Before I got my second job. I had never gone to far places alone. When I was a student my routine was home, school, then school, home. You might say that my life as a student was boring but I didn't think it that way back then. I, an introvert person usually prefer to stay at home than outside. And honestly right now, I have a little regret. I should have spend more time with my friends. I should have gone to different places while still a student so as to broaden my experiences. Well it's not yet too late, with my second job I was able to go alone as far as the Bulacan province and that's because the job requires it. At first I was scared, I never gone alone to far places except school and office. When I was still young I gone to Baguio, Tagaytay, and Zambales to name a few but with my relatives. At high school, I gone as far as Laguna because of field trip and the senior's retreat and it's with teachers, counselors and pastors. At college, I gone to the farthest place I ever went through, the province of Isabella. Went their with my friends and it's because one of our subjects requires us to have a plant visit. You see whenever I gone to far places I never traveled alone, it's either I'm with my relatives, with my teachers, counselors, pastors or with my friends. So when my boss told me that I have to go to a place outside Metro manila, my natural reaction was, I was afraid. The first to fourth times I went to M. Bulacan, an officemate goes with me and I think that by the fifth time I went alone and I was really so scared. Then on my next and succeeding visit to M. Bulacan the nervousness inside me died down and my feelings were normal I'm not scared anymore. Recently because of the year end inventory count I went to P. Bulacan, the first time I went there I traveled with my superior and the second time I traveled alone and I had an uneasy feeling. To go there to P. Bulacan I need to go to the Grace Park bus terminal, It's my first time to go alone there at that terminal and was afraid that I won't be able to see it or the jeep that I rode might passed it without me noticing it but thankfully to God I was able to noticed it. Then yesterday I went to Araneta Cubao alone. During my fourth year in college I remembered going to Cubao with my friend. But yesterday I went there alone to meet my officemate and to do work. Never thought even in my wildest imagination that I would be able to went to those places alone. So far I already went as far as Pasay, Makati, Monumento, Grace park, M. Bulacan, P. Bulacan and to Cubao alone. And right now I'm waiting where's the next place that I'll be traveling alone. It's fun because it will add to my experiences, and going to places alone teaches me to become more independent and to be dependent only to God. Well at first it was scary but when you got used to it the feelings would be normal.
- 陳錦錦
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