What I Do
Book in Hand: A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Austere Academy
Song in Mind: Too busy thinking
Word in Mouth: Too busy thinking
I think I haven't really explained adequately what I do for a living. All I keep saying is that I'm a development officer and that I work for a non-government organization. I also keep repeating that I'm mostly always harassed or stressed or going insane with the workload. I haven't lied. But I did leave out the wonderful parts about doing the job I do.
What I do is mostly developing and implementing new projects geared towards social development -- be it in education or health or livelihood. So far, I really am into the groove of educational projects -- I've handled school building projects, helped distribute thousands of school desks all over Luzon, handled employee volunteering activities of different companies. There's the occasional tree-planting stuff, the tutorials, the book donations. I'm extremely proud of a program being implemented in a public school in Batangas where an average elementary school was given a science lab and a library. Now, they are one of the showcased schools in Region IV. People from Palawan visit their school to see what we've done -- the school, the donor company and my ngo. I get to travel a lot, obvious enough. I've been to the mountains of cagayan looking for beneficiaries of a new potable water system project. I've been as far down as Camarines Sur to assist another NGO sponsored by a donor company on how to provide livelihood for their people. And the best part is that I get to talk to farmers, fisherfolks, carpenters, plumbers, teachers, children, company presidents, company janitors, other writers, and so on and so forth. If I just really consider it, I could learn so much from so many people. Even if I just stay in the office, I learn a lot too. I get to do the every aspect that is involved in one project: technical writer, conceptualizer, advertising agent, events organizer, spokesperson, consultant, field worker, and again, the list goes on. It's one heck of a stressful job because you're expected to do so much, but in the long run, I get to benefit because I learn sooo much as well.
Really, I just whine about work once in a while because I'm probably loaded and toxic. But in my heart of hearts, I really can't see myself doing anything else for the time being. This is where I should be. My work is here.
Song in Mind: Too busy thinking
Word in Mouth: Too busy thinking
I think I haven't really explained adequately what I do for a living. All I keep saying is that I'm a development officer and that I work for a non-government organization. I also keep repeating that I'm mostly always harassed or stressed or going insane with the workload. I haven't lied. But I did leave out the wonderful parts about doing the job I do.
What I do is mostly developing and implementing new projects geared towards social development -- be it in education or health or livelihood. So far, I really am into the groove of educational projects -- I've handled school building projects, helped distribute thousands of school desks all over Luzon, handled employee volunteering activities of different companies. There's the occasional tree-planting stuff, the tutorials, the book donations. I'm extremely proud of a program being implemented in a public school in Batangas where an average elementary school was given a science lab and a library. Now, they are one of the showcased schools in Region IV. People from Palawan visit their school to see what we've done -- the school, the donor company and my ngo. I get to travel a lot, obvious enough. I've been to the mountains of cagayan looking for beneficiaries of a new potable water system project. I've been as far down as Camarines Sur to assist another NGO sponsored by a donor company on how to provide livelihood for their people. And the best part is that I get to talk to farmers, fisherfolks, carpenters, plumbers, teachers, children, company presidents, company janitors, other writers, and so on and so forth. If I just really consider it, I could learn so much from so many people. Even if I just stay in the office, I learn a lot too. I get to do the every aspect that is involved in one project: technical writer, conceptualizer, advertising agent, events organizer, spokesperson, consultant, field worker, and again, the list goes on. It's one heck of a stressful job because you're expected to do so much, but in the long run, I get to benefit because I learn sooo much as well.
Really, I just whine about work once in a while because I'm probably loaded and toxic. But in my heart of hearts, I really can't see myself doing anything else for the time being. This is where I should be. My work is here.
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