"Selfless love and undettered willpower to HELP HIS PARENTS were causal factors why he took the uncertain road of a daring future with hope as his only armor in ascertaining tomorrow filled with milk and honey."
The Universal Studio in Singapore
He vowed not to anyone, but to himself to emerge his parents out from poverty, before he'll settle down for marriage. Thus even his long timed relationship with Josie was put to sacrifice. Such a heart so incomparably jawdropping and left us astounded.
INTRODUCTION
When he was 11 years old promising boy.
Sherdel Senarlo was a little dreamer boy ages ago. He used to plot earthly possessions like a glamorous house, a ravishing car, and yummy food on the table. He would fantasize about material entities for the family to enjoy, especially for his parents.
A touching photo of mother Sherly and son Sherdel.
Interesting Facts
His name, Sherdel, is the combination of Sherlina, his mom, and Delio, his father. Thus, Sherdel is derived from his parents name😄 Not so long ago, it was a trend to blend names for a child. Later, he was called BossShe by his officemates.
ROUGH ROAD STARTS
"Dodong", is his nickname; his primary and secondary education culminated in Tabok Mandaue City. His struggles in life began in college when his father lost his job. Though his mom was compelled to work as housemaid, it was too stingy to support the entire needs of the family. Hence, the financial crisis contended against his will to get through school. However, due to his perseverance to finish his studies, he was able to enroll in CITE a free educational institution for deserving students.
Regular vegetable soup for consumption and lumpia shianghai, a kind of junkfood at 1 peso was his afternoon snack.
Sometimes no "baon" and not enough transportation fare for a 6 km school distance.
Despite many odds he faced in those times, like no "baon" or allowance in going to school and sometimes his fare was not enough for transportation, it was too hard knowing that Cite School is 6 kilometers away from his address. Thus it took him three rides to arrive at the place. Besides, school materials for projects and other school activities, which require a lot of money, added to the crisis.
UNEXPECTED HOSPITAL CONFINEMENT
Financial constraints was amplified much when an unexpected health problems conspired and that made the situation worse. Unanticipatedly, he underwent an appendectomy surgery in San Vicente Sotto Hospital in Cebu City, due to an infected appendix. He was still blessed because God had never run out of ways and was able to pay for the hospitalization bills. By reason of this, he was excused from school for a month and had his own modular mode of learning.
HIGHWAY OF ODDS
Farthest portion of the road ahead is too steepy, thus it become impassable for riders in going to CITE school in Talamban Cebu. Putting him in a "jump through hoops" due to his recovering fresh stitches from appendectomy surgery.
Pursuing on, as he was gaining ground for his health recovery, he caught up classes to converge the college requirement for graduation. This time, the situation was a fix and a pickle for him. He was compelled to work too hard for academic entities as well as try to take extra care of his recovery stage. Its a long and trekking journey for him, especially the impassable winding up and steep road. Consequential to it, hurried passengers were forced to unride on a single motorbike at a specific final point of destination. Withal, he was succumbed to walking from that elevating point up to his classroom with painstaking effort.
HIGHWAY OF UNSHATTERED BELIEFS
Graduated in 2010 with a 3 year Diploma course major in Electromechanical Technology yet, amazingly in Singapore he is positioned as a drafting specialist which is an engineering course respectively.
Nonetheless, none of these travails moved him to lose heart. Fixated on his dream to break free from the cycle of poverty, he remained unshakeable in pursuit of a velvet life. It was all beyond his capacity to solve, yet he was at the helm of the unmanageable circumstances with his unbending belief and shatterproof hard work. Soon, he graduated in October 2010. Finally, he was able to rise to the occasion.
JOB HUNTING IN MANDAUE CITY AREA
Selecta Ice Cream Manufacturer
Looking for a job, he landed as an ice cream production worker at Selecta Ice Cream in 2008 with 500 pesos per week. He bent over backwards when he added to his work load a Sunday overtime job as an ice cream crate washer for 200 pesos and gave his mom almost the entire paycheck and left a meager amount for him. Though the wage was a speck, what made it exciting was that when ice cream containers had a slight bent or scratch, that would mean a non-conformance product, therefore they were allowed to bring them home without limit. There were times at dead of the night he woke up everyone in the house, even their surrounding neighbors (since there was no fridge to keep it in), to indulge in a fudge ice cream sundae in a box.
As Technical Draftman in Dash Engineering Phils. Inc.
After finishing his contract, he worked at IPI International Pharmaceuticals Incorporated for a few months as a shipper (kargador) of product sheaves ramped up and down. However, due to strenuous work, he was smitten by a respiratory illness. Hereinafter, he found a good job suited to his graduate course. Thankfully, he was hired by Dash Engineering Philippines Incorporated in 2010 and resigned recently on June 30, 2023, in exchange for an opportunity abroad.
AS HIS VOW, HE WAS ABLE TO BUILD A SIMPLE YET DECENT HOUSE FOR HIS PARENTS
WITH PARENTS, SIBLINGS, BROTHERS-IN-LAW & LOVED ONES
LIFE IS FULL OF SURPRISES
On July 4, 2023, 4 days after his resignation from the previous company, he took himself off a flight for Singapore. And on, the 7th of the same month, he was officially working as Drafting Specialist at Seatrium PTE. LTD. in the E&I Engineering department.
REWIND
A year before this favor, he was engulfed by the twilight hour of his life, enfolded by a sudden depression owing to multiple rejections from different companies abroad of his application. He was upset and unconcentrating at work as a result, emotionally crashed at some point; it was like solitarily walking in the blackness of a valley of despondency.
He began to consent to the idea of being a failure. Resigning up to the principle of high hopes and the warring notion between a pipe dream and a real dream kept racing on his mind restlessly day and night. As if he were enmeshed by a sinking net of hopelessness, prompted by fear of the future. Could I build my own family? Could I give them a better future, especially my children? What about my parents? These were the questions perpetually dashing into his thoughts.
A RAY OF LIGHT
Blessedly, until his confidence was reshaped and a ray of light on the horizon superceded. Bringing back the joy and acceptance of reality was turning up ☺️. At last he was able to overthrow imaginative defeat into his consciousness. Happy and content with his life, he continued to be a responsible and trusted employee. However, the exact moment came out of left field; when least expected, he received an email from Singapore Seatrium informing him of his employment offer.
REFLECTION
Life's triumphs are only for unresigned spirits. Once we begin to view life as a failure, we judge ourselves as being underserved of the myriads of blessings made available before us. We may encounter uncooperative circumstances and with that we sometimes feel disappointed; yes, they are unchanging truths. However, it's a gentle yet reverberating reminder for everyone that if we let ourselves be overcome by the quick sand of total defeat, it will do more harm than good.
Failure is a rescheduled success. It keeps on posponing if we fail how to deal with unanswered prayers and shortcomings along the way. But if we are patient-tolerant and hope never wanes within, consequently, it attracts blessings. Though high roads to success aren't a breeze, yet the rewards are far titan than the risks. Remember, no sky is too high to fly, nor are roads too steep to take for a person of utterly matchless endurance. In this failing world we are fighters and we are destined to win!
RANDOM PHOTOS IN SINGAPORE
Instrumentation Team
At Orchard
Free swimming at Jacuzzi- 33 Jalan Rama-Rama De Royale Singapore owned by a churchmate.
Shin Minori Japanese Restaurant at Clemenceau
Attending church service at Tabernacle of Joy, Singapore for everything he is and he has in life are owed unto Him.😇
THESE ARE JUST HIS WISH BEFORE
Three Towered Sands Sky Park in Marina Bay, with bombil flower like in the Philippines.☺️
Gardens by the Bay Man-made Waterfalls in Cloud Forest
Dodong, inday, and I our captured moment days before they flew to Singapore and inday in New Zealand.
Dodong Sherdel and I are siblings by revelation ☺️. On those times of family struggles and ordeals we were all battling together. I got married earlier and had fought personal harships with my own family..lisod pud me..what I have been doing until now is being a prayer warroir for them. Eventually, God's promises are beginning to unfold for each and everyone.
That would be all for today my fellow hivers. Thanks for dropping by. See you on my next blog.
NOTE: The content of the story and all the photos were declared and approved by my brother (Fb account @Sherdel Senarlo).
All the personalities or characters featured here are supporting me immensely with joy and excitement because, just like TV programs that cater real stories like "Magpakailanman and KMJS", their stories have become a rapport to inspire and motivate others to persist in whatever pursuit in life they want to reach and most especially to impart valuable lessons in life.