pop star

I met a boy whose dream was to be an internationally famous artiste. Influenced by K pop, he maintained long wispy fringes. He stopped school to pursue a career in dance. He has the support of his parents. Lucky dude, he does not have to worry about earning a living. I come from a totally different background from him. I thought his dream was not realistic, I do not clamor for attention the way he does and I am no longer young like him. When he come to me for advice, I found myself unable to tell him how to become a super star. I had taken the conventional path, the study-hard-and-everything-else-will-fall-in-place path. The safe and sure path. All I can say was.. "Be humble. The moment you stop being humble, you stop learning."

Let's hope he succeed.

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

- Robert Frost