All About Jackie M.---my very close friend

***I am not a storywriter nor a freelance journ, but I can relate the life story concisely of my pretty friend, Jackie. ( with her permission, of course)

Cristina Nicole Jackielou Mandi a.k.a. Jackie M. has lived her life in a loving and happy family. Jackie's biological mom died of giving birth when she was barely 4 years old and together with her sister, Candace and brother Christopher embraced the emptiness and the loss of a loving mom and a kid brother.Her mom's bestfriend, Elsie, took care of the siblings until her father fell in love with this woman who took care of everything for the family so they got married after 2 years. Stepmom Elsie loves Jackie very, very much and Jackie found the love of a real mom in her. She was in college when her father died from a car accident.

Jackie spent the rest of her school years in an exclusive girls' school in Baguio City, Marishan, an english-speaking school. Jackie had many suitors in college, but she's well known for her snobbish personality and stern. She never experienced having a boyfriend at this point in her life. (Huh...we're kinda birds of the same feather?)
Right after college, finished a degree in Bachelor of Science in Banking and Finance, she was hired as a temporary employee at the Philippine Long Distance Telephone COmpany in Baguio City. After 2 years in the service, she became a regular employee. Not long after that, in just about a month, her sister who got married in Japan to a navy officer convinced her to file a student visa. She was reluctant then but since she wanted to experience life in Japan, she studied their language but seemed too difficult for her to catch up those kanji, hiragana and katakana systems. She went back to work in the Philippines as a Directory Assistant at PLDT.

After a year, her brother Christopher filed a tourist visa for her in Canada together with her stepmom. She opted for a temporary work permit in canada but did not pass. She filed another one for Skilled Independent Worker's Visa Renewable contract and she passed! She quitted her job at PLDT and went to Canada. She finished Early Childhood Education for 12 months and got a certification in Winnipeg, Manitoba to teach pre-school children because she really loves tots and toddlers. ( We do have many things in common, friendship!) Her stepmom returned to the Philippines due to the very cold weather, she got an osteoarthritis (until she had a stroke late last year.)

By the time Jackie was teaching at Hand In Hand, she fell in love with a banker at Novia Scotia, who made it a point to date her but pointlessly gave Jackie a downfall to her lovelife. The guy seemed too aggressive and only wanted lust in his life, and Jackie being a mom's girl haven't even experienced being kissed. The guy without any reason, fled to the US to marry an American citizen and left Jackie broken hearted.

While I am writing this blog, Jackie  had been crying buckles coz she thought she had given up again a TRUE AND UNSELFISH LOVE which is not worth fighting for because it's helpless. She came back to the Philippines to take care of her sick mom, coz she loves her so much! Up to this time, Jackie hasn't found the right love yet, until one day she heard a "call" from the heavens to enter the convent. Story short, her life is now in good faith being a travelling nun and  the rest is history. 😌