After reading the news
which appears on the front page of today’s newspaper, I had an urge to
write. It has been a long time since I
have had such a feeling.
The news is about a tycoon’s second marriage. Terry Gou, the President of Hon Hai Industry Company and the richest man in Taiwan, is going to marry a dancer. A girl whom you never can put together with this tycoon will become his wife. The mass media has been very interested in Terry since he lost his wife to cancer, there are numerous reports about him dating the celebrities such as the hottest actresses and models. To everyone’s surprise, now the woman he has decided to marry is a dance teacher whose name no one has ever heard until now.
What interests me most is that Terry is such a successful entrepreneur whose wealth could turn the island up-side-down, and now he found what interests him most is a dance teacher. This all started at a party he held for his company last winter. It was such a big news when he demonstrated a few steps of Tango with the most famous model in Asia at the party. The rumor spread out quickly that the Model danced with him because she wanted to marry him for his wealth. Now the secret has been revealed that even a super model has lost to a dance teacher who happened to teach the Tycoon and the Model how to tango. When the public focused on ‘why is it the dance teacher?’, I am thinking about ‘why is it the dance?’
Terry has too many things
that Shyi-Dong and I can never compare with.
His success makes people treat him like a god but not a human
being. However, the picture of his
performing the tango with the super Model last year caught my eyes and I even
felt quite proud of Shyi-Dong and myself because we could do a much better
job.
It has been 11 years since Shyi-Dong and I started taking dance lessons. Eleven years is a long time for anyone to maintain an interest in something which is very challenging and expensive. I am glad that we haven’t quit even though there were many times when I felt that we were finished when Shyi-Dong and I had disagreements over the dance issue.
I think I should be extremely thankful for everything I have in my life, a wonderful husband, two wonderful sons and a wonderful school. There are times when people are curious and ask how I have made it. I couldn’t explain the reasons but I know I am always dedicated to everything I do and I am determined to do it well. In the real life, I have to compete with all the other schools to keep mine on the cutting edge. Needless to say, the pressure is overwhelming and scary but I am glad that I found a way to balance it. I found that I could sneak into my fantasy world of dance from time to time and I have such a wonderful husband to dance with. It was my dream to be the most attractive couple on the dance floor when we both were young and looked good.
Now I know that the dream is getting farther away. Can we still look good like young couples? The answer is no, but I think the impact we can have on the society will be much bigger than before. It’s just like Terry probably will never become a good dancer even though he marries a dance teacher. However, he told the world he married a dance teacher because he fell in love with her when he saw her dance.
I am very grateful that I am going to set a record in Taiwan history by establishing a super school in
Science Park and I am grateful that Shyi-Dong is
moving up on his career ladder and one day he will become as famous as the
Tycoon in the field of academics.
Dancing is the fire in my life and it keeps us moving up in our careers. I am very thankful for marrying a very
intelligent and outstanding scientist who tries his best to dance with me.
~風情萬種的狐步~
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