It was like any other Monday morning, the sun was rising, birds chirping… decided to get ready for school, then I had my breakfast. I got to school around 7: 30am, after a while the assembly bell was wrung. At the assembly ground, the principal made mention of the appointment of new prefects to which everyone was excited. Having been one of the best and well behaved student in my set, I wasn’t surprised when my name was mentioned as the school’s new senior prefect but what happened next left me literally speechless...... before I go any further, I would like to properly introduce myself.
𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼, 𝗛𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 :)
My name is Folarin Daniel, but my close friends call me DannyG (why DannyG? You might ask. Well, that's a story for another day but stick with me and you just might find out). I'm 22. I'm from Nigeria. I’m the second of three siblings. I’m an introvert (love my personal space, a quiet observer) and have a good sense of humor.
My senior brother, David ,is an accountant and also the chief executive officer(ceo) of a real estate management company (Doofhomes) in Lagos (Nigeria) . He is jovial and energetic individual and really has been a loving brother. My younger sister, Debby, who is also in the platform @batya06, loves to write, sing ,and give motivational talks.
My dad is an accountant but currently works as a clergy, while my mom is a contractor. I really love and appreciate my parent cause they have been loving and supportive. I want nothing but the absolute best for them.
EDUCATION
I had my secondary school education at Advanced Breed Comprehensive College in Ogun state. My favorite subjects were Mathematics and Chemistry. My secondary school experience was really a memorable one. Walk down memory lane with me. I remember being punished for playing during breaks in my junior secondary days by my mathematics teacher. Funny, I know right? and its usually this mathematics teacher or those teachers teaching the difficult subjects that loves to make school even less enjoyable. I know a lot of you would be able to relate to this...back to what I was saying , yeah, Secondary school experiences; joining the school hostel (I remember when everyone in my prep. class was flogged because some students were making noise.....hmmm, there were good times though ), singing in the school choir, going for competitions ( I got to miss classes....haha), marching during inter-house sports (I'm not particularly athletic, don’t do much running, but march past, I enjoyed to the fullest). I really miss those days. Now to continue my story on how I almost fainted in front of my entire school, so I was called forward as the school’s new senior prefect. Okay get this, I already heard talks before this day among teachers and students that I was among those likely to be given the position but it was just talks, nothing confirmed, so I wasn’t really prepared to face hundreds of students ( make that two hundreds of eyeballs....My God). As an introvert, that was just too much attention. So I stood with some of my colleagues, which was okay, was nervous but still kept my cool. Until my principal said and I quote “We would like the newly appointed senior prefect to say a few words to the school”. So you can understand why I almost fainted cause now all eyes were on me, wasn’t prepared to say anything, my mouth dried up, stood there speechless for some seconds until words finally slowly started forming in my mouth. I was able to escape what could have been a disaster for me. That experience made me work on myself and improve as regarding public speaking, interactions, and putting one’s self out there. After a while of putting in the work (it wasn’t easy) , I got better. I later went on and graduated top of my class. All glory to God. I’m currently studying Chemical Engineering at the University of Lagos.
HOBBIES
I’m a lover of music. I listen mostly to Christian and some circular music. My top music artists/ band at the moment are For Kings and country, Bethel music, Dunsin Oyekan, Hulvey and Maverick city. I also love to sing. My interest in music made me learn to play the keyboard and guitar which is sometimes how I like to relax or deal with stress .
I intend on learning how to play the trumpet and saxophone when the opportunity presents itself. I enjoy playing video games mostly call of duty.
I also love watching movies, mostly Tv series, action, sci-fi movies, no really a big fan of Korean movies but I have watched a few and I must say, it was great. As for anime, gave it a shot but I don’t think it’s for me ( Sorry anime lovers reading this). I started with Naruto which is popular in the anime community , but it has a lot of episodes that I know I cant keep up with. So took a break for now, might decide to give it a try later. Let’s hope.
WORK/PASSION
I love to teach. That’s why I joined a tutorial (Zenith tutors) organized by some of my the colleagues shortly after our graduation to prepare student for upcoming examinations like J.A.M.B , W.A.E.C, school mocks.
I also work as graphic designer and a web developer. I started graphic designing some months after graduating from college. I had a little delay before gaining admission into university, so I learnt graphic design to keep myself busy and earn a little money alongside. Here are some of my works:
After a while, I decided to learn web development. Coding seemed difficult at the start( html, css, JavaScript etc.) cause I wondered how a person was going to know all the codes needed to create whatever was needed. After some guidance and hard work I began getting the hang of it. Here are some pictures of one of my works :
HOW I GOT TO KNOW ABOUT HIVE
A few year back, I stumbled on a post about Steemit but I didn’t fully understand what the platform was about at the time, so I didn’t even give it a second look, not until recently when @kesolink re-introduced it … this time as Hive , explained that it was forked from Steemit and gave detailed explanation on how it works , loved it and …. voila here I am.
WHY AM I HERE?
On Hive, I am allowed to put myself out there to the world by sharing ideas, music, skills while possibly rewarded for doing so. To me that’s just mind-blowing.
Hive offers great opportunity to relate with other talented people from around the world.
CONCULSION
I look forward to connecting with you all, learning from your stories and of course sharing mine. I’m extremely excited to begin my journey exploring and contributing my quota to this amazing community.
Let's grow, inspire, and transform each other in a way that lasts. Let’s make this journey unforgettable!
Thank you Hive community!
Lovely to have you here, Daniel. I just introduced myself a couple minutes ago as well. It is thrilling to be able to meet fellow Nigerians. You have a beautiful family full of intelligent people by the way 😊
Thank you so much! It's always a pleasure to connect with fellow Nigerians.
Welcome to the best web3 network ever, Daniel. Have fun around here!
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