Hi Steemians! 🤗
If you can still remember, I already posted an #introduceyourself blog, I shared with you my blogging life, student leadership and my interests or hobbies. This time, I'm about to share with you what I really do on a daily basis. With this, you will really know who am I. 🙂
(if you haven't read my #introduceyourself yet, you can check it here)
This is my entry for @surpassinggoogle's #Untalented Contest: Who am I.
WHO AM I?
“I need to be productive today!”
That’s the first thing that comes to my mind every time I wake up at 4 o’clock in the morning. With just 2-3 hours of sleep, I need to face again another day full of surprises, realizations and challenges.
One hour for a guy like me is enough to prepare my things to go to school. Going to school, I ride a bus wearing a white polo and navy blue slacks, with a backpack and a pair of leather shoes. As I walk along the busy streets in Manila by a bunch of street children, by-standers and other students, I set my eyes on the road thinking about the responsibilities that await me. I cross the walkway and hang my I.D on my neck before I could finally enter Adamson University. Then, I walk again to the hallway of ST and OZ building, see familiar faces, say hi and hello, search for my classroom, and find a comfortable seat. There goes the tired and wasted little John. Hahaha
That’s my everyday routine before I could finally open my backpack, take down notes, listen to my professor, and learn some formulas and equations. Admittedly, there are times when responsibilities are still hunting you while you’re calculating some math problems. Imagine facing that struggle six times a week with five subjects a day. Well, sometimes I feel like I’m already worn out, but most of the time, I let my poise and composure speak for me. When I attend a three-hour class, half of the period is spent for “legit” studying, and the other half is actually the so called “extra-curricular activities” – by making event proposals, making sponsorship letters, fixing org requirements, plus all those nonsense stuff that should be done during vacant period. (At least I was honest)
Yes, it’s true. It bores me when I just seat inside our classroom, listen to what my professor is saying and trying to absorb everything while waiting for my nose to bleed. After that, there’s a chance that there will be a surprise quiz after the discussion, Identification? Matching type? Multiple choice? Essay Writing? It’s a no to any professor in engineering, it will always be the prove-the-equation type, find-the-variable type and my forever problem – problem solving. Hahaha. I am aware that surprise quizzes are part of the process of being a great engineer. What a relief, I have good blockmates: “United we stand, divided we fall”. If you know what I mean. Hahaha
After taking a break, I busy myself in doing my homework for my next subject, or maybe study the next lesson, or even practice some math problems. But, for a long vacant period, my favorite place will always be the PSAU office where event planning, brainstorming and event preparation happen. No matter the circumstance, I can’t help but find myself in the confines of the PSAU office. This is the perfect place to do all my tasks for our organization. Truth be told, my mind works faster and I think I am better in doing org works than solving math problems.
Even if I want to just sleep in peace, I don’t have any choice but to go back being an engineering student, listen to my prof, take down notes, solve math problems, take difficult exams, and wait for my nose to bleed – same old process. I can’t just leave all the responsibilities behind then do it later. Time is the most precious thing and sleep is not in the choices of a student-leader like me.
Why do you choose to walk through the path less taken – the life of a student leader? That’s a question that I can’t even answer.
There always comes a point where I tend to neglect my studies just to finish my organizational responsibilities. Many people will try to stop me, even my family, in serving my fellow students but here I am, already in my third year of being a student leader and I think it has become my calling. God put me in this situation where I can share my ideas, efforts and talents to all my co-officers and most especially to our members.
Life of a student-leader like me is tough but it’s not hell. I may be bitter at times when there are difficult exams, approaching deadlines, failing grades and upcoming events but the good thing is I accept them as part of what I got myself into. I always remember what my teacher back in high school tell me, “Don’t complain, just work harder.”
Three years of student leadership is three years of ups and downs. These are the years of challenges, rejections, and heartbreaks but it is also the year of accomplishments. I may be weak and I may get tired at times. However, to be honest, I am a learner. A lot of things happened to me and that made me who I am today: smart, hard-working, brave, competent, and dedicated.
Well then, I am @johnalexius
This is my world.
I’ll live, I’ll serve, and I’ll leave a legacy.
