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I did my G.C.E. Ordinary Level; International program in 2010. I was very much interested in English literature and decided to choose English literature for my G.C.E. Advanced Level Exam.
My teachers and masters told me it was a crazy decision and I will fail the exam. I had no teachers to teach and I had to study by myself whole two years courses.
Most of my friends said drop the course, and come back to study with them; Sinhalese and Sinhalese literature. But, I thought I am not going to live here in Sri Lanka for my whole life. If so the facto; what am I going to the with Sinhalese and its literature?
So I decided not to change my mind.
Even though most of my teachers and friends demotivated me to quit, but I was so positive “I can do it myself, and I am going to study so hard. I am going to prove to them that I can do it.”
Next. I bought three dictionaries; dictionaries in English literature; Sarasavi Dictionary and philosophy. I started memorizing English words; five hundred words a day (even I forgot most of the words now).
I started reading Shakespeare’s “Mid-summer night dreams, The merchant of Venice, SONNETS, Great Expectations, Sense and Sensibility and, Pride and Prejudice Charles Dickens and Jane Austen.
I even memorized whole books, read dozens of criticism books on them. I made and memorized them.
In 2012, I sat for the exam and passed the test with 2 As and 1 B.
In 2011 I participated in the national and International English-speaking contests in Sri Lanka and won the first prizes. I won second prize in the contest organized by American Embassy.
I was telling stories in Sri Lankan national and international schools.
At the end of 2012, I decided and returned back to Nepal.
Hundreds of students came to meet me and talk to me. They also brought gifts. Most of them brought pens, pencils, and notebooks. When I counted, the pens only were around 3000. I am not joking. It is true.
The reason I was doing what I was doing was because of my attitude. The attitude that I can do it. The positive attitude.
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I also studied Sanskrit until G.C.E Ordinary Level Exam. Sanskrit is very common for Nepalese and Indians. So, I could understand and speak a bit of it.
At the end of every year, the Sri Lankan government organize contests in various of education; speaking, debating, and writing.
In 2010 I had joined the debating contest in Sanskrit.
District level; we won and got a chance to go for the national level.
There were five best teams from five districts. I was from Gampaha District. Colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka and, they had the best Sanskrit speakers; most of them were Nepalese and Indians.
Everybody thought they were talented and, they will win the competition. But, they lost. The team from the Galle was won.
The reason, one of the best teams lost is because of their arrogant and negative attitude “we’re the best. No team can win us.”
John C. MAXWELL says “attitude is much more important than the talents, skills, and abilities.”