I, a Taiwanese, once dreamed of playing the NBA and going to the Maldives for love and sitting alone on the island with my wife
Narrator: Chen Qiang
Finishing: Mr. Xiao Han
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My name is Chen Qiang, a Taiwanese, and I am 32 years old. 10 years ago, my wife and I met in the United States, and because of love, we decided to start a business together after graduation. For two people who share the same hobbies, it is a very happy thing to be able to go to a favorite place and do the work they love.
Life is uncertain, after graduating from college, I played basketball cruciate ligament sprain, a year of recuperation at home, the next year, I am 24 years old, decided to go to the Maldives with my wife to start a business, my father gave us a lot of support, so in the Maldives, I have a small career of my own.
Eight years of hard work abroad, two people, an island, three dogs, 13 cats, this is all we live. If you need to add a little, it is tourists from different countries who gather on this small island of only 2,000 square meters. For such things as having children, we have always followed the wishes of the heart, did not deliberately want to have a small child, and did not think about the problem of future pension, after all, we are still young, only in our early thirties.
In August 1990, I was born in a wealthy business family in Taipei City, Taiwan Province, my father has been working hard for many years, my mother has loved beauty all my life, and I grew up with my grandparents, and like the children in the mainland, I was spoiled by my grandparents since I was a child, I have not suffered hardships, and I have not been wronged in material terms, and the Filipino maids in the family basically serve me 24 hours a day, so in the matter of independent life, it is worse than many children of ordinary families.
But since I was a child, I have been a boy who has learned well, of course, and family education is inseparable, after all, my parents have high expectations of me, and my father is counting on me to inherit the family business in the future and make the family more brilliant.
I don't know why, when I was a child, I especially liked to wear skirts, at that time I was only about five or six years old, often wearing girls' skirts, my parents didn't realize that there was anything wrong with this, and later when I grew up, Grandpa felt that this kind of dress was not the same, not like boys, and I often struggled with Grandpa in order to wear the skirt I liked, but Grandpa's eyes seemed to be fire-eyed golden eyes, and I didn't have to look at where I hid the skirt.
When I grew up, I also felt that boys should have masculinity, not only promises, and should not wear skirts, which is a very humiliating thing.
Later, I became fascinated with sports, especially basketball, from junior high school, I was the organizational guard of the varsity team, and even thought about playing professionally, and when I got to high school, I thought of playing in the NBA, but my height stayed at 180 centimeters, and I never grew tall again, and my basketball dream was shattered.
But I still chose to go to the United States to study in college, not to say how good the United States is, but to understand that the university laboratory in the United States is the most comprehensive one established in the world, which we cannot deny, otherwise the United States will not be able to train so many excellent scientists.
But after really going to college, I did not choose a major according to my own wishes, but learned economics, after all, as an only child, I will be in charge of the family business in the future, and I don't understand some economics, which is definitely unspeakable. During her college studies in the United States, I met Xiao Ran, an international student from the mainland, who was a quiet and beautiful girl who fell in love with Xiao Ran at first sight.
It may be that in a foreign country, two warm hearts met together, from the third year of college began to fall in love, learn together, progress together, and discuss the vision of the future together. I didn't even graduate and planned the path I would take in the second half of my life, which may not be the result my dad wanted, but I was willing to give everything for love.
When I was in college, I still liked to play basketball, and my skills improved a lot, but as an Asian, in the basketball culture of the United States, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't integrate into it, not that I didn't agree with the basketball culture of the United States, but the European and American basketball industry, the prejudice against Asians has never been eliminated.
In the words often spoken by mainlanders, although I work very hard and have strength in the organizational defenders, I am still the administrator of the "water dispenser", and the sense of loss is very strong, Xiao Ran has been persuading, can not melt in, just turn a corner, another way of living.
I like Xiao Ran's attitude to life, never force myself, nor will I be forced by my parents, and Xiao Ran often says a sentence: "We are the descendants of Yan Huang, from the root is full of wisdom, there will be many ways to live the life they want, there is no need to pay for the culture that does not belong to us." ”
Yes, whether it is Taiwanese or Hong Kong people, we are all descendants of Yan Huang and Chinese, which is kept in mind and is also an attitude towards life that Chinese should have.
After graduating from college, I gave up on graduate school, a decision that made my father very angry, and even threatened to cut off my living expenses and make me self-reliant.
Tiger poison does not eat children, although Dad said so, but the moment he really saw Xiao Ran, his heart softened again. In her father's eyes, Xiao Ran is a "wise, gentle, rational, and ambitious woman."
But in my eyes, Xiao Ran is beautiful, wise, and even more perfect.
During my recuperation, Xiao Ran and I lived in Taipei, thinking about the pursuit of future life, and finally decided to go to the Maldives, because this is Xiao Ran's favorite place, and I want to complete my dreams here in my lifetime.
In fact, we have never been to this country before, only know its name, do not know its appearance. Traveling away is more like a recognition of life. We arrived in the Maldives, and after two months of travel, we decided to make our home here. The Maldives is an island nation surrounded by beautiful scenery and is the perfect place for snorkeling.
After more than half a year of negotiations, we finally had a very small island in 1200 islands, about 2000 square meters, built a wooden house here, made a room style that we liked, in addition to living on our own, we could also accept people from different regions who came to the Maldives for tourism.
Xiao Ran and I both like to cook very much, and also like to have cats, dogs and dogs, because of the lack of fresh water resources, so we only have three dogs, but cats and cats have more than a dozen, and each one is very beautiful.
A person's life is like this, maybe you have lost your dreams, but you have the most fulfilling life. I used to want to be a basketball player, but now I just want to live a simple two-person life, this kind of indisputable, idyllic and comfortable life, although there is no yacht, private jet, but has its own small world, feel very content.
In 2017, Xiao Ran and I got married in the mainland, and since then we will rely on each other for a lifetime, I am Chinese, and I have a patriotic heart, and I only hope that in the days to come, I can make my own contributions.