Culture Shift
Tapos na ang unang linggo ng training ko. Hindi ko pa masabing trabaho siya dahil parang nag aaral pa lang naman kami ng tamang pagsasalita. Tamang pagsasalita, ayun sa mga Amerikano, paano mag tunog Amerikano at paano mag salita sa paraang Amerikano. Mahirap pala, tunay na mahirap kasi ibang ibang tunog ang gamit nila. Akala ko noon magaling na ako pagdating sa Ingles, hindi pala. Meron palang 15 paraan ng pagsasalita at totoong nararamdaman kong umiikot ang dila ko sa bawat pagkakataong pinipilit kong sabihin ang mga salita sa paraang maiinitindihan ng mga Amerikano. Sabi nila hindi naman daw nila kami pinipilit na mag tunog Amerikano, at least Global American daw. Ganun pa man mahirap siya. Hindi ko rin mapigilang mag isip na parang nililoko ko at tinatalikuran ko ang aking pagiging Pilipino dahil, para sa mga Amerikano ang ginagawa ko. Ngunit pinili ko ito. Pinili ko ito, siguro mayroon akong dapat matutunan dito at sa bawat araw meron akong bagong natutunan. Mahirap pala talaga. Tunay na dapat hangaan ang mga taong pinipili ang industriyang ito. Pinipili nilang maging "frontliner" ng mga malalaking kumpanya, pinipili nilang maging sangkalan ng lahat ng galit ng mga Amerikano. Hindi ko rin maiwasang isipin na tumutulong akong ipalaganap ang consumeristic attitudes. Bata pa naman ako, marami pa akong dapat matutunan.
Ganunpaman, masaya ako, kasi maganda siyang karanasan para sa akin. Nakikita at naiinitindihan ko ang mundong dati hindi man lang sumasagi sa isip ko.
Pinipilit kong maging magaling sa ginawa ko.
Alam niyo ba na pinaulit-ulit nila ang salitang "account" sa akin, dahil hindi ko siya masabi ng tama. Imagine how many ways there are to pronunce the word account!
I have good co-workers, don't worry that's part of the fun!
Maria Francia
Posted At 6:41:00 PM
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name is Ma. Francia Camacho Rosero.
Libran (go figure where her birth date falls) in the year 1985. Sees
herself as a leader,
she never avoid situations
where she can learn and improve. She
has a knack for reading and really likes her skin color
(hence, the inspiration for the picture) because it
makes her truly Filipino. She loves to sing while doing the dishes and dance
while cleaning. She loves to watch movies and laugh with Vic and Jose. She digs
Disney movies and still loves Lindsay Lohan although she metamorphosed to
something undistinguishable. She has great and big dreams
both for herself and family but find those dreams really selfish, since she
hasn't figured out yet what she can for her country. She would love to work for
humanity. But for the mean time she's just working on familiarizing herself with
every word in the dictionary. A destructive perfectionist, she loves to ask how
things work and likes to know why things works this way and not that way. She is
fascinated by the Arab Culture, Mafia and organized crimes and she really likes
History. She loves watching the news and listening to speeches. She likes
watching sports although she doesn't really know how to play them and one habit
she has been trying to overcome is stalking actors and actresses. She is a frustrated athlete.
And she's serious about her spirituality. 
