Business is a gamble. You have to invest without any hesitations if it will work and earn well. For me and hubby this is only our options because we haven’t finished a degree and my in-laws are entrepreneurs.
When I got pregnant 5 years ago, my mother outlook trained me about their family business. Shrimps and prawns dealer in Cogon wet market. I was in-charged of the mathematical calculations of their sales. Every time she had out of town trips, I was the one who handled everything from waking up early, disposing the products, deliveries in restaurants and hotels (Mandarin Tea Garden-Dynasty Court Hotel-The Site-Excite-Oriental Gardens-Pryce Plaza-RaiRai Ken-Chowking-Cucina de Oro-Conchita Hoetl-Deluxe Hotel-Tapsi Time-Vacatin Hotel-Chali Beach Resort-Grand Caprice), collecting and sending payments. I had a hard time because I was not use to it, before, I woke up late-eat-take a bath-school. Carefree life! But it felt good because I was trusted. I even did calculations again and again to make it sure that I didn’t miss anything especially about money matters.
Later on, I was given the chance to manage my own business. May 2004 we started our delivery at Xavier Sports and Country Club (XSCC). Our products include vegetables, fruits, fishes, sea foods and even some dry goods as long as I can find it in the market. We also tried Only in Cagayan (OIC), but we gave up because their payment check took as 2 months to be in-cash. We don’t have plenty of cash to supply their daily needs. Until now, we’re still supplying XSCC.
Business today is not doing well compared to the past years. Before I can have 50,000 in my hands in a day. Now, it’s so hard to make 5,000. We’re not use to it that’s why sometimes its so hard for us to accept the fact that economic crisis hit us. I guess we just have to live simply so we can survive in this world financial crisis.
