Pig is afraid of both friend and enemy

The night was not cool, since it was summer. I didn’t want to do work, but I could not refuse to sit in the chair outside my door because my body was wet with sweat like I was having a shower.

Even Robert was feeling he was in the steam room.

“How are you?” He asked.

“Not good but okay,” I said.

“It has been many days since your friends came to see you.”

“It’s good that they don’t come.”

“Why don’t you want them to come?”

“I am busy doing my online job. If they come, I won’t have time to welcome them, then they would be suspicious, and they would investigate me.”

“Why don’t you want them to know what you are doing? Are you afraid they will take yours?”

“There is another scarier thing.”

“What is that?”

“When they cooperate with my enemy.”

Robert narrowed his eyebrows, “Can it be?”

“It can.” I nodded my head. “I experienced it once when I was living with my master. Near my master’s farm, there was a forest, and there was a wolf that wanted to eat pigs in the farm. One of the pigs on the farm was jealous of me. He joined hands with the wolf to get rid of me, but lucky me, my master saved me on time.”

“Wow.” Robert unlocked his eyes big. “Amazing experience.”

“Yes, a very amazing experience.”

“Then what next?”

“He worked with the wolf, the wolf is not a sheep, when he couldn’t get me, who do you think he would get instead?”

“Oh!!!”

Dog becomes knowledgeable

“Tonight, you don’t have a question, do you?” I asked.

“I do,” Robert said. “But I will ask after I tell you what I have met.”

“Say it.”

“In the afternoon, I heard a son of the farmer next to your house calling his friend. He said that he met a girl; he and she decided to have a date at the restaurant, and he told her about his criteria: that he liked a girl who is beautiful, can take care of herself, and can look after him and family. After the date, he called her, and she said sorry, she couldn’t love him. The man was so angry, and he asked his friend what was wrong with his criteria. However, I didn’t hear anything more because he walked far away.”

“Well, what is your question?”

“I want to ask you if my idea is right or wrong.”

“What is your idea?”

“I think that the man is not wrong to have such criteria, but it seems too much, and I feel it is more selfish than love.”

“Why do you think like that?”

“He said he likes a girl who is beautiful, so if the girl becomes ugly, it means he will stop loving her. He said he likes a girl who can take care of herself and can look after him and family. If the girl loses the ability to take care of herself or him or family, he will give up on her.”

“Then you agree with the girl that she refuses to start a love with him.”

“Yes, I agree. Not only the man but also the woman—she should consider her criteria before she sets it because sometimes it is not to look for a healthy relationship, but it looks like she is looking for a male to be her slave.”

“Well, like before, I don’t say your idea is right or wrong, but I agree with your idea because I have the same opinion.”

Robert smiled, and then he and I had a hi-fi.

Pig challenges herself to compete with entertainment industry

During these days, Robert stayed next to me, learning about my plan. I knew he had a lot of questions, and he would not be able to bear it any longer.

“Pig.”

See? I told you.

“Do you plan this to make you earn money?”

“Not at all, Robert,” I said. “My goal is to challenge myself.”

“What is your challenge?”

“I want to compete with the entertainment industry of humans.”

Robert narrowed his eyes, “Why?”

“Because I am taking sides with the education industry, and I do not feel good when I see the education field is defeated by the entertainment side,” I stated honestly.

“Are you fighting with them?”

“No, no. Never. I never want to fight; I hate fighting, and I hate arguments. I just want to do something to give fairness to the education industry. All industries are important, but everyone gives value to the entertainment industry only. Though everyone knows that education is more important, they ignore it. I have seen a lot of people working in the education industry suffer while the people in entertainment are living wealthy. It does not put my mind at ease; I cannot accept it. So, I want to find a way to help promote the education industry.”

“It’s complicated and deep, I think,” Robert stated. “However, I can sense your point of view is not wrong and not bad. If there's anything I can help with, please tell me.”

“Thank you Robert,” I said with a smile.

Do works at night is safe

“Pig,” Robert raised his head and asked.

“Yes, Robert?” I said.

“Do you like to work at night?”

“Yes, I do.”

“Why? Because is it cool?”

“No.”

“Because is it quiet?”

“Not at all.”

“Then why?”

“Because everyone is sleeping.”

“I don’t understand.”

“Well,” I paused my fingers over keyboards and turned to look at him, “Humans and animals are not different. Some animals are bad and full of jealousy. Like my friends and my neighbors. They are not happy if they know that I have something greater than them. It is the reality of the world. Therefore, I cannot let them know what I am doing, and to keep my plan safe, I must work when they are not awake.”

Pig takes half day off

“Robert, this afternoon, I won’t be able to work in the garden with you. Can you do it alone?” I said.

“Sure.” Robert nodded his head. “Where will you go?”

“I don’t go anywhere. I stay at home.”

“Then why can't you work in the garden?”

“I am writing a strategy for my online career. I need to revise it, and perhaps I will make a new one. You know! My financial situation!”

“Why do you do strategy?”

“Because it is a thing to make a work go even though it is a job or business. Even living our lives, we need to have a strategy as well.”

Robert wagged his head, “I see.”

Pig works harder and harder

Before I got up at 8am, but after I removed the AdSense from my YouTube channel, I got up at 6am. I worked in the garden and took one hour off to have lunch, then I continued working till 5pm.

After I had dinner, I took a shower, and then I brought my laptop to sit in a chair in my front yard.

“These days you seem to work a lot,” Robert said.

“I lost a part of my income; I cannot have leisure time like before,” I said.

“Well, what are you doing?” 

“I am updating my websites.”

“Website?”

“I’m a blogger. It’s one of the jobs that humans do to earn money.”

“What do you do as a blogger?”

“Write.”

“Write what?”

“Anything. Like me, I write creative stories, administration job experience, food and travel articles, and a sample TV commercial script.”

“I don’t understand any of them, but I think you are a super pig.”

“Do you want to be a super dog? I am pleased to be your mentor.”

“Yes, yes.” Robert wagged his head in a row before he came to sit on a chair next to me.

Greedy makes pig lose

“Are you okay?” Robert asked when he heard me have long and heavy breaths in a row.

“I am not okay,” I said. “I have to confess that I am not okay.”

“Are you angry with them?”

“No, I am not angry with them; I am just not okay with myself.”

I knew that Robert didn’t understand; hence, I explained after I drank a hot passion tea.

“Actually since the beginning, that company already said that my location is not eligible to apply for monetization on their website. Because I wanted money, I changed the location to get permission to get my videos monetized. They know; they know that I lied, but they still allow it. Before I didn’t understand, but now I understand - like the Buddha said about karma, we are the ones who are responsible for our own actions. Because I lied to them by putting their own country as my location, I must pay tax according to their country’s tax law. A poor country pays tax to the rich country; can you imagine? It’s the reason that in order to get USD 100, I had to spend two years. Now, they add another tax; at first, I was angry with them, but after thinking, it is not their fault; it’s my own greed that kills me. They wanted me to learn my own lesson. It’s the result of me lying.”

“If you understand it, why are you not happy?”

“The unhappiness that I am having now is the punishment from my own doing.”

"Oh, I see." Robert wagged his head.