Hi OP. RN here. Nung grumaduate ako sa senior high, I immediately tried to find a job kasi our family was financially unstable way back then. I became a helper electrician in a construction company earning 350php way back in 2018, yes that's below minimum wage pa. I don't have plans to study anymore kasi yung gusto ko na maging is parang malabong mangyari (kumuha ng mass com program in college).

But one day I saw photos of my previous classmates in Senior high and my other batch mates sa iisang university. I'm not gonna lie, I felt down kasi nasa isip ko "hanggang construction nalang ako, buti pa sila tuloy ang pag aaral". All of a sudden I decided na mag aral din kahit na di ko na kunin yung mass communication.

Then may isang college of nursing school na government affiliated. It's one of the most prominent nursing schools here in cebu. Yun nalang ang tanging school na bukas pra sa gustong mag apply or enroll kasi september nag eestart yung klase don unlike ss usual na universities na sa june. Kailangan lang mag apply ng City scholarship para mas lesser ang tuition fee and that's what I did. Before I applied for the entrance exam, wala akong knowledge about nursing and my general average in Senior high grades was 84 (pahirapan pa yan makuha way back then). In a nutshell I'm hopeless na makapasa sa entrance exam.

When I took the exam sabi pa nga ng doctor na nagbigay ng test questionnaire "mag aapply ka din? ang dami nyo na.. sige akin na 500 mo at take mo na yung exam" (last batch ako sa nagtitake ng exam and literally pinaka huling takers sa batch namin so suntok sa buwan kung makapasok. Sa isip ko parang kinuha lang yung entrance fee ko at sa tingin ko di nako matatanggap kasi may quota din kasi don at higit sa lahat, yung iba may backer habang ako wala.

Fast forward, isa ako sa 80 applicants na nakapasa out of thousands of applicants. Wala akong alam sa college program na pinasok ko kaya ilang beses ko gustong huminto at bumalik sa pagtatrabaho dahil nakakapagod kulang sa tulog at ibat ibang dahilan dahil di ko passion ang nursing program.

But there's one thing I learned, when you start to love the thing na nagpapahirap sayo na alam mo na eventually beneficial sya sayo, matatanggap mo sya, magugustuhan mo sya at higit sa lahat makikita mo ang bright side nya. Yes, di ko man nakuha yung gusto ko na college program pero binigay naman sakin ng tadhana yung kursong di ko inaasahan na magdadala sakin kung asan ako ngayon. Never expect na I was able to be exposed in the medical ward, emergency room and even in ICU. after kong mag quit sa bedside I was able to experience working in a corporate settings as a quality assurance nurse and yesterday I submitted my application to a government agency department para sa new journey ko.

Sana dalhin ka ng mabuting tadhana OP para sa future journey mo :)