My Life Story

I was born in a family who has nothing at all. My mother is just a mere housewife who takes good care of us. And my father used to work as a private guard when I was a kid. But early in my childhood years, if I'm not mistaken,  I was just in third grade at that time when he quit working. He was confident that his savings was enough for our needs that even if he will not work again we could still live. I could remember that we had two tricycle(mode of transportation here in Philippines) that was operated by my two uncles, a piggery a number of goats and cows pastured.But there's nothing permanent in this world and what we had was lost as time passed by.
At my young age, I already experienced working in the farm, under the sun or even during rainy days. We have a parcel of land and part of it is our sugarcane plantation and cornfield in which we can harvest corn good for a year. Rather than paying others for the labor of cleaning and planting our farm we often did it with our own and save the money for other purpose.
With my hard and difficult experience in life I became strong and determined to succeed and have a better life. Thus, I can survive whatever trials come. And I know that it wouldn't be hard anymore, because I've had experience the worst circumstances.
The first thing I did was to do well in school. I was always an aspiring student from primary to secondary school. I was not the best but I was at the top five always. The real challenging part of my life was during my college years. My older brother was in college at that time and I had to stop schooling. My brother was just taking a one year course or vocational course and then after I could go back to school.Rather than stopping, I decided to be a self supporting student. The first thing I did was to apply as a working student in my school. Luckily I was accepted. My first job was janitorial that lasted for a year. I'm my second year I became a laboratory assistant, my function was to maintain the computer facilities. I learned troubleshooting skills on my first year level. In fact for my school allowance I did home service computer repairs. And later in my senior year I maintained an internet cafe which was additional income for me. But it is not that easy.Our house is in a remote area and it is  two kilometers away from the main road going to the town.I have to ride in a motorcycle before reaching the main road. Sometimes I am hitching a ride with my neighbor who has a motorcycle and is working in town. I don't mind doing it daily since I have a vision to succeed in life. I am sure that those steps would slowly take me to success. And yes, at last my persistence was paid off when  I graduated from college. For me, it's a milestone, a single step for my future and the fruit of my hardwork and sacrifices.
Now I am working as a tech support of a financial institution here in Philippines. And I am helping my two siblings with their college education, it is a responsibility that is left by my father when he die since my older brother has no permanent job and have his family already.That is what my life is all about. And where I am now is not the end of my career, this is just the beginning and I am still finding ways on how to bring out the best in me.