It's been a year...

Time flies so fast.. Today, April 26, 2004, I've been staying here in Chicago for a year... Anniversary ko here today.. (",)

I'm being senti na naman tuloy... I really miss my life back home. I miss a lot of people there. =( I just can't wait for the day when I would be going back. That's something I'm really looking forward to. But the way I see it, probably after 3 long years pa. My dad's term here is till 2007. He won't let me go on vacation, and that's the sad part.. He said, I'll just be wasting my hard-earned money.. =( I don't want to argue with him anymore about that..

So many things happened for a year.. I got employed at East West Martial Arts Supply for 2 months.. And then, I also had the opportunity to work as a Comelec project personnel for the Overseas Absentee Voting Registration from August till October. I have learned so much in that project, met good friends, and also had the chance to go to Michigan and Ohio. That experience was one of the highlights for the year... Then came September, I enrolled at Harry Truman College to get my Associate Degree in Marketing supposedly.. Then came October. Tita Glends recommended me at RC Philippine Trading Corporation.. My current job.. It was also during these days that I realized it was so hard to be studying and working at the same time.. Mahirap pala talaga.. =( So, when I got my work permit already, I stopped studying na... I enrolled lang naman, because it was a requirement for me in order to obtain a working permit... Besides, my ultimate dream really is to go to graduate school and get my MBA. I am working so hard for that.. I'm hoping that when it's time for us to go back home, I have saved enough already to support myself into graduate school...

Then came December.. First white Christmas.. Honestly, mas masaya pa rin Christmas back home.. =( Lalo naman New Year.. No firecrackers at all! Sad no?

February.. March.. Coldest months.. Lonely, depressing days... April.. start of spring...

One year has passed.. Three more years.. Three more years Cath... I had to sacrifice my own happiness for the sake of being with my family... I know my sacrifices will eventually pay off.. Just be patient Cath...