Essay on Profile

 Imran is a young man who was born and grown up in Pakistan. He actually comes from a reputable family which all of the family members are doctors. However, his family always have viewed Imran as a trouble maker and they even had an opinion that he would never could become a doctor as they all do. Imran was basically a young man who has his own desired and passion for music. Most of his time spent on browsing up on the Internet to watch and learn how a Music Producer or a DJ performs on the stage. He learned it secretly, without any permission from his family because he knew that his family would never agree with his dream and ambition. Yes, deep inside his heart, he has a big ambition to become a DJ and to perform his skill in mixing the music in front of live audience. On the other hand, he had to face the fact that, he belongs to a doctor's family, and that makes him had to put aside that passion, even though he has learned much on how to become a great DJ.

Being a member of a quite reputable and educated family, indeed, has made Imran had to think over again in pursuing his DJ passion. The reason is obvious and clear, a lifestyle of his reputable and educated family is quite opposite with a lifestyle that he would have if he becomes a DJ. All of his family members are doctors and they have always performed in a formal and excellent manner which quite far distance from those noisy and messy lifestyle image of a DJ. As a consequence, Imran has listed as one of the persons out there who had to sacrifice his dream, passion, and ambitions, to fulfill the dream that his family has arranged for him, maybe even before he was born.

However, grown up in Pakistan, a country that ranked in the 3^rd position of hunger and polio disease in the world has made Imran started to get interested in health and medication sectors. His aim was to contribute his effort and fight with the polio disease and improve the health of people in his country. In fact, he has also got to know that there are about 9 reported cases of wild poliovirus appeared in Pakistan in previous year. It is a sad fact for him to realize that his country is following Afghanistan and Nigeria regarding this polio disease. Poor hygienic conditions in the country have been the main responsible thing that made Pakistan have to face difficulty in eliminating the poliovirus completely. In addition to this, the conditions of sociocultural in Pakistan has made the case to become more complicated. Even though the country is not in a situation of medical resources deficiency, but, somewhat, there is a specific conspiracy theory that has spread out and negatively impacts both the vaccinators and Non-Government Organizations or NGOs to work along together in eliminating the polio disease in the country. Yes, a conspiracy theory that Imran has discovered claims that vaccination agendas to eliminate polio disease in his country are actually a scenario made by the United States and Israel with a purpose to sterilize the population of Muslims in the world. This is not a simple rumor since this theory was based on the fact that happened in Nigeria in 2003, where the country’s officers rejected to allow vaccine paperwork due to the rationale that some of polio vaccines might contain an anti-fertility estradiol hormone, and worst, even also contained Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV (Andrade and Hussain).

Eventually, this poliovirus case which has affected his country has made Imran decided to study more on medication. He has also viewed the fact that this poliovirus disease has been attacking the children which are the next generation of a country. For this reason, he felt that it is a necessity for him to take part in saving the next generation of his beloved country, Pakistan. Another thing that has encouraged him at that time was the fact of hunger still exists in his beloved nation. Even though Imran might had never felt any hunger in his life due to he belongs to a wealthy family, but the reality that he has seen in which there are many people in the country who still needs to struggle in hungry have made him decided to take part in fighting this issue or, at least, lessen the degree of hungry people in Pakistan.

Yes, the reality of many hungry people still exists in the country also has made Imran eager to discover more about this case. What's more, he has found out that Pakistan is the world’s 3^rd country where millions of people here have to sleep without having any meal before. Furthermore, a report from the Global Hunger Index in 2016 has stated that Pakistan ranked at  among the entire  countries across the world. Imran also has found out that the main drivers of hunger in his nation are due to poverty. In 2015, the World Bank displays that  of Pakistanis live under the line of poverty (Talpur). Thus, only by eliminating or lessening this poverty, then the hunger issue would be able to manage. That time, a bit motivation came across Imran’s mind that as a young generation, he should take part in fighting this issue as well. Even if he might unable to do many things to lessen this hunger case, but at least, he could take part and giving effort as much as he can.

Thus, from a trouble maker, Imran has changed an image of himself in the eyes of his family with getting excellent scores in high school. He has presented his effort by doing thorough study to help him out in getting good scores, which lead him to achieve a Pediatric degree from a well-known University. Since then, Imran started to take part and fulfilling his responsibility as a Child Specialist Doctor. His big concern about poliovirus cases in Pakistan has made him turned out as a Pediatric with a hope that he would able to prevent the children from getting attacked by poliovirus. Besides this, he also has been participating in some events to donate food and clothes to the poor people in the country and giving them free medical checkup as well. Hence, we can say that Imran has made his family proud of him due to his achievements and also contributions as a doctor.

Once, Imran even had visited Balochistan, a district where the poliovirus surfaces in Pakistan since this district is known as a border town between Pakistan and Afghanistan. According to some reports, the increasing numbers of polio cases in the country come due to there were fewer investigations regarding the poliovirus in this border. In addition to this, some religious grounds have made the people there to reject the polio vaccine for their children (Junaidi). With huge effort, Imran tried to convince the people there about the serious risks of poliovirus. He even also had explained that polio is an extremely infectious disease that mostly attacks the children under 5 years old, and can cause death as well. The worst thing from this is that, up till now, there still no cure found for this serious disease, and thus, vaccination is considered as the most effective way to shelter the children from it. Hence, Imran has been dedicating his life to fight this disease with the hope to make better health conditions for the children in his country. In other words, Imran has really committed to his profession as a doctor and has been giving his best performance for that.

However, on the other side of his heart, Imran still has a great passion and desire for music. In fact, all those busy schedules as a Child Specialist Doctor were actually never able to remove his desire to become a DJ or Music Producer. Everything started when Imran was invited to one of his friends’ birthday party where all of his childhood friends were there. He decided to join that party since his friend told him that he was going to invite a DJ to cheer up the party. Imran was quite excited that time since he was thinking that he would finally able to see how a DJ performs in a live performance, even if it was only for a small-sized audience. So, he went to the party with his casual shirt and jeans which totally opposite with the dress code when he has to perform his duty as a Pediatric. Once he reached the location, the first thing that amazed him was the equipment for a DJ to perform such as Turntable and Mixer. He was standing and observing that equipment for a while until his friend showed up and explained to him that there would be no DJ show as what was planned that night. His friend told him that the DJ whom he had invited to come along to his party was unable to attend due to some urgent reasons. Thus, all of the guests at that party were quite disappointed, especially Imran since his big interest to come to that party was actually to see the DJ performs.

Out of sudden, his friend asked Imran to replace the DJ and played in front of all the guests. Imran was quite surprised that time since he did not know how to perform in front of the audience. Even though he had been practicing his skills in producing music in past days, but he did it secretly, not in front of anyone else. His friend kept on convincing Imran that he can do it and requested him to entertain all the guests at that party with his DJ skills. Along with the ambition that still on fire in his heart, Imran was finally agreed with his friend’s request to perform as a one-night DJ. So, there he was, standing on the stage, in front of all the guests at that party, and started to play the equipment. At that time, Imran felt like he went back to the old times when he was secretly learning and practicing how to mix the music and created wonderful and energetic sounds for the audience. This real live show never even came across his mind after he decided to move forward with his doctor profession and forget his passion for music. Well, Imran presented an amazing DJ live performance well that night and all the guests were appraising his presentation. Some of them even did not know that in reality, Imran is a Pediatric.

Ever since that unforgettable party, the passion and desire of music have come back and even growing more for Imran. He started again in practicing and improving his DJ skills after his hectic day duty as a Pediatric. Later on, due to his friend’s recommendation, Imran started to presenting his skills and playing in some private underground parties. Even though the laws in Pakistan have prohibited Alcohol consumption and party events, but thanks to his reputable family which put him in the upper class of society, Imran could still get access to party events where he could present his live DJ performance. However, he knew that he would not able to explore his DJ skills more if he stayed in his country. The reason is obvious, once his family would find out about it, then definitely, his family would start to against him again. Another reason is due to that law which prohibited the party events in Pakistan and thus, there were only a few parties where Imran could perform his DJ skills in front of live audience.

With having two opposite sides between profession and passion, Imran recently decided to start his residency at Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse USA. In this place, he could perform both as a Pediatric and also as an underground DJ. Hence, being a Pediatric at day and a DJ at night was a kind of life that he is spending and enjoying at this moment. He no longer has any worry if his family would ever find out about his ‘late night activity’ since partying is not a prohibited activity in the United States. Thus, Imran has turned out to become a great Pediatric with extending his career internationally, and also, at the same time, he also has a big opportunity to pursue his passion and dream to become a great DJ. However, one thing that he would surely never leave behind is his religion and country’s norm. Even though he has been visiting and performing lots of party events whereas he has a chance to entertain the audience with his presentation there, still, he has always been rejecting to take alcohol. He realized properly the consequence of this ‘night lifestyle’ which makes him difficult to refuse alcohol. But due to his big commitment and dedication to his profession as a Pediatric, he never had any alcohol during his presentations. He realizes that there is no way he could perform well as a Child Specialist Doctor at day if at night before he got drunk at a party. Thus, we can say that Imran might be the only DJ who does not present some kind of junkie, instead, he has broken all the boundaries with balancing both his responsibility and his desired activities. This situation has made Imran to become an ideal figure for others to follow.

Imran is one of those rare lucky people who made it to pursue his own dream with also achieving his family’s dream as well. The way he put aside his passion for music and followed what his family wants was actually not a new story to tell. However, what really interesting from Imran is how he could balance between his career as a Pediatric and meet his family expectations with also involve in activities that he really loves and desired for even before he got his doctoral degree. Many times, people would be unable to balance these two opposite activities. On one side, at day he has to perform his formal career responsibility which mostly involved him with a reputable and educated society. On the opposite side, his ‘late night’ lifestyle as an underground DJ makes him hang out with some junkies. If Imran is unable to stay strict on his belief, then he might follow the life flows in his DJ lifestyle. Instead, he joins the DJ community while also take part in the medical field for his career.

Living in the United States is not an easy thing for Imran to get used to since there is a big culture different between Pakistan and the United States. However, Imran was able to adjust himself to the lifestyle there. He also has always remembered not to make a bad image of him which would definitely lead a bad image of his family. This thing really acts as a life motivation for Imran. Ever since he was still studying, he has sacrificed his ambition to become a DJ and followed his family guidance to become a doctor, and thus, has made the entire family proud of his achievements. However, up till now, there is still a big concern for Imran regarding his DJ activity. Somehow, he still not ready if someday, his family would figure out that he has been playing as underground DJ at night after he has completed his duty at day. Thus, Imran has been trying his best to keep this as his big life secret and only some close persons know about his ‘night lifestyle.’ He knew that even if he has never followed the bad flow from being a DJ such as drinking alcohol or drugs, but still, his family might would never able to accept if they find out that one of their members has been living in a typical life that completely opposite with his reputable family’s life.

So, Imran keeps on doing his life and fulfilling his responsibility as a doctor at Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse USA. At the same time, he still always make time for doing his hobby and improving his performance to become a great DJ. Hence, even if we can say that he has made it to pursue his dream and passion while also make his family proud, but deep inside, somehow, he still feels a dilemma as many times he always wanted to share and expose this to his family. But as he realized the consequence, he would immediately cancel it and decided to hide this for longer time. However, one thing that Imran know is that we can never hide any type of secret for the rest of our life. Instead, soon or later, that secret would be revealed, whether by incident or other things that force us to reveal it. In fact, Imran also feels that actually, he does not need to hide from his family since he has never involved in such bad activities anyway. Now he is trying to figure out the right moment and proper approach to explain to his family about his DJ lifestyle. He completely sure that his family would not mind and would not see his DJ activity as a bad one since, all this time, he could manage to balance his career life and his hobby lifestyle. Hence, deep inside his heart, Imran has been praying and waiting for the right moment to come when he would able to reveal everything to his family, without having to make his family upset or disappointed in his choice. One thing across his mind now is that, if he could sacrifice his dream and passion to follow what his family wanted him to be, then why would his family mind to understand about his dream and the lifestyle that he is living in now.