Chapter 1
I have a pretty chill schedule this week since all my write-ups and articles have been submitted even before the deadline, but it all changed when I received an email from my boss. I wondered what it could be.
Ibubugaw na ba ako sa foreigner nito?! Hindi ko pa naman need ng sugar daddy, a?!
Pikit mata kong pinindot ang email na may subject na 'New Project Line-ups'.
Humugot ako ng malalim na hininga hoping that this email wasn't something I imagined it would be. Well, revisions and scrapping the first draft were some of the things that I hated doing for this job, but since it's a part of it... wala na akong kawala.
Good day, Corentienne
I have read all your submitted articles just now, and all are good. No revisions are needed, just a little proofreading, and it's good to go. In regard to that, I've talked to my boss if now is the chance to let you travel to the Philippines for a better grasp of what the provinces in our country could offer us and the tourists.
Boss approved the proposal. Please notify me as soon as you can so we can arrange your travel itinerary in Palawan. I'm still looking at where it would be better to send you off—it could be Puerto Princesa, Coron, or El Nido. But I believe it's good to travel throughout the island.
HR will process your itinerary once you're confirmed.
Congratulations! Good luck with your new project!
Regards,
Jenica Ronquillo
Tila laglag pa rin ang panga ko sa nabasa ko. I've been in my job for a month pa lang pero super laki na ng tiwala nila sa akin. Though this wasn't my first job, dati na rin akong copywriter sa isang company that promoted tourism though I had to leave my job there since I needed to move on from something that was pretty hurtful for me. But I've already set it aside now. Wala na dapat akong alalahanin pa.
Apat na buwan din akong nabakante at puro freelance jobs na hindi naman enough to sustain my needs kaya when I saw this opportunity in a hiring group somewhere on Facebook Groups, I immediately grabbed it and fortunate of me, with my experience of traveling from places to places, I've become suited for this job.
Nanginginig ang kamay ko habang nagta-type ng response sa manager ko. I had to check what I've written a few times just to make sure na walang mali sa sinabi ko. I couldn't help it kaya nang pagka-send ko ay gusto kong tumili-tili at magsaya, but I still did it at nagtatalon-talon ako nang hindi nag-iingay. My officemates would kill the hell out of me kung marinig nila ang matinis kong sigaw.
Nang huminahon ako ay bumalik ako sa kinauupuan ko at inayos ang sarili.
May pumasok sa isipan ko na siyang inisip ko naman nang malalim. Miss Jenica didn't mention I would be going with someone else. Wala namang problema sa akin kung mag-isa ako, mas mapadadali pa nga nito ang trabaho ko since no side-trips at work-work lang ang agenda... but of course, I wouldn't let the chance to split away.
I've been doing everything solo for a year now. Wala namang mawawala. Mas masaya pa nga.
The freedom and peacefulness. No one could replace it.
To be honest, travelling was just a bonus part of my job and I was quite loving it—may hindi nga lang love ang turing sa akin—but that was before, hahatakin ko pa ba ang sarili ko pabalik?
Saglit lang ay may kumatok sa office room ko, at dumungaw ang ulo ng kasamahan ko.
"Miss Cory, lunch na po tayo!" pag-anyaya sa akin ni Tessa.

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Seeking Wonders in Palawan
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