Alright! So my name’s Matthew. I can describe myself with many words. Kind, friendly, shy, courteous, funny, boring… I’m basically a normal person.

An interesting thing about me is that I’m still 17, which makes me feel kind of young. At first, I was actually quite scared of trying to make friends since everyone was so much older than me. I felt that I would just get in the way of people. Of course, now I think of myself as an influential part of people’s lives.

Some of my hobbies include YouTube, video games, and of course, hanging out with friends. I really enjoy having the company of others just because it’s always more fun to fool around in a crowd than to fool around by yourself. I’m basically up for anything anyone has to offer since life has been running slow as of late. Not many of my old friends have many plans for the weekend to hang out, so I run out of things to do. YouTube has been slow since I haven’t really found much to watch lately. Anyways, I hope that we all hang out sometime.

My very personal “unmanly” side is my love of “cute things”. I personally LOVE kitties and pandas. They are awesome. Period. I really don’t have much else to say on this topic.

Anyways, I hope to major in Finance, but I also want to learn more about computers. Yes, I have knowledge in computers and yes, I DO know what I’m doing…. most of the time…. Anyways, I hope that we get to know each other better not just as individuals, but as DTF!

I have been fortunate enough to have differnet experiences in my life which have allowed me to become the ambitious person I am today. From participating in different activites such as swim teams, singing concerts, drama productions, and dance companies, I have been been able to aquire oppurtunites that have shaped the person I am today.

This is a picture of me swimming backstroke. It was issued as the front cover of Aspahlt Green Unified Aquatic’s, yearly catalog. I have been swimming since I was four years old. From learning to swim classes to competitive USA swimteams, I have learned that only hard work and dedication will bring success. Swimming is and will allways be a part of who I am and continue to open doors to future opportunities.

 After swimming for 15 years, I have been fortunate enough to aquire a job as a swim instructor at the Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics Center in the upper east side of Manhattan. I teach kids ages 3-15 how to swim. This job helped me realize that I love working with children.

I have come to realize that the people I have allowed into my life and surrounded myself with throughout the years have had a huge effect on the person I am today. My family and friends have helped me stay on the right path to doing the best I can and have encouraged me to become a strong person. Singing has always been a major part of my life and is still a big part of who I am today.  I’ve participated in  chorus since the third grade. This is a picture of me singing a song called “For Good”  from the broadway show Wicked with my high school chorus, at my senior high school graduuation.

 I love to travel. This is a picture of me in Puerto Rico. 

My sucesses have not been easy, but with the help and encouragement of the most important people in my life, they have been more than possible to achieve and I wouldn’t change a thing.

 Today, I am a strong, ambitious, and hardworking business student.

My playlist

My playlist above is essentially what I mainly listen to. It may sound very foreign to many of you but, this kind of music soothes my mind and my soul. Now, I’ve never been a very interesting person. I’m a big geek of the sorts, ranging from video games to whatever. I grew up playing video games and it has become a part of who I am, a daily custom I participate in. Before you think I’m a strange loner, let me assure you that I’m not. I tend to keep to myself a lot. Shy? No, I just prefer to contemplate to myself.

I don’t know whether or not this has been said by any person of recognition already but, my personal motto I, in a sense came up with is “Don’t linger in the past if you hope to achieve greatness in the future”. My life hasn’t been very good at all even up to this day I’m posting this thread. Of course, I won’t go into detail why however, I will say that no matter how bad things seem right now, you have to keep fighting. Cliche right? You have to just forget it and move on. “Fall down 7 times, get up 8”. Even when the situation seems bleak, never give up. I don’t have anything else to really say so, I leave you all with a humble Adieu until I see you all again in 2 weeks.

PS – Please excuse my poor organization of sentence placement