Offer Letter to JAL, CPA

 Dear J—,

Thank you for accommodating me.

When we were starting talking online, I used to think of our younger years, on how we might have crossed our paths albeit not mindfully, or maybe you might have seen each other in one of the long queues of cashier, or maybe I saw your name in the Dean's Office or you maybe saw my name in the JPIA office. Oh how young and driven we were! That world is so small and so simple, we just manage our grades and, in your case, your scholarship allowances.

Sixteen years down the lane, we see ourselves still managing — our careers, our families, our personal crises, and our mental health. If you add that with our daily engagement with the social media and online traffic, we forget to look at spaces five inches beyond the handhold phones.

Now that we have traversed the threshold of authenticating our connection from our handheld to our senses, I see you as one of my go-tos whenever I might need something in SG. I'm sorry for being overbearing at times, but I offer something in return — something practical and itemized to navigate the asinine corporate world. We may be these #chikitingpatrolSG ants in a capitalist society, but if we learn how to go around the system with our sanities intact, I think we can keep this connection (and perhaps, a closer friendship) as we grow more mature and more thriving.

Never gonna lie, I did feel sad that the plan A (we do the dating gig) did not work, but this plan B is glaringly more feasible than before. Perhaps you see this as transactional; pareho na tayong pagod maging accountant. Pero dito at dito talaga tayo bumabalik, sa pagtutuos. I intend to keep our connection / friendship / transaction in any way that I can. But if I really see someone, and the deepest romantic wishes of my heart has been found, it is in your hands to either continue or terminate this contract.

If you wish to stop this connection, pray tell. I am scarred with ghosting. Hindi ko na alam paano ima-manage ang pagkawala ng mga nasa paligid ko, mapa-online o offline. If you wish to detach and set boundaries, let me know. I do respect you not only as a friend, but also as a peer, and kapwa manggagawang-uri.

Muli't muli, maraming salamat sa ganitong pagkakataon.

The banker gamer,

Ella