Dream Hunter or Dream Loser? 在香港談夢想艱步難行？

travel-addict (51)in #cn • 7 years ago

Hey steemers! It’s been a long time. So sorry that I’ve not updated my blog for 4 months. Before that, lets talk about what I did in these days.

各位好，好久不見了！很抱歉這四個月來未有更新，我先來談談這段日子做了甚麼吧！

Dream Hunter 追夢者

Ya, in these 4 months, I’ve been so busy at chasing my dream. As time is running short, I wish to do as many things as possible. As I said I love travel so I’ve applied a position of being part-time editor in a media company writing about travel. LUCKILY, I AM HIRED! It’s the first step to make my dream come true. Even though at the very beginning I felt hard to catch up there, as I work part time there. I need to work a full time job from Monday to Friday, then go to my part time job from Saturday to Sunday. (Yes, I know it’s super crazy) During these months, I had my first article published online and it is worth my effort.

沒錯，這四個月我一直忙於追夢，由於時間真的過得很快，我希望能盡自己努力做多些想做的事。之前我曾說過很喜歡旅行，故我去應徵一間傳媒公司擔任兼職旅遊編輯。結果，我真的受聘呢！！！這是邁向夢想的第一步呢！雖然起初我覺得很難去適應工作，因為我還有平日的正職工作，只能在週末來做兼職，但當我的第一份文章出版後，一切的辛勞都是值得的呢！

Dream Loser 失夢者

Ya, life is up and down. I lose my dream too. Why? As I full-time research, I researched a topic about housing problem in Hong Kong recently. Trying to address the serious housing problem in Hong Kong by giving out housing alternatives, I’d like to apply a grant and visit Amsterdam, where is place with creative and effective housing solutions. The grant is given in the form of competition appealing young people to chase their dreams. But in the final interview, the interviewers said my proposal would not be applicable in HONG KONG due to DEVELOPER HEGEMONY. I was really disappointed and didn’t know understand the point of “DREAM”. Under Capitalism, so-called “DREAM” is only a marketing to keep people staying there and working. And your dream even is being judged, whether it is worthy or practical or “value-added” to achieve. Unfortunately, if we all don’t have greater imagination, our society would not be changed. The most point I was so disappointed is that the one who rejected my proposal was the Dean of famous university in Hong Kong, Even an academic was not open-minded and saw things differently, I am really worried about our future.

當然，人生總有高有低，我得到一個夢想也失去了一個夢想。身為一個研究員，我正在研究香港的房屋問題。為了提供另類的房屋選擇，我希望申請資助到荷蘭阿姆斯特丹考察當地的房屋政策，如「共居」和「貨櫃屋」。其資助的名目是提倡年青人敢於追求「夢想」，只可惜，在最後面試中，考官以在香港地產霸權的情況下，「唔practical」為由拒絕我的申請，人人都說在香港講「夢想」是遙不可及。的確，當抱著一腔熱誠想去實踐「夢想」時，總有人說三道四，左一句、右一句「太天真」。在資本主義之下，「夢想」淪為一件商品的包裝，必須成為一件要有價值的東西才得到認同，才能夠容許去追求。當人人都缺乏了想像空間，其實社會是不會改變。而當「夢想」有高低之分，就是時候該想想誰人可以判斷你的夢想是「高」或「低」。

Don’t GIVE UP, BE A CHANGE MAKER! 去成為改變者吧！

Ya, life is really hard. But still I try to be change maker. I hope to change the ridiculous rules offered by elites and developers, and all of us can have says in the society.