Pol Belisario
Philippines
1.
The first online account I made is with yahoo messenger. I named myself "goodpaul", the second was "peejaybait" ( translated as good peejay; peejay is my nick name). The virtual me have to tell people that I am kind and do not plan anything evil (as much as I have to convince myself). I was 12 years old then.
2.
On my senior year in high school, I can see myself as an engineer. Imagining myself locked up in an office alone with only rulers and numbers. I did enroll in Engineering in college, but gave up after 3 years. I shifted then to Journalism eventually working and meeting lots of people. Then I became a writer, a solitary builder using words, alone, only with dreams and a laptop.
3.
Organizing events and making creative pitches for almost 2 years, I still work alone but with everybody. I learned that listening to other people will force them to listen to me more.
4.
I convince people to believe all sort of things, and write about it when I don't want to sleep.