FATHERS KNOW BEST (also...)

We have the very same father bosing! When I was in high school I was so determined to take up political science as pre course to my dream proffesion I even passed UPCAT exam and was so happy that I made it on UP diliman *but lady luck was absent on that week lol* we are about to went back to manila the shipped sched was resched and I on the other hand was not able to catched the required date of enrollment for pol sci. My dad who is very fond of his relative who is working on bureau of customs that time urged him to advice me to take up B.S. Customs Admin, I never heard about that course in my entire life lol!! but as a good daughter I took up the course without complain and even without taking license exam because of some luck! this time lady luck is around lol!! I was exempted to take civil service reason *secret* I was one of the few lucky graduates who landed a job on the Bureau of customs BUT I never learned to love my JOb back there and render my resignation to commisioner parayno but he urged me to re assigned on PEZA. I can say I believe my dad loves me to have a high paying job and be known as everybody knows when you are in customs you are a MILLIONAIRE a secret millionaire but my principles are priceless that's why I can't work within that bureau for long. When my father knew's what I did he just shooked his head in disbelief but never questioned me or get angry with me because he knew I made a good decision by myself and that's how I love my dad so much. I do really miss him...oh bosing you made me teary eyes!

well first off, don't write anything in bold letters, that's a violation of mylot rules. As for your case, dads are always anxious to get their sons out of the way. They tell them to pursue professions that ensure financial security. Children, on the other hand, won't listen to their parents. They want to make decisions of their own accord. Sometimes, this triggers separation, or even animosity between the father and son or daughter. In your case, you just want to step out of the shadows of your parent who probably made money in his own way, and that made you a little bit dubious about doing the same thing. I don't know. Children as much as possible won't want to do the same things their parents do. Okay, I'll give you the benefit of doubt. You wanted to pursue other things than what your father thinks is OK for you because you've been exposed to such interests at early age, and money isn't a big deal in the family. Just keep in mind that parents just want the best for their children, so they can get rid of their ineptness at parenting. hehehe.

no.. i envy that your father was very supportive of your studies and gives his opinion. i remember my father not even wanting to enroll us in a good school, thinking its just expenses. it was my mom who pursuaded my dad and my dad never gave us a single cent for our schooling expenses. it was my mom.

LOL! Not only did I have a father like yours, I am ALMOST exactly like him! We butted heads over what career I should choose - he said I should teach, I wanted to study languages and be an interpreter. I worked hard for a 4 year scholarship that paid everything at a famous college, but my father had to sign for it since the college was out of state. He laughed at me and tore it up in front of my face, telling me I was going no where and doing nothing except what he wanted me to do and go. I left the house, had a friend drive me to the Army recruiting station and signed up with her. I didnt need his signature or permission since I was 18. I came home and slammed down my paperwork and told him you cant tear these up and went to my room, with my mother yelling and wailing at my father in the background, who was reading the papers in disbelief. I learned my languages and studied to be a nurse (like Mom) while stationed in Europe for the next 12 years, traveling almost the entire continent, plus a few more. When my only daughter was graduating high school, she wanted to study political science. I did the same thing my father did, insist on another vocation, like in the medical field. She got a scholarship for pol sci, but then I didnt do what my father did, I let her go and on her own changed over to pharmacy tech in the first year! Funny how we learn some lessons from our parents...

You're lucky you have a father like him. Although I can't blame my father and circumstance for being poor. But my father tried his best to give us, his children the best education he could afford. Unfortunately, he passed away even before anyone in my family or my brother and sisters ever finished college.

i don't know how it feels having a father coz my father left us since i'm 2 years old. he was a chinese, (so i'm a half chinese, and a half filipino) he now live with his second family (his second wife and children). so me and my elder sister were raised by my mom alone. she worked very hard, night and day, for us to have a good education. we never been to a public school when we're in elementary, we always have good food, and celebrate our birthdays in our school with the whole class. when we graduated from elementary, my mom got sick, she then can't work that hard. we suggested her that we can transfer to a public school which was the tuition fee is only P500 per year. then we graduated. when i was in first and second year college, i was a student assistant in the dean's office so my tuition is free. then in my 3rd year & 4th year, i decided to work in Jollibee as a counter crew. i sufferred so much. it was very hard to study while working, many sleepless nights, i'm very tired in doing that everyday, but i never quit just to finish my studies. not to mention that my course was not my choice, i wanted to be an engineer eversince, but my mom push me to took the accounting course, so it added to my difficulties. i'm not enjoying what i do. my whole life was dictated by my mother, but i love her very much, i don't want to dissapoint her anymore coz i know how she suffered to raise us alone. i know her sacrifices, her unconditional love. finally i finished my course. and now that i'm working, i continue to study. (and of course because my mom want me to do so..). i'm currently taking master in customs administration, (and again, this course was chosen by my mom) i'm so tired of what i'm doing right now, i'm so hectic. i'm always lack of sleep. never's a day in my life that i'm not in a hurry. but i want to do this to make my mom happy. coz i know that her life was never been happy, it's full of sadness since she was a child. (sorry bosing, napahaba, ma-drama... heheh!)