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The story I am about to tell you is about my life. The life of Richlatino a.k.a Julio. You can say its an autobiography, it will start from when I was born to my current age now. Let us begin the story of Richlatino.

On September 20, 1984, I was born in Chicago IL. My loving parents were so happy to have me. Diana and Julian were my parents. Now I was a big baby and expensive that’s for sure. My parents weren’t rich, but they did treat me right and give me a lot of things that I would love. As I got older many different things had happen during my life. At 2 years old, I was diagnosed with asthma, which I have till this day. And had to take many medicines. Now asthma was the start of many other medical problems for me. As I got older I started school. My very first school I went to was Waters Elementary. I had met many new friends that liked me for me. During my time there from kindergarden to 2nd grade, I had a good time. I started taking martial arts at Martial Arts Degeberg. I only got to a yellow belt though there. During Christmas time I had a friend that was close to me that my mom had told me some very sad news that he had passed away. I was still young and didn’t understand it, but from what I remember is that he was watching the simpsons, and seen itchy and scratchy on the show one day and the mouse was lighting up the cat on fire, well you should know what happen then. He eventually lit himself on fire thinking it was fun to be like the cartoons. Very sad and tragic indeed. I would rather not talk anymore about that though, let us continue.

Now before I continue with 2nd grade I have to go back to 1st grade, because part of my 1st grade year I went to Puerto Rico for a bit. I stayed at the family house in Puerto Rico. Our house was in San Juan, Puerto Rico by the way. I went to the school out there and made Spanish speaking friends as well. My grandmother or as I call her Ahuela lived out there with my cousins, and my aunts as well. Basically the family was in Puerto Rico. Ahuela was a nice spainiard old lady who would tell me stories about Puerto Rico and would also give me my favorite cereal Fruity Pebbles. She had a chiuahaha puppy who was the family dog but he was really my dog because he loved me the most besides Ahuela. His name was Blacky, mostly because he was a black chiuahaha. Sometimes he would get me mad if he did something wrong, but then he would give me the puppy eyes look and I could never get mad at him. I loved him a lot. One day I went with my mom, and blacky to the convenient store because my mom had to play her lottery. Oh that woman loved her lottery. Well in Puerto Rico they have in small stores slot machines that if you put money in it, then it will pay you quarters if you win. So my mom wasn’t watching and I had a quarter and put it in the machine and won $25 in quarters. My mom was like what did you do? The store boss said its okay just take it, because I already put it in the machine. So I got my first taste of gambling at a young age. That wasn’t the end of it though. Now back to school I would go there and learn my general studies and also learn how to speak Spanish, and for some reason the teacher would teach the kids English too. Now one day the teacher was trying to get the kids to speak English right, but they couldn’t do it right with her. So she asked me if I could help her teach them English since I was from the states. I was like sure. So I taught the class to speak English and sure enough when I spoke to them, they did it right. Of course I got a A in the class. Now one day me and my mom and dad and the family went to see a horse race at the horse race stadium. Now in Puerto Rico they allow you to bring your kids there to watch the races. So the day we went I was with my cousins, we were playing of course running around, doing what any kid would do. Suddenly I slipped on a slippery floor and twisted my leg, I was screaming in pain. My mom of course she is a worrier was freaking out. I tried to get up, but couldn’t get up, because it hurt so bad. So now was the problem that we had to call the ambulance to come and get me to take me to the hospital, but problem is that the ambulance can’t go inside the horse stadium there because I was in the seating area. So of course I was embarrassed because they went and got a executive chair on wheels and brought it to me. It took 3 people to get me on the chair. Finally they get me on the chair and wheel me out. Now as I am getting outside there are a bunch of people out the door looking at me and making sure I am okay. Can my life get anymore embarrassing than this? Seriously! Finally I go to the hospital and of course Puerto Rico’s hospitals are worse than Chicago, IL hospitals. Believe me when I say this. You do not want to go to there hospitals. I was waiting there for hours and hours just to be taken care of. And of course when lunch time came, not just one person, but everyone there went to lunch! I mean seriously. People are hurt in the Emergency room almost dying and all the staff, doctors, etc, are all out to lunch. And they don’t take a 30 minute break, they take over an hour lunch. Finally they come back and I get seen and get a cast of my own. That was one of my most embarrassing and worst days ever. I blame my cousins for it till this day. Lets get back to Chicago, IL and begin our next part of my life. The fork in the road!

Back in Chicago, IL in 2nd grade, it was a cold winter. Although I did have fun playing in the snow, but it was still cold. One day my mom came up to me and said “You know Julio times are changing and we have to find another apartment, but tell me do you want to stay here and still go to Waters Elementary or do you want to go to another school and be closer to your sisters?” Of course I was a kid and wanted to see my sisters and get to make new friends, but I didn’t realize till I grew up that at that point in time would mark my fork in the road. What that means if some of you don’t understand, when you are to choose which path do you want to take in life and begin your life. On one side I had the option to stay around my neighborhood and stay at Waters Elementary. And on the other hand I had the option to go live somewhere else, start a new life and go to a new school and meet new friends. Of course I took that route and the beginning of a whole new life began for me.

Starting 3rd grade at John Barry Elementary was tough for me since I was the new kid, and I wanted to fit in with the crowd. And of course the first day of class I am introduced to the class which causes much more pressure on a 3rd grader. Eventually I got to make some friends and had a good time. Now of course there was one girl that caught my attention that I really liked. She was a brunette Spanish girl that was very cute. Now of course I wanted to tell her how I felt, but then there was the fitting in with the crowd. So of course as a 3rd grader we were at the time of the stage called the cootie stage. Which meant that the girls had cooties and vice versa. So I couldn’t tell her how I felt unfortunately. Now I did encounter bullies there during my years there, that I really did not like because it caused me a lot of problems with school. I had pretty good times there. As I got into my other grades I began to get out of the cootie stage and started liking girls more. There were some that I would play footsies with and hug. Now before I go too far off about the brunette I met. See in forth grade we were really cool and talked to each other a lot. I was in a baseball team at that time as well, and would see her as I was practicing. Then one day I was walking home from the store on the corner passing her house and seen her outside. I seen a lot of stuff being moved out of her house. I asked her what happened and where she was going. She said her and her family had to move away. Now I was mad because I really cared for her and didn’t want her out of my life. I had a big crush on her. Well instead of saying goodbye I walked and stormed passed her and never got the chance to tell her how much I would miss her and all. I was young and when you are young you get mad very easily. So I never got to say my goodbye to her. It took many years before I would find her again, not till I was 22 years old. So you figure that’s well over 10 years of not talking to her again. But unfortunately she had found someone so I was happy for her. I never did apologize to her about that day. Partly because she probably didn’t remember it anymore. But I am jumping the gun again back to the younger years. During my time at John Barry Elementary I had good times and I had bad times. I joined the after school band choir. Playing the Alto Saxaphone. I was really good at it. Well one day we had a concert to go to at Grant Park, but that was cancelled due to the fact our school bus had a small accident with a Commonwealth Edison Truck. Now even though it was a small accident we still had to go to the hospital and get checked. Now of course my mom sued the Commonwealth Edison company and as well as the Chicago Public School because of the accident I had to go to a back doctor for therapy. But eventually I got better. But then of course the bad times when I was bullied a lot mostly in my 5th and 6th grade there because of my weight. I was always called names and all. I got really sad as well because of this. Even sometimes I wouldn’t want to go to school because I was afraid to get picked on that I would fake getting hurt in the shower saying I slipped so I couldn’t go to school. It was very rough times because I missed a lot of school that finally my parents had to home school me, which in reality meant I didn’t see much of the kids in school at all or do things like field trips the kids would do on an occasional basis. I was pretty much homeschooled all the way up to 8th grade really. I finally went to Steinmetz Academic Centre a.k.a. The Cheaters school for my freshman year.

Now some hard times you should know during the time I was a teenager is that I had depression and of course I had to take medications for it. There were times that I was hospitalized as well because of my depression. But eventually I got better and thank god that I wanted more for my life than anything. Now of course I left Steinmetz and did homeschool once again, but the homeschool I did got me my High School Diploma in 4 weeks. Which of course was amazing. It was a real diploma too. Compared to four years of high school I took the easy way out. Even better I got my license as well at 16 too. Yes I was 16 and had my high school diploma. Now the mistake I did at 16 was go to college instead of waiting till I was 18. I first went to Devry Institute of Technology in Chicago. Now of course at 16 you don’t want to have patience and all, and want to have fun and all. But the thing that worried me most wasn’t that I wanted to not learn it was that I didn’t want to get pulled over for being 16 years old because I would get out of school late. So I made the mistake of dropping out of that college which cost me. Student loans that is. I still have a debt with them today. I then at 18 went to Lincoln Technical Institute in Melrose Park, but of course I didn’t finish there as well, and added more debt to my credit. Finally I went to a college called Wright College. It is a community college in Chicago IL. My major is Computer Information Systems. I am still enrolled there but am just part time. I have been there for awhile now, still haven’t graduated yet but I do plan on sticking with this one. Now of course during my times of being 16 years old (going back for a second) I was online talking to people and making new friends. One day I decided to call myself Richlatino. Only reason was because it was something I wanted to become one day. I was online getting paid to read emails and all. Starting different online ventures which I still do to this very day. That’s how I got the name Richlatino though just to let all of you know. Now I was focused on becoming a goal achiever and accomplishing my goals on a daily basis. I was determined to become Richlatino and become known all through out the world. I was determined to become the best motivator ever. And still I help people as well as help myself by understanding myself a little better. This was the Richlatino way and this was my mission to be known.

Of course throughout my life I didn’t have a girlfriend and was still a virgin till 21 years old, but I will get into that in a few. During the time from when I was 19 to 20 I had already bad debt that till this day have but will eventually get back on track. The key is patience is virtue. Our parents told this when we were little and believe me it does have meaning to it. Of course when I was 21 it was the big 21 were I was legally able to drink and go to the casino. First thing I believe I did was go to a night club with my sisters and other family, which was pretty nice at the time. Had my first drink now till this day I am a cheap drinker seriously. I don’t like to be drunk and don’t like to drink more than one or two drinks. I found out I am the sleepy drunk which I do not like becoming. So I would balance that with food of course. Now of course I was overweight and I decided that I couldn’t lose the weight on my own. I am skipping parts here do not worry about that. I went to the University of Chicago Hospital and had a surgery called Duodenal Switch. This type of surgery they only do there basically. Now it was a very big risky part of my life having this surgery, but I went for it. Had it, and lost almost 200 pounds. To me being around 270 pounds is okay with me, people tell me I should lose more I say I am fine like this because I still got my built in coat on my body. Ha. Why do I want to weigh 160 pounds and be freezing in the winter shoot you must be crazy! I also met my first ever girlfriend during that surgery. I met her on a site called Myspace. Which is very popular to a lot of people currently. What was even more crazy was that she lived like 5 minutes from me. Of course during the time of our relationship we had our good times and our bad times. One of my bad times was that I got scammed by an online site that really screwed me with Washington Mutual bank. I reported it to the Attorney General of course and unfortunately they sent it to the FBI and Secret Service since it was overseas scam. Don’t ask what type of scam it was seriously I was new at this. But yea I have a file with them which is kind of crazy. Anyhow back to the story of me. During my time with my girlfriend I had my good times and bad times. Reason I had my bad times because I messed up. I became something I didn’t want to become, and that was a liar. I basically cheated on her online with other girls that I would talk to and flirt. See I had no clue what was wrong with my head, it was like I was a different person. She eventually caught me and well put me in my place basically. She gave me another chance though which I promised I would never do that again, and never did during the remaining periods of our relationship. But see since I cheated on here she became a totally different person even though I promised I wasn’t doing it again. But I don’t blame her I did something wrong and I hurt her which I am still sorry for doing. She is a sweet girl and deserved better than me. She tried her best to help me with my finances but you got to understand one thing about me, I don’t like budgeting my finance, I have my own way of doing things and well doing something like that is not my thing. See during our end of our relationship she would always check my cell phone and always would check to see who I was talking to. See I have two very good friends I talk to on a daily basis, and she didn’t understand why I did that for and was confused as to what I considered being friends with. She became more controlling of me and I felt like I was the woman and she was the man in the relationship which is very bad in my book. So unfortunately after being with her for 3 years plus I had to call it quits. I left her September 1st, 2008. Which is really recent. I couldn’t do it anymore. It was tough believe me but it had to be done. I tried to be friends with her but it just wasn’t working out for me. I told her online that I think we should really go our separate ways of course she said whatever to me and blocked me on instant messenger but yea I was like okay. So of course starting at my current job Subaru as a salesperson it was a big deal for me because I went from working behind the phones at Chevrolet to working as an actual salesman. Very big step for me.

Now during my beginning there I had to take the bus to work since I didn’t have a car anymore I gave it to my ex of course since it was hers. But you know in life you get obstacles and you have to overcome them to prosper. See my former vice president of Gateway Chevrolet the one that would appear on television in the commercials. He started off as a salesperson and moved up to sales manager to vice president, which now he isn’t with them but he owns his own dealer now which is what I want to accomplish one day. And what better way to do it is with a very good company Subaru. I am still here as of this day but it is very tough believe me. I have to be strong and be very patient, because like the saying patience is virtue it means a lot to do that to become successful. So of course during the beginning of my employment there I was going to eventually change my phone number because I had a lot of telemarketers call my phone constantly, but what really made me change it sooner than expected was my ex calling me one day while I was at the bus stop. Now of course what is going through my mind was like uh oh I got her pregnant. But of course it was nothing like that. She just wanted to see how I am doing even though I told her we were going to stop talking to each other and go our separate ways. No offense she is a nice girl and all but I don’t want to let the past keep me still in its place. So yea I changed my number because of that. Now I am currently employed at Subaru and am single and plan on staying single. I realized that being in a relationship you have a lot to deal with and have more responsibilities to handle, and I am still young and want to just have fun. I am a flirt and don’t have to worry about someone watching over me because I am not looking for a relationship. If people don’t accept me for that they can move along because this is me this is the Richlatino Life. Now this autobiography is an ongoing process but you have sort of got the picture of my life

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