Speaking Out. (3rd of a 4-part series)

Trust. I'm not talking about the condom. I'm talking about the value and worth of putting your faith in someone else. To someone who hasn't felt the sting of reality, "trust" maybe just another word in your vocubulary to use at your own leisure. But if there's one thing I learned the past few months, it's that you should never give trust so freely to people.

In order to make up for the money needed for the completion of 129 Square, I took it upon myself to find investors to fill in the void. In the future I planned to buy-out these investors when my money finally frees up from the financial crisis my parents have put me to. I asked for the investors that I would be happy to include them in the business, but on the condition that their shares are to be listed under my name, and that their voting powers are also allocated to me. To make sure that their interests are protected, we would both sign a legal document that gives them the right to ask for their proportional share each time dividends is called. This was my only request, and all of the investors were more than happy to agree to it.

The company, of course, should be grateful that I managed to find a way to find 1,500,000 pesos worth of investors in a couple of days. I thought that my partners would appreciate this, but instead they despised it. They were afraid of the majority share I would hold, and they plotted and schemed behind my back.

More than the previous two owners, I put alot of trust into this next person. He's the one who's always smiling and is always happy. But his innocence is questionable, and I can't believe that he's as naive as he claims to be. If ever he is, I hope that he realizes the error of his ways if he manages to pass through this blog. This partner was instrumental in cutting down the votes I had in the corporation. Behind my back he called and talked to my investors, despite our earlier agreement that the only person who had the authority to talk to those people should be me. Without my knowledge I was already at the receiving end of basless accusations, misguided ideas, and hearsay that was meant to damage my reputation. Naturally the investors became shaky, and they asked that the shares be transferred to their name instead. This screwed up all my future plans and threw everything into chaos. Hahaha.. I remember the bullshit accusations he threw at me:

1.) I allegedly stole Piatos from the counter
2.) I allegedly took money from the cashbox (even if I never go there as a bantay and I only double check the sales)
3.) I allegedly stole Mountain Dew from the fridge
4.) I pumped up the electricity bill because I wanted to patch the games overnight because they never did it themselves.

All of these four, of course, are bullshit.

What kind of a partner... what kind of a friend would stoop to that low of a level? The answer to that question eludes me to this very day.

I pray for the strength to finally forgive these three people who have maligned, plotted, schemed, and selfishly went about destroying my dreams and my aspirations. I ask God that He guide them into realizing that they are ungrateful assholes.

You know what's sad?

Up to this day, no one has apologized or thanked me for everything that has happened in 129.

To the partner who I'm talking about, I have a direct message for you:

You told me once that if you had the power to turn back time, you'd wish that we never entered into business. I think it's good that this early in life I found out the brutal pains and truths of business. And I think it's good because that I finally found out what kind of people my partners/friends were. You were never friends. You were, and will always be, users.