Whats up everybody , its my very first time here in steemit community i hope you will welcome me here . it's already been 2019 I do really hope you all have a great year and you all celebrated new years eve full of happiness together with your family and relatives.
maybe you all a little bit confused why my very first pic is mickey mouse with a peace sign , well it's "ME" , yeah you read it right , no mistaken . Do you wanna all want to know my story behind that ? do you wanna know my story ? well its my pleasure to share my wonderful and worst experiences that ever happened to me.
But before I begin i would just like to thank one person who inspire and introduce me here in steemit he is @Jerrybanfield , he's a wonderful person and very good social influencer . hello sir I just want you to know that I just happened watch your steemit videos in youtube and as I watch your explanation about this i found out it's a very interesting wherein steemit is a very great social platform same as facebook,twitter and other social online websites that aside from interacting and helping the community grow you can earn also and i find it very amusing. so many thanks to you sir, well explained about this. My curiosity about steemit grow and i do a lot of research about steemit and its a very promising project, im so grateful that i know this , many thanks to you sir @Jerrybanfield.
Well guys im about to share now my story , are you not tired reading yet ? the countdown shall begin 3..... 2... 1..
My name is Eljay Sanchez Durant I live in Manila philippines , maybe you're wondering why my surname is "Durant"? , if you're guessing that I'm somehow related to NBA SUPERSTAR KEVIN DURANT well we're not, I'm not really certain about that but , but I'm pretty sure we're not HAHAHAHAHA. I'm just 19 years old of age, today with my life I'm so broke , I'm the only child of my parents , I don't have siblings but I'm wishing I have too but i guess it wont happen anymore. both my parents are so busy wit their jobs, my Mom go to abroad in kuwait and my Dad have a always out of town trip with his business .Since when I was 6 years old until the age of 15 years old i live together with my Aunt , she's a good person ,she treat me well and I do really appreciate her kindness to me but somehow I'm longing for the love of my parents. it's very hard to stick in this kind of situation and every time I always feel jealous when I see a complete family eating together , going to mall together , buying their kids a nice shirts and a lot of material stuff by their parents and me standing next to them wondering why I didn't experienced this kind of thing, and I always complained that life is very unfair,
until one day I decided to try to change my life , I started making decisions on my own , I'm trying to be independent in such a way that I will be happy about on something that I want to do, in my 3rd year of high school , I was 16 years old , I joined in a dance club , at first i don't know how to dance, I don't even know how to move my limbs on a such way that my movement will consider as dance HAHAHAHAHA.after 1 year practicing and been a group of dance of about 5 months. we won in a dance competition. As you can see in the picture i put an "X-MARK " on myself. During that time I'm so passionated in dancing and I devoted myself to become a best dancer however I suffer depression and I'm losing interest on dancing it's because i found that my mom have an affair on someone on kuwait and my Dad didn't know this , the mother of my close friend told me about this and I have evidence for this , knowing that I'm wishing that one day my family would complete even for just a one day but I guess it wont happen anymore.
I cried every night when I know that, I had suicidal thoughts because i don't know that to do with my life , I Don't have any one to lean on , but then I realize all my life I live on my own, not even my parents are present in every occasion that passed, I didn't experienced to celebrate christmas and new years eve with them that's why pushed myself that one day If I had a family , I will love them wholeheartedly because I don't want my children to suffer what I experienced during my childhood and teenage life, and now I study hard and I got medals for my good performance in school. I suffered financial problems because my mother didn't support me.
I strive hard for myself , last 2017 I discover the world of crypto currency , I just happened read it on reddit about this virtual money and my curiosity drive me in to know about this if it's real or not , and I did about so many research if it's legit and yeah it is. that's why i take this opportunity and use this to stand up in my own success in life ,my father left me in my Aunt. its a very tragic life I had . 
and now after school I have a part time job as a mascot, they pay me 6$ for every 2 hours of service it's not to much but i can't pass this away so I can have money. every occasions like birthday party, wedding, thanksgiving I worked a lot just live by my self and dreaming to become a successful one , one day. I cared every dollar I would get , I just be thankful for what I received. and also by doing mascot there are so many children so happy seeing me , as i wave back and dance with them the priceless smile I see in their faces brought me into tears that i didn't experienced this during in my childhood and I consider them as my brothers and sisters ,the happiness i bring to them feels very nostalgic by the way I'M a 1st year college student now, taking up a BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
And now by steemit I'm ready for my ultimate success, I'll use steemit to achieve my goals in life and to achieve financial freedom , I would hope that you would also help me guys , As I willingly want to work with you. but as of now i can't do any vlogs because I don't have cellphone I'm using the old computer of my friend.But then As I mention earlier STEEMIT is a very promising project wherein stem tokens can be really helpful in achieving the world into such innovation in virtual money, its very convenient and as the price of steem rapidly increasing sooner I would buy a lot of stem token and hold it for the future cause I believe it's purpose and Im really honored to be part in this community , I hope you really moved about my story. I LOVE YOU ALL GUYS
Love,
Eljay