Hailing from a middle-class Chinese family,my given name is Jing Ren,preceded by my Hokkien surname Tan. This name carries the meaning of "respect" and "kind-heartedness" in Mandarin language. It is a consequence of my father's early vision on me;that all the good virtues will come first in myself before anything else do.I was born as a fourth child in my family,two years before my youngest sister was born in 2006.Pardon me to clarify a statement.I was not born in any Chinese-dominating country like China or Taiwan.Instead,the sacred place I was born in is a multiracial second-class country.To date,I'm still filled with gratitude that I am beyond fortunate to be born in a place where I wasn't exposed to civil war,death,dictatorship,gender inequality and race discrimination(e.g. Syria). The place,or country,on the contrary, is a beautiful and exquisite country where the people from vastly diversed races are able to live harmoniously for more than half a century since the nation has gained its independence. And that beloved country is called MALAYSIA.
Please allow me to move on to my family. As I have mentioned, I am the fourth child in my family out of a total of 5. Since the springtime of my life,my dad has always emphasised that family is an essential part of our lives. Family will be there during the ups and downs of our lives and will love us to the moon and back,no matter what happens. He had once borrowed and told us about a significant quote from a celebrity regarding family,and that particular quote influenced me deeply and will stay carved in my nerves throughout my life. The quote goes-"Having somewhere to go is home.Having someone to love is family.And having both is a blessing."Touching,isn't it?Allow me to carry on with my dad,the person I admire the most in the entire galaxy.
My dad works as a businessman and an investor. Being the bread winner of my family,he is very industrious and always put in all his efforts into his business in order to enlarge and expand it. For me,he the living example and the role model for me to learn the definition of perserverance and insightfulness. Besides that,my dad has spend a significant amount of time implementing and teaching me and siblings regarding the utmost importance of moral values in our lives.My mom,on the hand, is a full-time housewife.My bad. Give me a chance to correct my statement.She is a cook,nutritionist,nurse,teacher and physchiatrist simultaneously. Why? Because she is the Gordon Ramsay who will cook the delectable meal for me on the table on a daily basis,the dietician who will ensure the food that I consume is well-balanced,the nurse who will take care of my welfare,and even becomes the teacher that has shown me how much a mother can sacrifice for her love ones.Apart from being the best mother in the world I could've ever known,she also plays her role as a wife perfectly. Come rain or shine,she will always be at my dad's side and becomes his strongest back.As for my siblings,we grew up together surrounded with substantial amount of joy and love.Of course,throughout the journey there are a plethora quarries and arguments too. But that is just small portion of the expedition that will stregthen our bond.Mayhap,my home doesn't possess much wealth ,but what we have in abundance is the love and affections we have towards each other which is and will be definitely irreplaceable by anything else.
All of the above should be sufficient for my background,I assume.Now I would like to share something relating to my school life After months of solemn discussion and talk ,my dad and mom decided to enrol me into a government primary school when I reached the age of 7. They believed that sending me to a multiracial school woul be a great platform for me to learn how to mingle up with other races,and it turns out that they were absolutely right. During those nostalgic school years,I'd met and known a bunch of benevolent and frisky friends and acquaintances from a greatly varied backgrounds,races and religions. Neverthelss,we got along perfectly.I really pine for those days where there isn't any huge responsibilities on the shoulders,no worries about life,and no promises to be kept. Those were the days when we would fill our classroom with gales of laughter,compete healthily and help out each other in terms of academics,co-curiculum, and even our personal life.Under a classroom of these amazing circumstances and atmosphere,as well as my parents' ceaseless support in me,I'd managed to pass the most remarkable exam of the primary school with flying colours.I excelled in the exam,namely the UPSR by gaining a straight 6A's results.And this result has put a wonderful end to my primary school life.
Oblivious to the the passage of time,I'm currently a Form 4 Pure Science student in a prestigious high school in Klang as a result of my satisfying PT3 result. Quitting the topic of school, I'm a badminton enthusiast and have been attending training classes for more than have a decade. I'm not confident to say that I have top-notch skills,but I've never shivered and am able to read the opponent's game clearly. This give me a great advantage during tournaments.
Everyone has his or her own respective strengths. As for me,I am a very determined person. Whatever I do, I will persevere until the end results can be seen;whether it's successful or in vain.Nonetheless,on the other side of the coin it is a flaw too. I can be so pertinacious to an extent I becomes recalcitrant.This,sometimes,creates lots of controversies and dissensions between me and my friends or even teachers and parents.Apart from that,one of my top strengths is my capability to perform well under pressure.Undeniably,many people will treat pressure as a threat,which will undermine their self-confidence; elicit the fear of failure;impair their short-term memory, attention, and judgment; and spur impulsive behavior.This is not the case for me. What I stand out from the ordinary is that I'm able to mitigate its negative effects.I see pressure as a challenge. When I do so,I am stimulated to give the attention and energy needed to make my best effort to make things right.Frankly,this strength has built a concrete foundation for me to endure the adversities I will encounter in the near future.
Vividly,strengths and flaws come in pair. No man on Earth is perfect,and without a doubt I'm included.To be honest, I would consider myself as an irascible person.I get annoyed and irritated easily by even a trivial matter.People tend to describe me as a sore head.I myself know that this will contribute nothing of goodness to my life .Knowing that, I've been practicing effective ways to calm myself down during extreme situations such as meditating.Excluding the bad-tempered of mine,time management is also one of my most perceptible weaknesses. The most obvious consequence of my poor time management is procrastination. Despite the fact that I am able to prioritise which task is needed be fulfilled first according to its importance,I tend to lose control of the passage of time,and end up letting the tasks sit to the last minute. Subsequently,I've to burn the midnight oil to catch up the unfinished work.Then eventually,I suffer piles of health complications associating with chronic lack of sleep.
In conclusion,I hope that I have given adequate introduction about myself for all of you who is still staying with me till this line. I promise I will be a better version of myself when I come back to this blog in the near future.Before I put a full stop to this blog,I would like to leave a meaningful lines by one of the most prominent female authors and poets,Maya Angelou.She quoted-" If you must look back,do so forgivingly.If you must look forward,do so prayerfully.However,the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present. Gratefully."Trust me,it's worth a think.😀
~THANK YOU～
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