Stepping out of your comfort zone and being away from an environment so familiar to you is actually scarier than it sounds. May 29, 2011 was the day when it finally dawned on me that I cannot delay my trip any longer. Since June last year, I knew I was going to be re-assigned by the time the next school year comes rolling in but I tried to pretend that it was still years away instead of just exactly one year. My first school year with AOS taught me a lot of things and it also prepared me for the next step I had to take -- going to AOS Davao.
May 2011 came before I knew it. Time really flies so fast. I was delaying my trip – I went to Camiguin, and then to Cebu during the summer. When the last week of May finally arrived, I knew I had no choice but to accept the fact that a new environment is waiting for me at Davao and I had to leave the comfort zone I’ve known all my life.
So there, on May 29, I packed all my stuff and made it to the bus terminal, alone. I went to AOSD with another teacher but during the trip my mind was elsewhere. I was thinking about how seemingly crazy my life had been during the previous year and how the world in my comfort zone was getting smaller. I thought then that I needed a breath of fresh air and trudging in an unknown territory might do me good. How right I was. It’s been 50 days since the day I first accepted the fact that I’ll be in Davao for maybe 2 or 3 years, and so far, there is another place that feels like home.
p.s. cornstarch monster is what we know as disturbance.;)
