“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.” I can relate a famous line by Ralph Waldo Emerson to Joshue Calderon Mugas’ journey going to the Middle Earth. Before he gets there, he worked on his dream, make sacrifices until he sets his footprints in New Zealand, the 100% Middle Earth, just this year.
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| At the farm where Josue C. Mugas works as a Farm Assistant. |
His dream began
when he saw a television ad back in the 80s featuring a breathtaking scenery
with magnificent landscapes and a herd of cows strutting effortlessly, where
celebrity endorsers back then not highly regarded as of today. His passion
flared until he grew up and stayed focus on achieving his dream!
Jojo has an impressive resume before he joined TESDA-Wangan National Agricultural School. He is a Civil Engineer, Civil Service exam passer, worked as a Construction Project Manager, and a Safety Officer. He got a lucrative job and earning wages more than enough for him and his wife. But his dream way back in his childhood hadn’t faded, yet it keeps on lingering.
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| Joshue C. Mugas received his New Zealand Certificate for Primary Industry Skills Level II at National Trade Academy in Christchurch. |
He left his job when he started his training in TESDA-WNAS to take up Animal Production (Ruminants) NC II. The program comprises competencies to prepare him to raise ruminants for milk, meat, and breeder production. Including housing maintenance, farm implements and the surrounding area, providing forage, performing breeding of ruminants, raising of dairy and meat-type animals. His sacrifices paid off when he received his National Certificate in Animal Production Ruminants NC II.
Last April 2019, he packed up his dreams and flew to New Zealand. He faced various challenges upon arriving at Christchurch where he stayed, as the cool weather and the difficult accent. But, he thrived when he got his New Zealand Certificate for Primary Industry Skills Level II at National Trade Academy in Christchurch last June 13, 2019.
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| The breathtaking landscape in New Zealand, the Land of the Middle Earth. |
On June 17,
2019, he signed a contract with Waterton Dairy LP as a Farm Assistant. He
confessed that his current job is harder than his earlier job as a Civil
Engineer. Because as an engineer he plans and supervises people unlike as a
farm assistant, he is being supervised. But in terms of salary, it’s 300% way
higher than his wage as an engineer. But the job itself is easy, it is
repetitive that finally becomes a lifestyle.
He plans to
continue his studies and practice his civil engineering career in New Zealand.
And by 2020, he plans to invite his wife for vacation and try to help her find
a job. So that by the time she gets back to the Philippines, she will process
her working visa and they will live together in the Middle Earth.
With great will
and determination to achieve his goals, his simple childhood dream has now
become a reality. Especially when that simple dream coupled with prayers and hard
works. Because we shape our destiny by constantly working on our dreams.
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