Happy new year 2015; as you all are aware, I post jokes that makes you all think. Beginning in 2015, i wish to share little bit of story of my own. The reason behind sharing my story is to make those of you who are too young to be on facebook to reflect back and start re-think what you want to do in life.. If you see my story offensive or not necessary to you, please just avoid reading it either. ########################################################## NEVER GIVE UP HOPE- ALWAYS PERSIST IN WHAT YOU CAN DO. AFTER COMPLETING YEAR 12, I WENT BACK TO THE VILLAGE WITH FOUR OR FIVE OTHER STUDENTS AND FEW BEST BUDDIES AND FRIENDS FROM WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. LIKE EVERY OTHER NEW YEAR, ALL OF US ARE ANTICIPATING SOME NAMES TO APPREAR ON THE PAPERS (POST/NATIONAL NEWS PAPER). ATLEAST IN A WEEK, I FIND SOME WAYS TO GO INTO THE LOCAL TOWN TO FIND SOME FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO ASK FOR NEWS PAPERS, OR ANY OTHER COLLEGUE STUDENTS IF THEY HAD SEEN THE NEWS PAPER WITH NAMES OF STUDENTS SELECTED TO GO TO UNIVERSITIES OR COLLEGES. ANYWAY, THE NEWS PAPER CAME THORUGH AND THAT DARK MOMENT I WAS NOT EXPECTING CAME INTO MY LIFE WHEN I NEVER SAW MY NAME. I REPEAT READING THE FOUR PAGE SUPPLIMENT OVER AND OVER AND SAW NAMES OF FEW OF MY TRIBESMEN NAMES BUT MINE WAS NOT ON. I STARTED BREATHING HARDER, FELT THIRSTY BUT THAT WATER DID NOT PENATRATE INTO MY THROAT. I WAS LOOKING FOR REASONS TO TELL MY PARENTS WHO HAVE BEEN EXPECTING SOME NEWS FROM ME.. MY PARENTS EXPECTATION OF ME WAS SO HIGH BUT MY PERFORMANCE WAS NOT TO THEIR EXPECTATIONS HENCE MY NAME NEVER CAME ON THE PAPERS. I FELT LIKE, I WANT TO DIE AND GO TO HELL OR SOMEWHERE. MY FAMILY HOPES WERE AGONISING, SINCE I AM THE FIRST ONE ON THEIR ONLY LIST, MY RESULTS MAKE THEM LOOSE ALL HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS THEY HAVE FOR ME. DISCUSSION AND GOSSIP AROUND OUR COMMUNITY MARKET CONFIRMED ME NOT GETTING AN OFFER, I FELT SO SANDWITCHED. SO, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS FOLLOWING JANUARY, I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME AWAY FROM PUBLIC PLACES, I HATE PEOPLE DISCUSSING ABOUT ME AND ASKING, WHERE ARE YOU GOING THIS YEAR? I PRETENDED NOT TO HEAR AT SOME POINT; WHEN I RESPONDED, I’D SAY, YEAH AM STILL WAITING BUT THE QUESTIONS KEPT BOTHERING ME AFTER MID NIGHT AND DEEPER IN MY SLEEP. I REMEMBER, GOING TO FEW OF OUR MOUNTAINS (KOBLEKAMA, MAINBEGE BANIN, INMA NILTA, MIRIBE) I SPEND MY DAYS IN THOSE AREAS DOING GARDENING. ALL MY HOPES TO DO SOMETHING IN EDUCATION CAME TO STANDSTILL. ONE FINE EVENING TOWARDS THE END OF JAN, I WAS CALLED BY MY PARENTS TO COME TO THEIR ROOM. I WENT THERE AND THEY GAVE ME AN ENVELOPE SAYING, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY SOMETHING INSTEAD OF STAYING IN THE VILLAGE AND I ASKED WHAT?? THEY SAY, WELL YOU CAN GO TO THIS INSTITUTION, SO LONG AS YOU HAVE A PAPER. MY BIGGER DREAMS NEVER CAME THOUGH. MY PARENTS ADVICE WAS, IT WILL BE YOUR STEPPING STONE FOR A BIGGER PLACE. I SEE A SMALL LIGHT IN THE TUNNEL SO DECIDED TO TAKE THAT OFFER. I WENT THERE AND SPEND THREE DONKEY YEARS. WHILST STUDYING, MY DREAMS WERE BIGGER THAN WHAT I WAS ACTUALLY DOING AT THAT TIME SO, EVERYNIGHT I READ AND READ AND READ SO MANY BOOKS ON MANY DIFFERENT SUBJECTS. I WANT TO FIND MY REAL STRENGTH. AFTER THE THIRD YEAR (FINAL), I GOT MY DIPLOMA CERTIFICATE FROM THE INSTITUTION AND I WAS DOING SOME WORK. PART OF MY WORK IS TO TRAVEL INTO THE BUSH AND SEE SICK PEOPLE. I TRAVELLED INTO SOME OF THE MOST RURAL AREAS IN ONE PROVINCE. I REMEMBER, ONE DAY I TRAVELLED INTO ONE OF THE BUSHES WITH VACCINES AND MEDICAL KITS AND I CROSSED ONE OF THE DEADLIEST RIVERS IN THAT PARTICULAR PROVINCE. I WAS GIVEN A ROPE SO I HELD THE ROPE TIGHT TO CROSS THE RIVER AND SLEPT ALONG THE WAY TO DELIVER BASIC MEDICAL SERVICES INTO THOSES AREAS. ANOTHER TIME, I HAD THIS LEECHES THING ON MY LOW LIMBS AND I NEVER KNEW IT WAS THERE, I WAS NEVER EXPOSED TO LEECH BEFORE. I SAW ABOUT 8-10 LEECHS HANGING ON ME… THEIR SIZE IS LIKE A BETELNUT. I SAW THEM AND PAINTED FOR FEW SECONDS. ALTHOUGH I WAS HELPING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THOSE RURAL AREAS, I STILL BELIVE THAT I DID NOT ACHIEVE WHAT I WANTED, I WAS NEVER SATISFIED AND MY DREAMS WERE STILL HANGING ON THE ROPE. I WENT INTO A LOT OF CHALLENGE FOR MYSELF IN MY SHORT STINT WITH MY JOB. AFTER A YEAR INTO MY WORK, I DECIDED THAT I SHOULD DIVIDE MY TIME AND PUT GOOD USE TO IT BY STUDYING AND WORK AT THE SAME TIME. I RECEIVED SOME ADVICE FROM MY SUPERVISOR THAT, IN THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER FIRST WORLD COUNTRY; PEOPLE WORK IN THE NIGHT AND GO TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING OR WISE VERSA. SO, I THOUGHT, I SHOULD TAKE THE SAME APPROCH. I HAVE TO MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS, I DEACTIVATED MY FACEBOOK ACCOUNT, THROW MY CELLPHONE AWAY, I HAVE TO SPEND ATLEAST 50T PER DAY SO I SAVE SOME MONEY TO PAY FOR SCHOOL FEES. MY DINNER IS BASICALLY NOODLES AND BREAD OR SCONE. MY TIME WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE THINGS, WORK, SCHOOL AND VERY LIMITED TIME TO RUGBY UNION AND EVERY SUNDAY IS CHURCH TIME. MY SMALL BROTHER LEFT GRADE 12 NOT SECURING A SPACE SO BOTH OF US STARTED TOGETHER AT THE OPEN COLLEGE PROGRAM. HE HAD 12 HOURS TO STUDY WHILST I HAD 2.5 HRS PER DAY. THIS HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE FOR ME EACH DAY BUT MY DREAMS AND HOPES DRIVES ME TO A POINT WHERE, EVERY MINUTE IS MONEY FOR ME. I LIGHT CANDLE AND READ, SOMETIMES I USE TOUCH IN THE BUSH TO DO SCHOOL WORK. IT WAS VERY TEMPTING AND CHALLENGING. SO, THE GOLDEN DAY CAME AND I SAW MY NAMES ON TWO DIFFERENT PAPERS AND TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. I WAS NOT EXCITED AS I OUGHT TO DO, I KNOW THIS CAME FROM A LOT OF COMMITMENT, DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE. I THANK GOD FOR PROVIDING ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT, “WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY”. DOORS HAVE BEEN OPENED AND I THANK GOD, HE IS AWESOME. I CAME TO THAT UNIVERSITY AND ON THE SECOND YEAR, I APPLIED FOR A SWISS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ONLINE. THEY ASKED ME TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL AND OUTLINE THE PERIOD OF MY STUDIES. I THANKS GOD AGAIN, HENCE ANOTHER DOOR OPENS UP. O’VURE ST.JUSTER AGREED TO PAY THE ENTIRE COMPONENT OF MY FEES FROM 2ND YEAR TO FINAL YEAR. I WAS EXCITED, THE SCHOLARSHIP COVERS BOARDING & LODING, STATIONARIES, TEXTBOOKS, DAILY SUPPORT OF K25/PER DAY. I SAY, GOD IS GOOD AND AWESOME. EVERYNIGHT I PRAY TO THANK GOD. I WENT INTO HECAS STRAIGHT IN MY SECOND YEAR WHICH IS ALSO MY FIRST YEAR IN CAMPUS. THESE WERE ALL THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AFTER ALL THE SACRIFICES I DID. I SEE BLESSINGS ON THE RUN, LET ME SHARE YOU MORE EXPERIENCES THAT I HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR. ON CAMPUS, GOD BLESSED ME WITH THREE DIFFERENT GIFTS. I STARTED FIXING COMPUTERS, I DID NOT RECEIVE A FULL TRAINING TO DO HARDWARE BUT THE GIFT CAME FROM ABOVE, I FIX AND SELL HUNDREDS OF COMPUTERS TO STUDENTS, OUTSIDERS AND EVEN IN PLACES LIKE MADANG AND KUNDIAWA. I REMEMBER FIXING COMPUTERS THAT ARE DEAD, THAN INSTALLING BASIC PROGRAMS AND CHARGING CLIENTS. THAN I WENT ON TO DO GRAPHIC DESIGN. IT’S BEEN INTERESTING WITH GRAPHIC DESIGNS, THOUGH IT’S NOT MY TRAINED JOB, I WAS LITTLE BIT GOOD AT IT. I STARTED DOING GRAPHIC DESIGNS FOR PEOPLE AND COMPANIES, I DESIGNED COMPANY LOGOS, BROUCHERES, WALLPAPERS; ANIMATION, DESIGNED ELECTIONS POSTERS IN 2D FORMAT USING SOFTWARE SUCH AS ADOBE CS5 & 6, INDISIGN, PHOTOSHOP, DREAMWARE ETC. I REMEMBER, A BROTHER AND FRIEND GIVING ME CONTRACT WORTH THOUSANDS OF KINA TO DO GRAPHICS DESIGN. I WAS IN THE CLOUDS. THIS HAS BEEN BLESSINGS. WHEN I WENT UP TO GET MY MAMBOO, TEARS FALL UNLIMITED . MY FRIENDS WHOM WE ALL STARTED TOGETHER CAME STRAIGHT, BUT I CAME THE OTHER WAY AROUND, AFTER ALL WE SKIN THE SAME CAT. SO, I TELL MYSELF NOTING ON EARTH IS IMPOSSIBLE UNLESS WE ARE NOT TRYING. THIS IS NOT THE END, AM NOW DREAMING AGAIN FOR SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BIG, WHAT I ACHIEVE SO FAR IS NOT ENOUGH. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT LESSION FOR ME AND TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT SELECTED TO A PLACE THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR 12. - THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE, HAVE BIGGER DREAMS. LET THE FIRE STILL BURN IN YOUR HEART, NEVER LOOSE HOPE. - HAVING HOPE WILL MAKE YOU WORK HARD. - WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY. ALWAYS TRY SOMETHING NEW. - BE COMMITTED, DEDICATE YOUR TIME TO WORTHWHILE ACTIVITIES, STOP MARKING AROUND. - IF YOU ARE NOT SELECTED THIS YEAR, TELL YOUR SELF YOU HAVE TO WORK HARDER FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY; HENCE, COMPETITION NOWADAYS IS TOUGH. - MANAGE TIME, A LOT OF PEOPLE RESORT TO MARRIAGE, FACEBOOK, GOSSIP, DAY DREAMING ETC. - NEVER SAY, YES I DID IT.. NO!!.. CONTINUE TO WORK HARD, SUCCESS IS NEVER ENDING. - BE YOURSELF AND UNDERSTAND YOURSELF WELL SO YOU CAN BE ABLE TO DO THE BEST FOR YOURSELF. - STOP FOLLOWING PEOPLE, STAND ON YOUR OWN AND FOLLOW YOUR SCHEDULE. FINALLY, NEVER GIVE UP HOPE, ALWAYS TRY AND TRY.. IF YOU HAVE THE WILL, A WAY WILL BE CREATED FOR YOU. I TRIED ONCE AND IT WORKED, YOU CAN DO IT. BLACKLOCK SINE PORT MORESBY.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:20:40 +0000
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