星期天的新加坡，依然沒有從她的華麗脫去繁忙的面紗。下午從家裡出發到烏節路的健身房去健身。晚上很開心和一個朋友吃晚餐。我們互通簡訊一番後，就決定到Sushi Tei 去享用晚餐。從313坐地鐵，不到十分鐘的路程，就到達Raffles City Shopping Mall。 我匆匆忙忙的趕著去會這個朋友一起吃晚餐（基本上有點遲到了）。點了4樣小菜之後，我們就邊吃邊聊。吃完之後，我們就到附近的星巴克去點了兩杯咖啡坐著聊天。這個朋友年紀稍微比我大幾年，可是年紀輕輕已經選擇退休了。
在很多的場合，特別是和朋友一起吃飯聊天的時候，通常我話題比較多。這次反而是我比較少話題，而我的朋友就和我聊了很多。朋友提醒我投資要趁早，也教我許多投資的概念。這一頓晚餐，我想那個價值不只在於壽司的價錢，至少超過那個價錢。在這次的交談，我學習了好多東西，包括基本投資的觀念，錢財的運作，還有學習的態度。和他的交談，他讓我想起我第一份工作。我第一份工作，是在一家顧問公司上班。這份工作的壓力，讓我只能在那裡待了大概一年就離開了。間中記得其中一位上司對我說過一句話。那個時候，初出茅廬因為很多東西都靠自己。小小的設計，往往我都是從基本的計算開始學習，間中就面對很多的問題。我這個上司很多時候就會給我很多的指點，讓我不用從最基本的東西學起，就能明白一些設計的原理。在我離開前，他留了我一句話給我：許多前輩花了一輩子的時間，學習設計，接著成為經驗。我們應該從他們身上學習這些經驗而不是自己自我摸索。就好比一個人走了四十年道路，我們這些年輕一輩的，不應該從四十年前的起初從頭開始走起。我們應該接著他們的道路，繼續走下去。一個國家可以進步，就是因為我們把前人的經驗繼續的累計下去，讓我們能夠繼續的建立這個國家。
見到這個朋友的時候，和他聊了大概三個小時多的時間，學了好多東西。他的經驗或許可以成為我學習的，對於不對，我不知道。至少這是他的人生經驗。多少我想他的經驗是我可以攝取或是學習的對象。或許提早退休的夢未免太大，不夠實際，但是我們一天不願意提起我們的第一步和虛心的接受別人的引導，這個夢永遠還是夢。
Sunday afternoon, I did my gym at orchard, the heading toward to Raffles City Shopping Mall to have my dinner with a friend at Sushi Tei. We ordered 4 dishes and have a nice gathering during the dinner. After dinner, we went to starbuck to have a cup of coffee. This friend is few years older than me but he already retired.
Normally, I am the one talk a lot during the gathering but this time, my friend he took the role. He shared a lot of things with me especially things regarding the investment, financial and learning attitude. Our conversation made me thought of my first job. When I was in my first job, I worked in a consultants company. I stayed there for a year and left because of the stress. I still remember that time I was just fresh graduated from the university and a lot of thing I have to learn from the scratch. My ex-boss always taught me a lot of design skill. Before I left the company, this boss shares a phrase with me. We had spent a lot of time to learn all the design skill, and it is our experience, now we shared it with you. You should take it as experience and proceed from there. It just like when people pass by every for 40 years. You should start everything all over again but proceed from where we stopped. By this, a country can be developed. I always remember this wherever I go. I always told myself to be humble to learn all news things from the senior or people who had more experience. By doing this, it may help us to short cut the learning process by reducing the failure and move our step even faster.
I chatted with this friend for about 3 hour, and learned a lot of things from him. His experience may be guidance to me to proceed. Whether all the experience workable on me or not, I am not sure but at least I know and I should consider to try it. It may be too ambitious to retire in the youngest age but it is not too late dream about it. The dream may come true only when we willing to move our first step and willing to listen to the guidance.
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