"Be Committed and Dedicated to What You Want to Achieve."

Abstract

When it comes to my beautiful childhood, I was the only girl in my family, and I was raised together with one older brother and two younger brothers. I must say that I had a free and enjoyable childhood. To talk about my family background, my father was a police officer, and my mother was a housewife. What I admire the most in my childhood is that my parents never forced me to study. They gave me proper guidance while nourishing my good manners and values. I remember my father's value of taking meals all together as a family. He needed to see all the family members at the dining table. Through that, I learned how noble the family is, and he showed me the importance of the unity of the family. Those values really helped me to build up my life successfully to face the challenges and to achieve my life goals.. The learning, en- couragement, and inspiration that I got from my father became a huge strength for me. attended Panadura Balika Maha Vidyalaya until the Or- dinary Level examination. In those days, I was interested in sports rather than in academic activities. Truly, I was a person who belonged to the playground. I had gained many sports achievements at the school level, such as the island championship in Netball and provincial championship in Volleyball. I did other sports like badminton, long jump, high jump, and running events. Further, I was the Sports Captain in the school for several years. I wasn't a bright student because my focus was on sports. In the NCG examination (G.C.E. O/L), I was only able to secure 3A's, 4B's and 2C's and failed English. So, my father wanted me to focus on my studies. As the next step in my edu- cational journey, for Advanced Level Examination, I was able to get admission to Horana Taxila Central College, a prestigious college in the area. My achievements in sports enabled me to gain admission to this school without sitting for the usual competitive entrance examination. I tried to balance both academic activities and sports in that school. As a class we understood that NCG results were not accepted to secure a job, hence, we all did GCE O/L Examination in Old Syllabus in commerce stream and I received 7 distinction (D) passes and one Credit pass for the eight subjects. Notably my dedication this time result- ed me a distinction pass for English. My life went through a transformation period at Taxila Central Col- lege where I met my husband. I tried to balance both academic activities and sports, and I was selected for the University of Sri Jayewardenepura with the second-best result in Kalutara district and I was lucky enough to earn my bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a second class upper division honors. My commitment and the guidance of my amazing teachers of school and university paved the way to secure a place in the university. And it can be considered as a turning point in my life.