Fear Factor

Fear Factor! I am sure you guys are familiar with this TV show. You'll see couples, male, female, beauty queens, moms, dads, etc. competing for 50 grand... read as 50,000 US dollars. Wow! Big money specially for people who live in the third world as I do.

How will you win the 50 grand? You have to do all the challenges not only finish it but have the best time to finish the task. You eat cockroaches, hang on helicopters, eat worms, drink stuffs worth vomitting, and other gross things to do. But, people will still try to do it for the money.

In our own way, we have our own fear factor. We may not be on TV doing dangerous stunts or eating nauseous stuffs or be paid a big sum of money but we get what our fear factor is worth. Why do I say that?

My fear factor arena is in Milwaukee. The challenge will last almost 2 months. I may say I have almost overcome some of my fears. First challenge: Trust.. the project i am working is on trust accounts but is there trust among the workers? Second challenge: Work relationship... as I say is there trust among us? Third challenge: Expectation... oh, expectation stuffs, i can hear my manager say he didnt set the expectation right for me. Fourth challenge: Readiness... My manager says I am not yet ready for the task.... but why didnt he send me here in the first place? Ironic, right? Fifth challenge: Prove my worth... among all, this is the hardest. I have to combine all other challenges to be able to prove myself worthy.

The prize for the challenge? Experience, heartache, headache and a small sum of money just enough for 2 month's survival.

Oh well, one thing I've learned from this is: there's no easy way to become the best. Hard work would bring you to the ladder of success.