A young boy is often misunderstood and underestimated because of his clumsy language skills. Once in a Japanese language class at the university, she realizes that learning a language can be so easy and comfortable that he decides to try to learn a third language, and with stubbornness and curiosity embarks on a journey to Japan to learn Japanese construction techniques.
His time at Tokyo Institute of Technology (now Tokyo University of Science and Technology) was not easy. He pushed himself to finish his bachelor's thesis in Japanese, and spent his days in the research lab going over every sentence with his dean, and his nights in the research lab working with code. When he began to think about how to give back to the society, a news article about offshore wind power came into his vision - the wide sea and the fast rotating wind turbines beckoned him to another world. From that moment on, his goal was no longer just to build, but to use his skills to protect the environment.
He had no shortcuts. During his military service, he used every spare moment to devour technical books and papers, treating each minute as capital toward his dream. Through persistence and strong grades, he passed the exams, won a Japan–Taiwan exchange scholarship, and entered the University of Tokyo to pursue offshore wind research. Under the guidance of a strict mentor, he became an unyielding engineer.
Now working for a Japanese construction company on offshore wind projects, he no longer fears language—besides Japanese, English and Chinese have become indispensable tools for communication. Each time a foundation is installed at sea, a turbine is lifted into place, and another unit is completed, he feels as if he is speaking to those who once underestimated him: the boy who was once trapped by language has now raised his dream into the wind with his own hands. This is a story of reversal and responsibility—how one person moves from self-doubt to professionalism, from being underestimated to being needed, and turns technology into a force that protects the future.
EP1:
Become an exchange student at Science Tokyo!
(Updating)
He hated studying as a child—even his English teacher once balled up his test paper and tossed it away; but during a university exchange trip to Japan, Japan’s superb construction techniques deeply struck him, and from that moment resolved to go to Japan to study.
EP2:
The Master Degree at the University of Tokyo
(Unfinished)
He studied hard while serving in the military and finally earned a full scholarship; after entering the University of Tokyo, he found his advisor to be the famously strict disciplinarian everyone talked about, and during his job search, he personally experienced the many difficulties foreigners face in Japan’s “shūkatsu” process.
EP3:
The Trial of a Newbie
(Unfinished)
After enduring countless hardships to graduate, he thought joining a major company would guarantee a secure life; but once he entered the workplace, he discovered endless hidden rules and petty details that left him gasping—so was the label "foreigner" a passport or a shackle?
