A Story on How Far a S’porean Should Go For His / Her Passion [Video]

Last Updated on 2019-04-26 , 7:36 pm

Transcript of Video:

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My name is James
我的名是果酱

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and I’m just your typical Singaporean
我是一个很正常的新加坡人

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I work in a 9 to 5 job
我打着一份正常的工作

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and after work, when I’ve got some free time
然后放工后，如果有时间

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I’ll drive private hire to earn some extra income
我会开私人租车来赚一些外块

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Because you know, living in Singapore is expensive
因为你知道啦，新加坡生活费很高

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And just like any Singaporean, I’ve got a dream
我也跟任何新加坡人一样，有自己的梦想

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I want to be a photographer
我想当摄影师

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I want my pictures to be seen by millions of people
我想和全世界分享我的照片

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appreciated by thousands of people
得到大家的青睐

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But that, of course, cannot feed me and my family lah
可是，当然，这不能养活我和家人

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Today no OT?
今天没有加班？

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Huh, no, eh, I show you-
没有。你看-

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How much did you earn from Grab just now?
你刚才开私人车赚多少？

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Oh, I never do Grab. I went out to take photos instead at-
哦，我没去。我去拍照-

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Again!?
又去！？

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Why do you always have to take photos?
你为什么一直去拍照？

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Your photos can feed us is it?
拍照能吃饭吗？

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(baby cri)
（宝宝哭）

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You see
你看

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your photos can buy us milk powder and diapers is it?
你的照片可以买奶粉和尿布吗？

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Like any typical Singaporean
像一般的新加坡人

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I have to strike a balance between bread and love
我必须平衡饭碗和爱好

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And it hasn’t been easy
真的不容易

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Eh James, morning!
果酱，早安！

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Morning!
早！

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The boss looking for you ah
老板找你

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Ya
对

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Quite a while already ah
有一段时间了

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Sir, you looking for me?
老板，你找我？

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James, I think you know why I called you here…
果酱，我想你应该知道我找你是为了什么…

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I’m sorry
对不起

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（你的汽车租赁明天到期。请把钱汇过来，
否则我们会派人把车收回去）

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Eh, hello!
你好！

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Eh, hello!
你好！

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Ang Mo Kio Ave 1, right?
宏茂桥一巷，对吗？

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Ya
对

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Ok, just off work ah?
好，刚下班？

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Ya, what about you?
对，你呢？

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Driving full-time or part-time?
开全职还是兼职吗？

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No lah, part-time ah
没有，兼职而已

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But might need to convert to full-time soon
但是可能会转成全职

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See how it works ah
看着办吧

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Oh，why leh?
哦，为什么？

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Aiya, cos I just lost my job lah
哎呀，我刚失业

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If I drive full time, I can earn more money ah
开全职，我可以赚多一点

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And I just had a baby, you know
还有我刚有宝宝，你知道吗

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Oh, congrats!
恭喜你！

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Yeah, thanks, but I had to sell my passion also
谢谢，但我也得卖我的爱好

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Huh? Sell your passion?
什么？卖你的爱好？

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Yeah, my hobby ah
对，我的兴趣

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At least can last me for a month or so while I drive more hours to
make up for the difference you know
一个月左右够用吧，然后我驾多几个小时来补贴收入

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You sure you can’t find another solution?
你确定没有其他方法？

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What to do?
能做什么？

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You know right, Singapore expenses so high
新加坡生活开销那么大

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Oh
哦

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You know, my mentor once told me that there’s a solution for everything
我一个导师跟我说过，任何事都解决的办法

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Most people only look for the easy one because it’s in
front of them, but
多数人会选择最简单的出路，因为它就在你眼前

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might not always not the best one
但它不一定是最好的办法

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So the best one though might be the difficult
最好的办法或许会很困难

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time-consuming and painstaking one
耗时，又辛苦

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but it might actually give you the best results
但结果会是最棒的

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So, are you sure you’re willing to let bread kill your love?
你确定你愿意为了饭碗牺牲你的爱好？

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Ah boy arh, you don’t understand one, you don’t have
a family yet right?
小弟啊，你不明白的啦，你没有家人要养，对吗？

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You get to my age, you know already, really
到我年龄，你就知道，真的

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Is that me?
那是我？

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Sorry… I was just taking a picture and you just jog in…
对不起，我在拍拍照，你刚好跑进来…

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It looks nice. Can you send it to me?
很好看。可以传给我吗？

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What?
什么？

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Here’s my number
这是我的电话号码

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SMS me and I’ll SMS you my email address
传个简讯给我，我会把我的电子邮件地址发给你

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My name is Wendy. How about you?
我叫瘟疫。你呢？

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爱好或许能带给人微笑

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但微笑不能让你生存

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（十分钟后到，会给现金）

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但你一旦牺牲了爱好

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你永远不会再微笑

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I just got my private hire driving licence
我刚考到了私人租车驾照

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饭碗或许能让你生存

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但你会为那微笑而活

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让你的生命驱动你的爱好，不要让爱好驾驭你的生活

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You sure you remember how to drive or not?
你还记得怎么驾车吗？

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Can one
可以的

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Wah lao eh!!!
我的天啊！！！