
Chinese: 
譯者: YUEN TING JENNY LAM
審譯者: Alan Watson
嗨
我今日要說
我為何會成為一個職業藝術家
我在中六讀完中學之後
我就去了美國大學讀經濟和藝術
我當時就會想
讀完之後都是跟很多亞洲學生一樣
當銀行職員、會計師
市場推廣等等的工作
但是因為其實
我從來沒有想過藝術是怎麼一回事
完全沒有想過
可是現在畢業已經兩年
我已是一個藝術家和插畫師
我在這兩年裏
舉辦了很多林林總總
在不同地方進行的展覽
又出現在很多的傳媒雜誌裏
很榮幸地今年可以成為

English: 
Translator: Alan Watson
Reviewer: Queenie Lee
Hello.
Today I'm going to talk about
the reasons why I've chose
to become a full-time artist.
After high school,
I was studying for a degree in economics
and arts at a university in the U.S.
While I was studying,
I thought I'd be the one
out of the Asian fellow students,
who would become a banker, an accountant,
or a marketer after graduating.
For arts, at that time I had no interest.
None at all, really.
It's been two years since I graduated.
What I am is an artist, an illustrator.
And in these two years, I've been
to a wide variety of exhibitions,
and attended the interviews hosted
by media for many times and places.
It's my honour, the first time this year,
I've been presented

Chinese: 
Hello
咁我今日就係嚟講
我點解會成為一個職業 Artist 嘅路啦
咁我喺中六讀完中學之後
我就去咗美國大學嗰度呢
就讀經濟同埋藝術
咁我當時就會諗
咁讀完之後都係
同好多亞洲學生出嚟咁樣
咪做下 Banker、Accountant 呀
Marketing 呀咁樣樣
咁但係因為其實
我從來冇諗過做藝術係咩一回事
完全無諗過
咁但係依家畢咗業兩年啦
我嘅身份係一個藝術家同埋一個插畫師
咁我喺呢兩年入面呢
就做咗好多林林總總唔同地方嘅展覽啦
又上過好多嘅傳媒雜誌啦
咁就好榮幸地今年呢就可以成為

Chinese: 
Translator: Alan Watson
Reviewer: Wink Wong
Hello
咁我今日就係嚟講
我點解會成為一個職業 Artist 嘅路啦
咁我喺中六讀完中學之後
我就去咗美國大學嗰度呢
就讀經濟同埋藝術
咁我當時就會諗
咁讀完之後都係
同好多亞洲學生出嚟咁樣
咪做下 Banker、Accountant 呀
Marketing 呀咁樣樣
咁但係因為其實
我從來冇諗過做藝術係咩一回事
完全無諗過
咁但係依家畢咗業兩年啦
我嘅身份係一個藝術家同埋一個插畫師
咁我喺呢兩年入面呢
就做咗好多林林總總唔同地方嘅展覽啦
又上過好多嘅傳媒雜誌啦
咁就好榮幸地今年呢就可以成為

Chinese: 
香港國際電影節 38 屆以來
最年輕的設計師
（掌聲）
你會問
為何你會走這條路呢?
父母很辛苦供你去讀書
你為何要去選擇這麼賺不了錢的路？
於是我問自己
其實我自己很喜歡畫畫的
但是我怎樣可以
把興趣成為一個職業呢？
這是因為...
正因為父母供我到外國讀書
我有機會到美國、日本、意大利
去看很多東西
我發現原來香港的主流是如此狹窄
外面其實有很多選擇
有些什麼選擇呢？
可以從…
可以從這些廁所的標示看到
這個是香港最常見的廁所標誌

Chinese: 
香港國際電影節歷嚟 38 屆以嚟
最年輕嘅設計師
（掌聲）
咁呢你就會問
點解你會行呢條路呢？
其實阿爸阿媽咁辛苦俾錢你去讀書
點解你要去揀條咁乞米嘅路呢？
咁我問自己
其實我自己好鍾意畫畫嘅
咁但係我，點樣可以成為一個職業呢？
咁我覺得淨係因為...
正正係因為阿爸阿媽
揼錢畀我去過外國讀書
我有機會去到美國、日本、意大利
去睇好多嘢
我發現原來香港嘅主流係如此狹窄
咁外面其實有好多 option
有啲咩 option 呢？
可以從...
Sorry
可以從依啲廁所嘅 sign 度睇到
呢邊呢係一個香港
最 typical 嘅廁所 sign 啦

English: 
as Key Art Design in the 38th
Hong Kong International Film Festival,
the youngest designer.
(Applause)
You may ask, why did I take this career?
Thinking about parents' hard-work,
sending us to study abroad,
why did you choose
such a different, often blocked road?
I also asked myself and I think
it's because drawing is my passion.
How can I turn my interest into a career?
I think it's because studying abroad
gives me the opportunity
to see the outside, to explore places
like the U.S., Japan, Italy.
And then I found the narrowness in vision
is overwhelming in the main trend of HK,
compared to so different
from that of other countries.
What kind of the options for the arts?
It can be found from ... Sorry.
Let's look at the difference
between the two signs of the toilets.
This one is the most common sign
for the toilet in Hong Kong,

Chinese: 
香港國際電影節歷嚟 38 屆以嚟
最年輕嘅設計師
（掌聲）
咁呢你就會問
點解你會行呢條路呢？
其實阿爸阿媽咁辛苦俾錢你去讀書
點解你要去揀條咁乞米嘅路呢？
咁我問自己
其實我自己好鍾意畫畫嘅
咁但係我，點樣可以成為一個職業呢？
咁我覺得淨係因為...
正正係因為阿爸阿媽
揼錢畀我去過外國讀書
我有機會去到美國、日本、意大利
去睇好多嘢
我發現原來香港嘅主流係如此狹窄
咁外面其實有好多 option
有啲咩 option 呢？
可以從...
Sorry
可以從依啲廁所嘅 sign 度睇到
呢邊呢係一個香港
最 typical 嘅廁所 sign 啦

English: 
it shows a man and a woman, right?
That one comes from my university.
'All Gender Restroom'.
What does it mean?
Apart from men and women in their world,
there are cross-dressings, transsexuals,
boys who want to be girls, vice versa,
also people who deny their gender.
When faced with the choice to pick up,
why should we put limits on our own
between only male and female?
Unfortunately, Hong Kong,
is such a place too black and white,
where we are so used to a particular
pattern, either definitely or utterly,
just like passion and career,
truly among and between.
When you guys were kids, you were sent
into an after-school study by the parents
to learn the violin performance,
swimming, and singing, etc.
If you get good scores in school,
and then you are the best of best, right?
Well, when you're in secondary schools,
facing the public exam - HKDSE,
you were told to drop off
all your extracurricular activities,
just focus on public examination,

Chinese: 
它分開男和女，是嗎？
這是我學校的廁所標誌
它寫著所有性別
所有性別是什麼?
原來在他們世界裏不只有男和女
還有易服癖的，還有變性的
有自己是男但覺得自己是女
有不想說自己是男或女的人
當這個世界其實有很多選擇的時候
為何我們就限制自己
在男和女這個概念裏？
但是很不幸地
香港社會
我們往往就是把東西分得
很清楚、很絕對
就好像興趣和職業一樣
像你們小時候父母叫你們去
學小提琴、游泳、唱歌那樣
學得好就是最棒、最精英，是嗎？
但是到中五，要應考 DSE
家長就會說
你快些停止學習那些所謂的興趣

Chinese: 
佢有分好男同埋女啦，係咪？
咁呢邊係我學校嘅廁所 sign
佢寫住 All gender
All gender 姐係咩呀？
原來係佢哋嘅世界入面呢
唔只有男同埋女架
仲有易服癖架啦，仲有變性架啦
同埋覺得自己係男覺得自己係女架啦
同埋唔想講自己係男定係女嘅人嘅喎
咁當呢個世界
其實有咁多 option 嘅時候
點解我地就卡死自己係男同女入面呢？
但係好不幸地呢
香港嘅…姐係係個咁嘅社會入面呢
我哋往往就係將啲嘢分得好清、好絕對
就好似興趣同埋職業咁樣樣
姐係就好似你哋細個就會...…
阿爸阿媽就叫你地去
去學小提琴呀、游水呀、唱歌咁樣樣
咁學得好就係最叻
最精英個個啦，係咪？
咁但係去到中五啦，DSE 啦
咁佢就會話
你快啲 drop 曬嗰啲嗰啲
所謂嘅興趣佢啦

Chinese: 
佢有分好男同埋女啦，係咪？
咁呢邊係我學校嘅廁所 sign
佢寫住 All gender
All gender 姐係咩呀？
原來係佢哋嘅世界入面呢
唔只有男同埋女架
仲有易服癖架啦，仲有變性架啦
同埋覺得自己係男覺得自己係女架啦
同埋唔想講自己係男定係女嘅人嘅喎
咁當呢個世界
其實有咁多 option 嘅時候
點解我地就卡死自己係男同女入面呢？
但係好不幸地呢
香港嘅…姐係係個咁嘅社會入面呢
我哋往往就係將啲嘢分得好清、好絕對
就好似興趣同埋職業咁樣樣
姐係就好似你哋細個就會...…
阿爸阿媽就叫你地去
去學小提琴呀、游水呀、唱歌咁樣樣
咁學得好就係最叻
最精英個個啦，係咪？
咁但係去到中五啦，DSE 啦
咁佢就會話
你快啲 drop 曬嗰啲嗰啲
所謂嘅興趣佢啦

English: 
it's the only thing to be worth doing,
urgent and important.
But what's really the real business?
We all know the saying:
Don't judge a book by its cover.
What colour?
The top three careers were chosen
by the full-A students in Hong Kong,
are in law firms, medical school,
and finance service.
Well, I want to share a story of an alumna
who was studying in my high school.
She excelled at physics,
so much so,
that she went to CUHK for further study
with full-A scores in HKDSE.
But the housewives, her family friends,
said sarcastically, 'She loses her mind.
What a waste of hard science'!
But she just focused on studying,
taking no notice of the gossiper,
and now she's a PhD candidate
in Physics at UChicago.
She said she will concentrate solely on
research to win the Nobel Prize someday,
and then back to HK, she wants to be
the Director of Hong Kong Observatory,
which I'm so excited to see
if it turns out to be true.
So does the main culture really matter?
I don't really mean ...

Chinese: 
做好最正經嘅嘢先至係最重要嘅
咁最正經嘅嘢係咩嘢呢？
咁學啲人話，行行出狀元啦，係咪？
咁但係，個幾行
其實香港狀元真係會去揀嘅行得三行
就係...就係讀 Law 啦，讀 Medi 啦
同埋讀 Finance 啦，係咪？
咁但係，姐係我想講嘅就係
我中學呢就有個師姐
佢讀 Physics 好叻嘅
佢就中學會考拔尖入咗
中大嘅物理系度讀
咁個個啲師奶 friend 都話
「咁蠢架，咁樣嘥哂個機會」
咁，但係佢唔理喎，佢就讀得好好
佢依家入咗去芝加哥大學
讀物理嘅博士生
佢同我講話，佢要一直研究落去！
直到佢攞到諾貝爾獎
跟住之後返嚟做天文台台長
咁我係超級拭目以待嘅
咁所以，主流係重要咩？
咁我又唔係講緊主流係...

Chinese: 
做實事才是最重要
那麼實事是什麼東西呢？
人們說，每一個職業
都會有狀元，是嗎？
可是香港只有某幾種職業
受公開試的狀元垂青
就是法律、醫科和金融，是嗎？
但我想說的是
我中學有位學姐
她的物理成績很出色
她在中學會考時拔尖進入了
中大的物理系
家庭主婦都說
「很傻，豈不是浪費了？」
但是學姐她沒有理睬別人
她就是讀得很好
她現在是芝加哥大學的物理博士生
她跟我說，她要一直研究下去
直到她拿到諾貝爾獎
然後她就會回來當天文台台長
那我是超級拭目以待的
所以主流重要麼？

Chinese: 
做好最正經嘅嘢先至係最重要嘅
咁最正經嘅嘢係咩嘢呢？
咁學啲人話，行行出狀元啦，係咪？
咁但係，個幾行
其實香港狀元真係會去揀嘅行得三行
就係...就係讀 Law 啦，讀 Medi 啦
同埋讀 Finance 啦，係咪？
咁但係，姐係我想講嘅就係
我中學呢就有個師姐
佢讀 Physics 好叻嘅
佢就中學會考拔尖入咗
中大嘅物理系度讀
咁個個啲師奶 friend 都話
「咁蠢架，咁樣嘥哂個機會」
咁，但係佢唔理喎，佢就讀得好好
佢依家入咗去芝加哥大學
讀物理嘅博士生
佢同我講話，佢要一直研究落去！
直到佢攞到諾貝爾獎
跟住之後返嚟做天文台台長
咁我係超級拭目以待嘅
咁所以，主流係重要咩？
咁我又唔係講緊主流係...

Chinese: 
我又唔係講緊主流係...係唔好喎
咁我有個好叻嘅家姐
咁佢就係攞獎學金
去美國讀大學，MBA
依家就去左投行到做
咁係無問題架喎，因為...
佢知道佢嘅長處係計數同埋分析嘅時候
佢都係為緊佢自己想做嘅嘢而努力
咁我所以覺得最重要嘅問題呢就係
你有冇去真係去睇清
自己嘅長處係咩嘢嘢
咁當你發現你嘅長處
唔係係主流嗰個範圍入面嘅時候
你可以為你想做嘅嘢去到幾盡呢？
咁，我要做一個藝術家
係學校無教過我點樣做架喎
點樣生存呢？ 我唔知喎
冇 mentor，無路牌，乜都冇
個海咁大，點游去對面？ 我唔知
咁，唔知點算呀，自己嚟囉
咁我就自己去識，主動去識啲前輩呀
自己去印咭片呀，自己去搵展覽場地

Chinese: 
我不是說主流是不好
我有一個很了不起的姐姐
她就是拿獎學金
到美國讀大學，MBA
現在在投行上班
這是沒有問題的，因為
當她知道她的長處是計數和分析的時候
她都是為她自己想做的東西而努力
所以我覺得最重要的問題就是
你有沒有去看清自己的長處
當你發現你的長處
不是主流的東西的時候
你可以為你想做的東西付出多大？
我要當一個藝術家
學校從沒有教過我如何成藝術家
我可以如何生存？ 我不知道
沒有人引導我，沒有方向，什麼都沒有
在汪洋大海上如何游泳到對面岸？
我不知道
不知怎麼辦的時候，惟有靠自己
我就自己去主動認識一些前輩
自己做名片，自己找展覽場地

English: 
What I'm not trying to say
is the main trend is wrong.
One of my friends, she was so brilliant,
a winner of scholarship,
went to the US opting for an MBA.
She now works at an investment bank.
There's no issue.
As long as knowing what she's capable of
is data collection and analysis
to make this work,
she's been trying to shape her goals.
So, I think the key question of course
is if you ever really thought about
what's your strength.
And then when you found it does not
belong to the main trends,
do you truly know how much you want it
or how hard you try?
How to be an artist is kind of the things
did not and will not learn in school.
How to survive? I have no ideas.
No mentor, no beacon, nothing at all.
I don't know - life is like an ocean,
how can I reach the other shore?
The journey of a thousand miles
starts with a single step.
So I have to strike out on my own:
engaging with the senior figures,
sending business cards,
exhibiting at my own expense,

Chinese: 
我又唔係講緊主流係...係唔好喎
咁我有個好叻嘅家姐
咁佢就係攞獎學金
去美國讀大學，MBA
依家就去左投行到做
咁係無問題架喎，因為...
佢知道佢嘅長處係計數同埋分析嘅時候
佢都係為緊佢自己想做嘅嘢而努力
咁我所以覺得最重要嘅問題呢就係
你有冇去真係去睇清
自己嘅長處係咩嘢嘢
咁當你發現你嘅長處
唔係係主流嗰個範圍入面嘅時候
你可以為你想做嘅嘢去到幾盡呢？
咁，我要做一個藝術家
係學校無教過我點樣做架喎
點樣生存呢？ 我唔知喎
冇 mentor，無路牌，乜都冇
個海咁大，點游去對面？ 我唔知
咁，唔知點算呀，自己嚟囉
咁我就自己去識，主動去識啲前輩呀
自己去印咭片呀，自己去搵展覽場地

Chinese: 
自己 print 咗一大堆
去 e-print print 咗一大堆 poster
跟住，由上環行到去灣仔
逐間逐間逐間畫廊同佢講
「唔該你黎睇我啲畫呀」咁樣
其實係一件好面懵嘅事嚟嘅
咁但係當...姐其實
同埋你要做自己嘢呢
你嘅付出同埋你嘅收穫永遠
都係唔成正比嘅
咁但係，當你有收穫嘅時候
你知道係你用你嘅汗水去換返嚟呢
係會好開心
係一件最開心嘅事嚟
咁最後啦
咁我就想講嘅就係
要行自己嘅路
當你真係決定咗要行自己嘅路嘅時候
你最重要嘅就係你嘅決心囉
我知好娘，但係真係嘅
姐係當你去行嘅時候呢
就會有好多人同你講
不如你做呢樣啦，不如你做嗰樣啦
不如你都係放棄啦
不如你去嗰度啦，咁樣

Chinese: 
自己到 e-print 打印了一大堆海報
然後由上環走到灣仔
逐間逐間畫廊跟老闆說
「請你來看看我的畫作」
其實是一件很掉臉的事
雖然你的付出和你的收穫
永遠都不是正比
但當你有收穫的時候
你知道是你是用汗水換來的
這是很開心的
是一件最開心的事
最後
我想說的就是
要走自己的路
當你真的決定要走自己的路的時候
最重要的是自己的決心
我知道這句話老生常談，但真的是
當你去做的時候
會有很多人跟你說
不如你這樣吧，不如你那樣吧
不如你還是放棄吧
不如你走那個方向吧

English: 
even e-printing a piles of posters.
From Sheung Wan to Wan Chai,
so much so that I walked into
every gallery in my way,
asked them would you mind taking
just a glimpse of my pieces.
That's an awkwardly embarrassment.
Well, it's really ...
We have to work so hard
with the goals we do,
knowing we're the breadwinner,
trying to make ends meet.
But when we slightly had the achievement,
you know, it rewards people
who get things done.
It's a pleasure and joy,
the best moment of the day.
Finally,
what I want to say is
try to go your own way.
When you are decided to go your own way,
nothing but your perseverance
is the cardinal virtue.
It may sound wordy,
but the old cliche is often true.
As you are marching forwards
for your goals,
people may whisper something like,
'You should try this way or that one,
otherwise, just quit it
or out of the business'.

Chinese: 
自己 print 咗一大堆
去 e-print print 咗一大堆 poster
跟住，由上環行到去灣仔
逐間逐間逐間畫廊同佢講
「唔該你黎睇我啲畫呀」咁樣
其實係一件好面懵嘅事嚟嘅
咁但係當...姐其實
同埋你要做自己嘢呢
你嘅付出同埋你嘅收穫永遠
都係唔成正比嘅
咁但係，當你有收穫嘅時候
你知道係你用你嘅汗水去換返嚟呢
係會好開心
係一件最開心嘅事嚟
咁最後啦
咁我就想講嘅就係
要行自己嘅路
當你真係決定咗要行自己嘅路嘅時候
你最重要嘅就係你嘅決心囉
我知好娘，但係真係嘅
姐係當你去行嘅時候呢
就會有好多人同你講
不如你做呢樣啦，不如你做嗰樣啦
不如你都係放棄啦
不如你去嗰度啦，咁樣

Chinese: 
咁其實佢哋要講呢啲意見出嚟呢
佢只係需要嗰五秒鐘㗎咋
佢完全係唔需要為自己講嘢嘅意見
或者所有嘅提議呢付出任何責任㗎
真係要承擔後果嗰個係你自己
所以當我去到最迷茫
我去到最…唔知…
死啦有啲路可能行歪咗呀
我自己好 panic 呀咁樣嘅時候
咁我就會問返
我哋依家都興講「毋忘初衷」啦係咪
咁我嘅初衷係咩嘢嘢呢？
我開頭，我最想追嘅係咩嘢呢？
咁我覺得只要係有一個決心去堅持落去
就一定會搵到屬於自己精彩嘅人生
我嘅分享去到呢到，多謝
（掌聲）

Chinese: 
咁其實佢哋要講呢啲意見出嚟呢
佢只係需要嗰五秒鐘㗎咋
佢完全係唔需要為自己講嘢嘅意見
或者所有嘅提議呢付出任何責任㗎
真係要承擔後果嗰個係你自己
所以當我去到最迷茫
我去到最…唔知…
死啦有啲路可能行歪咗呀
我自己好 panic 呀咁樣嘅時候
咁我就會問返
我哋依家都興講「毋忘初衷」啦係咪
咁我嘅初衷係咩嘢嘢呢？
我開頭，我最想追嘅係咩嘢呢？
咁我覺得只要係有一個決心去堅持落去
就一定會搵到屬於自己精彩嘅人生
我嘅分享去到呢到，多謝
（掌聲）

Chinese: 
其實他們提出這些意見
只需要花他們五秒鐘的時間
而他們完全不用為自己的意見
或提議付上任何責任
真正要承擔後果的是你自己
所以當我最迷茫
我遍離原本的路的時候
我很害怕的時候
我就會問自己
我們現在流行說「毋忘初衷」
那我的初衷是什麼東西呢？
我一開始最想追隨的是什麼東西？
我覺得只要有決心就可以堅持
就一定會找到屬於自己精彩的人生
我的分享去此為止，謝謝
（掌聲）

English: 
It literally took only five seconds
to comment something like that,
they are not liable for what they said,
their words and deeds.
Only you and you alone
take responsibility for yourself.
So bogging in the darkest moment,
disoriented and vulnerable,
going in the wrong direction,
losing my way,
I'm a little bit panic.
At that time, I ask myself
the same question -
like never forget where you come from -
so what's my mission?
What is my passion for in the beginning?
If you take home one message today:
Just keep being yourself,
leave your footprints
on the path of your splendid life.
Thank you for your coming.
(Applause)
