Lovely HKU. I'm back again.

After I've spent 4 days in HKU during summer, I fell in love with the atmosphere, culture and the environment there. It felt really special to be there again today, everything looked familiar and the memories of the joyful SSSP are still fresh in mind.

Still cannot decide whether to put CU Psy or HKU Social Sciences in the first place, no doubt these two options will occupy the first two places of my choice...Seems that HKU Social Sciences is getting the upper hand now. It provides a really flexible choice of majors and minors, and I can get in touch with subjects other than those in Social Sciences,  like Philosophy, Huamn Resources Management or even Linguistics. And I really would like to take Applied Child Development as minor.

The enrichment programmes there are really great too, it allows students to have social exposure and practical experience in the society, no wonder the HKU students are all really street-smart. The most important point is the people there are really really helpful, the culture there is really great, you feel the sense of belonging and passion for the school there, this is the spirit I'm looking for in the school ( Though I love the atmosphere of BU even more).

Yea, career propsect is a crucial factor when choosing the subject in universities. But I think it's more important that you're interested in that subject and also love the culture of the school there. Being a univeristy student is not only about getting good grades and get a good job after graduation, coz good grades dun really guarrentee a good job. The market is changing all the time, especially here in Hong Kong, it's just impossible to predict if there'll still be a great demand for professionals of your choosen field after 3 years.

If you wanna really get in touch with the subject, frankly you can do it any time coz that's what we call "lifelong learning". It's just a pity when you have to force yourself to take a subject which seem to have great future, but one that you dun like at all. Being a university student also means to enjoy the process of learning, not only from the books, also from the people around, from different enrichment programmes, from the extra-curricular activities and from the society. To maximize your gains from the univeristy life, it's also important to love the culture there, if you're in a school which has good reputation but you dun feel comfortable in, it certainly will obstruct learning.

I have a passion for Psychology but still I think in university, things I'll get in touch with will be different from the AL Psychology course I'm taking....so I'm not really sure if I'd like to enter CU Psy, coz it seems once you get into the Faculty, you have no turning back. But HKU Social Sciences allows you to spend one year in knowing Psychology, Politics and Public Administration, Social Work and Social Administration, Sociology. What if I find out that I actually dun really like Psychology? HKU Social Sciences can ease my worries.

mmmm maybe I'll wait til I've visited CU Open Day later to make a decision.

Talked with Fanny today about the change we've experienced throughout the almost 7 years of secondary school life. Realized that I've changed quite a lot...it can't be called a metamorphosis but I guess I'm changing to be a better person.

In junior years, I was really a selfish timid brat, never reach out, just sat there and waited. So it's reasonable that I didn't make a lot of friends during junior years...sometimes I just went and screwed my friendships with people up...During lessons I was just dreaming away and I ended up being the 125 in form when there're, like, 256 people in total.

Then in F.4, Guidance team has really changed me a lot. I was really grateful that the Guidance Team advisors have given me a change to be a Guidance Prefect. Working with the F.6 GPs at that time have really changed me, I learnt so much from them and it's the first time I was so proud of my own achievement. Being chosen as a member of the core team of the huge programme really have given me a sense of competence.

It's also a turning point that I met Angie, my best friend. She has really influenced me a lot and I've opened up a great deal after knowing her. It's really the first friendship which I truly cherish and would love to keep it up.

Also choosing Arts stream was a right decision to make. I'm an Arts person. And with the subjects I love, my academic results have improved a lot. It's the first time I can be in the top 10 in form.

F.6, which was just last year, seems like a rush. But then it's truly a bittersweet period which enabled me to grow. Being the team leader in the GP team has given me a lot of insight into how to coordinate and organize activities, to be more sensitive to my teammates' and other people's needs. It's such an enriching and enjoyable experience coz GP team is like a family, though there're times when I hate the workload so much. Being a GP was crucial to me as I discovered my potential and interest for my career prospect. Being able to get in touch with Psychology was really a turning point of my life too.

The summer of F.6 was really my most fruitful summer vacation ever. HKU SSSP, I learnt so much from there and all the things I've learnt have actualized this year. Love the people I've known there. The Counseling course, which has given me a chance for self-knowledge and a remedy when I was down. In the summer, I had my first time of working on an Eng.lit essay overnight for two days (never really go to bed later than 12am, but I slept at 2am during that time.)

The treasure which I cherish most in these seven years of school life is all the friends I've known. They are so genuine. People who care about me so much. People who have gone through good times and bad times with me. People whom I'll be friend with for a life time.

Alin, Fanny, Julia, Crystal, Esther, Alice and all the 7Bers, you all are the people who I truly care about, and I can be myself when being with you all. We can have profound and sophisticated discussion while we can play and go wild like kids at the same time. I dunno if I can play with the toy machine, pretend to be gangsters, imitating British accent or play "roller-coaster" in the corridor (you know what I mean...haha) and screamed like as if we're really on the roller-coaster in the Ocean Park, without you all.

Let's all work hard for AL and one day we shall all be elegant ladies with salary high enough for us to have high tea in Peninsula Hotel...haha