Hard work paid off!!!

It's almost nine o'clock in the evening now, and I'm really tired. However, I've decided to update my blog as my memory is still fresh, since this has been a really memorable day.

What happened today? Our "CAN" workshop was finally held, and it proved to be a big success! Since two weeks ago, our group has been working on it and making progress bit by bit. Some produced wonderful videos, some designed various activities, some took nice photos...honestly none of us were left out!

Many of my groupmates began the preparations of this afternoon's workshop from as early as twelf o'clock, but I had to be late because of my three-hour class in the afternoon...I really want to apologize to them, and feel regretful for having missed part of the workshop. Inspite of that, I enjoyed the remaining part so much that I could show nothing but awe to my HC classmates. They are not only intelligent, but most importantly, they are hardworking and responsible, which also distinguish them from many other students I've seen in Macau.

There were quite a lot of participant from outside the HC. From their performance and feedbacks, I'm sure they must have learnt a lot about leadership and about HC. In the past, we were always carrying the "learners' role", sitting in the classroom and listening to lectures. This time, however, we became instructors! The switching of position gave us a valuable chance to share what we've learnt with peer students and also allowed us to digest the knowledge. We've made newpaper towers and spaghetti towers, but looking at other students making balloon towers brought me some fresh feelings; we've heared about "HOST", "WHAM" and "WHAW" many times in class, but when these interesting things were introduced to Year 1 students, I seemed to have understood more about them. The Year 1 participants surprised me as well in the drama perferming part. They could comprehend the videos so well, and produce so creative skits in such a short time---all were beyond my expectation! Good job, everyone!

After the successful workshop, we had a short debriefing with Professor Udani. By listening to my groupmates' reflections, I could sense that everyone was proud to say that he/she had worked with"WHAM" for this workshop, and everyone had gained a lot from it. Just like our professor said, we would never have another chance to do the same thing again. Congratulations to all of us for having seized this opportunity! Should there be any more challenges ahead, I'm confident that HC students will say, "Yes, we CAN!"
I often wonder what the spirit of the Honours College is. Is it collaboration? Kindness? Or hard work? It's really hard to conclude in one word, and maybe each one has a different interpretation. But no matter what the spirit is, let's PASS IT ON.