Monday, November 22, 2010

Robin and I

I have a lot of things that I want to achieve ever since I was young. I can do a lot of stuff: Compose songs, sing (a little,) dance (a little,) write fiction and non-fiction, draw, and some other things that people do not really care about (I just said that.)
Meet my friend Robin, a dancer. He's got looks and talent. He is already a father. He has not graduated college because of this. He is turning nineteen just a few days from now. Robin desperately needs a job but there are two things he feels that he lacks of: experience and confidence.
Meet me, Eric, who is currently hired as a proofreader of essays (they call us "Essay Writers" at work though we don't really write essays there.) I don't have a kid yet, but I really want to have one already (a son, preferably.) I am a four-year college graduate. I am 23 years old (I hate being reminded of my age, I have succeeded in forgetting about it in so many months.) I already have a job and I can say that I have a little bit of experience and confidence.
Robin hates interviews. He feels that he's got nothing to brag about or show to impress the interviewer. He fears, most especially, English. But robin really wants to have a job.
I'm nervous at interviews. But I view it as a gateway to impression. It is the time to let the employer have a glimpse of whom they will be with once they hire me. I have skills in English; it is my specialty in college. But right now, I really want to have a career.
Robin has a career. He loves to dance. He never runs out of gigs, and he does what he loves doing and at the same time, make money out of it. But that was not enough to sustain his and his family's life. That's why he needs a job badly.
I have a job. I'm happy about it, so far, because I get to earn almost enough for me and my family. But I am hoping that someday, I will be able to do something that I like doing and at the same time, earn something good from it. One of them is dancing.
I envy Robin at some point. I have always wanted to dance (it's not my biggest dream, though.) And to see Robin doing it is just something nice. I can sense that he is somehow satisfied with what he does because it is his dream to do such. It is also part of my dream.
Sometimes, I guess, people really don't know what they got already. But most of the time, people know what they need to have.

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