The year was 2002, I stop studying due to so many reasons, I haven’t work yet, all that I am doing is just drinking alcohol and smoke cigarettes. That time, I had no plans in my life, no future, just messing around is enough for me.

Later that year, a friend of mine asked me to come with him and apply for a job, a job that we can both be hired because the requirements are not so strict. I got hired,and i thought everything would change.I'm so wrong, everything is just the same, the only thing that change is that, now I have my own money to provide for my vices. Everything is the same for years, still no plans, no future, just working, drinking, smoking.

Year 2005, I’m still working for my fourth Jollibee branch, same routine daily. Then I met this girl, who inspired me, a working student, cheerful and liberated. I said to myself, if she can do it, I can do it. So, i court her and we became lovers. From that moment everything changed.

Year 2008, two defining moments of my life happened, I got back to school and my son was born. Before that year, only one person inspires me to go to work and school daily, but in that year, two persons inspires me, with a tremendous amount of pressure. I have made a promise to myself, I had to graduate before my son steps into school.

So from that moment on, my future and our future has been plotted. It is not easy to study and to work all day, but if you have inspiration and the determination you can do it, there are times that I say to myself that I don’t think I can make it, but then their faces flashes in my brain.

My work is at the production area of the restaurant, meaning I don’t have time to rest for a while and do home works. My social life has been affected to, I seldom see my friends, taking time out together, I’m always absent at reunions gimmicks, etc. But I think that is what we called in economics “to get something one must give something in return” that is the law of something, I can’t remember, it is called a sacrifice, in order to get what we’ve wanted.

But my life is not that boring, the girl that I mentioned earlier will always find ways for us to make a holiday trip around the country. She always plans and execute everything. She is a travel guide, a travel agency, She always want a getaway for us. I’ve traveled different parts of the country because of her.

So, Enjoy Life. "Learn to Put First Things First"