What's your dream!? Let's say you can work for another job with similar salary and growth potential. What kind of job you will do for living?In the Valley, when we meet new friends who wear glasses, it will be a good bet that they are Software guys or Engineers. But I wonder how many of them really like to work in front of a computer eight hours a day!?
Before 25 years old, my dream job was a comic artist. I know how to draw Hong Kong Ku Fung style cartoon since very little (5 years old maybe). I drew cartoon on my text book from element school to college. Even now, I draw on my notebook at work. I even draw during meeting. Most of my colleagues know that, they never seem to mind. When I talk with friends on the phone, I hold the phone with one hand and draw with another. It is interesting I often draw unconsciously. When I hung up, sometimes I am surprised what I have just drawn.
My drawing skill improved as I read more comic books. After 25 years old, my skill started to stall. And I slowly understood why I liked to draw so much. In fact, I realize what I really want to do is not a comic artist. My dream job is something else ... (to be continued ...)
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I had a highschool classmate who lived a few blocks away. He had many many siblings and they all loved the kind of comic books you mentioned. They would have all the comic books published that week on the release dates, whether they were kung fu, horror or love stories. My classmate was a very good writer, and he said reading these comic books improved his writing skill. I didn't understand and I still don't since those comic books have very little dialogues, let alone high quality and literature like material. However, my classmate had proved his case through his wonderful works.
hey,
was looking for some cantonese midi files when i stumbled in, som i might as well stop by to say hello.
i'm chinese and i'm from malaysia. ever dropped in a malaysian blog before? we write differently. a whole bag of mixed salad with cantonese, mandarin, english and malay are thrown in. you will have hell of a time understanding.
of course we can write proper english if we choose to, but then it's that's the way it is. we only write properly when it is official. not when we are having loads of fun blogging.
join us sometimes.
Hi ah pek,
Thanks for stopping by. I have whole lot of experience listening Malaysia Englise/Chinese. My wife is an Chinese from Malaysia :) Wooo you wrote a loooong story in your blog. You are good at English writing.
Hi alvin,
I can understanding why your friend said comics help on his writing. Comic fans know why :) So what kind of work does he do now?
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