Work Work Work

In June, it will be my first time to spend summer season in the States and before it begins, my dad had already asked what my plans are. Definitely, it has something to do with work. Although I have experienced getting paid to do some unskilled jobs before, I'm still not used with the idea of working. I worked for a week last year in a theme park. To some extent I enjoyed it, hanging out with the kids and trying to make them really welcome but in between those kiddie rides and handing out of Dippin' Dots, I felt a little bit awkward for an unknown reason. I was absent after my first day. Do you remember? I thought my body was in pain and could not endure more standing and talking.

Dang, I was a brat.

It is one of the cultural differences that I have to deal with here since insofar as I can remember, most kids in the Philippines are financially dependent to their parents until they finally graduate-- in college. In my case I didn't really need to work then but it's different now. Besides I don't want to plunge, yet again, into months of lock down with no particular activity at all besides eating.

Now the question is, what to do? Can you think of any jobs which can be fun and interesting at the same time? I may not want to work on a fast food restaurant. Washing the dishes is not my thing. I am also afraid of being a waiter, if given a chance. It needs a lot of patience but the tipping sounds good though.

Oh yea, how about a salesperson in a mall? Or a babysitter? ha ha. This is gonna be interesting.