I’ve always believe that greatness always comes after a big failure and my life become a living proof to that!
I came from a big family a very typical Filipino family. We used to live with my grandmother and all my aunt and uncle from my mother’s side. Most of my playmates were my cousins. We are not born into riches and we are thought of working our way to get what we want. My dad is a mechanic and my mom is a simple house wife. I have 3 siblings and I am the eldest. Despite all the challenges in life my dad was able to let send us into a good school and we also was able to repay them by getting high marks.
Both I and my younger sister went to college almost together for we have 2 years gap. We are lucky to have scholarship but not everything was covered so we depended on my dad for support. While my friends are thinking of what good casing color they could buy for their new phone or if they can stay up all night chatting with their friends online I was only focused on my studies. With all the hardship I was able to finish my 5 years engineering course from the best private school in our area.
My dad wanted me to take the engineering board exam right away after graduation in hopes of landing a good job after I will have my license. He even supported my review classes away from home. I was away from home for 6 long months, that was my first and my longest time to be apart from my family. And without a phone of my own I have to borrow from a friend to be able to text my family back home what they are doing. I often cried just because I missed them so much.
The day of the exam came and went. I did everything I could and prayed the hardest and longest prayer that I can but when the results came out my name wasn’t on the list! I cried the whole day that day. And I wasn’t even able to go out of the boarding house where I was staying. I thought I went mad for about a day back then. I thought people stared and laugh at me silently because I failed the board exam.
When I returned home I was crying all the way back and I cried almost every morning when I wake up and even before I go to bed. It was my lowest moment. That was my routine for about a month. And I was slowly recovering and then a friend called me about a job offer. I immediately grab the opportunity and lucky I passed. To make the long story short even if my plan of getting the license didn’t work out the way I wanted it my world didn’t stop there. I was able to recover with the help of my family and the strength they’re able to give me.
Now I still don’t have a family of my own but I am happy with my work and I am earning well enough to support my whole family. And I am able to go to places I want to go for a vacation.
My sibling doesn’t have to go through the life that I went through when I was their age now. They are able to enjoy all the perks of having their own phone and being able to use the internet freely. But I still remind them of the old values that our parents has thought and molded me. And this I believe is my greatest achievement.
