Pig doesn't believe in humans who do business

Caw, caw.

I opened the door and got out when I heard the sound.

“Good morning, pig,” the crow said.

“Good morning,” I said. “You are friendly to me today. Anything wrong with you?”

“You are smart.” The crow laughed. “I came to laugh at you.”

I raised my eyebrows, “About my online business?”

“You are smart again.” The crow laughed. 

“You can laugh at me, I laugh at myself as well,” I said with a smile.

“I heard it has returned to being active in the US. Are you happy now?”

“I want to clarify. First, I am not living in the US, so it doesn't affect my career. Second, since I am not living in the US, it doesn't affect my career though it is banned or not banned. Third, I don't believe in businessmen at all, so I don't rely on them anymore.”

“Then what will you do?”

“I will create my own castle.”

“How?”

“I don't know yet. I am figuring it out.”

“Okay. I wish you success. Bye. I'm going to find food.” 

The crow flew after she said it.

Human’s mind makes pig scare

“You don’t work tonight,” Robert walked near me.

“I want to take a break to think,” I said.

“What is it?” He said before he sat on the ground next to my chair.

“Recent news about the business conflict between the US and China. It scares me.”

“What do you think?”

“I think we are like rabbits and ants. When the elephants fight, we suffer.”

“So?”

“So, nothing is better than standing strong on our own.”

“What do you want to do?”

“I don’t know. I am thinking. I just know that I don’t want my business to rely on others, especially those elephants and tigers.” 

 

Pig is learning how to make a stop motion video

“What are you doing, pig?” Robert asked.

“I am taking photos,” I said.

“Taking photos of alphabets?”

“Yes.”

“What is it for?”

“To make a stop motion video.”

“A stop motion? What is it?”

“It's a kind of animation video using photos. Let me show you.”

Robert waited till my video was finished.

“Ah I understand,” he said. “It's called a stop motion animation or video. But why do you make it?”

“To promote my website,” I described while I was uploading the video. “Now the business market seems narrow. We need to do something new to promote our business to compete with humans.”

“I see.” Robert wagged his head.

Pig learns how to build a studio

“Pig, where do you come from?” Robert asked.

“I went to the market to buy this box,” I said and showed him.

“What is it?”

“It’s a foam container box.”

“What is it for?”

“Well,” I put it on the table, “I am thinking of building a mini-studio to take photos or film of our product to promote on an online platform. And I decided to use this box to be the studio.”

“Take a photo!” Robert said with a smile. “Interesting.” 

 

 

Robert wants to give up

“Good morning,” Robert said.

“Good morning,” I said.

“Last night, you went to bed late. You should sleep more.”

“No need,” I said, then I went to get a shovel and went next to him. “It is enough sleep for me. I can't let you garden alone.”

“I think I am useless. I can't help you,” Robert said in a sad tone.

“Don't say that. You help me a lot.”

“I don't think so. I think I am stupid and dumb. I can't even learn how to write on a blog. I can't be like you.” He dropped his face.

“It's true you can't be like me,” I stated, “and you don't have to be like me. You have to be you.”

Robert raised his face.

“Though you change your face, your body shape or your behavior to be like me, you can't be me. It's impossible and it's not necessary to do that. What you have to do is you must be you. Trust me.” I put my hand on his shoulder. “Find yourself and be yourself. And I believe you can do it.”

“Um.” Robert nodded his head. His smile came back.

 

 

Pig needs to be competitive

It was a cool night.

I and Robert were in the yard. He laid on the ground and I sat on a chair. Once in a while, he sighed.

“What's the matter?” I asked.

“Nothing,” he said.

“If there is nothing, why did you sigh?”

“Pitiful.”

“You?”

“No, you!”

I opened my eyes, “Why am I pitiful?”

“You work very hard. During the day you work in the garden. At night you work online. See? It is late at night and you're still working.”

I looked at the laptop that was laying on my laps, then I turned to Robert and spoke with a smile, “It is called a life. It has up and down like waves in the sea. When we are at a low level, we must work hard. When we are at a high level, we can take a rest. It's not pitiful, it's natural.”

“I see.” Robert wagged his head. “What are you doing?”

“I am creating videos to upload on my video account.”

“How many videos do you create?”

“The more videos the better.”

“Why do you make many videos?”

“Before, I uploaded three videos a day but now I have to upload five or more because the economy is not good, everyone needs to survive so they become content creators. Nowadays the online industry is so competitive.”

Robert sighed again, “So pitiful.”

Pig resubmits tax form

 

“What are you doing, Pig?” Robert asked.

“I am submitting a new tax form to adsense,” I said.

“I remember that you said you stopped earning from youtube.”

“Yes, I did,” I said while my fingers were typing, “I closed my adsense but adsense didn’t allow me to remove it because of the threshold. I thought it would not be a bother, but they sent me recently to fill out a new form of tax. I thought of going back to adsense to find a way to remove it, but it turned out to re-open. I don’t have a clue what’s going on and why it is like this. Since I don’t want my head to spin around, I decided to re-partner with adsense. And now I must fill the tax form and submit it.”

“Doing a job with humans is complicated.” Robert sighed.

I wagged my head, “It’s my karma. It’s me myself who wants to be like a human while I am a pig.”

Pig receives hate comments

“Pig,” Robert called me. “There are many ding sounds from your phone.”

“I think they are notifications that there are comments on my videos,” I said.

“Videos?”

“Yes.” I walked out of the bathroom. “I am learning marketing. To remember the lesson, I have to take note but writing in a book makes me feel sleepy and bored, so I created my own way of taking note by making a video of each lesson that I learn, like a slideshow presentation, then uploading it onto a video platform. And there are a lot of comments.”

“They praise your videos, don't they?”

“Well, there were but a few. Most of them said I am showing off that I am skillful in marketing.”

“Hate comments!”

“It’s freedom of speech.” I smiled. “I don't mind.”

Pig got insomonia

"You look not well, pig?” Robert asked.

“I didn't sleep for a few nights,” I said.

“Why?”

“I don't know. I just knew that I wanted to sleep but I didn't sleep.”

After saying that, I dropped on the chair. “I really want to sleep,” I stated.

“Well,” Robert touched his chin, “I think you should work out. My former boss had this issue and I heard his son told him to work out then his sleep returned.”

“Okay, I'll do it.”

Hurriedly, I jogged around the house.

The world won't be

"Is this world perfect?” Robert asked.

“No, this world is not perfect,” I said.

“Will it be perfect?”

I shook my head, “No, it won't.”

“It really can't be, can it?”

“Never and ever. Stop hoping for it.”

Robert sighed after hearing it.

Pig updates and upgrades

"Where are you from, Pig?” Robert asked when he saw me close the gate.

“I went to buy a camera,” I said.

“Why?”

“To take photos of our vegetables.”

Robert shrank his eyes.

“The merchants sent a message that they stop buying our vegetables temporarily. I'm thinking of selling the vegetables online, that's why I bought the camera - to take photos of them to post online,” I explained.

“I see.” Robert nodded his head.

Pig learns how to use AI

"What are you doing, pig?” Robert asked.

“I am learning how to use AI to generate a drawing,” I said.

“For what?”

“For posting online.”

“You said you would go to learn drawing.”

“I said it but I changed my mind because learning drawing will take my time and also my money. I am not rich.”

“Is it good to use AI? I mean related to copyright.”

“I just use it to generate drawings for fun only. Not to earn money. So, it is not wrong.”

“I feel good to hear that.”

Relaxed pig

It was hard to decide if I should close my website or not.

Because I couldn't make a decision yet, I decided to take a break. And I felt it was very relaxing.

Pig thinks

“Don’t you write for your website?” Robert asked.

“I prepared the articles already. I’m taking a break to think,” I responded.

“What are you thinking about?”

“I am thinking if I should close the website very happy piglet or not.”

Robert opened eyes, “Why?”

“I don’t know. I just feel that I want to.”

“Oh!!!” Robert wagged his head.

Pig might go to learn drawing

“Good morning Robert,” I said while my mouth kept yawning non stop.

“You look tired, Pig,” Robert said.

“Last night I slept only two hours.”

“Why didn’t you sleep?”

“I tried to insert pictures to my website.”

“How is it now?”

“It didn’t work. It was bad after the outage. Before I could put pictures on my website by using URLs. Now, they don’t allow it.”

“If so, don’t insert the picture.”

“It will not look attractive.”

“Well, then what are you going to do?”

“I think I might go to learn drawing.”

Robert didn’t say any word when he heard me; he just wagged his head. 

Pig’s website is not good

“Hello Robert,” I said when I arrived in the garden.

“How are you, Pig?” Robert said.

“I’m good, but my work is not good at all.”

“What’s happened?”

“I can post articles on my website, but I can’t insert an image even though it is the URL or images in my site album.”

“It’s not really good. Do you know why?”

“I’m not sure if it is because of the outage a few days ago.”

“Now, what will you do?”

“I pause posting articles and come to do gardening with you.”

After saying it, I took a basket and went to pull grasses from the land to put in it.

Pig is busy with video platforms

“Pig, are you still working?” Robert said.

“Yes Robert,” I said. “My accounts on video platforms are getting recognized.”

“Accounts? Do you have more than one?”

“Yes, I have more than one. At first, it was my TikTok account. Then I worked on Instagram account and it is getting traffic.”

“It is good. They are moving forwards, so you can take a break.”

“I can’t.” I shook my head. “While it is getting recognition, I have to catch this chance tightly. If I take a break, it will turn to like when I started it.”

“It’s complicated. I don’t understand. But don’t you worry. Take your time. I go to work in the garden now.”

I smiled, “Thanks so much, Robert.”

Pig gains new knowledge

“Pig.” Robert knocked on my room’s door.

“Yes,” I said and I opened the door.

“What’s happened to you?” He said with big eyes when he saw my eyes looked like a panda’s.

“Last night, I didn’t sleep,” I told.

“Till now?”

I nodded.

“Why?”

“My tiktok’s video went viral, and now a new idea pops up in my head. I am studying about it.”

“Really?  Congratulations.” Robert grabbed my hands and shook them with a smile on his lips.

“Thanks. I am busy, I won’t be able to help you with gardening today. Also, I can’t help you with other work. I need to work on it.”

“Don’t worry.” Robert patted his chest. “Leave everything to me. Take your time.”

Robert cannot justify his text on Blogspot

“Pig,” Robert called, “please help me.”

“What’s the matter?” I said.

“I created a blog on Blogspot. I wrote it already and I clicked Justify but my text isn’t justified.”

“Did you write on it directly?”

“No, I wrote it on Ms Word, then I copied and pasted it here.”

“It is not a big deal, we can fix it. Open Google, then copy your text from Ms Word to paste it in the search box of search, after that, copy it and paste it on Blogspot.”

“Ah, my text can be justified. How did you know that?”

“Experience.” I smiled. “I met this problem, too, when I wrote on Blogspot. There was no document telling how to fix this, so I tried to do it by myself, then I found this method.”

“Very good. Thanks pig.”

“You’re welcome.”

Pig’s article about traditional Khmer color indigo

“Pig, what are you writing again?” Robert asked.

“I am writing about the traditional Khmer color ‘black’. Cambodian people didn’t call it black in the past,” I said.

“What is it called?”

“I don’t tell you. If you want to know, you have to read it. However, it will be published next week.”

“What’s about your article about color indigo?”

“Click on the picture above if you want to read it.”