The Interview Showcase #119: Exclusive Talk with A Nigerian blogger

On this week's show, I had some great moment with @ratelmay, a Nigerian blogger who is taking the right path to grow by sticking to originality even at his early stage. He is a phone repair technician in Nigeria and has been so mean for some positive growth. Interestingly, I brought him to Steem 3 years ago as you can read here.

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: Hi Ratel, welcome to my show. How would you describe yourself in few sentences?

🔶Ratelmay: Goodmorning Sir and thank you for inviting me to your show, I consider this a big privileges to appear here. About me? I am on an adventure in life and here in the blog -I like to follow the path of my joy and curiosity to see where life takes me to. I am a young hardworking person who only hope for a better world after the rainy days.

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: Why did you choose this your nickname?

🔶Ratelmay: 😀 I chooses the nickname @ratelmay because Ratel was my dad's nickname, he was a fearless man in the community who always stand for what is right and against oppression, he was good to humanity, I want to maintain that legacy. And I attached 'May' to the name because, May is my birth month.

And do you know that Ratel otherwise known as the "Honey badger" is a fearless animal who can fight with dangerous animal irrespective of their small nature? That's what I represent. And that's what my name is all about - FEARLESS.

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: That's interesting. I like the idea behind that name.

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: What's your profession in real life?

🔶Ratelmay: I am a phone repairer, I have been in this field right from the ending years of my secondary-school till this moment.

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: How did you hear about Steemit and why did you join?

🔶Ratelmay: I was introduced to Steemit three years ago by sir @ubongudofot who was living in my former street. He usualy come to my shop to power his laptop while working on Steemit. He was always taking pictures and focusing on his laptop typing contents for Steemit. He explains how Steemit works to me and how I can start, well I did and I'm here now. Thank you very much Sir

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: What can you say about your experience so far in the blog

🔶Ratelmay: For now, I am just starting. Somedays I am super busy at my shop repairing phones and whenever I have chance I do seat up to write a post. Usually one post do take me 3 days to complete - that is if I have to make some additional research. I am aware that here requires original contents, I invest most of my time to create original and interesting contents. It has been great and fun-learning from other people and also a great opportunity of meeting interesting personalities and also making new friends with people all over the world.

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: What's your most embarrassing moment?

🔶Ratelmay: It was the moment I advertised a certain Ponzi scheme in Nigeria with my full chest without knowing, unfortunately, after two weeks of extensive advertisement on my social media handle, their site was down. Meanwhile, I have already tell close friends and they invested a lot of money. But guess what? The money was all gone.

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: What's your biggest pet peeve?

🔶Ratelmay: Dishonesty, oppression and lack of humility. I dislike these attributes.

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: What gives you joy?

🔶Ratelmay: Anything that is very beautiful, from humans to music or even designs. Goodnews.

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: When’s the last time you cried?

🔶Ratelmay: The day my Dad died and the day he was buried.

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: If there was something you could un-do in your life today, what would it be?

🔶Ratelmay: A lot of things, but I wouldn’t dare to un-do anything because that may change the way my life evolved and I love the type of person I am and where I am right now. and where I am still going

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: Death is for all of us on planet earth, what would you want to be written on your tombstone?

🔶Ratelmay: Legends can never die!

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: As a fresh user, what are your mission and vision for Steem, what are your aspirations?

🔶Ratelmay: My mission is to create valuable contents on my blog, engage with others and contribute to Steem's growth the best I can while also helping myself. And I have a vision to become a respected Steem member, known for high-quality content, meaningful interactions, and support for users.

My Aspirations are to:

• Establish expertise in phone repair and technology.
• Collaborate with influential users.
• Achieve Steem Power threshold of 1000 SP atleast before the end of 2024
• Host AMAs with Steem users based on my field
• Support and mentor new users.

I aim to make a positive impact, establish myself as a valuable contributor, and grow the Steem ecosystem just like you.

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: These are all very interesting. I wish you success.

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: What has been your life's most difficult situation and how do you cope with that?

🔶Ratelmay: Recently where I live was demolished and I was left homeless, but Go helped me and thanks to you too for helping me with some funds. Now I am living in a decent place.

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: What do you like to do most in your leisure time ?

🔶Ratelmay: I love to read and write. But mostly I love to watch YouTube videos on Phone techs

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: If you could change one thing in Nigeria, what would it be, and how would you go about making that change?*

🔶Ratelmay: I would focus on improving access to quality education. And to make this change, I would:

• Collaborate with NGOs to install solar in secondary schools like you are doing in Uyo here and may God bless you and the Steem community for achieving all these memorable projects.
• Mentor young Nigerians to become education advocates.
• Encouraging young Nigerians to learn various skills. It pays to learn skills.

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: If you could have dinner with any Nigerian historical figure, who would it be and why?

🔶Ratelmay: I'd love to dine with Fela Kuti, the legendary musician and activist. He fought for social justice and used his music to speak truth to power. I'd ask him about his experiences, inspirations, and advice on using art for change.

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: Who would you like me to feature on my next interview showcase and why?

🔶Ratelmay: Honestly, I am beginning to make new friends. Even though sometimes I comment on their post and they they don't respond, so I wouldn't really know much people yet, but the few that have responded to me like @pennsif, they look like an old timer with a lot of experience, gathering all the activities in the blog in one place called "Steem News", thats's so easy to peep what's going on around the blog

*** And I would also like to read your own interview, you should also feature yourself for others to learn from you.***

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: What is your favorite music?