恐懼的背後，有著你想成為的人。

我人生有一句座右銘 – 「恐懼的背後，有著你想成為的人。」
My motto is "Behind every fear is a person you want to be."

當年在香港公開考試慘敗，我被標籤為「不是讀書的材料」，這個糟糕的回憶深深打擊了我，讓我對學業產生了恐懼之餘，我也用了成績去定義了自己的能力。
After the failure of HKCEE, I have been given a label as " not a good student material." Such a setback eats away at my sense of self-worth. This horrible memory made me frightened of the academy. I also defined my abilities by the result.

成績雖差，但英文科卻永遠合格。工作多年仍保持舊習慣 - 把英文電影看完一遍又一遍，第一次是想欣賞劇情，第二次是想學習句型，第三第四次是想模仿口音。
Although the grade was terrible, the English subject always passed. After working for many years, I'm still keeping the old habits- watching English movies over and over again. First, I love to enjoy the plot. Second, learning the sentence patterns. Third, imitating the accent as much as you can.

學習語言的熱情還有，無非是因為喜歡與人溝通。Nelson Mandela曾說 “ If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
8年過去，適逢身處迷茫的26歲，我因找不到人生方向及投考空服員5次失敗已陷入人生低潮，所以想藉此離開香港，除了想拿回一個副學士學位，也想把自己中等程度的英語練得更好。秘謀3年，28歲我隻身到波士頓去讀書了。
The only reason that I passionate about learning a language is I love communicating with people. Nelson Mandela once said, "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."
Time flies. When I was 26, I couldn't find my life direction and failed 5 times for the flight attendant interview. I was so upset. At that moment, leaving HK became a good decision to get back an associate degree and improve my immediate English. Therefore, after 3 years, I went to Boston to study.

在香港我不太害怕與外國人溝通，但來到一個陌生國度我生怕別人笑我英語差，聽不明白那些尷尬的表情，我居然一反常態不敢說話。就這樣一個月，交不到朋友，沒有用英語交流，我心急如焚想要找點方法，無意間發現AmazingTalker這網站，考慮3天當上Rob的學生。
I wasn't afraid to talk with foreigners in HK. But I didn't dare to talk with anyone in Boston. I was thinking they may mock at me or feeling embarrassing because of my poor English. I couldn't make any friends and speak in English for a month. I was so anxious that I wanted to find the way. Accidentally, I discovered AmazingTalker on the internet and being Rob's student after 3 days.

很感謝Rob給了我很多口說的機會，雖然我還是有很多錯誤，但漸漸消除了對自己的猶豫。在剛過去的第一個學期，心理學我拿下A-的高分，教授跟我說面對英文不是母語時，我卻在課堂上積極參與去回答教授的提問，在「課堂參與」一項給予了很高的評價。
Thank you so much Rob for giving me so many chances to speak in English! Although I still make some mistakes, he booted up my confidence and I stopped doubting myself. The first semester just passed. I got a high score A- in psychology. Professor complimented me that I actively participated in the class and answered her question as English is my second language.

28歲這個年紀該是去穩定或是結婚生小孩，但我卻選擇拋下所有去面對恐懼，因為我仍然單純地想成為可以說流利英語的人，我仍然希望給自己一個交待，不再去標籤自己是一無是處。我有信心未來的自己，會很感謝現在的自己。
At the age of 28, I supposed to be stabilized of everything or get married and have a child. But I chose to face my fear. I still have the heart to improve my English and not label myself as a useless person. I have faith that I will thank my braveness in the future.


同路人們，不管你學哪種語言，還沒學好，或是想學一直沒有學，或許是因為無你對成功的渴望還不夠。
No matter which language you're learning, or you didn't learn well. Perhaps your desire for success is not enough.

Be a person who has a thirsty heart.