After my graduation, I had decided to go to Manila to try to find a job. I set aside my dream to take the engineering licensure exam because, again, I didn’t have the money to pursue it. I was planning to work first and save up money for the review. It was very difficult for me to ask financial assistance from my parents because my siblings were starting college at the time.

To make a long story short, I found two temporary jobs in Manila but I couldn’t even support myself on the wages that I was making. In fact, the second job I worked there I got cheated badly. After working for a month, I only received 1/10th of the wages that I was promised and after deducting transportation costs I came out with almost nothing. When my father heard about my two jobs and their wages, he wanted me to come home to the village and look for a job there.

I gladly went home and was fortunate to get a contract job in the engineering office in our local municipality. It didn’t pay much, about 40 cents an hour, but at least I was able to net more than in Manila for a while. Then, after about four months, all contractual workers got laid off because the municipality ran out of money.

After my graduation, I had decided to go to Manila to try to find a job.  I set aside my dream to take the engineering licensure exam because, again,  I didn’t have the money to pursue it.  I was planning to work first and save up money for the review.  It was very difficult for me to ask financial assistance from my parents because my siblings were starting college at the time.  To make a long story short,  I found two temporary jobs in Manila but I couldn’t even support myself on the wages that I was making.  In fact the second job I worked there I got cheated badly.  After working for a month, I only received 1/10th of the wages that I was promised and after deducting trasportation costs I came out with almost nothing.   When my father heard about my two jobs and their wages, he wanted me to come home to the village and look for a job there.  I gladly went home and was fortunate to get a contract job in the engineering office in our local municipality.   It didn’t pay much, about 40 cents an hour,  but at least I was able to net more than in Manila for a while.  Then, after about four months,  all contractual workers got laid off because the municipality ran out of money.