Elsewhere please
Amidst my what it seems like a never ending wait for an overseas job had ended. Relieved? yes. Was I happy with it? not entirely. The agency was very accomodating and very helpful with everything I was to understand with much needed requirements about working overseas. With all my powers, evil & good evil, I completed it, all that they needed then was an employer. That could be a problem, I told myself, even with an agency on my side employers are very scarce. I don't know if Filipinos aren't in anyone's lists of possible employees anymore, maybe unless i was a nurse, or if I had talents for hard labor.
People from the agency called and was happy to inform of a possible employer. If I'd agree to set-up for an interview then it might just land me the job. It was the best news I've heard this month. They told me it's an Afghan company and I'd be doing field work surveying locations and doing R&D. A zillion megawatt of shock paralyzed me after i almost swallowed my tongue & in a matter if milliseconds a series questions crossed my mind. They want to send me to Afghanistan? Osama bin Laden Afghanistan? I will be doing field work? What if I get killed ? I will be a part of their R&D team? Research and Development of what? Shrapnel proof shirts and Bomb proof pants? What is this agency thinking are they kiddin' me? Maybe they called the wrong person? Afghan Aghan Afghan maybe it's American?
"I'm sorry but what? Afghan? Middle East, post-war Afghanistan? or is it an American Company named Afghan?" was all that blurted out of my mouth. The nice lady did give an immediate reponse after my almost shaky reply to her inquiry. "Yes Mr. Angeles, The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, in the Middle-East"
...silence
"Is Ms. Gonzales there?" . . .
Afghanistan? anuvah, I'm afraid! So Ms. Gonzales promised to call nextime instead, had my name taken off their Middle-East listings or any other country with killing-sprees and war that is. Had her put me on PRIORITY coz I made her feel my disappointment. Ha! And so it starts again... The promise of another call. Pati sa trabaho wait nalang ng wait. Maybe I should change my name to Wait? or Expect? or Anticipate? kakaAzar