When being a Flight Attendant is just Dream

ctto: Indah
I was thinking what to blog after I updated my website. I was going through my drafts to see if there's any interesting I blogged about and didn't publish. Honestly, there's a lot to share and a lot to blog yet it seems difficult to put them in words. I have troubles getting things out of my chest, getting ideas, all those sort of stuff. I love writing , I love blogging and I found the perfect one. I'll be sharing a new story of my dream, my dream to become a Flight Attendant.

As I embark this journey ahead of me I'll give all that I've got as for dreams do come true. 

When I was young I wanted to become a Doctor, to heal people, serve and help them whatever a Doctor can possibly do. As I grow up that becoming a Doctor seems to be not my kind of career I wanted to pursue, although serving and helping people is still my calling in life. I don't have anymore ideas on what I want to be and it seems to be a distant blur. I have to make a career choice before entering college. I have to think what I want to do with my life as to not disappoint my parents. I ended up taking Tourism Management though there are things in my mind what career I want and even my parents insist that I should be a Nurse instead yet it is something that I don't think I will succeed. So I proceed my career by choosing to study Tourism Management. My heart's calling to serve and help people is still there and it involves in seeing the world, discovering different cultures, learning and growing. I knew then I wanted to travel around the world and the thought came, dreams are made I want to become a Flight Attendant and the major I chose will be my gateway to that dream.


It was difficult, but I burned my eyebrows (metaphorically speaking) all through that just to get my degree. I don't want to disappoint my parents, I always want to make them proud and I did I got my diploma and the road to adulthood is knocking upon my door. I felt I am one step closer to reaching that dream. Now getting a job is another thing and it is not easy when there's thousand of schools who just produce more freshly, unemployed graduates. The top of the food chain is of course the smarts ones, the one who had honors, the competition is tough and for that I have to be tougher.

I didn't hand out my resume to any airlines yet, I want to gain experience to be worthy enough to become a Flight Attendant so I got a job as a Ticket Agent in Cebu Pacific Airlines that only last 6-7 months as contractual. I got in to more jobs, got more experience and it seems becoming a Flight Attendant will be now in a distant dream. Although I manage to travel the world and even worked with different cultures. I travel to countries I never thought I'll be able to travel and see it with my own eyes. In 2017 I finally got the chance to apply in an Airline back in my country. I still remember that unfortunate day, there's about a hundreds of us, but I am confident enough that I'll be able to reach the final interview. To my shocked I didn't even get passed through the high limit (5'2) they want. I am 5'2 without heels, it's like applying to a model agency we're critiqued by batches of 3, the first one is passing their height limit if you don't you're out. Other things they checked is your skin, your face, your smile. I didn't get in because they think I'm short. They didn't even checked my resume and I feel that day I've been discriminated and for the rest of the applicants who probably feel the same way. But I never give up on my dream, I still chase after it, hoping for it and believing in myself that I will.

This is my story on becoming a Flight Attendant....to be continued....


xoxo 


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