What clearance?!
Right now, I’m still so much thinking about taking the big plunge. I’m so torn inside, let alone Brad has a bad feeling about it. Yes, I have that little pinch of doubt that Brad has confirmed. But still, I am sort of considering. I mean, it is a career suicide. I’ll be kissing this guy’s arse. I never have done any editorial gigs at a devastating compensation. I’m reduced in getting something below the minimum wage if I will take this job. Seriously?! I’m that naive, huh?
He is an American author in Camiguin. He has told me that he needs a little island-y inspiration to work with his “writer’s budget.” I know most writers are poor unless they get published and then sold millions of copies. Oh yeah, I won’t start with my theories of him being here in the country.
So anyway, if I decide to go for this job, I need to have a clearance. Ha! Police clearance. Seriously?! I fnd it weird. I mean, only paranoid people do that. People who won’t shell a dime on background check and have no sense of good judgment. Hehehe! My previous company has asked for an NBI clearance. But police clearance? I bet he doesn’t know that being cleared from the NBI is as good as being cleared from criminal offenses. I know there is a point of criminal background check. But then, I feel I’m a little demeaned here. With all the criminal check and the pay, it’s not worth it somehow.
Geezh, I know I’m bitching. Well, does apprenticeship spells this kind of sacrifice? Perhaps it’s about a little pride or what. I mean, I know he will be taking advantage of my skills. He has said it all along, I have better grammar than him. Seriously, he is writing about his bad back. Is it worth it? I mean, to learn from someone who writes about a bad back? I don’t have a bad back. My boyfriend has no bad back. My dad whose like 60 something has no bad back. My grandmother is 80 and is not complaining from a bad back. Ha!
Honestly, what attracts me about this job is the opportunity to travel for free, and I mean around the world. I could also meet people that would toss me up in the competitive ladder. Well, at least he has told me that. At least, some part of me wants to believe that. OMG! I’m really naive! I don’t really know. I need Brad right now.
Somehow, it’s like I’m also filling in for the lack of his girlfriend. I mean come on, he has told me that he is wasting his girlfriend’s time. Like what… keeping up with him? Talking comprehensive English. I could imagine how they communicate. Hehehehe! Now, I’m really bitching. And then, if I want to have a sort of raise from my supposedly pay, I could clean the house; do the laundry; and, cook. Oh boy! Hahahah! I do domestication only for the ones I love. Cooking?! I only cook with love. How am I suppose to do that?!
Geezh, if I take this job, I will ask an allowance from my daddy. He will not say no to personal development. My daddy can even give me more than he has offered me.
I’ve been used a lot of times. I don’t mind if it’s for the greater good. But, I don’t want anybody capitalizing on my talent anymore. Of course, except if they pay me enough compensation. I’m not a fresh graduate anymore. I have experience. Most of all, I work with passion.
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