If you are 36 and
people said you look like 26, it's a complement; but if you are 26 and
people said you look like 36, it's a punishment. I've been punished.
Some people are very friendly and said “oh, come on, Hubert, you don't
look like 36… you are more than that!!!” Mr. Contest chair, fellow
toastmasters, does age really matter? (1)If it doesn't then what does
really mater? / (2) you think so?/ (3)I was on your side until… 如果你 36 歲,而朋友說你看起來像 26 歲,這是恭維;但是如果你是 26歲,而朋友卻說你看起來像 36歲,這是懲罰,我被懲罰過。有些朋友更親切的說:「得了吧!博程,你看起來一點也不像 36歲,你看起來更老」,比賽主席、各位會友,年齡真的有關係嗎? (1)如果沒有關係,什麼才有關係呢?(2)你真的這樣子認為嗎?(3)我也是跟你同樣的看法,直到.... Yesterday my mom told me a piece of surprising news. She said my grandma is dating!!! I said “mom, grandma is 92 years old.” She said “yap, the guy is 90. It's been great!!! They never argue. Basically, they can't hear each other.” But grandma really loves that and she said it brings her back to her 20's. I started to doubt; does age really matter? Or having fun that matters? 昨晚我媽告訴我一件驚人的消息,她說我的祖母開始約會了!我說:「媽!祖母已經 92 歲了」,她說:「是的!男方也已經 90歲了,他們不曾爭執,基本上他們都已經失聰了」,但祖母真的很喜歡而且祖母說彷彿又回到了 20多歲。
Sometimes I
wondered why people said that I looked like 36. 36 is around what we
called “middle age” and middle age simply means when your age starts to
show around your middle. Last night when I picked up my girlfriend, she
jumped on my scooter, and she jumped off and yelled “~~”, I said to her
“Did you see the ghost?” “No, but but my hands are getting shorter.” I
said “shorter?” she said “I use to hug you and make a circle but now I
could only make it half way” “all right, I know you won't love me
anymore because I am getting fatter.” “No! Honey! Keep going!!! I love
it! Make it bigger so that I don't need to hug you this way, I could hug
you this way!!! It's even safer!!!” I started to doubt; does
appearance really matter? Or having fun that matters?
The most important factor of all is that he is 26
years old and that's exactly my age. When being asked how he felt that
he broke the record of winning 19 games in a season but can't move
forward to the championship, he answered “the record is important but
what's more important for me is the process of creating the record. I do
enjoy the process.” I started to wonder;
does win or lose the game really matter? Or having fun that matters?
5'
Two
years ago I was in the competition of English speech contest. The
second time to compete in District level. It was Sunday afternoon with a
crowd of 800. I gave my speech, I thought I did great and I sit and
waited for the result. It was announced. The second runner up, HU3 not
me! Yes! One step forward! The first runner up, BERT3 not me again! Yes!
I knew I am going to get it. The 2004 Champion goes to (the moment was
freeze)…I stood up and yell thank my father my mother my sister my
brother my daughter my neighbor my scooter my helicopter and all you
toastmasters!!! I've practiced it many times!!! It goes to “Solomon
Chen” “He is a good friend of mine…” I was depressed, disappointed but I
was also determined. I remembered what Wang said in his autobiography
“Failure could break some men but still others break records.” So I ask
Solomon what does really matter behind the contest and he answered “you
have to love to speak” “Are you kidding? I am talkative!” “You don't
love speaking until you could forget to win or to lose the
contest!” “yap, right…could you please give me that trophy?” 各位會友、女士、先生們!今天下午我要送給大家的是「你可以和 90 歲老翁約會、你也可以讓體重超過 90公斤、你也可以輸掉 90次以上的比賽,請把握每一刻鐘,因為有趣的就在裡面,你真的在意什麼嗎?你自己決定!」 |