Luck and Me (My Working Place)

""...it's not pure luck that I find my way here. A summation of hardwork , perseverance, and couple of determination ...and yes! that's my own recipe of luck..."




Life after school was supposed to be full of adventure and escapades. Trip to beach resorts, famous adventure parks, even visits to your friends province

to have some time to relax. After all, its about time you give yourself a treat for 5 years (Civil Engineering is a 5year course) of dedicating your time to your beloved alma mater. After school, you can have all the vacation of your life before you finally find your right career.

But for me? Had to skip those "never-had" memorable moments for a little thing called W-O-R-K. . . Well some says I'm lucky to have landed my first real job relatively easy, but still, having a a month or two time-off from the world would be better.

And so here I am, on one of the leading globally competitive design consultancy company in the country, Hyder Consulting, more than amazed by how I jump start my engineering career. And might I just say, it's not pure luck that I find my way here. A summation of hardwork (those sleepless nights i had to endure just to finish impossible deadlines, the outings and gimiks I had to miss just to make sure my brain is still working, and those endless tales of school hardships), perseverance, (if I had to redefine the word failure in the thesaurus, I would have placed my name on the section synonyms. Countless time I failed, but I never saw it as a discouragement but rather a benchmark to look at whenever I encounter same situation. I persist and continue to face failure after failure to find success at the end) and couple of determination (winning was never easy, but the main difference between winners and whinners are the ability to look straight to their goal despite anything that blocks their vision. It's that never say you can't attitude that help me place 2nd on that board exam.), and yes! that's my own recipe of luck.

So this is my workstation, also my home, my blogstation. Quite different from the table I grew up with, those scrap papers, dusty books, antique engineering guides, now I'm working on a state-of-the-art workstation. What can I say, if you wanna make your life a better place, make your own luck, and not just hoping somebody to drop luck on you. :)