I had to thank this wonderful and pretty lady by the name of Lisan to bring my attention to my dormant blog. She sent me a message in Friendster to tell me that one of my old posts in my blog was in the limelight again. Lisan, by the way, is a big fan of Huang Yida. Yes, my old post 'Tribute to Yida' had made its way to his blog again (it was being mentioned in his blog sometime back), this time being translated to Chinese so that his fans from China and Taiwan can understand...how thoughtful! Hey Yida, thanks for putting my article on your blog and sharing it with your fans. It is fantastic, I really like the way it is translated...I find that the Chinese version has even more meaning and depth to it, much better than the one I wrote.
Frankly speaking, I'm not Yida's fan...I don't know him well and I don't know why I choose to write about him of all people, probably because he was the only home grown singer whom I've known briefly during his pre-fame days and so his success had a direct trigger and I really admired his hardworking spirit and determination.
Yida, I'm happy to see how you have grown during these years. Your talents, hardwork and dogged determination have paid off, the seeds sown are harvesting and I know you will continue to prosper. I've seen so many aspiring artises failed here, probably only 1% or less make it. You are truly blessed to be where you are today and to have so many people and fans supporting you and contributing to your success, so you must continue to give your best. With fame comes the responsibility and power, I pray that you will be blessed with more and that your talents can served to inspire, influence, give back and make a difference to others, to your fans, industry and community in a positive way. Hope to see you on our local media more often..God bless! :)
Tribute to Yida (對Yida 的稱頌)
Have you truly felt passionate about something that you think this is what you wish to dedicate your life to? I always admire people who have this kind of spirit and determination to pursue what they believe in and possess the 'ain’t any mountains higher' mindset. We all have heard of the good old theory that to achieve our dreams, we have to be proactive and establish certain traits but how many people actually do it? Perhaps 1 out of 10 will do it, but only 1 out of 100 will grit their teeth and stay through the end.
你有沒有對某件事充滿使命感，而決定了你以後的人生目標 ?我一直都欣賞有這種精神和決心追求目標的人，他們相信並且擁有 “沒有任何事不能做”的心態。我們都會參考以往的好方法，去追求我們的夢想，但實際上有多少人能積極去做呢??或者有十分之一，但是，亦可能只有百之一會咬實牙關，堅持到最後去完成它。
I was tuning in to 100.3FM on my way home yesterday when Lee Wei Song started talking during the commercial break. By the way, Lee Wei Song is the founder of the Lee Wei Song School of music, where Stephanie Sun was discovered and groomed into a superstar.
昨天在我回家的路上，從電台的節目中，聽到李偉菘的對談。(李偉菘是音樂李偉菘學校的創建者，Stefanie Sun就是在那裡被發崛，及之後成為superstar。)
Anyway, Lee Wei Song was dedicating a tribute to Huang Yida - the next up and coming homegrown singer. He was saying that Yida's road to become a singer had been an arduous one, and that he had been a student with the school when it first started 9 years ago. Throughout these 9 years, his dream of becoming a singer had never wavered and he was determined to do whatever it takes to get there. In fact, he dropped out of secondary school to take the path less taken to follow his passion in singing despite strong parental objections. He even came back to continue his training as an all rounded musician after serving his NS.
李偉菘在節目中稱讚Yida Huang - 他是下位在本地(新加坡)崛起的歌手。他說︰九年前，Yida 已經是這間學校的學生，在他成為歌手之前，他的路一直都很艱辛。而在這9 年的過程中，他想成為歌手的夢想，從未搖動過，而且他的決心相當堅定，並且誓要做到。事實上，從他在中學時代就選擇退學，而且不顧父母的反對，而踏上音樂之路，都可見他對音樂熱愛的程度。他甚而完成NS (我想是新加坡的兵役)後，回到音樂學校繼續他的音樂訓練課程。
As a teenager who embarked on this journey at the tender age of 15, he had to overcome all the odds against him and face all the uncertainties in the future when his peers had already achieved much more by society's standards. After 9 grueling years, at the age of 24, he finally realized his dream. As his mentor, Lee Wei Song was really happy that Yida finally made it after coming a long way.
在這個音樂成長旅程中，對於一個15歲的少年來說，他必須克服所有反對的聲音，以及面對不肯定的未來。9年的辛勞後, 在YiDA 24 歲的時候，終於實現了他的夢想。李偉菘作為Yida 的良師益友，他是多麼高興的，因為經過這麼長的時間，Yida最終都能完成他自己的夢想。
Although it is common that the road to stardom is not as glamorous as it seems and there are always lots of obstacles involved, I still want to salute him for his success.
縱使遇到不同的障礙，都是演藝界常見的路，但我仍然想要為義達的成功敬禮。
7 years ago, my girl friend and I were sitting outside Ngee Ann City while waiting to start work at Mandarin Hotel. Across us sat a group of guys who later came over to talk to us. Among them, Yida was one of them. Yup, Yida is his real name. At that time, this grunge and dreamy guy with long hair had already exuded a kind of X-factor in terms of personality & looks - a feeling that he was different and possessed the 'I-have-a-dream' kind of look. He left a deep impression on me because of what he said to us at that time. He mentioned he was learning music at this music school and that someday he will become a singer. My friend and I were quite taken aback by his words, but somehow we never really take it seriously because technically speaking, this is not politically correct at that time.
7 年前，我跟女朋友在上班前，坐在Ngee Ann City 的Mandarin Hotel外。有一班年青人，他們走過來跟我們談話。在他們之中, Yida 是他們的當中一個。無錯，Yida 是他的真名。那時，穿著當時青少年流行的服飾和作夢的傢伙，留著長長的頭髮已經流露出一副很有個性的樣子，你會覺得他是與別不同的及擁有一副 “我有夢想” 的樣子。我對他留下了一個深刻的印象，是因為那時他對我們說︰他在音樂學校學音樂，而且將來的某一天他會成為歌手，對於他所說的話，我們都不知如何是好，在當時的情況下，我們根本不會認真去相信他說的話。
That was my brief encounter with him, although my friend knew him a bit better back then. Well, I have to say that I was quite surprised to see his new album and hear his songs on radio. Those words that he said last time meant much to him and he was not just saying it for fun. Well Yida, if you ever see this, I wanna wish you all the best in your singing career and don't ever give up on your 'never say die' attitude. You can be a very good source of inspiration for others!
那是我與他相遇的情形。我必須說，當我看到他的發行的專輯和從電台聽到他的歌曲後，我都感到驚訝。因為他當天所說的並不是開玩笑。Yida，如果您看見這文章, 我祝願您歌唱事業發展順利，及永遠不要放棄你那種“永不言敗” 的態度。你能為成為別人的推動力.
Finding one's passion is like a needle in haystack. Yida are just one of the rare souls who have discovered 'it' from young and make it the one thing to pursue in life. Most people never really know what they wanna do until much later. Some are forever searching for it, some never found it, and some found it but never work on it, while some don't even know this thing call passion.
尋找一個人的使命，就如在草堆埋針一樣。Yida 是罕見的一個，因為他從年輕的時候，已經發現了 “它”，並且不斷去追求它。很多人到最後，都從未真正知道什麼是他們想要的。有一些人會一直去尋找, 一些一直都沒找到, 一些找到了卻從未完成它, 甚至不知道這就是使命。
As for me, I can't say I have found my passion but I'm working hard to find it. The only way is to do the things I'm interested in, or going through trial and error in certain things to find out if this is really what I want. I think if you have not find your passion, it is important to never stop the search for it even though you might think there is none, at least this will give your life a deeper sense of purpose. Then again, perhaps I'm a restless soul who is just not contending to sail through life. I've got one life to live and I wanna live it well. :)
至於我, 我無法說我找到了使命，但我會努力去尋找它。我樂於接受，透過不同的考驗及失敗，去尋找自己認為值得想要的事。我在想，假如您還沒發現您的使命或者以為自己沒有，絕對不要放棄尋找它，因為它會帶來你人生帶來一個很深遠的意義。或者我是個不斷求變的人，不願意平平凡凡地過生活。正所謂︰人生在世，希望活得精彩。
(This article is at Yida's Blog: http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/yi7da/article?mid=50372&prev=-1&next=47089#yartcmt)
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