Dream High

I've just finished watching this Korean drama recently, entitled Dream High. Maybe some of you, fellow Asian drama addicts, have watched this drama too since it is very popular and totally worth watching! To tell you the truth, I am a real Asian drama addict, even since I was in primary school. My genre is romance, comedy and somewhere around there, i don't watch something with killing, blood, wars and ghosts involved because these things really scare me! I will surely end up sleeping or closing my eyes until the film is over... I've watched almost every Korean and Taiwanese or Chinese drama from 'Kabut Cinta', 'At The Dolphin Bay', 'Winter Sonata', 'Coffee Prince' until the new ones like 'Secret Garden' and some other approximately 100 titles. Hahahahahaha.. I don't know, watching drama has became part of my daily routine already. Bad routine or good routine?? Well, i can't tell...

Why do I like watching drama so much? Hmph..... I'm thinking now. Probably it's because they bring me inspiration, hope, insight about other people's life out there (even though it may not be real). I learn through the films, learn about love, family, career, and any other aspects in life. The same thing happened when I watched Dream High. The film told us the story about a group of teenagers (6 of them, all with wonderful talents in performing arts and apparently in real world, almost all of them are parts of singing groups in South Korea, no wonder they're all sooooo good!) studying in an art school and working incredibly hard in reaching their dreams, that is to become singers, actors and actresses.

In the film, they worked extra hard in improving their skills, take chances and risks. Some of them even got to the extent of using unethical methods in reaching it. Well, we must not learn to use these unethical methods too, but at least it showed me that they really wanted this, to perform! Problems came, the one that touched me the most was when Sam Dong found out that he has a problem with his hearing and it the doctor told him that it will keep on getting worse. At first, he intended to give up his dream as a singer but because the dream is just too amazing to be given up, he decided to get back on track, working wonderfully harder day by day and at the end of the film he even got to perform in the Grammy Awards. Soooo sad, but so inspiring!

All of these kids came from different family background, one was raised without the love from the parents, one from a remote village, one from economically troubled family and many others. These factors did not hinder them, they support each other and keep on developing their extraordinary talents.

I wonder, can I be like them? Can I work as hard as they did? Even though I always see myself as a hard worker and a dreamer but these characters really surprised me. My dream is to be a famous pastry chef and open my own patisserie! Now, I'm studying tourism and hotel management then I'm planning to continue my study in pastry arts. A long way to go, indeed! My parents may not support me 100%, but I will keep on practicing, learning new skills while finishing my bachelor's degree.

Sometimes, I may feel down because of the bad results of my pastries, my not-so-good-looking plating, and 'well it's alright' comment from my family or friends. I know, ideally, it should motivate me to practice more, sometimes it really is the case, but sometimes not. A chef from the hotel I had my internship in told me, "I wanted to be a pastry chef, but I don't have the discipline, so here I am now a cuisine chef." Sooooo, it means, as long as I'm discipline enough, work hard enough, I will be able to be a great pastry chef, right??? Hmph...... I guess this is the only thing that I can do now. Like what I stated in my profile, I am not a billionaire, I am not a genius, but I have the determination and the discipline to reach my dream! Yes, I will!! I will not give up, I will work hard and keep on praying to Him to open up ways for me.

Please pray for me too, guys!
I really hope that all of you have your own dreams that you can work hard for.
Dreaming is free and it gives you hope, determination and makes you do anything that you may thought incapable of doing!

大家加油！

God bless you!!!!