This is a story of a person, a
person that should not reach where he is, a person who had nothing, and a
person who was condemned by many. One who had not many friends a story of me.
Once up on a time I was lived as
a normal child. A normal no it was not I had no friends not one I trusted going
to school and coming to home is only my daily routine. Had a mother who is very
strict she never let me out thinking it will spoil me. Few friends that I have
are from school had no option except education. My mother was very strict and
she expected more from me even more than I can bear. I try to impress her by
only mean that I can education. I sturdy my entire life never played. My mother
takes me out of the society when I was 14 after that I never went to play with
any of the children’s of my age at my village.
Alone I grow up thinking
education will solve all my problems. I was a shy boy could not speak with
people. When I want to talk to someone I practice, memorize everything and do
exactly as that. I could not make eye contact I was afraid of people. In exams
I get excited I could not give my maximum to them because of that.
But I was one of the best
students at the collage form Sri Darmaloka Primary I sat for grade 5
shishyathwa but I did not make it my marks was not enough for better school. So
my mother send me to St’ Benedict Collage where I found a new environment all
the things are alien to me it was a different world the St’ Benedict Collage I
went to operate in English and with background of no English it make hard to
survive. I had friends who work as my
translators when I went to office.
I was enrolled for year 8 3rd
semester it took lot of adjustments but my ability and craving for Science and
mathematics come in place I study them very well. I was on to a surprise I got
100 marks for mathematics the entire section of the school was shocked soon the teachers come and ask me by my name
to see who this person is.
But I was only good at that
science and mathematics, all others I was at the average ranging from 55 to 70
marks. I was never got good at them Sinhala and History is the worst of them. I
could not remember them simply I could not make any sense of them. On the way I
got some achievements a prize for Science at O/L and Prize for Chemistry at A/L
for obtaining average more than 75 for all 3 terms and getting the highest
marks at the section.
Pass the O/L not with good result
3 Distinctions and 5 Credits. And choose Mathematics as my subject stream
because, I was not good at memorizing and concept of Commerce is not something
I grasp easy A/L was not what I thought it would be. With no guidance and
without knowing what I was getting into I just try to do best but A/L is a exam
that require hard work and I never was able to do pass papers and we are
without physics teacher for about a year and I choose my tuition classes poorly
so end up getting 1B 2C and 1S actually
when I wrote my first paper I thought I would fail I came home and told my
mother I will fail and could not continue facing the exam she make up my mind
and convince no matter what happened that I have to write all the subjects.
I was selected for university of
Kelaniya got selected for Statistics & Computer Science, Pure Mathematics
and Chemistry. It was credit base so we have bunch of optional subjects to do
to complete the credit. At the second year all my friends try to find another
course they want to do and my friend Duncan told me that if we are to find a
job this is not enough.
One of the Duncan’s roommates was
doing SLIIT and he told us it was a good course higher diploma and they are
trying to make it a degree program. And I found out about NIIT and Indian
Institute which gives a Higher Diploma but they says that they will give 100%
job guarantee we face the both tests and at the end Duncan says that degree is
better than Higher Diploma so we should consider SLIIT so we register for SLIIT
part time. 5 days of work form 8 AM to 4 PM and two weekends with 8 AM to 8 PM
every week we got 5 tutorials from SLIIT and 2 or 3 form University of
Kalaniya. Which we require to submit also there
are one midterm test and a term test at SLIIT and a Team test at
University of Kelaniya making it all together a 6 test for a year.
In university I fell in love with a girl someone I though special I was weak on making personal connections I could not walk to her. could not make my mind up to tell her how I felt. I watch her from a distance she did notice me. but I was too afraid to make a move. never could tell her how I felt. I was a wreck. with my education on one side I could not loose it, I have to make a decision. so one day I followed her to the library and tell her how I felt. her reply was not what I expected she said "It will not work". I was shocked I move away my education is too much value for me to loose. I can't let this thing distract me but I could not make my mind I told many of my friends that I will not get married.
I already had made up my mind my goal was always to be a scientist I wanted to work on a lab doing experiments. I want a bed that attached to a lab and a life of research even at my school I have told this to my friends they though I was mad. I have to live with my feelings it is hard but I turn to the education once more. hopping one day she will change her mind.
then I found her walking with a boy my friends told me that they were in love. he was on my batch doing a special degree. I was at disadvantage found out that he was nice. I was a person who has trouble taking care of my self. even if she comes with me how am I going to take care of her. the truth came to my mind so it is for the best of her she stays with her new love.
I let this pass by me focus on my education I can't loose it at the end of the 3 years I did not went to going down at university. I told my friend that I could not see them together and I could not come. life goes on sacrifices have to be made I did the best what I thought the best.
Many will though I will fail
since I was not a social person and many wanted me to fail since they do not
like I will surpass their children’s. so I was on pressure even then some
rumors was spread that I was not selected for university and doing an external
degree instead and many has told me I will not get married and even if I did it
will break in weeks. It was hard when people throw rocks at you but I learn to
live with it.
It was hard I rarely meet my
friends some of them even leave me telling I never even visit them. I did get
through with the degree programs even though some SLIIT lectures told me that it
is very hard work and with SLIIT you will never be able to do anything else.
Went to find a job and find out I did not possess the right attitude. I was not
a social person and had hard time expressing myself could not make eye contact
and did not know what to tell when they ask questions. I had a personality problem
and I found out it in the hard way. And they want people who are dynamic, social,
a team player and one with some experience.
With just out Form University I
had none no experience not social and could not express myself I hated it so I
know what others that not get a job feels but my path is differs from theirs
because I did not blame them telling that they hire people for money. I
understand my weakness and try to improve them.
Took few physiological courses among
them there is one from Dr. Kuma Iddamalena which he told me it is ok to be
afraid but you have to try them any way and one day you will improve and with
the training I got from him I lost stage fear and get into a position that I
will be able to work on my one.
I always got a liking to programming
ever since I was introduced to it. So I code whenever I got a chance search for
solutions and try to solve problems on my own. Most of the times I will think
of an imaginary project and try to implement it form a language I was
comfortable with, mostly it was Visual Basic 6.0 and I got very good at it. “C”
language that I was taught during my study at University of Kalaniya helps me
learning the language Basics for programming.
In SLIIT I found a new environment lectures are very hard specialty when you do two degrees but we had the best lectures at that time. the content was good and I learned a lot network was my weakest so has hardware I was not good at it. network concepts I could not grasp it making me fail the subject over and over but I got though for second year group project I got an "A" it was an inventory control system for browns group.
At there I found my old lost friend Dishan with some interesting people if he had staid with that group he would been in a different ending I also make a friend ship with Gaya a police officer who works in under cover. I was good at education but too much work sometimes I did not stay at the lectures it is very hard on my head specially content of two degrees and a broken hart. feather more my friends expected me to teach them I have to study and teach them everything. I got this amazing gift that I could look at a note one or two times and had the ability to understand it. so I was able to take the Duncan's notes and read them and explain them what it says and with combine effort we were getting through.
On the way one of my friends at
the bank got a project it was for their new signature Identification they
wanted to make a new software and move from the book they are using it is a
project that goes to 400 banks worldwide and there are restrictions since banks
never let them install any software it have to run on CD and online is not an
option since many rural banks at that time did not had internet facility the
banks IT department has told the management that it was not in their scope to
do the project and need to be out sourced and budget it for Rs. 1 Million my
friend agreed to do it for free and ask me for help with great effort we manage to crack the problem and develop
nice Visual Basic 6.0 solution.
we stay at my friends places study almost every day SLIIT has 3 1/2 month semester two exams 5 subjects so we have about 1 1/2 month of study and also in next 1 1/2 month we have to face the exam of University of Kelaniya another 5 subjects. so in every 1 1/2 months we had to face an exam.
I was addicted to cording and at
the exam I got an “A” which gives me an Understanding of the basic of
programming and with the advance techniques & Technology I learn from SLIIT I was able to crack many hard
problems, Making my way to the top of the Software Engineering. In the end I
was able to adjust to anything change at will
adjust my personality any way I need every achievement had to be done by
a great sacrifice I have to sacrifice a lot to get here my child hood all my
youth had to lose many friends and lots of years from my life time.