In my three weeks at Arriyad, I have been hooked with tea, a unique blending of natural body aroma and their famous staple bread food.
Before reaching the land of dessert and sun, I have heard numerous news, rumors and warnings. I take heed of all those things and bear in mind that I am going there to work not for pleasure.
After sometime, I realized that Saudis work, think and act generally according to their faith, but specifically like the rest of the people of the world each person is unique, specifically working according to their education, knowledge and skills.
In my eight years of work journey, I finally feel relieved and I knew what makes me feel stable, comfortable and ease yet full of passion, dedication and positive-progressive view of life.
I remember some people who has made a difference in my career. During my college I have been connected to a local christian church in iloilo. The main church senior pastor was singaporean, eventually I worked with him for the next two years – back there I learned that singaporean people really meant what they say. They are not impartial, they show no favoritism and they are strict with schedules and commitments. They take everything with value and appreciate the things that is natural. They love to increase people knowledge and skills, they love technology and they work very hard. Back then I worked as a church admin staff. After that, I’ve tried applying for a job and had experienced of 3 days work with chinese, a chinese own company trading car parts. Later, I went to manila for a two to three weeks vacation.
When I came back to iloilo, I joined in a very glamorous company in wellness industry. Working with half-chinese half-filipino isn’t easy. Their mind revolves around the profit, strategy, various activities and countless campaign for wellness, it drives me crazy. My boss is very passionate, she care for he business very much. Nothing is impossible when she target something and work for it, with our help of course. But her style? It makes her people scared of her, though she is compassionate and godly. I lasted for nearly three years working with her and fly to Brunei as tourist together with my Aunt for a hope to find a job there directly. But I failed.
After more than a month in Brunei, I went back home iloilo and started hunting job. I landed into a new and pioneering company in wellness industry. It was owned by pure ilonggo blooded filipino. I’ve pioneered the marketing and the sales strategy and development. Naturally, My boss were very good and caring. But, they won’t tell you what’s in their mind when you are in front of them, later you will hear so many things that are both good and bad from other people whom they talked with about you. They’re late bloomers. They fancy parties and glamorous events. They have money but i find it hard to make myself feel at ease with them and value of what they have. I stayed up to six months.
I went to manila to attend an interview for a singapore job. Unfortunately I wasn’t selected for the job. In my mind I have to stay. I can’t go back to iloilo. So the project owner who facilitated the interview of the job i've applied hired me. Another fellow, illonga-filipino. She will tell you good things up front and tell bad things behind you. She’s loud and daring, I have learned from her to be a fighter and becoming more independent. I was taught to be more efficient in work and detail. To carefully notice every part of the job and seek no rest, for there is strength there is work. It goes on for another six months.
After six months, I was hired by a Korean owned company. It’s a general contractor company that manufacture aluminum, install door and window glasses, stainless products and so on. Korean people are respectful people and authoritative. They are full of energy, full of indefinable attitude of love towards their job and their worries is unbearable. It’s fun working with them. You see them changing in colors, when they talked to their boss they are saints but when the boss are gone, they are kings. Most of them are taught before hand how to act and live in Philippines, it’s pre programmed. They already knew how corrupt the government people are, they knew how poor and bad is the majority of living condition in the Philippines. They the opportunist. They waste no time. And they help each other fellow Koreans no matter if they are offended or have conflict with one another, they’re just have a loud, strong and the warring voice, but actually its their tone. I made it almost two years working with them, and if its not because of opportunity working abroad I might find myself still under their sting.
So, really on November 14, 2010 i'm 29th. When I began living my life since I was 17 I had to say i've started from zero, from nothing. Rags to rags until I develop myself progressively and convert rag things of living into real life opportunities. It's been almost 12 years now, but I never feel I that materialy stable, my satisfaction on material things somehow not bad – except for craving a condo, land, cars and guns. I feel like I just began to really work with worthwhile pay, a pay that really equates your skills and mental ability.
Now that I am here in the country of people whose belief, culture and lifestyle is so far different form mine but i'm totally in. Since i began working with them I never feel difficult to understand them and the way I looked at them. We create images and idea about people when we hear about them, yet we can only make an impression of lasting truth of what they are really like when we live and experience them.
Am still on the process of learning their ways. But with the people I worked with? They are so professional, they are the boss of their own time. They are grandeurs. Though they all look strange to me as like they are wearing a very strong facial expression and hard to reach stature. I saw them always greeting each other with the kiss of peace, they kissed each other on face and spoke some magical words i don't understand. They are very very faithful to Allah, praying five times a day. So far, I have not dine with any of them nor hang out with one of them. There’s no rush in life, they never rush with the things they do. Sooner or later I will experience their true colors and humaness.
by: bodengdeng
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