DREAMS

We often hear this phrase from entrepreneurs, YOLO, and people that chased after their passions. Perhaps they really do enjoy what they do, and it's really making money. What if they aren't making money, and they do not have any monetary support behind what they do? Would they still say the same?

I recently took up part times that were exhausting, demanded a lot of effort from me and it wasn't paying much. I persuaded myself that I chose this, although just as a part-time one because my full-time job was too well-paid to be given up. Besides that, as an adult, I do have commitments, loads of them, to say it's okay, I can live on bread and water. 

Thus, before we tell youngsters to live up to their dreams, perhaps we should let them know they are privileged if they have monetary support backing them up, and not everyone could live up to their dream. Perhaps there are people who did, but that was 1 in 1000, or maybe even millions. Most of them are still striving, and perhaps living on bread and water believing that they can be the one in a million. There's no harm in dreaming, but you gotta inject some reality into the dream. There are mortgages to be paid, electricity, and even materials to realize your dreams. Just to name a few of the basic necessities. 

You can dream, but dream realistically..
 

Web Novels

 Recently, I accepted a part-time job being a web novel translator for Nyoibos. Although I'm not experienced in translation, let alone web novels (I don't usually read them unless I got hooked to the movie or drama adaptation), I'm really thankful that they are willing to give me a chance to go back to writing. It reminded me that I used to be aspired to be a writer. I used to love reading and writing down a very long adaptation of the drama that I liked ( 绝代双骄). I can still write down every single detail and remember every conversation because I like Jimmy Lin. Then, I aspire to be a writer, despite the fact that I'm not creative at all. Back then, I could still be proud of my English level, unlike now. 

Now that I'm translating web novels, I can now understand why so many could get hooked on web novel when there was so many varieties and website to read. It was indeed very addictive. I spent nights after nights procrastinating on my real work trying to get to the end of the novel. Certainly, I do admire these web novel writers and now understand the reason China drama series industry is flooded with adaptations of these novels.