Archive for February, 2008

We’re literally lost in a place unfamiliar to us (me and Crislyn) early this morning. I accompanied Crislyn for her final interview with the president of Cotabato Sugar Central Co., Inc. in the sister company’s plant (Davao Sugar Central) in Guihing, Davao del Sur. It’s the earliest interview I heard. Her schedule is 6:30AM. It’s so early considering that we will be travelling more than an hour to get there not to mention our travel time from house to the overland terminal and the waiting time for the bus to depart. Whew! What a sacrifice but I don’t want her to go there alone either.

To be able to get there on time, we woke up at 3:30AM, get prepared and left the house an hour after. The bus’ estimated time departure is 5:25 and the earliest time we will reach Guihing is 6:30. Obviously, we will be late for the interview. I know how important this is for Crislyn to be on time or earlier than the schedule because it’s the president that will be interviewing her (will it be the initial or the final interview, she shouldn’t be late because it’s unprofessional. It’s better that she’ll be waiting for the interviewee, not the other way around).

During the travel, she was so silent. She didn’t even say a word. I presume she’s praying that we will arrive the site just on time for her turn or she’ll pass the interview. I did not interrupted her moment. She seemed to be calm but I know she’s nervous. I recalled when she relayed her experience during the interview with the Gen. Manager. She’s so frustrated because she was not able to express herself well. According to her, even for simple question, she hardly grasped the right words to say and elaborate her answers the way she wanted it to be delivered. To comfort her that time, I told her that the GM will not only consider how she perform in the interview but will put more weight on her experiences and her skills. I know that’s her concern now and I prayed she’ll be able to make it the way she wanted it to be.

We arrived Digos City 15 minutes past 6AM and rode a bus going to General Santos City. I told the driver’s assistant to drop us at Guihing. Upon reaching a vast banana plantation on the left and mango orchard on the right, I guess we’re already in Guihing but I waited to reach the transport terminal. Crislyn told me to ask the person beside me if we’ll be going to pass by Guihing public market and the guy said we have passed by Guihing already (so, that’s the result of not having signs along the road for the travelers to keep track of where they are already). Well, we have no choice but to get off the bus and ride a public utility vehicle back to Guihing. We told the driver to drop us at Guihing public market. After almost 5 minutes, we are already passing by some stalls but we didn’t thought it’s the public market. To make the story short, again, we are lost for the second time. I know Crislyn wanted to fret but she maintained her composure. She’s already late! Somebody from the company called her up earlier asking where she is already. Finally, we were able to ride a tricycle going to the plant and reached our destination after a couple of minutes. She was relieved that the first interview session is not yet finished and she arrived with ample time to relax herself.