Wu Xinying "loved to drink John Walker when I was a child": But I ......
Beginning. When I was a child, my favorite drink was winter melon tea. Every time I came home from school, I would run to the stall on the corner of the street and buy a cup of cold winter melon tea for one dollar, and drink it in one go, feeling refreshed. At that time, I didn't know what John was to walk, and I didn't know what love meant to win. All I know is that I have to study hard, get into a good university, get a good job, and make my parents proud.
Body. When I grew up, I left my hometown and came to Taipei. I joined a foreign-funded company and became a white-collar worker. I started to get in touch with a lot of different people and things, and I started to learn a lot about different cultures and values. I found out that there was a liquor in the world called John Walk, which was a high-end whiskey that many people used as a status symbol. I also found that Taiwanese people have a spirit called "hard work to win", which is an attitude of not admitting defeat, and many people regard it as a law of success.
I started to pursue these things, I started drinking John walking, I started loving to win. I think that in this way, I can prove myself, win the respect of others, get more opportunities, and achieve higher goals. I forgot that I came from **, I forgot that I was going to **, I forgot my original dream, I forgot my truest feelings.
End. Until one day, I watched the political opinion presentation of the deputy ** candidate on TV, and I heard Wu Xinying's speech. She said that when she was a child, everyone loved to drink John walking, because we Taiwanese people love to say that John walks and walks forward, and love will win. That's because, she said, Asia was the leader of the Tigers, and we're still lagging behind many countries. She said that she wants to lead Taiwan to rise again and re-enter the world.
I listened, I cried. I cried, not because of how touching her words were, but because of how ridiculous her words were. She doesn't know what she's talking about, she doesn't know the hearts of Taiwanese people at all, and she doesn't deserve to represent the voice of Taiwanese people at all. She is just a princess living in an ivory tower, a puppet blinded by money and power, a puppet whose soul has been manipulated by politics and profit.
I cried, also because I saw my own shadow. I found that I, like her, was a lost person. Like her, I am a person who has forgotten my original intention. I'm just like her, the one who was won by John's walking and love. I, like her, am someone who is ridiculed by netizens.
I cried, or because I remembered the winter melon tea when I was a child. I remembered the simple and innocent happiness, the simple and sincere touch, the light and sweet taste, the cold and cold feeling. I remembered what kind of person I used to be, what kind of dream I once had, and what kind of person I once loved.
I cried, and in the end it was because I decided to change. I decided, no more drinking John walking, no more love to win. I decided that I would no longer pursue false glory and lose my true self. I decided not to listen to other people's words anymore, and I no longer went with the flow. I decided to rediscover my direction, retrace my dreams, and rediscover my love.
I decided to drink winter melon tea again.