Last Tuesday, 16 April
2013, at 8:05 PM I wrote this email to my boss:
Dear Boss,
For the past few months
I haven't been feeling so well. I think I'm stressed and my body can feel
it. I don't think I can anymore handle the demands of my current work.
I'm afraid that if I continue to do this I'm going to have a relapse of
the disease that I had 2 years ago. I'm not young anymore and I can't
cope up with multitasking.
If you will allow it, I
would like to look for a position within the Group. I hope you would
understand.
Regards,
Ilonggo sa Desyerto
I did report to work the
following day since I applied for a leave to process some personal documents
with the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh. I
took an early morning train to Riyadh the following day. At 9:01 A.M. my boss called saying that he doesn’t
want to lose me and that he’ll talk to me on Saturday. I reported to work on Saturday but he never
talked to me. On Sunday, he left for
Lebanon without talking to me.
It’s not that I’m
exaggerating what I’m currently feeling.
I recognized that I’m very stressed due to workload. There was a point where I really enjoyed what
I’m doing but recently, what I’m doing becomes a drag. I don’t enjoy it anymore.
Strangely, all the
reservations and stress that I had were all gone when the boss left for
Lebanon. It could be that he’s causing
this stress. That’s why I don’t look
forward of his return. There’s a big
chance that I’ll be stressed once again.