He lost his parents before he became a Philippine Military Academy cadet. Joseph Stalin Abara Fagsao now says, 'I survived because of the dreams of my parents. I hope I made them proud.'
'COOLEST GUY.' This was what Joseph Stalin Fagsao promised to become when he first tweeted 6 years ago. He graduates with the 4th highest honors from the Philippine Military Academy on March 13, 2016. Rappler photo.
Six years ago, a 16-year-old boy joined Twitter.
"I'm the
coolest person you'll ever know," he said in his description.
What can be
cooler than to carry the name "Joseph Stalin"? However, Joseph Stalin
Abara Fagsao wanted to just be called Xeph.
He stopped
tweeting in 2012, around the time he was set to attend the Philippine Military
Academy (PMA), Asia 's oldest military school.
On Sunday, March
13, Cadet 1st Class Fagsao will graduate as the 4th in his class. Being the top
cadet to join the Army, he will be attending the United
States Military Academy or West Point .
"I asked my
father why I was named after a communist leader, and he said he was his
idol," Fagsao said.
Ironically, his
father, who is from Bontoc, Mountain
Province
"I wanted to
join the military and my dreams were shattered when my father died," Fagsao
said.
He is the only
son, although he has 3 half siblings from each parent. He was born in Maddela,
Quirino, but he grew up in Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City
When he was 18,
he took the PMA examinations. On the day Fagsao learned that he passed the
exams, his mother Delia, who was into the furniture business, died of a
lingering disease.
"I wanted to
take up computer engineering, but my mother said it was her dream that I joined
the PMA," Fagsao recalled.
He said that life
in the academy was hard. "I survived because of the dreams of my parents.
I hope I made them proud."
http://www.rappler.com/nation/124955-joseph-stalin-top-graduate-pma-2016
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