I'm 13 year old and I'm from Hong Kong.

今年13歲，來自中國香港

MinorMynas is a global kids community,

MinorMynas是一個全球兒童社區

where we provide a real-life learning experience for us to chat and learn from each other.

讓小孩子可以在線聊天、互動學習

And now we have more than 5,000 downloads in roughly 50 countries.

現在我們有5000多次的下載量，用戶遍布50個國家

The idea first came around when I went to learn some Mandarin.

最初萌生這個想法，是在我學普通話的時候

I was in a place where we saw people from all over the world

在班上我遇到了世界各地的人

It was then I thought about the language, the language aspect.

從那時起，我就感受到了語言的力量

I personally came up with the idea,

我構思了整個方案

and then we found a tech company to help us build the code.

然後找了一家技術公司幫我編寫代碼

The app itself took 6 months to complete from September of 2016,

從2016年9月開始，我花了6個月時間完成這個軟件

and we launched the app last year in May.

去年5月正式發佈

The heart of MinorMynas is in the group chats.

MinorMynas的核心在於群組聊天

For example, in the riddle group, we just ask riddles,

比如在難題小組裡，你可以提一些難題

In the nature group, we're talking about all the things we see in our daily lives

在自然群組裡，我們會分享日常生活裡看到的各種風景

These groups are in a lot of different languages.

這些群組都使用不同的語言聊天

They are really active in teaching.

而且成員都非常樂意教你

Right now, we are an incredibly small team.

目前我們團隊非常小

Honestly, it's my entire family.

說實話，就只是我們全家人

During the process, I was pretty hands on.

我負責所有的想法

We were having pretty regular meetings with the tech guys, where we would talk about the progress of the app.

我們經常定期和技術人員開會，討論軟件開發進度

But once I saw the interaction between the kids on our APP

當我看到小朋友們在APP上的互動

I realized that there was so much more than just languages.

我發現它的作用其實遠遠不只學習語言

I believe that the best way to connect societies and different people is through kids,

我認為，連結社會和人們的最好方式就是通過兒童

'cause since we're still young, we're still very open-minded.

因為我們年輕，擁有著開放的思維

The only thing that sets me apart from other 13 or 14-year-olds

我唯一和其他十三四歲的小朋友不同的是

is that I know absolutely nothing about celebrities,

我對明星一無所知

I'm not very into boys.

我也不喜歡討論男生

My parents are really open-minded.

我的爸媽思想都非常開放

Since I was really really young, they were reading a lot of books to me

在我很小的時候，他們就會給我讀很多書

and trying to raise me to be as creative and critical as possible.

培養我成為一個有創造力、有批判性思維的人

If I want to make a decision like, when I left school...

比如我（去年）想做出輟學的決定

At the time I was being bullied really badly at school,

因為當時在學校飽受欺負

we had a lot of conversations about it.

我們也談了很多

Suddenly she had bad dreams at night

突然間覺得她發惡夢了

And couldn't sleep well

睡覺不好

Then she told us,

她才慢慢地告訴我們

other kids like talking about stars, makeup, boys and girls, etc.

其他的（孩子） 都喜歡談談明星、化妝、男女什麼的

But Hilary is different. She doesn't like that stuff.

但是Hillary不是這樣，她不喜歡說這些

She likes reading and talks about some deep topics.

她就是看書，說一些很深入的問題

Other children can't understand her at all.

其他的人根本不明白她

She was the last one to leave the middle school every day,

每一天整個中學她是最後一個出來

because she hided in the restroom to avoid seeing others.

她是躲在廁所裡面不想見到其他的人

Finally I found her pulling her own hair,

最後我發現她拔自己的頭髮

and I told my husband "We're definitely taking her out."

我跟我老公說，我們一定要帶她走

She can choose what to learn according to her own level when she studies at home.

自己在家學，根據自己的程度自己選

She and her younger brother often felt it was slow in school.

她跟她弟弟常常都覺得（在學校）學得不夠快

So I decided to also bring him out and make them study together.

所以也決定把弟弟帶出來一起學

When she's busy doing her things, she's happy,

她整個人轉起來，就是很開心

back to the girl she used to be.

恢復了本來的她的感覺

Predominantly I have two hobbies.

我有兩大愛好

One is reading. I spend as much time possible reading as I can.

一個是閱讀，我花盡可能多的時間閱讀

I sneakily read after bed time.

有時在睡覺時間也會偷偷看書

Sorry mommy.

媽媽對不起

So this book is called The Everything Store,

這本叫《一網打盡》

and it's about Amazon and Jeff Bezos as an entrepreneur.

講的是亞馬遜的崛起和創立者傑夫貝佐斯的故事

This is one book that really stuck for me,

它讓我大吃一驚

and it tells me a lot of strategies.

教給我很多策略

The way Jeff Bezos handles his employees and the way he communicates with other people.

傑夫貝佐斯對待員工的策略，與人溝通的方式方法

Debating is another one of my favorite things to do,

辯論是我另一大愛好

because debating lets you have analytical look on everything in the world.

因為辯論可以讓你辯證地看待世上的一切

So I've got quite a few mentors and entrepreneurs which I meet.

我經常會參加一些和創業家交流的會議

Sometimes they can go twice every two weeks, or once a week.

有時兩週一次，或一週一次

I tend to be the youngest person there.

我永遠是最小的那一個

One is in biotech, another one is working on accelerators.

他們有的從事生物技術領域，有的在做加速器

The best thing about being a CEO

當CEO的最大好處

is that you make the final choice.

就是你可以做最終決定

But I say that drawback is exactly the same,

但這也是最大的弊端

the consequences of the choice will be all on you.

後果與責任都會落在你頭上

If you ask me whether this question one year ago,

如果你一年前問我會不會去讀大學

I'd say that I would definitely go to university in this particular country.

我會回答，我肯定要去某個國家上大學

But now, which I'm still proud about,

但現在，我卻可以自豪地說

University preps you for the real world,

大學是為你踏入社會做準備的階段

and walks you out to the real world,

檢驗你在社會上表現如何

which I think I'm already doing now with MinorMynas.

這一點，我在創辦MinorMynas的過程中就已經在做了

College, if you go and look at the vast majority,

你看大多數人，他們雖然上過大學

They just want ordinary jobs and live very ordinary lives.

但是最終都做著一份平常的工作，過著平淡無奇的生活