Teenager’s hormones push them to break the rules. I used to cause trouble in school all the time. It wasn’t hardcore acts of rebellion, just things like growing my hair long, wearing baggy trousers. My parents got fed up with it and finally moved me to another school.
I was afraid of girls. I was in a boys’ school all my life so I didn’t know how to get along with girls. I was nervous and would do things that embarrassed them. Guys in boys’ schools are really open about things like walking around naked in front of one other.
Life is all about adaptation. Things got easier when I went to study at a co-ed school where I got more familiar with girls. I started observing guys around me, how they got along with girls. I realized that it’s about getting used to the people surrounding you and becoming friends.
Acting unleashes all my fears. It knocks down the walls I’ve built up. I love acting. I love the feeling that I can be another person, to fight, to love and to kiss. But I’m still a really shy guy. In kissing scenes, I’m still really embarrassed every time they say cut!
Live your life according to reality, not your dreams. I love drawing so much and had a dream that I would travel around the world drawing everything along the way. But it’s impossible. Everyone has things they would love to do, but sometimes you can’t chase it anymore.
I was scared of the entertainment industry. I was approached by a talent scout in the eighth grade, but I was too afraid they would trick me to do nudes or porn.
I finally agreed to do my first modeling on the runway in my twelfth grade. That was only because the casting place was near my home so I knew how to run away if things went wrong. Luckily, it was all good and then I finally landed a role in Hormones.
Though Hormones was strongly criticized, it led to more discussion about the troubles in teenagers’ lives, and shows that everyone must face the consequences of what they do.
It was foretold that I would be seriously injured, but I didn’t believe it. Then I got in a severe accident and broke my shoulder. My parents asked me to ordain, but I didn’t buy the idea. Then one morning I absent-mindedly told my parents I would join the monkhood that day. When they started shaving my hair, a big storm came out of nowhere and completely stopped when they finished. We were all stunned.
You won’t believe in karma until you see it with your own eyes. The seven days of ordination was the strangest experience I have been through. Walking barefoot to receive alms hurt so much I even dropped by alms bowl.
The pain gave me flashbacks of all the things I did wrong in my life. It was torture to see how my life had gone astray and how I had hurt my parents. It’s like I felt everything they had been through.
The monkhood completely changed me. When I came home, everyone was worried about me. I knew that I’d just found myself. I pray every night since I quit the monkhood three years ago.
Turning back time won’t help anything. I don’t want to change anything that’s happened in my life, because I wouldn’t be who I am today.
I don’t use social media. It limits people’s perceptions. You find out about things that you don’t want to know. I’m not fond of telling everyone about my life. I just don’t get it.
Go outside and live your life. Don’t just sit in front of a screen. Playing around on the internet takes up so much time you could spend in much better ways. Why do you have to make a non-living thing your friend? If you want to see you friends, meet up with them. If you miss them, call them. It’s easy.
I really love old-fashioned mobile phones. They’re so cool. I used one for a long time, until I got asked by GTH why I didn’t use a smartphone. I have a fancy phone now, but I still stay away from social media all the same.
I stopped dreaming once I failed to get into my dream college. I don’t think it’s a case of always following the things you want most to the end. If you really want it, you must give it your best shot from your first try. If you don’t, that means you don’t really want it.
Do your best with what’s in front of you. The experiences will build you up until you’re ready to know what you want to do in your life.
