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dear toast masters

i am lakshman perera and today i am going to give you a glimpse of how i achieved my objective of becoming a chartered accountant.

I was the last child of a family of four all males. And we were a family who had a very small income. And my mother was divorced when i was five. And my father had to put me in the college hostel for the next 11 years.

And i had to work in the father's shop when i was doing my Advance levels in commerce stream. And i passed a levels with two b's 1c and 1s.

Then after a levels father stopped funding me and only 20 rupees per day was given to me for working in the shop. I did all sorts of things. I was a lorry driver then a whole sale fish seller then a coconut buyer and seller and then went into a bicycle business.

And all did not work out. And again started working fir fathers shop for 20 rupees per day and then after working in the morning at fathers shop i was working as a driver.

Then one day one of my best friends named sanjeewa. I was working in the shop and i saw him on a Friday it was and he was in a good suit well dressed i asked him where he is headed to.He replied he is going for chartered classes. I did not know what it was but i said to him to wait and that i will also come with him. And that was the start of my tertiary education. And here i am now a qualified chartered accountant and delivering a speech in front of a professional audience. With a humble start and a big amount of perseverance.

Over to you tm