G'Day Steemit! I'm finally introducing myself...

Hi fellow Steemians,

I’ve been on Steemit since mid-August 2017, and so far, my journey has been very rewarding intellectually, spiritually and financially. It’s about time I introduced myself.

My name is Wayne. I’m a Chinese-born Australian living in the beautiful city of Brisbane where I’m currently completing my Physiotherapy studies at UQ.

I also have bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics, and have previously worked professionally as an engineer.

Why a big career change to become a physio? Well, unfortunately engineering didn’t turn out to be a very stable career choice for me.

I run a YouTube channel currently devoted to math tutorials with just over 3000 subscribers.

My life ambitions are:

• to establish an engineering academy where students can learn and create their own projects
• and (maybe) a charity for physical rehabilitation

With the supportive community here, hopefully I can turn these dreams into reality.

My Introduction to Steemit…

My first introduction to Steemit was in September 2016 ...and it was a bad one!

A friend had showed me the Trending page and at a quick glance, I noticed a post that I believed had undeservedly earned a ridiculous amount of money.

I can’t remember what it was - it was something like a meme, or a picture of a cat, or a joke, or something just plain stupid. And my thoughts were:

• “That’s not fair!”
• “That’s a scam!”
• “People are stupid!”
• “That’ll never work in the long run!”

So in disgust, I vowed never to join Steemit!

So what changed my mind after a year? Well, for one, Steemit is still here and growing stronger everyday. More and more of the “libertarian” guys I watch on YouTube spoke their praises of Steemit.

When Max Keiser mentioned it, it got me seriously thinking.

Finally, in light of the recent YouTube demonetization and censorship of self-made alternative media journalists such as @joshsigurdson and @dollarvigilante, I had to join a community that values freedom of speech!

Yeah, I know. I’m a slow learner, and a skeptic. It took me until late 2013 to get into Bitcoin after first learning of it in 2010 ...oh, the regret!

Fun fact

At the age of 16, I was a Sousaphone (Tuba) player in the marching band of the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. I was lucky to able to share this experience with my fellow musicians and greatest schoolmates.

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