Bad Boy Gone Better

AUTOBIOGRAPHY


Nothing special in that night, but when a mother screamed to give birth for her baby boy, everything just changed. A stubborn and naughty little Erick has born on 18th february 1990. Now I’m in my 19th years stepped down in the earth with bring a tons of crazy ideas and ready for change the world. Here, I’m gonna make you keep wondering what type of person like me by read my unpredictable stories of my lives below.
When I was in four years old, my family (dad,mom,aunts,cousins,grandma,and grandpa) it’s around ten people include me. We went to the shopping mall. Whoopy, a famous toy store in that mall, when I passed by I was so furious and then I decided to walk into the store, and the disaster happened! The family group didn’t notice my action, so I’m alone in that store. Suddenly I knew that no ones around my back, so I walked out and start yelling “Mom, Dad”. That was my bad day because no ones help me out there. Without fear I got out from the mall and I took a public transport, meanwhile I didn’t have any money at that time, I’m just 4 years old kid. I ask the driver to take me home, and when the driver say “yes” I jumped into the car, sitted quietly. I said “stop” to the driver when I saw my house, jumped out from the car and I said thank you to the driver. I started knocking my door and Fortunately there’s a housemaid and she was crying at me, because my mom called her that I was gone. About one hour later the family group come home with terrible face expressions and my mom instantly hug me and start crying. All I know that’s the first time I broke my parent’s heart.
Four years old was the start of my life actually, my mom take me into a swimming club. This was the beginning of my career as a swimmer athlete. Everything went well, nothing’s wrong until I’d trying to quit from the swimming club when I was in Eight years old. My mom were so mad at me, and I promised to be the class champion and study hard after I retired as a swimmer. Since that time, my life was fulfilled by books and preasure from my parent because I have to keep my promise. Get along with books and study, my body was getting bigger, fatter, and then became the worst body shape I’ve ever seen in my life. It takes about 3 years and then I came back to swim world with a body like jellyfish. OMG ! That was so embarassing when my coach and swimmates laugh and try to touch my jelly stomach in times. Can you imagine I was in 11 years old, 165kg, and below 155 cm. That was so pathetic. This time I join the swimming club only for getting back my ideal body posture and never thought about be an athlete like before. But only in months I could took the 1st place in my training session however my sparring partners were older and joined the club before me. My coach and my parent keep encourage me to back in the competition, they failed in times because I keep rejecting their wish. The compliments keep coming and I started to lose control of myself, so I decided to join the competition and became a professional athlete.
I won many competitions and also ever became a looser in some competitions. In my next two years I was sent to a competition named 3rd BIMP-EAGA FRIENDSHIP GAMES in Puerto Princessa City - Palawan Province, Philippines. I’m with Indonesia delegation and that was my 1st International Competition. Did I get the medals in that competition? Of course not. Because the competition was open age. So I competed with swimmers in the age group around 20 years old. But the best moment that I never forgot, when mostly my friends even coachs depend on me in communication and transaction. I’m just like a translator for them. I was only 13 years old and my English is the best among them. I always smile everytime I think about it. Next year the same competition held in Kota Kinabalu – Sabah, Malaysia and again, I was chosen as the one of Indonesia delegation. What about in Malaysia? Was it nice? Nope, I prefer to stay in my city. I planned and try to speak English but the people in there always answered it in Melayu. What a pity! In the next years I became the best swimmer of my age group in the whole East Kalimantan province and I kept the “crown” for 3 years. I also get the medals for local and national competitions.
When I was in 18 years old, I decided to stop swimming because I’m in my senior year of high school. That’s the time to make a hard decision because it’s so hard to make the two different worlds get along, academic and non academic which is professional, not like school’s extracurricula. My decision wasn’t wrong and failed, I got the second highest score of national exam in East Kalimantan province, and again, I made my mom crying, that moment was so incredible and priceless. Now,I’m in university reaching my another goals, and I can’t wait to see my mom crying at me again by saying “I’m so proud of you”.
My life was full of ambition and competition, I didn’t enjoy my “young time” very much like another kids which can have fun and hangout every weekend. My life-cycle was house – school – and swimming pool. But what about the result ? All ordinary kids may had some similiar experiences,but me? I don’t think so. My experiences are better than them and for that I never regret losing my “young moment”. Life is about choice. Choose something good for yourself and only you who knew it. Also appreciate all the people who support you and then you’ll live as a success human being. I made it and I won’t stop reaching my dreams. Now what about you? Just do your best and never give up. I hope the story of my life can encourage and let you know how prestigius GOD’s gift to us. That is Life.






Name : T. Federick Giovano
NPM : 01120080023
Major : Management – International Class