21/06/2025
๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ: ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ป
๐
๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ก, ๐ถ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ข๐, ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ฅ๐๐ก?
Before the system crashed, Nephertilee T. Saddarani, a third-year IT student, was just running along the lines doing what was expected of her. Then in a flash, her perfectly programmed record crashed, just because of a single errorโa failed subject.
That small thing led to her repeating another year and all that she was passionate about; academics, the arts, and dancing, were slowly slipping away. At times, she finds herself staring at a blank screen, wondering where she went wrong. Those were the days she realized that she needed to breathe, refresh, and restart her system.
Like any good developer, she reminded herself that ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
. She started working as a full-time receptionist while continuing her studies, balancing both. Then came a bold new line of code: she became the ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ-๐ข๐ง-๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. That moment of epiphany changed her perspective on change. When asked how she did it, she simply answered, โ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ '๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.' ๐ต๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ '๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.'
After overcoming obstacles in her path, she now stands and stares at the finish line. She became a better version of herself, not just for her, but also because for the Venom Publication. And this time, she would be graduating with something that lastsโ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐๐๐กโ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ก๐.
Now that she has crossed the finish line, confidently, she says, โ๐ฐ ๐๐๐
๐ ๐ฐ๐ป. ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.โ
So, the next time life crashes, ask yourself: ๐คโ๐๐ก ๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐?
Conceptualized by: Arwina Salcedo & Alain Kristian Catis
Photos by: Clarence Coronel
Layout by: Alia Gadjali
Words by: Anniza Saddarani
Portrayed by: Nephertilee Saddarani
