16 Chapter 16: The Call

Touch screen phones are just beggining to invade our world back in 2010 but ever since I saw one on the internet, I said to myself I will own that thing once I become a GM (Group Manager). It was so expensive then but I can save for 6 months and I will buy that damn cellphone. I was also planning to buy a 2nd hand car next year but for now, I just bought a brand new Laptop which I needed for work. I was also making some sidelines at oDesk and I believe that was a smart investment. My vices are gone and I'm just interested in owning some things to, of course, impress my friends and relatives. O always wanted my mom to say, "That's my son's car." Very simple but touches the very core of my heart. Oh I wish I could turn back the time.

These are just some of the things that I wish I had right now. Most of them are evwn wearing simple shorts and flip flops there but oh my god it doesn't reveal how financially stable they are. To be with my batchmates was nothing short of embarrasing. I don't want to be with then. I don't want them to tell my story to their kids saying that Rob should have been this, that he should have been that, that he should have done that, and so don't emulate that dude. This is what will happen to you if you don't study, if you do drugs, if you behave badly. I don't want that, but I have a feeling that after our party, they will do that. Hell, I will do that too if I heard something about someone. I will tell my kids that story so they will not do what that dude did. In this case, that is me. Me is that dude. I'm just garbage. Pure garbage there.

I was so focused on my job that I forgot everything now. A month before my interview, my girlfriend broke up with me after 5 yrs saying that she needed space. She needed to find herself and wants to move on. Yeah, right! I know that I have not giving her the time she needs now but she also knows what the situation is. Weekly sex is a part of our relationship so this is not about being not intimate. I know there is something going on but I would have preferred she just told me the truth. That she would have just said "I want to break up with you because I found someone else". Easy, right? By the way, I forgot to mention that my ex girlfriend was also working on our company but on a different project. But my team, my friends, tells me that they noticed that this guy is always with her and they sometimes see them very sweet and irritatingly close. They knew who she was of course. I wasn't paying much attention to that rumor but I am already feeling the coldness from her. Well, to cut the story short, we broke up and lo and behold, the rumors are true. She was bashed and destroyed by my friends and she resigned immediately.

It was a painful week for me. I thought she was going to be the one but it is what it is. That's the fun part of a relationship. I was terribly affected by it and it showed in my performance. I missed 2 important deadlines and it made my whole team work extra 8 hours a day of overtime for my incompetence. I tried to ignore it after and my friends just kept inviting me to party and have a drink or 2. They knew what has happened and I just kept my focus and tried to fix my misshap. Luckily, I bounced back with a great response from our client and I was back on track. Ryan, one of my friends outside work, called me an afternoon and told me he needed to borrow some money immediately. He says it's very important. I said sure man, just wait for me after 5pm. I'll go there to your house. That was 2 weeks before the interview.