My name
is Melvin Torres, 17 year old from Indang Cavite. As a one of a simple
stundent, I have a lot of dreams and visions that I want to achieve. Since 3rd
year high school, I’ve been finalized my decision that I would get the Marine
Transportation course after high school ‘cause I thought my life became be
successful through it.
Before the day to taking my entrance exam at PNTC, I have a
lot of doubt and questions on my mind because I knew that being a seaman is
really dangerous specially during storm serge at the middle of the sea, and
many what if what if etc… questions that made my mind mess, but my fault is I
look first to the value of the salary. It’s truly big. So that I got glad.
After few months, weeks, days and every minute in my life as
a maritime student. I just realized that I don’t want this course, I’m not
totally happy in this career, and I can’t imagine myself as a successful worker
at the ship at the day comes. So that I rue every days and nights after and
before the class. I knew that I can overcome the subjects and the trials in
this course because I really study hard. But now a days, I felt I’m not better
than before. I’ve already share my problem to my mother and I knew she get
hurt, and it reflects me too deeply because looking to her all sacrifice to me.
She asked me why and so far asking many questions. And I respond her in clear
reasons but my voice sounds sad at that time. After all, my mother always asking
me to continue my study with maintaining great grades in this present semester
and she tell me; think very wise for your course even you gonna change it or
not and what you want to be in the future because the life is not easy without
good job. And that happening made me to be a good critical thinker. Based on my
other experience, being maritime student is really great to grab an
opportunities, but even I can passed the subjects and regulations. Still it’s
not my fashion. And this thoughts made me deeply inside I swear it kills me.
But the life is going continue, like the flow of water at the river to the sea,
and I knew this is not the end of my career, and I also knew that it’s not too
late to start a new chapter of my life.
