on being a business editor and how I hate paperwork
One of the many reasons why I decided to take up an engineering course is that engineers always have a piece of the action. Engineers are either on the field or brewing up some ideas that make the world a better place. Yes, they have their fair share of the unspeakable obstacle that is paperwork, but it is either filled with Einsteinian and other what-have-you-geniuses’ equations, proposals of the most mind-boggling kind, or designs from which the world’s latest technologies and most useful and ingenious creations are borne. It’s a shame to admit that I might never come up with something that could change the world in this lifetime, but it is a teeny-wee bit more embarrassing to admit that I am reduced to making paperwork that includes none of the aforementioned. Again, life and its sarcastic-beyond-all-reason ironies.
I am not complaining (well, maybe a little). I never wanted this responsibility. But seeing as I don’t have much of a choice here, I might as well do my best. I was just finished browsing through the files Ate Star (Kalasag 2007 Business Editor) just gave me, and it is nothing short of a miracle that my migraine has managed to keep at bay. Money is such a messy and, well, messy (pardon me for the lack of a better word) business, and there’s absolutely no way I could express my dislike (understatement of the century here!) for the paperwork (massive would be a runner-up understatement) that involves it. If this is what it’s like to hold money (Kalasag has lots of it), then I wish I will never get rich*.
In a few more minutes, I’ll be off to school (I’m still at work, by the way), and then Business Editorship will be the main agenda for the day. As much as I dislike being the Business Ed for Kalasag 2008, I just hope there’s a way to make this thing work. I’m not the type to quit, and as sure as the Fab Five guys are straight am I the type to slack on the job. I’m going to be the best Business Ed Kalasag will ever have (or maybe at least come in second… or third… well seventh isn’t too shabby, RIGHT?), even if the responsibility is not to my liking.
One thing’s for sure. If I’m still voted for Kalasag 2009 Business Ed, heads are going to fly.
*How come I have this überly strong feeling that I’ll be taking this wish back before you could spell M-O-N-E-Y?