In a cold winter afternoon in 2020
With no advertising background
I met W+K's HR for an interview
Despite initial disinterest
She casually left me a test
To sell three-legged chickens
Responding half a month later
With a subpoena
I come up with a story of
Two brothers fighting over
The ownership of this
Unique chicken.
The subpoena envelope consists
With a package of documents
Including timelines,
court verdicts New York Times column
And a scientific research paper
This earned me a meeting
With creative directors
And ECD on the same day
Which marked the beginning of
My advertising career
With Nike as my first client
Providing me with
An invaluable introduction
To the industry
And the opportunity
To create work of
Which I am truly proud
Later in my career
I encountered with numerous brands
And fascinating individuals
Which fostered rapid personal
And professional growth for me
With no advertising background
I met W+K's HR for an interview
Despite initial disinterest
She casually left me a test
To sell three-legged chickens
Responding half a month later
With a subpoena
I come up with a story of
Two brothers fighting over
The ownership of this
Unique chicken.
The subpoena envelope consists
With a package of documents
Including timelines,
court verdicts New York Times column
And a scientific research paper
This earned me a meeting
With creative directors
And ECD on the same day
Which marked the beginning of
My advertising career
With Nike as my first client
Providing me with
An invaluable introduction
To the industry
And the opportunity
To create work of
Which I am truly proud
Later in my career
I encountered with numerous brands
And fascinating individuals
Which fostered rapid personal
And professional growth for me
Despite 3-legged chicken
I’m also in love with
Swimming pool
Milk (even if i am lactose intolerant)
&
Dostoevsky’s everything
Marquis de Sade’s philosophy
Simone de Beauvoir’s everything
Annie Proulx’s Brokeback Mountain
Cao Xueqin’s Red Chamber
Kōbō Abe’s most works
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s everything
James Joyce’s Araby
Kafka’s Before The Law
Thomas Mann’s Death In Venice
Guy de Maupassant’s A Stroll
Haruki Murakami’s Hanalei Bay
&
New York City in early summer
Shanghai City in mid fall
Paris’s silent night
West Lake in Hangzhou (my hometown!)
Egypt Beach in Hamptons
Izu’s ocean
&
Driver in Sri Lanka
Waiter in Los Angeles
King in London
Queen in Brunei
I’m also in love with
Swimming pool
Milk (even if i am lactose intolerant)
&
Dostoevsky’s everything
Marquis de Sade’s philosophy
Simone de Beauvoir’s everything
Annie Proulx’s Brokeback Mountain
Cao Xueqin’s Red Chamber
Kōbō Abe’s most works
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s everything
James Joyce’s Araby
Kafka’s Before The Law
Thomas Mann’s Death In Venice
Guy de Maupassant’s A Stroll
Haruki Murakami’s Hanalei Bay
&
New York City in early summer
Shanghai City in mid fall
Paris’s silent night
West Lake in Hangzhou (my hometown!)
Egypt Beach in Hamptons
Izu’s ocean
&
Driver in Sri Lanka
Waiter in Los Angeles
King in London
Queen in Brunei