My Life in A Nutshell

Whenever I think about Shakespeare; he reminds me about how I am deeply inspired to drive through problems despite the sheer feeling of impossibility of the task. The idea is that when you already see your foe right in front of you and there’s only one way to defeat it and you’re not even sure if your plan would work. Seems impossible right? But you still have the 1% of chance if don’t do anything, so don’t waste it.

Inspiration and determination, these two words describe how Shakespeare impacts the way I live my life.  I had 1% before. It goes way back when I started work as a normal data entry job kind of person. I go all of my days entering in data for people to profit upon, and I was stuck in a time where I cannot go out and look for alternatives.

One day, everything stopped. I was out of work for 1 month as I scrambled to look for another one. I got one but eventually discarded it after I realized that I was literally working while hating the job. The journey started there.

One day, I received a job offer from a pretty much start-up company called “The LaC Project”. I was given the offer but I refused to do an interview through Skype video. I almost lost the offer because I was not comfortable facing someone via a video chat (yes, I am an introvert). But then I was given a chance and I knew that that was the only single chance and I had to take care of that 1% of chance.

Okay, fast forwarding some things. I got to join the start-up company but I was not on full time. I was hired as a part time employee. I knew then that if I try to help this small company grow, then we can grow together, plus, what they do is like a treat for me. I loved working with them. Eventually, I earned a position where I get to decide on things and steer where the company would be heading, too.

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers” – King Henry V

Making the story short, I was faced with a very difficult problem of unemployment. Making things worse, I wanted to have a work that I love doing, bringing my chance to 1%. Luckily, I was offered a job on a work that I love doing. I worked hard to help bring the company stand on its own feet. I got to a position where I get to do more awesome things.

That company is Misfit, Inc. and the essence is: us versus the world’s problems, bringing each problem down, one at a time. We had to fight battles where our foes immensely outnumber and outgun us, but we always prevail.

Happy Birthday Shakespeare!! Misfit, Inc. wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you.

I could never express myself clearly to anybody, but there is one part of literature that I value a lot for explaining a lot of human feelings to the world. What’s there more to explain when you’ve got Shakespeare’s literature to explain what you really feel.

Today is Shakespeare’s Birthday. I celebrate his life, time, and works through sharing with you what, where, and how I’ve experience Shakespeare in my life. We are having a huge event in honor of Shakespeare in Happy Birthday Shakespeare.

While I was in high school, hearing about Shakespeare gave me all the intimidation I needed to fear learning his literature. As a person who really has quite a little to say to anyone, this certainly made me walk away from it. When we started our lessons in Shakespeare, there was this one teacher who inspired me to learn and understand the writings; how to feel, move, say and act it.

During the classroom times, our teacher Ralph Cicero, enthusiastically speaks several lines of Shakespeare’s plays, sonnets and books to the class. What interested me the most is how my teacher portrayed the feelings passed through the writings. One piece that you can feel the feelings from Shakespeare’s literature is through the Sonnets.

Although sonnet line “Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day?” has been used so many times, but it literally explains quite a lot of your feelings to someone whom you admire, love or like. How else can you look for something to describe how you feel but through that line?

How can you express anger and vengeance but through Shakespeare’s Macbeth? A line from Macbeth would be “Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.” Anger is greatly portrayed on such story that the imagery used alone explains all how vengeance is horrid and at the same time amazingly clear in Macbeth.

Having all these to say, it’s inspiring to think that you’ve got Shakespeare’s literature to back you up. Having remembered all these, I couldn’t have learned all about Shakespeare without my enthusiastic teacher and the ever so intriguing lines from Shakespeare.

Now, I am in a company who is really enthusiastic and crazy about Shakespeare that we incorporate him into our works. Shakespeare, I salute you! Happy Birthday!! :)