I don't have anything except myself, my families support, my nokia 3310 cell-phone my extraordinary confidence and my faith.

Year 2003 when I graduated college,I don't have anything except myself,
my families support, my nokia 3310 cell-phone my extraordinary confidence
and my faith. I can't forget the day when I've got my first job interview.
Q: where do you see yourself 5 years from now?
A: I see myself 5 years from now having my own small business.
Q: what type of business is it?
A: I see our country getting hook up in our evolving world of technology so I guess I will start an Internet Cafe. He laughs.. Then told me that "If you’re going to dream, it must be big or bigger" (he is being rude)it was the words comes in my mind... then I suddenly think that it’s me being rude telling that I want my own company while I am still applying for a job and I forgot I am talking to the boss.
But when I finally land a job, I start doing my thing for our company at the same time self-studying some basic techniques about computers, I am determined and I want to pursue my dream. *fierce huh?

As years past by.. Improving myself and contributing what I can to our office while helping out my family was my daily routine and goal. then, finally After 2 years of perspiration in my job and a little help from my relatives, I enter the Internet Café business, though I don’t have enough finances, Then found something that some internet café are losing. I believe that Internet café was not just for gaming or for fun, but it can also help our community. After trapping some ideas and a research from other internet café. I add some spice in my Icafe, services that community needs, e.g. printing services, research, computer repair etc. having a quite long journey as an Icafe owner, I encounter a lot of obstacle one is a conflict with my job. after almost five years of service.. I decided to leave my job and finally focus on my own. I used to be a top internet café in our area but as time flies, internet café turn out to be like a mushroom that scattered almost everywhere. competition, price war and everything, but I still stick into it. This is all I started and I am not going to quit. This was the time I remember one person asked me about my internet café. "what If internet café was turn out to be just like sari-sari store that scattered almost everywhere?". I just have the same thought before I started it. And the message I get from my boss suddenly come in my mind.
"If you’re going to dream, it must be big or bigger".
So I work hard each day to pursue something, something.. I cannot tell for now. Because I am still working and planning. As of now I still take pleasure managing my small internet café business while working for ‘something’ that I hope can benefit me, my lover and my family someday.

I just want to take it one step at a time to avoid confusion. Though I am a person who is contented enough but it doesn’t mean I don’t have a bigger dream; you can laugh and say I am not ambitious. But I just like a life that is simple and has a routine. In my life I just need a little bit of happiness and I will be satisfied.

When I graduated in college all I have was myself, my families support, a nokia 3310 cell-phone, my confident and faith.. Now I have my business, a few assets, a bank account and a little investment, my confident and faith and still my family is always there for me. I know I can do more. So I must keep on fighting and doing. It’s never too late to dream and set some goals. If I will fail I will.. but if I will win, I will. ;) Because in our life there’s no such thing as mistake only lessons learned.