Shaken

 

I was jolted by the news that Negros, the island where I am in, was hit by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake earlier today. It dismayed me not because I was thoughtful of those contrived areas in the remote shires of the island (so much for philanthropy!) but because if ever that upheaval hit our place, my non-existence will not cause so much of an uproar because let’s face it, I have never done anything noteworthy which can be considered as a legacy. I mean, I’m barely 20, I deserve to live.

It was just a few days ago when I had a really upright rational talk with a few friends about the future. To give you a background, we define “future” as nine months from now, which is after graduation. I had a chat with a MassComm alumni and he told me that the competition is really formidable and brutal in the real world setting. He even added that there will be times when “who you know” will be far important than “what you know” so one must really capitalize on that. What I personally noticed in the field that I am about to enter is that your professors/mentors become your colleagues. Isn’t it such a wonderful thing? You become one of the people whom you once venerated.

I wish I will also turn out to be one of the renowned media practitioners when my time comes. You heard me right; I really intend to work in the field of media so that whatever I learned during the last couple of years will not go to waste. However, I think that I would best fit in the corporate side of media conglomerates if not on the creative side but one thing’s for sure, I will never be in production. That’s just not my thing.

I have outlined plans but it’s not like I know what’s gonna happen in the future. No one does. I am not sure of where I will be a few months from now but I am positive and quite certain that wherever the wind of destiny will take me, I’ll be just fine. Not to brag but I think I have learned a lot not only from school but from the people I have crossed my roads with in my closely two-decade sojourn in this world. My teachers who are so good at being slave-drivers taught me a lot of things, among others; they taught me how to fight.

I am also driven by my Media Management class to keep on dreaming and keep on dreaming big. I am inspired by my idols to keep looking at them and allow myself to imagine being on their shoes one day and I am stirred by my mentors to chase whatever my heart tells me to and go for the jugular.

That’s why the news about the earthquake really stunned me. It made me realize that no; I am not ready yet. There are still a hundred other countries I haven’t traversed, thousands of cuisines I haven’t savored, millions of amazing people I haven’t met and most of all, I still have a myriad of abilities that are yet to be harnessed, if not discovered. Haha!

So, to the earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, flash floods, tidal waves and all the other catastrophes out there, don’t you ever strike! I am still here trying to make a mark.