I had always considered the question ‘What do you want to do in life’ one of the hardest to answer, for that there were too many possibilities and I didn’t know if there was one perfect answer.

But not anymore, because I have the answer for myself now.I can’t really say it is the perfect one, but at least I have found a fairly satisfying answer for now.

I want to be a newsreader on TV, presenting in English.

Two weeks into my internship at Phoenix TV, still unpaid, still just an intern, I have realised how lucky I am. I’m actually doing something I like, and I feel positive about my future.

I’ve been working as an assistant producer (and they actually put my name in the end credits of the daily news programme too!!) for the daily 20-minute news programme, writing news scripts, editing video footages and doing news voiceovers. I enjoy it because I’m learning something new from the news everyday and I see my accomplished work broadcast.

However, I want to do more. It is fantastic working on the multimedia side because it is almost exactly what I learnt from my degree, but it’s not enough for me. As well as editing news, I also want to make my own news, come up with ideas, go out to find stories and interview people. Unfortunately as an intern that is something I cannot either control or demand, but I do spend a few minutes everyday slouching in my chair starring into the sky out of the 7th floor French window next to my desk, wishing that I was out reporting.

And then the ultimate goal is to be a news reader on TV. But everything has to come at a time, as a Chinese saying goes, you can’t become chubby with just one bite – I suppose it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense in English, but what it means is that you have to take time to achieve what you want, not that I actually want to put on weight. Of course not.