KANYE

I was listening to the song made by the Chainsmoker's and contemplated about my life a little bit. I actually heard this song like 2-3 years ago after I heard it in Pop Danthology, but I was listening to old songs like it's a #tbt; anyways, I was listening to Kanye and it made me think about my life is currently. I wrote in my blog a bunch of times that certain shows, music, literature makes me think about my life and makes me connected with the characters or the story of certain masterpiece, Kanye is just like that. Let me tell you a story of how I got to be here:

I was born to Ivee and Gilbert (not going to tell my last name) on October 10, 2000, my mom at that time was in a stable job at a local bank and my dad just came home from Saudi Arabia after enslaving all his time to earn money abroad. After I was born, my dad decided to say here and decided to get into the business of raising pigs and driving them to the local market (the 1998 Asian financial crisis happened and my dad was deeply affected by it), in 2001 my dad had a sport injury, when he was playing basketball he fell to his knees and his ligaments were no longer intact to each other. This prompted my mom to get out of the office, rush to the hospital and call my grandma and my aunts. My dad had to go into surgery and had to stay in the hospital and this prompted my mom to use all of their savings for my dad, at that time we had a nanny who took advantage of this moment and stole a lot from my parents.

After coming home, they left to wonder what would they do, we have no money left, my dad needs physical support, I am barely one years old, and my mom is pregnant. My mom had to leave her job at the local bank if she wanted to help my dad. My mom and dad decided to pawn half of their jewelry, and tried to make the money revolve. My aunts helped me and my family became somewhat stable, I was taken care of by my aunt Grace and my grandma, and when things get worse, they are always there for us. A few years passed. my dad is healed, but their money is starting to diminish, I'm currently in preschool and none of them had a job. My grandma told my father that she is going to lend/give her some money (I'm not sure of the story), she told my dad that she would pay for mine and my brother's education and she will give him some extra money to open up a business and move away from our current house. My dad is part Chinese so that's kind of humiliating but he accepted it anyway for the sake of his kids.

We moved to this house and my father started to operate a computer shop (it is where you rent a computer and pay for renting the computer), the computer shop was a huge success and we were starting to find stability in my life. My mom found another job, and my dad found sidelines to make extra income. Because of the success of the computer shop I was able to travel abroad, my parents was able to invest in multiple properties, explore different business, and pay for my private school's tuition fees. But nothing lasts forever, and since the computer shop's hype was slowing, my dad closed it down, we were evicted from the apartment we've been renting for the last 10 years, and my mom quit her job. 

Now, my parents found a new house which they now own, not rented. But things are starting to turn sour, my parents were scammed 130,000 php ($2600) and my parents' funds are starting to run out again. 

So, there's my story. The reason why I can relate to the song is that my family faced a lot of hardship in my life, and I would want to have a peaceful time in my life where we don't have to constantly worry about money and worry where to get the money to pay for our bills. Of course, I'm only 16 years old and my parents are constantly reminding me not to worry about it since its their battle not mine, but I don't like the feeling of being a burden. I want to find some sort of stability in our life and not go from up to down so quickly.

I wish I could be one of those celebrities in Hollywood who found success after having a sex scandal, or dated this really old guy to have money, but life sucks.

There you go, thank you for reading my story :)



[edit 10/12/17:I just created a Facebook page, make sure you like it!!!]