My introduction to hive and my spend hbd experience

Hello friends I'm so happy to meet you all. This is a briefing about me and what has happened in my life so far. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to share my story, I'm privileged and happy to share this experience with you all, thank you.

My name is Emilia Ukpai, I'm from Ebonyi state which is in the eastern part of Nigeria. I was born in 1997 in Lagos which is in western Nigeria.

I'm the last child of my parents out of five girls. I was told by my mother that my father died when I was still a baby so I don't have any memory of my father. It's has been just My mother and my older sisters.

My childhood memories of growing up with my mother's care was a pleasant one, as the last child, my older sisters does most of the chores in the house, i almost did nothing.
My mother tried her best as a window to care for me and my siblings, to see us through secondary school and so we don't starve.
At some point it got really hard for my mother to care for us, we reached out to our father's family who had seized all my fathers property just because my mother didn't give birth to a male child, they refused helping and said we were all female children, that my mother should give us out to be married.
My mother started making snacks, we would sell them in different junction to make money. And we survived that way until some of my sister's started working after secondary school.

Life became a bit better after my sister's started working, they would contribute when paid to buy food items for the house, to assist my mother to pay our rent and to pay my school fees.

My secondary school days wasn't easy for me at all I will wake up as early as 5am to go to the markets to buy cassava for my mum come back very tired and till fetch a big butta of water wash a lot of plates before taking my barth and heading to school , i will walk a whole 100 kilometer to school because their was no money to take a bus and walk back home as well , it wasn't easy for me during my school day this was how it continus till I was done with college. In 2015 after I graduated from college I got a job in a laundry service I work for 13 hours and the payment was very little because was till very young, after making a lot sales I end up not been paid for two months then I quit my job and got another job in an hotel as a receptionist, the job was pretty cool i was getting alot tips from customer that was how my life started changing,i stated supporting my mom in her business i gave her some money to add to her trading. Life became easy and soft for me , I even assist my elder sister wit her shool fee during her high school.

Few months later the hotel was shut down bcoz of corona i was sad because the job was really giving me the money to take of my self and my family, soni was advised to start a small business i thought about it and was a good idea, i went into clothing business, I started posting on my social media platform to get more customers and it was going well for me alot of people started patronizing me that was how my small got expended , so i rented my first shop with the money i got from my business ,life became much better for me and my family it was really a life changer for me . Few months later i rented a surprise apartment for my mom and siblings they where in shock because the apartment was really nice , peaceful and beautiful, my mom was so happy she prayed for me , it was a good experience that was how life became better me for.

My hobbies are dancing, reading, travelling and singing.
I love dancing alot because it make me happy, it's gives me this natural joy . I started dancing when i was eight years old ,i always win dancing competition in school back then in college,so dancing is part of me .

I love reading alot because reading helps improving ur self in different angles, i have read some many novels and self educating books and i can proudly say it has really helped me alot .

I love traveling because true travelling you got experience some many things like meeting people, experiencing new food , new places, new environment and so many more.
I love singing because it's help me express myself when I'm down.

I learnt about hive through a spend hbd workshop organized by beauty197. I learnt how to shop and make payment using hbd, scanning the code after generating receipt and adding reviews. This was practiced at yummyfantansy where we had a group lunch and workshop.

I'm excited to be a part of this platform and it's a beautiful journey I'm so happy about and I'm definitely going to share this beautiful experience gained on this hive platform with my friends.
I'm willing to follow all the rules set by the platform and I'm ready to be corrected, to receive directions, to grow and make new friends.

This to my sister kachy2022 for giving me this first hand information about hive and the hbd project and also for inviting me to the workshop held by beauty197.

Thanks so much for having me, I'm ready to learn and to grow while impacting my quota to the community. I must say that today is indeed a happy day for me and i will spread the word to everyone around me so that they can also be a part of this wonderful platform.