I was almost 16 when I landed my first job at KFC (as service crew of course), right there in front of UE in Recto, Manila!   Oh by the way I came from the province, without my parents knowledge my best friend tugged me along to Manila right after we graduated in high school – him to enroll in college and me just to look and see!  Guess it’s pretty obvious that my family didn’t afford my college, and so without blink of an eye when I saw that window ad at KFC I immediately applied.  Problem was the major qualification, “must be college level” and since UE was just few meters away from the opposite direction I inquired and admitted as a student under a block section – where students were given the privileged and allowed to sit in a class and pay the tuition fee before the preliminary examination! Knowing back then that this job will be my career foundation of whatever I will become in the future, definitely all the struggles and hardships pays more than I expected it would be considering my current situation! Sorry, story of my life!