So I was being so grumpy today..I can even see lines in my face as I watch my reflection right in front of me, as fed by the monitor.
I actually have nothing in mind to write this moment, i just want to ease out every tension that builds up in my whole body.. perhaps a product of scant sleep and a terribly tiresome day brought about by river sampling at Glan River, Sarangani Province.. I am so tired I could hardly get myself into talking to other people, much more give anyone around me a smile, even just for charity's sake.
With nothing really in mind but desultory thoughts, perhaps I might disclose few issues and concerns I have been pondering since, uh, a few months from now..
- I've always wanted to be part of the academe. I actually don't know who've really inspired me to be one but I really have a strong inclination on becoming a teacher. Both from my father and mother side, I've got aunts who've got a teaching profession. One was an elementary teacher, and the other was previously an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the Mindanao State University - Gen. Santos City campus (where I also took my undergraduate degree) and now a math teacher at Nevada, USA. Although complaints for having a relatively low salary (as compared to other profession) was very evident and eminent among those in the teaching profession, this does not hinder me nor discourage me from becoming one (the soonest possible, the better). Teaching is such a noble profession I could not restrain myself from falling into its pit.
- I wasn't entirely happy with the meager compensation I am receiving as of now. Although many would want to be in my place (since only a few graduates of my field of specialization will have the chance to work along it) right now (though they do not necessarily want to covet my job), I reckon they would be thinking twice should they learn that this job offers no benefits (e.g. no hazard pay) and other perks deemed necessary for this course of work. I even came to a point that I felt I am being cheated. But then again, I also believe that this job gives me on of the best, if not the best training ground for greater future employment and career.
- As a product, not only once did I planned (and have actually acted) to apply for a job with greater compensation and perks. Just recently, I've applied as a Research Assistant for the Sea Cucumber Ranching Project at Bolinao Marine Laboratory and was on the brink of being hired had I not hesistated. Perhaps the will of God.
- I am so friggin tired. My body's aching and my health's deteriorating. For both of that, I am quite sure. Although I am thankful that our field works for the Biozonification Project (I am the team leader for the coral reef component and was tasked to assess the corals of the coastal barangays of Sarangani Bay ) and the sampling for the the five major rivers that flush in the Sarangani Bay was definitely over for this year, the long weeks of working under the scorching heat of the incessantly burning sun have left me so tired I want to rest and sleep for weeks on end.
Reckon that would be all for now..
