wake up call

Today, when I was on Facebook, sth caught my attention: a profile of a classmate of mine in graduate school. Well, here's the thing. I think I realize how I just wasted my days in the past month. He's just done some great things, like being a interpreter in an international conference.

Hope this kinda realization could help me go even further, in a longer time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkQ0OJ5Byls

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