Ming-Chi Sun
"Who I Am"
8/29/2014
I am Ming-Chi Sun, most know me by my nickname Jerry. I grew up on a tiny island off the coast of China, called Taiwan. As a boy I was raised with old fashion teachings and discipline. Taiwan is a lively place, but with such a lively place comes danger and it provides a sanctuary for gangs and unruly. One day we received a phone call from my grandpa; asking for us to come to America. My dad kept refusing at first, but gave in eventually placing all hopes in the fact America is the ideal future for his kids; a future of opportunities and where dreams come true. Growing up here was difficult, we don't know how to communicate, no knowledge of how certain system run, and being completely alien to this place. I came here when I was eight years old, two years after arriving here, mom went back to Taiwan for "work purposes". It was later discovered that work was just a fancy term for seeing other guys, needless to say divorce was unavoidable. Not long after that, my grandpa passed away and my dad fell into depression. My older brother got kicked out by my dad, because they don't see My dad practically pulled an iron curtain on himself, refusing to socialize and find work. Let's just say a whole a flu carrying bad event came after that.
By middle school I knew nothing will change and it will not get better. I knew that separation was inevitable, for we live different lives at home with different perspective. Overall family conversation at home couldn't be more than thirty minutes on average days. Along that time my sister went to get a job and soon later I followed. My first didn't last that long for I was laid off when the franchise switch owner. Few weeks before I got laid off, my friend introduce me to "Steam", a network for gamers to interact, play games, and socialize. I started off playing this game called "Team Fortress 2" and days later I was really into it. Soon I discover that you can make money by creating in game items, so I got into 3D modeling, which is literally one of the best decision I have ever made in my life. I met so many extraordinary people that has venture through hell and rise to success under unbearable conditions. I look to them for advice, ideas, and emotional support, because that's what you do when you are in High School, you befriend random strangers online. To me they were my inspiration, my role models, and my drive to keep going. I struggled with myself on the decision of life after school until today.
Currently everything is stable, but I know as soon as I get that diploma, it is out the door I go.
I'll most likely hit the street due to insufficient saving and there is no safe house for me, for I don't know any of my relatives other than my dad, my sister, and my older brother; and I know they would not willingly take me in without some kind of stuff in exchange. So this is my senior year and it's a very decisive year. In one hand of uncertainty in going to college with paid tuition, and on the other hand living on the street. I am not exaggerating the situation at hand, it really is college or street for I do not wish to be bound to where I currently live. Of course plan B does not mean I will just be a hobo on the street with money beggin' cardboard that inks "Homeless" or "God Bless You". I'm atheist and I am youthful and have four limbs, so there should be no situation why I can't be a productive member of society. On my decorative sign, a.k.a. my masterpiece, would state: "I don't want the money of pithy, I just want an opportunity to change my life." I will stand there in holding the sign in any weather for as long as the sun still shines.
If miraculously plan A worked and I get to go to college, I will work as hard as I can day and night non-stop. I've come down several generations, each with very successful lives, but everyone of them met a tragic end. I am not going to be one of them, nor do I believe I will become one of them. I know the goals I set and I'll move mountains or die trying to accomplish them. It certainly is a very serious and exigent issue, but I can't live my life like that, so I'm going to enjoy the time I have left with my friends while they are still around and search for any opportunities that is up for grab. To be fairly honest, I've been doing pretty good so far and I know I can make it better. To sum it up, rough life and difficult situation have made me stronger, and I look forward to the future, whether it's survival of the fittest or a life devoted to learning. Whatever it may be, everything have prep me for that moment and I'll be ready when that day comes.
By middle school I knew nothing will change and it will not get better. I knew that separation was inevitable, for we live different lives at home with different perspective. Overall family conversation at home couldn't be more than thirty minutes on average days. Along that time my sister went to get a job and soon later I followed. My first didn't last that long for I was laid off when the franchise switch owner. Few weeks before I got laid off, my friend introduce me to "Steam", a network for gamers to interact, play games, and socialize. I started off playing this game called "Team Fortress 2" and days later I was really into it. Soon I discover that you can make money by creating in game items, so I got into 3D modeling, which is literally one of the best decision I have ever made in my life. I met so many extraordinary people that has venture through hell and rise to success under unbearable conditions. I look to them for advice, ideas, and emotional support, because that's what you do when you are in High School, you befriend random strangers online. To me they were my inspiration, my role models, and my drive to keep going. I struggled with myself on the decision of life after school until today.
Currently everything is stable, but I know as soon as I get that diploma, it is out the door I go.
I'll most likely hit the street due to insufficient saving and there is no safe house for me, for I don't know any of my relatives other than my dad, my sister, and my older brother; and I know they would not willingly take me in without some kind of stuff in exchange. So this is my senior year and it's a very decisive year. In one hand of uncertainty in going to college with paid tuition, and on the other hand living on the street. I am not exaggerating the situation at hand, it really is college or street for I do not wish to be bound to where I currently live. Of course plan B does not mean I will just be a hobo on the street with money beggin' cardboard that inks "Homeless" or "God Bless You". I'm atheist and I am youthful and have four limbs, so there should be no situation why I can't be a productive member of society. On my decorative sign, a.k.a. my masterpiece, would state: "I don't want the money of pithy, I just want an opportunity to change my life." I will stand there in holding the sign in any weather for as long as the sun still shines.
If miraculously plan A worked and I get to go to college, I will work as hard as I can day and night non-stop. I've come down several generations, each with very successful lives, but everyone of them met a tragic end. I am not going to be one of them, nor do I believe I will become one of them. I know the goals I set and I'll move mountains or die trying to accomplish them. It certainly is a very serious and exigent issue, but I can't live my life like that, so I'm going to enjoy the time I have left with my friends while they are still around and search for any opportunities that is up for grab. To be fairly honest, I've been doing pretty good so far and I know I can make it better. To sum it up, rough life and difficult situation have made me stronger, and I look forward to the future, whether it's survival of the fittest or a life devoted to learning. Whatever it may be, everything have prep me for that moment and I'll be ready when that day comes.
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