Every time my daughter acts naughtily, I tell the nanny, my secretary, my sister, or whoever is with us at the time, to get my luggage as I am leaving. She would then stop acting silly and would straighten her act. She would then shift from being naughty, and kiss and hug me, and would tell me not to go. Hahaha...I always get her that way. So she behaves....
Speaking of luggage...I bought mine when I was still in Cebu, while working for Convergys. My sister Honey and I bought us a luggage each because at that time, Hong Kong Disneyland was going to open and our family was planning to go. Honey was always excited of buying a luggage mainly because she believes that having one will mean that your travel plans will push through. But of course, we were not able to push through because my brother Elden had a problem getting a passport due to documents inconsistencies---name, spelling, etc.... My father, who just received his retirement money at that time decided to postpone the trip, that instead of treating the family to HK Disneyland, since one will not be able to go with us, he will just give us tokens out of his retirement fund...hahaha...and of course, plans were made that shifted from travelling to opening a business or two... So they opened Honeysweet months after. Two contact centers later, I arrived here in CDO after working as a Communications Compliance Officer at Xlibris, and seeing that my daughter needed me more than anyone or anything, I resigned from Xlibris and took the responsibility for Honeysweet as my other sisters, to whom the name Honeysweet were taken from, were busy planning their lives and career paths. Sweet is now finishing her second course, Nursing, and Honey will be pursuing her first love, Theater, before her TTRP in Singapore will kick off. Only this time, she will be travelling again and settling, farther than before, as there are no schools for Theater Arts in Cebu. This time, she will be in Manila to study Theater, and at the same time, work in a contact center--- a career that she has proven herself to be good at also. Whew...Soon, after Sweet finishes and will take the board and pass and further move on to leave the Philippines for greener pastures, just like all the nurses in our family. Her choice of going to UK or the US to join my other cousins. Elden may leave too, as her fiance is also a Nurse. And I? Well, I promised myself and my daughter that when everything will fall at the right place, only then will I leave. But as promised, I shall be leaving with my darling daughter, as I will not be leaving her behind.
People always come and go, whether they are your direct family or your friends or acquaintances, the act of leaving is inevitable. So all I can say is that, people should be prepared. We should have a good luggage that's handy. Something that is lightweight perhaps, or big enough for everything we wish to put inside it. And if we are too busy to get one or look for one, it is just a click away. My friend Karen bought herself a luggage at www.shopwiki.com before leaving for New Delhi. Hers was a missionary work that entails a lot more than meeting people. Her luggage, according to her symbolizes her faith in God, as it is very small to fit everything else, but miraculously, it did. As for me, my luggage is symbolic in such a way that, its existence in my life changed my viewpoint on life and leaving. I guess that is the very reason why my luggage is already full and ready. Anytime I will need to go somewhere, I have inside it everything I would need. That's why my daughter is afraid because she knows that my luggage is ready to go. All I have to do is pick it up and load it in the car...then I am off...
Speaking of luggage...I bought mine when I was still in Cebu, while working for Convergys. My sister Honey and I bought us a luggage each because at that time, Hong Kong Disneyland was going to open and our family was planning to go. Honey was always excited of buying a luggage mainly because she believes that having one will mean that your travel plans will push through. But of course, we were not able to push through because my brother Elden had a problem getting a passport due to documents inconsistencies---name, spelling, etc.... My father, who just received his retirement money at that time decided to postpone the trip, that instead of treating the family to HK Disneyland, since one will not be able to go with us, he will just give us tokens out of his retirement fund...hahaha...and of course, plans were made that shifted from travelling to opening a business or two... So they opened Honeysweet months after. Two contact centers later, I arrived here in CDO after working as a Communications Compliance Officer at Xlibris, and seeing that my daughter needed me more than anyone or anything, I resigned from Xlibris and took the responsibility for Honeysweet as my other sisters, to whom the name Honeysweet were taken from, were busy planning their lives and career paths. Sweet is now finishing her second course, Nursing, and Honey will be pursuing her first love, Theater, before her TTRP in Singapore will kick off. Only this time, she will be travelling again and settling, farther than before, as there are no schools for Theater Arts in Cebu. This time, she will be in Manila to study Theater, and at the same time, work in a contact center--- a career that she has proven herself to be good at also. Whew...Soon, after Sweet finishes and will take the board and pass and further move on to leave the Philippines for greener pastures, just like all the nurses in our family. Her choice of going to UK or the US to join my other cousins. Elden may leave too, as her fiance is also a Nurse. And I? Well, I promised myself and my daughter that when everything will fall at the right place, only then will I leave. But as promised, I shall be leaving with my darling daughter, as I will not be leaving her behind.
People always come and go, whether they are your direct family or your friends or acquaintances, the act of leaving is inevitable. So all I can say is that, people should be prepared. We should have a good luggage that's handy. Something that is lightweight perhaps, or big enough for everything we wish to put inside it. And if we are too busy to get one or look for one, it is just a click away. My friend Karen bought herself a luggage at www.shopwiki.com before leaving for New Delhi. Hers was a missionary work that entails a lot more than meeting people. Her luggage, according to her symbolizes her faith in God, as it is very small to fit everything else, but miraculously, it did. As for me, my luggage is symbolic in such a way that, its existence in my life changed my viewpoint on life and leaving. I guess that is the very reason why my luggage is already full and ready. Anytime I will need to go somewhere, I have inside it everything I would need. That's why my daughter is afraid because she knows that my luggage is ready to go. All I have to do is pick it up and load it in the car...then I am off...
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