15 Chapter 15: My Peak

I wanted to go home now, I really do. All I have to do is ask one of our batchmates to hitch me a ride to the nearest area where I can hop a bus straight home I'm bored and I want to see my family now. I just drank a couple of beers for an hour and I'm not used to this environment anymore. I'm not old but I feel like one. There are about 30 guys in that meeting where they are now discussing the amount of money needed to be raised by our batch and what are the next plans are. I wanted to speak there and share my thoughts but my tounge was nowhere to be found. I had some ideas but I don't know why I failed to say anything. They are now pledging the amount that have been approved for the contribution. I don't have that money, but I should have had that money, I should have no problem with money.

After a year of hardwork, I was now promoted as a full time Team Manager. A regular employee that will have great benefits and a lot of opportunities to be promoted. That was in 2009. I'm having a great time right then. Money was good, I was able to travel some places here in our country for "Team Building" exercises. I'm so proud of myself of what I have achieved and about early 2010, our project manager told me that she is grooming me to be one of her Group Managers. I am so delighted by that news. It was the peak of my career, in which I have never thought I would ever achieve. My time now has been divided by work, my lovelife, and my close friends. I began avoiding parties, late night drinking, and was so focused on my job. My mom was ok with this as she sees that I have now fully changed and I feel she is proud of me as well. She knows that everything is fine with me. And she can also tell if there is something wrong with me.

Late 2010 our Project Manager told me that in the coming weeks, we will be interviewed by General Manager, which is the head in Asia, and the COO of our company. They will conduct this as there are also other top management positions being offered around Asia. Since they will visit our site, they will conduct the interview. Butterflies are now crampling in my stomach, I don't know if I'm excited, nervous, or just wanted to poop. I had ice cream and soda and tuna that lunch. It's out PM's birthday that day. She really want me to be a GM. I said to myself, my salary will be doubled, I will have my own office, I will no longer work 24/7, and I can settle down now.

Since I was 24 yrs old, my mom already wanted a grandchild but because of my priorities then, it was not on my top list. Heck, I don't even have a plan for my life then. I just wanted to party, do drugs, play music, and enjoy life. But now it's completely different. I have a plan, and if it works, everyone will have a happy ending.