The sun was up to death. It was really hot. I felt as if the only to survive such a day was to sweat a lot. Of course, I was sweating. A lot. My stomach was aching. I have not eaten since that morning. I have spent almost two days just eating some bread with butter. Just a day before like this, I was notified by the U.S. Embassy Brazzaville that I failed my TOEFL test. The Fulbright Fellowship was no longer within my reach. The burden of the pain was still running all over my body. My dream was rushed. Period! Unthinkable! I was embroiled with angry and desperation. Life has pushed me down to my knees. I walked like a beaten man, and with an empty look as if life has given birth to death. For ordinary people like me, I never knew when the next opportunity would come by. I never knew when the
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Though he was reluctant, he accepted my offer because I also told him that the book was not in good shape, and it was written in English. No one would be interested in buying it since we are French speaking country. If he had not to take my offer, no one would not get no one to buy this book. The street book seller took my offer.
Since then, my mindset was no longer the same. My life took another road. I burned oil nights to read it, and even to skip some classes at my school. The riches of the book have been beyond any measures. It has been like life for me. Life is where everything begins; and death is where everything ends, forever.
I capitalized all my soul and energy on these words: possibilities, opportunities, determination, and persistence. I told myself: my greatest asset is that I come from ashes. My grind and desire for better days are my fuel- that is my ultimate inheritance from my parents.
On early January 2014, I was awarded the Fulbright Fellowship. Out of forty candidates, I was one of three to be on the podium of the winning
Though he was reluctant, he accepted my offer because I also told him that the book was not in good shape, and it was written in English. No one would be interested in buying it since we are French speaking country. If he had not to take my offer, no one would not get no one to buy this book. The street book seller took my offer.
Since then, my mindset was no longer the same. My life took another road. I burned oil nights to read it, and even to skip some classes at my school. The riches of the book have been beyond any measures. It has been like life for me. Life is where everything begins; and death is where everything ends, forever.
I capitalized all my soul and energy on these words: possibilities, opportunities, determination, and persistence. I told myself: my greatest asset is that I come from ashes. My grind and desire for better days are my fuel- that is my ultimate inheritance from my parents.
On early January 2014, I was awarded the Fulbright Fellowship. Out of forty candidates, I was one of three to be on the podium of the winning