MY COMRADES REFER TO ME AS ROMEO2LUV BUT MY BIOLOGICAL NAME IS ALI SYDNEY. MY MOTHER VICTORIA SYDNEY, A NATIVE OF ST. LUCIA IS MARRIED TO ANDREW SYDNEY, MY BIOLOGICAL FATHER. SHEKIEL SYDNEY IS MY ONLY SISTER AND MY OLDER BROTHER IS NAMED CURBY SYDNEY. WE ALL RESIDE PEACEABLY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED LA CROIX MAINGOT.
BORN AND BRED ON THE ISLAND OF ST LUCIA, MY SOLE AIM HAS BEING UNCONDITIONAL PERSEVERANCE IN ACHIEVING MY “WELL-LAID-OUT” GOAL OF SUCCESS. I ATTENDED THE LA CROIX MAINGOT PRIMARY SCHOOL AND SUCCEEDED TO A SECONDARY (HIGH) SCHOOL CALLED CASTRIES COMPREHENSIVE. READING, FISHING, CRICKET AND SOCCER WERE MY FAVORITE PAST-TIMES. IT WAS AS THIS INSTITUTION THAT THE FOUNDATION OF MY FUTURE CAREER WAS CONSTRUCTED. AFTER MY FIVE YEARS IN THIS INSTITUTION, I ATTENDED A TWO YEAR COLLEGE IN WHICH I GRADUATED WITH AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN COMPUTER MAINTENANCE AND SYSTEM’S ENGINEERING. WITH GOD ON MY SIDE AND AN ACCENTUATED URGE TO GAIN A HIGHER LEVEL OF EDUCATION, I GAINED A SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY IN THE CAREER FIELD I ONCE DREAMED ABOUT, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, AT THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE WORLD, THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY. THE HARD WORK WHICH WAS PLACED INTO MY EDUCATION HAS FINALLY PAID OFF AND THE HARVEST WILL BE REAPED AFTER MY FOUR YEAR PROGRAM. I AM DETERMINED TO SUCCEED IN THE TOP TEN PERCENT OF MY CLASS. AS IT IS OFTEN SAD ON MY ISLAND, “THE RICHES OF THE POOR IS EDUCATION AND THE SKY IS THE LIMIT”. THUS MY ONLY LIMIT IS THE SKY AND COME FRIDAY MAY 25TH 2007 I WILL UNCOVER THE SILVER LINING BEHIND THE DARK CLOUDS AHEAD.