Hello everyone! I am Melvic and i just joined steemit. I hope that i could interact with everyone in this community. This is my first time to write. So i hope that you will enjoy this somehow. And kudos to maam @iamrosallie for helping me to start this blog and gave me the opportunity to share my thoughts to all of you guys. By the way, this is a story of perseverance and struggle. This post could be long, but please bear with me. Here it goes.
By the term "stray bullet", it means that you're not supposed to be where you are. Just like me. So let me tell you a story...
Even in my elementary days, i always wanted to be an engineer. Same is true till i aged a little. I still remember, in my high school days, I like to construct and deconstruct things. Though most of the time, i was not able to reconstruct it. I always ended up destroying things i explore with. So we can just say that i charged it to experience..................and to my b*tt that being spank each and every time that i destroy our things. hahahahahaha
So fast forward. As i enter college, i took up electronics engineering. Seems like a perfect match right? You know, because i like constructing electronics stuffs. But i was wrong. All i have to face is math. For 3 years, most of the time i am just dealing with math. I am not bad in math. I swear. It is just engineering math is so much different in high school math and even in other courses' math. (i know this because i am tutoring education students, IT students, etc.. no offense, every course is hard. but each course has specialty) And trust me, staying up till 4 am and waking up on 6 am or having days without sleep is not fun at all.
So i started to lose my "heart" in engineering. I really wanted to stop. I already gave up. I don't want where i am now. I don't want to be here anymore. I am already a stray bullet.
But there are 2 things that kept me from taking up engineering. First, my family. I can't face my family if i gave up. I would be such a disgrace to our family. Especially we are not that close to each other. They might hive off me. Second reason for staying are my friends. I look up to them as my family. And i think i wouldn't last days without them. Knowing that i couldn't see them again, I couldn't stand it. So i stayed.
2 years of struggling have passed. Series of sleepless nights....and days.. But on my surprise, i am already loving again what i do without noticing it. Yes, it is hard. Harder that ever. There will come a time that you will cry. There will come a time that you want to give up. There will come a time that you will ask yourself if punishing yourself like that is really worth it. Trust me, just hold on. Believe on yourself. You can do it. And because of believing in myself with the help of perseverance, here i am now. I'm in the edge of finishing our thesis and graduating this month..... hopefully
So if I can do it, why cant you? All you have to do is to trust yourself. Believe on yourself!!! And in no time, i'm pretty sure that you can achieve what you love. Trust me. I'm an electronics engineer. 😎😎😎
Nice to meet you, @melvic! Welcome to the Steemit Community, wish you good luck and a good start, ive send you a small tip and followed you, hope you have an amazing day! :)
wow i just sleep and this already happened.. thank you so much vlone99. it is very much appreciated. and i really hope that this is not the last time that we would interact. and most of all, i hope that you will enjoy all of my contents. i followed you and i will check your contents. that's for sure
Great start @melvic. I'll be posting some pointers in our group later regarding your post. More on analysis I think. I don't know if I am using the right words though. Hehe.
Anyway, I am not an Engineer before but my sister is. I saw how she studies and those sleepless nights she needs just to finish her projects and assignments. It came to a point where coffee and other energy drinks no longer works for her. It's one way of her body saying she needs to take some rest. And you should do the same. Just give yourself a 30 minute break from time to time. Maybe a little nap? During my time in the University I will sleep around 7 or 8 or 9pm and wakes up at 1am to study. And it's more effective since my brain was able to rest for few hours from school lessons.
Just don't give up. When my sister gave up on he toughest times when she was still studying she will never achieve the things she had today. Like owning a real estate company. You can do it too. If you won't give up. I easily gave up on my dreams before so my growth and success is delayed compared to my sister. She works harder than anyone else in the world that's why she achieved those things. She was able to build a house for our parents. Hope it inspires you to continue and continue to hustle. She's here in Steemit too. You can approach her, @deemonica.
Again congratulations on your 1st post. 😊
Just saw this comment. I feel like a million bucks with your comment sister. Thank you. But enough of me. @melvic I can feel that you are working hard to graduate but the real world is much harder. You can reach out to us, your fellow steemians if you need anything. Again, welcome to the community.
thank you for that maam @deemonica. but next, i will be facing the most challenging part of my life. which is taking the board exam 😊😊😊
i need all your prayers maam..
hahahahaha
Yes, the board exam. Mine was ages ago but I still remember the feeling. I was mostly afraid of failing. Because of my mother's condition, I HAD to pass in order to get a decent job.
I guess what helped me most were my ambitions and goals. As my mother used to say, "Always aim high, so that if you will miss you will hit a satisfactory mark." I aimed to be 1st in our board exam. When I got the result, I wasn't even part of top 10 but my grades were fairly higher than passing. 😀
So for you my dear, ALWAYS AIM HIGH. 👍
i will surely read those pointers maam rosallie when i got home.
as a beginner, i am more than willing to accept pointers, tips and constructive criticism so that i can improve the way that i write.
i know that i still have so much to learn.
and above all, thank you for mentoring me 😊😊😊
No problemo
Thanks, Melvic for joining us. Welcome,bro
thank you so much for the warm welcome.
i hope that this is not the last time that we would see with each other.
i am looking forward to your content.
I'm always available. I even started a new project today for new members. You can check my blog and drop your comment. Let's steem together.
is that the minnows' voice project?
no problem.
i already followed you and i am looking forward for more of your contents
Thanks. Feel free to ask questions on areas you feel confused. We can all learn together.
sure thing :D
btw, i checked your posts.
they are great!
they deserve an upvote :D
Thanks a lot.
Hello, @Melvic, Let me welcome you to Steemit. Hope you gonna have fun with our community. Feel free to follow me @rightuppercorner Have a great time @rightuppercorner
wow. thank you for the warm welcome.
i am looking forward to see your contents
nice to meet you @melvic, fellow electronics engineer here, hope you have a successful career
it is nice to meet you too @amokh09, my fellow electronics engineer.
i checked your account but you haven't posted yet.
i am really looking up for your content.
also, i hope someday we would see and work with each other in our field of expertise :D
thanks, me too.
i have no idea where to start, so just browsing for the moment.
Welcome to steemit Melvin! Hope you'll have a great experience.
thank you for the welcome vintagejennifer..
i read your poem rainy dream and i liked it.
and i am following you because of that <3
i am looking forward for more of your content. :D
Hey! You made a great choice joining this awesome community. You’re going to have a great time here. Keep Steeming!
yes. i think i really did make a right choice. i just joined and posted and sleep. and when i woke up, i already earn. this is so much fun. and on top of that, i have the opportunity to share my deepest thoughts.
btw, i checked your profile and you already have 12.5k subscribers. and that's a wow! that's really amazing so i followed you. and later, i would read your blogs so that i could learn something.
thank you so much. i hope that this is not our last interaction. :D
Maligayang pag dating sa mundo ng steemit @melvic. Hiling ko ang iyong tagumpay at ng lahat ng Pilipinong kalahok sa komunidad ng steemit.
wow. tagalog na tagalog po. ang lalim. hahaha
maraming maraming salamat po sa pagsalubong sa akin.
nga po pala, akin pong tinignan ang inyong mga nilathata. ako lubhang natuwa sa inyong sinulat na may pamagat na ugat ng paghuhukom. lubhang napaka husay ng inyong mapaparaan ng pagsusulat.
The only limits, are those which you create in your mind... Continue to make the impossible look easy... Look forward to seeing your groth and development...
you're right. and i am also looking forward into seeing your posts. thank you so much
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STOPWelcome to steemit @melvic. Nice introducing.
Can we be a follower friends? I upvoted and followed you.
I collect friends so you also follow me and you will get a
valuable contents from me.
@chebee
yes.. i will be glad to be your follow friend
Welcome to Steemit! I'm glad my sister has mentored you into joining. You are lucky to have her. She is very motivated in helping others.
I myself almost gave up in college because of some issues and loneliness. I cried almost every night and I wanted to go home. But just like you I pushed myself harder. Kudos Engineer!
Keep writing. You can also reach out to me if you need anything. 😁
i learned a lot from maam rosalie.
but i still have a long way to go.
i know how that feels. that late night crying. it is really hard, but for now, i am really looking forward in taking the board exam. that's one of my major challenge right now. and i really hope that i could pass the ece board exam
I know you can make it. 👍