Time Turner Number 4: *Lost In Transition

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Time Turner Number 4: *Lost In Transition

October 15, 2008

It’s been a while since I’ve touched this friendster thingy again. And within that span of time, a considerable change has enveloped my very existence… A lot has inevitably been altered and I am struggling hard to get the hang of it. Really… The most noticeable developments that I have to get used to are the disappearance of the close people I used to idle the time with, the parting of the dry environs I always knew by heart, and the unwilling abandonment of the bummer lifestyle I have always cherished. Like a bag of dead body “salvaged” by Hannibalistic local cops, I have been hurled into a new territory where everything is dark and creepy.

I should be thankful for having successfully cut the sleazy Johnny Lazy chain off my wrist. I should appreciate the fact that right now, I am already one of the multitude of young urban professionals who march the streets with proud, corporate strides. I should be cheering up and thanking heavens and earth that, unlike my other batchmates who still cling to their parents’ sleeves for dependence, I am now earning my own dough and enjoying the luxury of say…buying one McDo express meal (always with large fries!) with my own money. And yet…I remain cynical.For more than two months now, I have been earning my own keep by sitting in front of a gray celluloid at an ungodly hour, mumbling about technical diatribes that you didn’t try firsthand to start with, and faking an accent to avoid being branded as an “Indian” by your customer. It’s a job that keeps you dependent on caffeine and nicotine for survival - the former I sure can attest, but the latter I still can resist.

From the moment you signed your name in the contract, you have to accept and be aware of the things you have to unwillingly compromise - time, friends, gimmicks, family, lifestyle. These are the words that will have to be deleted in your vocabulary. Where before, you have the luxury of unlimitexting friends and fiends for carefree what’s ups and what nots, now all you can do with the ticking clock is make it sufficient for a sleep-eat-work life cycle. And if you can still get away with an eight-hour dozing, then you’re already lucky. ‘Cause anything below that is considered just normal.

My friends complain I have been “dead” for a long time now. They tell me how I could have forgotten them for so short a time. When they actually engage in a “kumustahan” session in the textroom, most of them wonder what happened to me. They say they miss me. They say they want to have a good, quality time with the old folks again…Just like the good, old days. They actually had one during Lent. Minus me, of course. Because while everyone else may have been enjoying the break tanning their skins to death in beaches, I remain incarcerated in my own computer station trying to troubleshoot a no connection issue with an old man who insists I could make his Outlook Express appear in his desktop even if the program is not in his computer. Talk about immaculate conception.

It’s an unusual, difficult work, yes, what with all the precious things you have to compromise and unwilling sacrifices you have to make. But the perks are more than enough to keep your whiners out in the dust. I am currently in an account that compensates fairly well. If you make good, they will give what’s due for you. That means a lot of across-the-board incentives and bonuses on top of your basic pay. And besides, with the current rate of unemployment insanely balooning to a nine-month pregnancy proportion, beggars can’t be choosers.

So I remain loyal to my odd job, bearing with all the crap, learning to love it, or at least like it, even if it’s the farthest job description my course could be attached to (If my memory serves me right, I should be dealing with debits, credits, and kupits!). Pledging allegiance means knowing how to deflate the hot air in your irate customer’s head, how to be a virtuous man to an old-slash-drunk-slash-deaf-slash-physically-impaired customer, and how to keep your cool even if you feel like busting the phone into the hell-cursing Johnny Doe’s head.

I’m beginning to get the entire process into my system. Slowly, I’m getting familiar with it. Surely, I’m getting there…And until I get to that eureka moment, I will continue fighting the battle of boredom and cynicism. I will continue to sleep when everyone is awake, wake up when everyone is about to sleep, and deliver my opening spiel with renewed enthusiasm:
“Thank you for calling Technical Support! My name is Lio. How may I help you today?”

*This post I made after calling my friends stationed momentarily in Manila. They were a few bunch who proceeded to review for six months. I would have to admit that it was envy that inspired me to pour it out. I was envious because they had the chance to follow their one, true dream. Mine was on hold, and willingly done at that, because I know there are far more important things that needed realization than my mere dream to become a CPA (e.g. my sister’s graduation from college. The night after the call, I had two grande’s of Red Horse and some few guitar strummings to keep me company.

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