A day after the PhilNITS SW exam, here I am writing. And just like the first time (FE), I again failed. One thing different though is that this time, I was never really expecting to pass. Not before the exam, and not after it. I knew that I’ll fail. And the exam is never really the reason why this post has such a title.

Well, maybe the exam is a part of it. A part so small. Probably analogous to a period in the end of a paragraph.

The title speaks about the first quarter of my year. Last January, I wrote my goals for the year on my other blog, in the hope that if they’re written for people to read, I’ll be encouraged to do them. More than three months later, though, the goals I’ve written became what I didn’t expect them to be… constant reminders that I am a failure. Well, at least for the first three months of the year.

In that post, I said I would be 10 pounds lighter by the end of March… I guess I’m 10 pounds (or more) heavier than I was in January. I also said that I’ll save at least P3000 a month. I did, just to have it all gone by March-end.

Then, there were the goals regarding my job. 2 blog post per month for Dinozilla: I haven’t written any. Zero lates for the whole year: I was doing fine until that 1 minute late at the end of March. Lastly, the customer rating thing of 6.5 up: my project is delayed BIG time, so I’m not in a position to expect anything higher than 5 (or maybe 4).

Then, there were the things that cannot be measured. Patience: I still hate long lines, jeepney drivers who wait for passengers who are still taking a bath, etc, etc. And as with my social life, I no longer spend all of my weekends at the apartment alone. Sometimes, I go to the office for overtime work! Great improvement, huh?!?

And to complete everything, there’s the PhilNITS exam. With all the previous failures, the exam looked like an insignificant part. A small point, perhaps, to end a long paragraph.

Failures… somebody said they are inevitable. They are a part of life, so to speak. And in a statement that can allow you to let all the anger and frustration out, you can just shout “S**t happens!”, then move on.

But that’s the good thing about it. You can move on. I can move on. Or to restate it properly, I SHOULD move on. The PhilNITS exam may have ended the paragraph, but that was just the first. There are three quarters more left for my goals to find their end. Three more paragraphs to change the ambience set by the first. 9 more months to prove that the setbacks of the first three won’t hinder the realization of my goals.

What’s done has been done. There’s nothing more that I can do about it. But there’s a future ahead of me, and whether it would be bright or dull all depends on me. I know what I must do. I just hope that I have enough will and discipline to do it.

I will be taking the PhilNITS SW exam tomorrow.

Have you ever heard about Inday? If John Doe is the constant victim of crimes in the US, and if Juan dela Cruz is the usual victim of the crimes done by the Philippine government, Inday is the usual househelp in the Philippine setting. Recently, however, Inday has surprised many Filipinos with the text messages that have been spreading in the country. Never received any of those messages? Well, here are some, and have a hanky ready in case of nosebleed:

“I believe that my trained skills and expertise in management with the use of standard tools, and my discipline and experience will contribute significantly to the value of work that you want. My creativity, productivity and work efficiency and the high quality of outcomes I can offer will boost the work progress…”

-sagot ni Inday sa interview ng bago nyang amo!

 

“It’s absurd! It was never a fact that he will inflict a fight. I can only imagine how you can handle schizophrenic kids on this educational institution. Revise your policies because it sucks!”

-Inday kasama si Junior sa principal’s office. (Tulala ang principal)

 

“Stop your raucous behavior. It is bound to result in property damages and if that happens there will be corresponding punishment inflicted upon you!”

-Inday, pinagbabawalan ang mga bata na wag malikot

 

“Nurture others with positive, ruthful words, not words that hurt. It doesn’t cost anything to do so. But mean what you say, and say what you mean. If you cannot be generous financially, at least be generous with your words.”

-yan ang sabi ni Inday nung di sya pinautang at pinagmumura pa ng amo nya

 

“The consistency was fine. But you see, it seems that the increased amount of sodium chloride affected the taste drastically and those actions are irreversible. I do apologize.”

-nageexplain si Inday kung bakit maalat ang ulam (aba, career much si Inday!)

 

“Listening to the nonsense talk about someone’s life is a pathetic way of entertainment. It doesn’t contribute to the good of the society. I hate character assassinators!”

- reklamo ni Inday ng natsismis sya ng kapitbahay! (di ko kinaya si Inday!)

 

“A change in weather patterns might have occurred, wreaking havoc to the surroundings. The way the debris are scattered indicates that the gust of wind was going northeast causing damage to the path it was heading for. “

-sagot ni Inday sa amo nung tanungin kung bakit makalat sa bakuran ;p