最近，接二連三有幾位二十尾三十頭、有理想有魄力有骨氣有才情的女性辭職不幹，去旅遊、或是去做自己的事去。辭職原因各異，但肯定是她們公司的一個損失。
就是不安於一個地方，看不過扭曲的工作生態，不甘這樣安安穩穩勞勞碌碌。又原來，愛一個人跑到遠方流浪的，在香港彷彿都是女的比男多。
最近寫了一篇advertorial， 都是介紹百多萬的遊艇，香港暴熱，又屏風樓又狂建高樓，SOHO也不得倖免，但原來在海中心吹吹海風好鬼爽，我差點忘了香港是有山風的。既然寫的是百多萬的遊艇，但稿費連包影相只得可憐的幾舊…突然感受自己到了食物鏈最下陣似的，好想支持最低工資。
我不敢說自己寫得好，只是再次牽起那條刺，寫字的還有沒有尊嚴？然後朋友說，阿才子最紅的時候，稿費也只有400，所以要明白密食當三番的道理。
最後，親愛的說，如果你擁有的，不是你相信的，那就沒有意義了。
共勉之。 祝人生更精彩﹗
7 responses so far ↓
Wenruo // July 16, 2007 at 6:07 am
Maybe you have more female friends than male friends?
Or
Does our society look down on men who go travelling instead of making a living for the family?
Eugene // July 17, 2007 at 8:51 am
if I change it to “有理想有魄力有骨氣有才情的男性”, does it sound odd, or at least rare?
Most of my friends (not many, dare I say) who fall in this category have opted not to stay in/come back to HK. Those in HK (male), except the very few in the “elite” jobs (MC, I-Bank etc), are either moaning about their jobs and/or considering moving into finance. Sigh.
Going around? I wish so too. But to have that “extra-money”, you need to show that you can fulfill the basic economic necessity and at least have quite a bit of savings too, in order to prove to loved ones that you really can afford that “luxury” - not a particularly cheap/affordable one. But unless you work in the elitist industry it’d take forever to reach that state of financial liberty… and those are the selected few, hahaha
(just speaking out of jealousy?)
Wenruo // July 18, 2007 at 5:47 am
Well said, Eugene. I only managed to take 2 months off for travelling after 5 years of saving. I am extremely jealous of those who can work for 3 years, have a couple of million in the bank and then proceed to “walk the Earth”. If only……
doraralala // July 18, 2007 at 8:41 am
no way guys!!! Given the fact that most girls receive less pay than male counterparts, we don’t save as much to travel around as you think. We just have to act different from normal girls like shopping for cosmetics and clothes.
I agree that the norm goes against guys going traveling till the last penny.
As Eugene said, ‘you need to show that you can fulfill the basic economic necessity’. See, you should just go against the norms imposed on you! How many millions is considered to be basic?
It’s a circular argument itself, if you really would act and go away just like that, you simply won’t care for the norm and don’t have to define what’s basic need. And indeed, we are having too many things we don’t need.
Of course, to tell that to your loved one it’s another story. I do appreciate your dedication to her, how sweet!
A matter of choice, as always.
doraralala // July 18, 2007 at 8:45 am
And, it also has to do with social system. In germany (or australia mostly from my experience) guys travel as much as girls. They don’t have to care for their family, the govt does it for them. The girls are very proud of their independence and expectation of a guy is very different from HK girls. They look for knowledge and inspiration, not security.
And one final point, it is also a matter of age. I mean, don’t bother about travelling when u are still under 30. Come on, do that when u are more mature la.
Wenruo // July 20, 2007 at 6:04 am
I would have thought that a large proportion of travellers tend to take a year out to travel before they join University in Europe.
doraralala // July 25, 2007 at 6:35 am
no ah… many are going as gap year or after having the master degree. doesn’t matter la, either way is wonderful!
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