[Shout Out to the World: Daesung] ONE - Expected to be a pastor, but aspired to be a singer
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Stand me at the path leading to my ambitions
Chapter 1: Expected to be a pastor, but aspired to be a singer
My dad always mentioned two sayings to me: “A word spoken is past recalling.”; and “You must at least try what you want to do”. But when I figured out what I ultimately wanted to do, my dad said, “You can do anything but never that job.”.
“It is time for you to focus on your studies, why do you want to be a singer? Just ask any passerby on the street, how many parents would be supportive of their children who want to be artists? You’re crazy.”
I understood that it would be hard to get my dad’s permission. Some of my dad’s friends dropped out of school to become singers, but eventually they didn’t succeed. Moreover, since I was a kid, my dad always criticized those singers on music shows, saying, “How could such a kid turn out like this?” Thus I knew it would be very hard to get his support and permission.
In spite of that, I still believed in dad’s saying “You must at least try what you want to do”, and I was hoping he would change his mind if I persisted. But he said only “No” without even considering. I thought, “Why don’t you believe in me just for once?” My heart was like being punctured by a thousand blades.
In fact my dad wanted me to be a pastor. In my name, “Dae” means “Big/Loud” while “Sung” means “Success/Voice”. So my name means to spread message with a sonorous voice. (Although what I’m doing now is not what my parents expected for, I’m using my voice to spread musical messages to people. Doesn’t this well prove my name’s meaning too? Hahaha…)
My dad was probably feeling anxious because I started to argue about my ambition, since I have been a docile son all this while. Even my sister, who always supported me no matter what, was puzzled, “Why do you want to be a singer suddenly?” My proclamation to be a singer seemed to be broken off.
My “ridiculous singer-dream” that caused chaos to my family was actually due to something unintentionally said by my class teacher, when I was in secondary school second-year.
Once after school activities, my whole class went to sing karaoke together with the class teacher. Probably you won’t believe that was my first time being to karaoke. I felt thrilled and wonderful when I heard my voice amplified with echo in the room. When I finished singing, my teacher said, “Wow, our Daesung sang so beautifully, you can be a singer!” Although I always loved to sing, my class teacher was the very first person who said I could become a singer.
Other people of my age received counseling from teachers about their future, while I got the idea from my teacher in a karaoke room, isn’t this rejoicing? From that very moment, I was preoccupied by the statement “be a singer” so much that I couldn’t hear my friends’ singing in the room.
Not too long after that incident, there was a ceremony at my school. In the singing contest session, I won the first prize and it was my first time joining a singing contest. I thought: “Ah, becoming a singer is God’s will for me! God and my class teacher signified my direction!” After a long while, I got to know that my class teacher wasn’t suggesting me to be a singer; she was just making a polite comment when she heard a rather-good singing voice. Ah! But what could I do? I was so fascinated by the idea of “becoming a singer”.
Source: “Shout Out to The World” written by BIGBANG (Chinese & Vietnamese version from BBCN)
Translated by: MaggotfrhVIP@Twitter
Edited by: daetolove.tumblr.com
Tag: SO2tW
