiting for my friend. Sitting on the bench, I wonder what to write on my blog which happened to be very important because it is graded. Blogging is one of my favorite hobbies but I really have no idea what to write now.

I'm into writing, in fact I am a blogger for a long time already however the problem is I rarely write in English or in formal language. I guess it is because my chosen audiences are quite not interested to it or I think they prefer to be entertained rather than finding solution to serious problems such as increase in unemployment rate and other related stuff. This blog actually is all about my personal silly stories with enormous splash of humor as its tagline says, "Ang buhay ay isang malaking joke"  which I believe loved by many because of feedback coming from my friends (they are such true friends, I know!).

My style of writing is like Bob Ong's. He is a contemporary Filipino Author known for using conversational Filipino to create humorous and reflective depictions of Philippine life. I really loved his works and I am such a huge fan! I am more of a creative writer and writing stories is my forte. In the contrary, my struggle is that the course requires us to engage more on formal writing and examples are journalistic, academic, etc. (Oh, I remember. Avoid using etc.) and other forms of writing.

Instead of worrying, I found a silverlining with this challenge. Being able to write in formal will enable me to equip more skills and be able to learn new writing techniques since my very awesome classmates will have good comments on this to help me improve (for the sake of extra points). Oh just to add up, I am very vulnerable to criticisms so take it easy you guys. Thank you!

I guess it's time to get out of my comfort zone, this blog will now evolve and change! It's going to be bolder, bigger, and better! Watch out for next posts to come. I may come up with topics like forgiveness, law, corruption, poverty, education, and a lot more. Sure it's a lot more serious than previous posts but I assure you it is gonna be all right (for good grades, please be with me).

Oh, my friend is here! The train is here! Time to go. By the way, I'm Grace Alcala, the socially awkward girl sitting at the back.

Welcome to my blog, Full The String To Stuff.

May the grace of the Lord be with us always!

1st BLOG SUBMISSION - Eng501M 6/15/2013