After long time wandering, I finally started to work. The job is not particularly interesting, nor is the salary satisfying. But so far I am happy with what I’ve got so far.
I am always passionate about many things. Colleagues asked me what I do after work. I do not know what to answer. There is no such thing as “after work”. Not that I mean I am a workaholic, but working on different things is equally fun.
So after working hour…
French. I am fascinated by French culture and language. Even though I do not have much time, I still manage to learn a little bit each day. I am also crazy about French musicals, watched “Romeo et Juliette” many times already without subtitle. Maybe the best way to feel the beauty of musical is not to understand everything, but try to pull up all the emotions. And that is where the beauty lies.
Web design. I have to admit I am not really a web designer. I have seen so many fabulous designs from the internet. What’s more, there are Front Engineers, I have no idea what’s left for me to entitle myself. A few people asked me to design their website already. I charged small amounts of fees. The day before yesterday, one former colleague who used to be the sales department manager called me. I sent him some links of the websites I have done, he is astonished and asked me to do his company website (he is preparing to start his own legal translation company now). At last, I told him that I can do the website and do not want to copy anyone else’s website and he wanted to pay me double the price I asked for.
Being honest and sincere is very important. You can steal something easily, but you will never be able to create it. What I learned for web design is that I can try to improve myself to the great designer’s standard, but I can never copy the other’s code without knowing how it works, nor will I use other people’s template.
I am currently working on 4 web design projects. Hopefully next month I can get financially independent so I do not have to spend any more money from my parents. It is kind of hard though, because I suck at personal communication. Even when I’ve done some work for other people, I still feel embarrassed to ask for money.. Alas.. Money is the last thing I want to talk about.
http://www.futeling.com/Test/index.html
It is late at night, i pick up the “Stray Birds” and started to read. Beautiful thoughts and words floats among the lines. When i see “the bird wishes it were a cloud,the cloud wish it was a bird”, i feel i should write something.
People say that the best thing comes when you least expect it.
We often do not know what will happen when we start someting. But so long as we have the never ending passion, or maybe blindly passion in what we are doing, we can infuence people as well as our body to work for us to achieve our goal.
I donot want to say i wish i were a cloud, i am what i am now, and my best action is to extend the Now state to its best level—
Love like I never love before, live like i can never live again.
Linda's Resume Cover
This afternoon when I was reading something about design, I come across The 25 Most Creative Designer Resumes You’ll See This Year.
I thought my resume, which is a ebook with background music is already over the top, but I must say those are far more creative.
The sad fact is: will there be any people who would equally appreciate creative ideas as you? What if the recruiter is just a dull person who would be willingly to follow all those rules and traditions?
The other day, with some hesitation I attend a job fair. I cannot help noticing that no one else’s resume is more than one page. I do remember our teacher advised us to make our resume simple and official. But I never thought that the whole university’s students are following the same format. I stood there for quite a few minutes, feeling like I am an alien.
We are in 21st century now, why there are still so many people trying hard to follow? Following is not a bad thing. Sometimes it does bring us some guidance. But is not it too sad when this following becomes a phenomenon or habit?
I always think, what defines a person’s competence is not what you can borrow from others, but what you can learn from others and form your own ideas. In the future world, following is not going to bring you success.
Everyone can follow, but not everyone can lead.
