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Terrible experience of my first job
In Hong Kong, it is very competitive among young people to get promoted or get a chance to get in good company. Therefore, it has been very hard for young woman to survive or get recognised by their colleague due to office politics and fast paced environment.
When I graduated, my first job was in Citibank, I worked in financial department as a sales girl. We had to sell our loan package to some big companies. Because there are a lot of other banks also providing the same service, we had to convince the person in charge of the company to get the loan from us instead of other banks.
Because it was a job with huge amount of commission ,(it was based on the loan amount the company take, we make 1.5% of the total loan amount for a team, so if we convince the company to take a loan for 1 billions HKD, the commission of my team will be 150 millions) therefore I witnessed some member of my team and other team worked very hard and also use some "trick" to get the client.
Back then, my job for the team was to explain to the client our loan package, and we had to serve our customer, especially in drinking alcohol. Due to the fact that I can drink lots of alcohol (compare to my other colleague) without getting drunk. I got my first client for our team in 2nd month.
I remember it clearly, it was a 50 millions deal, my team got paid 750 thousand, and my part was 50 thousand HKD. The commission was paid quarterly for 4 times. And I got my first 12.5 thousand. I wasn't happy, because I got the client for being able to drink, not because I am professional in that field.
Because of that, my manager started to have me to do the drinking. And the terrible things was they even mixed the different alcohol (it would make you easier to get drunk) to have fun among themselves. I barely survive at one time. And I was about to resign because I hated it.
However, my manager told me that if I had resign, I wouldn't have been able to get the remaining commission (37.5 thousand HKD) because it was paid quarterly. However, I knew that I didn't like the job because I learned nothing here even though I could make money.
My second job is being a copywriter in an advertisement company. I was selected because of my English level was higher than other candidate who came for the same interview. It is hard and there are lots of things to do. However, I have stayed in that company until today. Because I make money because of my skill, not because of I can drink.
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How do I feel about different Chinese accent?
Hi, My name is Mia and I am learning Chinese now, although I can write good English but I am still looking for some improvement, especially in writing.
Similar to English, there are different Chinese speakers from the world and I have interacted with some of them. Today, I am going to share with you, how do I feel about different Chinese accents?
1.) Hong Konger's accent: I believe when most Hong Kongers speak Mandarin, the way we speak it sound really like Cantonese. It is very easy to recognise our accent as the way we speak Mandarin is highly influenced by our mother tongue, which is Cantonese in this case.
2.) Taiwanese's accent: Taiwanese accent is my favourite accent. It is a very pleasant accent to listen to. Taiwanese girl has a cute accent and Taiwanese guy has friendly accent. It sounds very formal compare to HK's accent.
3.) Northern Chinese accent: Northern Chinese accent is kind of interesting accent. Sometimes I feel like they are having tongue twister when they talk, it is something that I can never be able to learn from. Northern Chinese accent is a kind of passionate accent that you can feel it when you hear it. They speak Chinese loud and clear.
4.) Southern Chinese accent: I think Southern Chinese accent is soft compare to Northern Chinese accent. And they don't talk in tongue twister style. Personally, I can understand Southern Chinese accent better, maybe it is because that we have seen a lot of tourists from Guangdong province and we are somehow get used to their accent.
5.) Singaporean Chinese accent: I was in Singapore for 1 year as an exchange student in 2013. People there speak Chinese(Mandarin) too. However, they speak Chinese with some mixed accent with English and Hokkien. If they don't know how to use the word in Chinese, they put in some English words instead. So when you hear their speech, sometimes you can hear it is a combination of Chinese(Mandarin) + English + Chinese(Hokkien). It somehow reminds me the way we speak Cantonese. We use English words sometimes compare to people from Guangzhou, who rarely use English word when they speak Cantonese.
6.) Malaysian Chinese accent: When I was in Singapore as exchange student, I had some Malaysian friends as well. Even though Singapore and Malaysia are very close to each other, they speak Mandarin with different accent. They don't put in English in their Mandarin. However they use some "malay" word or local slangs in their sentence. Even though it sounds informal to me.
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Fake news about what is happening in Hong Kong and freedom of internet.
I believe a lot of you know that Hong Kong isn't peaceful for past 6 months.
I believe from the news, all you can see are some violent actions such as burning vehicle, blocking MRT, protesting against authority, students are trying attack police and people have been brainwashed to demand for independence of Hong Kong.
What if I tell you, all of those things that you have seen from TV, aren't what was really happening in Hong Kong. What if I tell you, those scenes have been misinterpreted by the news reporter and journalist. What if I tell you that, most students are innocent and they weren't trying to attack police, they are just trying to defend themselves from the violent forces from police.
One picture, one short video, you can tell different stories based on the same picture and same video. You can tell the story that you want others to know and you can tell the true story that what is really happening.
Of course, with the power of internet, you can listen to different point of views. You can also listen to different side of argument. You can also see the different story reported by different media. This is the freedom of accessing internet.
If you asked me about "What media reports fake news?" "Could you name a few news channel that aren't trustworthy?"
I believe it is hard to tell. For those news channels that report truth news most of the time, might report fake news sometimes. For those new channels that report fake news about Hong Kong most of the time, will report truth news sometimes.
The only people who knows the truth about what have been happening in Hong Kong, are Hong Kong people. Those people who were born here, who have been living here since we were born, who want Hong Kong to be a better place for our next generation.
Thanks for the freedom of internet, a lot of media companies from western countries have reported the truth story. Our message have been delivered to those who can do something for us. Our message have been heard, a law just passed in U.S., to protect those Hong Kongers who love their home town, who always fight for their home town, just like me.
Without internet, media can be controlled by government entirely. Nobody could hear our view, nobody could hear our message.
If you have nothing to hire, please stop censoring the internet. Accept different point of view, be brave to challenge them to prove yourselves.
P.S. I believe I am good at English but I still welcome anyone to correct and improve my writing.
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