What is PROSPERIANS ? In the CityU Student Residence community, or inside HSBC Prosperity Hall, you may often heard of this word “Prosperians”. Actually, do you know what is “Prosperians” ? Prosperians can be abstract. It may refer to an identity. As we are all living in the HSBC Prosperity Hall, we call ourselves Prosperians. It represents a sense of belongings to the Hall. We treat the Hall as our home and we share a strong sense of pride as Prosperians. Prosperians can be concrete. Just like the English name of this annual magazine is also called Prosperians. The intention of producing the annual magazine is to familiarize Prosperians with the history, culture and recent developments of the Prosperity Hall. It provides a medium for current prosperians to recall their treasured memories and for new residents to experience the warmth and honor of living in the Prosperity Hall.
PROSPERIANS 昕物 Volume 10 第十期 March 2014 Published by: HSBC Prosperity Hall City University of Hong Kong Copyright © HSBC Prosperity Hall All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form, or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval systems without prior permission of the publisher.
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Reeve It’s been the second year for me to be on the editorial board. I’ve never been one of those people who loves to read and write but the strange thing about working this annual magazine is that, it induces you to reflect why you do what you do at the first place. Very often when we are studying at college, we lost ourselves. We forgot why we are doing this and that. We forgot who we are, who we wish to be, because most of the time we are told to be the one people expect us to be. Working on this annual magazine really gives me time to think, not just following orders. I really appreciate this opportunity.
權 又一期昕物，又一年故事。可再為本刊執筆，榮幸之 至。由讀者，到筆者；由聽故事的人，到說故事的人。 三年來，受教甚多，經歷甚多，想分享的更多。唯篇幅 限之，盡錄不能，望各新舊業昕人，讀畢本刊後，瞭解 業昕堂更深，歸屬感更大。
Jacky I can say that making this magazine do needs a lot of effort from many people. From how the ideas popped out to how the ideas are arranged and presented, these take plenty of time. Working with other editors let me know more about how the others think about this hall, which was quite a momentous experience to me. I hope everyone especially the Prosperians will not only seek information from the magazine, but also take the initiative to know more about the culture of HSBC Prosperity Hall.
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Maegan At the very beginning, I have never thought of getting involved in the annual magazine production, or I should say I didn’t expect that a hall would have it’s own magazine. I have a passion towards published media since I was young, and I am very glad that my past experience helped a bit this time. It has been a lot of hardwork from brainstorming to the final product. I am very proud to be part of the team and I hope you enjoy reading the magazine and being a prosperian.
Elaine 十分有幸可以參與今年度《昕物》的製作過程，由一開始 大家對雜誌設計毫不認識，只是抱著一份熱誠去討論，究 竟討屬於我們宿舍的年刊應該要放些什麼、寫些什麼。原 來最重要的、最能觸動人心的，仍然每一位宿生在業昕堂 快樂生活的一點一滴。希望透過今年《昕物》，可以帶出 這樣的訊息。
Memo 有幸第一次參與昕物的製作。 希望《昕物》可以幫 剛剛入住 Hall 2 的你認識業昕；希望住喺業昕堂嘅 你可以同《昕物》一齊回顧你嘅 Hall Life，快D去搵 下你喺《昕物》嘅相啦！
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PROSPERIANS Vol. 10
March 2014 Editors IvaN LAM Reeve CHIU Kuen WU Maegan MOK Jacky WAI
Memo CHOI Elaine WONG Jonathan SO Julia TSOI Pianpian WANG
Lisa WONG Xinhong LIU Gloria DOU
Graphics Design & Desktop Publishing Annick LUNG IvaN LAM
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Table of Contents 006 HSBCPH@WWW 007
Hall 2 Tour
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Our Hall Master
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Residence Tutors
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Capture the Moment
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Door Decoration Contest
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Special Room Reports
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Floor Decoration Contest
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10th Anniversary Chinese couplets
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Floors introduction
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Residents’ Association
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RA Council
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Events Timeline
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Prosperity Hall Culture & Traditions
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Students Said
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Take away Delivery Info
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HSBC Prosperity Hall Official Homepage http://go.cityu.hk/srhall2 http://cityuhall2.dyndns.org
Follow us on Hall 2 Facebook Page ! http://facebook.com/cityuhall2
Hall 2 Youtube Channel http://www.youtube.com/cityuhall2
Hall 2 Activities Photo Album http://cityuhall2.dyndns.org/photo
Hall 2 Annual Magazine, ALL volumes - online http://issuu.com/cityuhall2
Email address: cityu.hall2@gmail.com
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Welcome to Hall 2 !! We hope you can find a wonderful hall life here. Prosperity Hall would be your “2nd Home”! 歡迎加入業昕大家庭！ 祝你有個開心豐富的住宿生活， 亦希望業昕堂可以成為你第二個家！
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地 Com G/F Common Room Audio & Video System --You can watch your favorite movie here ! 可以變成一間小型戲院 睇碟聽歌！
A living room which is decorated with comfortable sofa, refrigerator and 37”LCD TV 溫馨雅致的佈置加上暖色的牆燈， 一進門就倍感溫暖親切！
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Karaoke System --Sing with your friends in Hall 2 !! 可以變成一個超大豪華 K 房俾你同 Hall 友歡唱到天明！
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頁殷書軒 Prosperians Reading Room If you have time, you can read your favorite books in this warm, comfortable room 午後閒時沖一杯熱茶再來到 書軒，讀讀喜歡的書籍是另 一種享受
Residents can book this room to play music with your friends. (Let’s meet at singing contest!) 如果你是Band 友，這將會是 你在 Hall2 的小小天地讓你 任意 Rock and roll~
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This is a showroom of our hall life in the past. There are many photos of residents participating in different activities. 你可以在這間房找到業昕堂 多年來在不同活動的足跡
業跡房 Tracks Room
電腦房 Computer Room There are 7 computers, 1 printer and 1 scanner. Residents can use the 150 free quota per semester for printing~!. Opening hour 7am-2am 電腦突然上唔到網? 唔緊 要，呢度有7部電腦幫到你!
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樓層交誼室 Floor Common Room Hall 2 is famous for its full collection of kitchenwares! 我地業昕堂其中一樣出名的特點---每層廚房用具、設備齊全!
得閒可以同你嘅 floormates 煮下飯仔整下甜品！
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The Laundry room is located on the roof. There are 5 washing machines, 3 drying machines and 2 dehydrating machines.
Tips for using the washing machines !
Remember to bring a $5 coin !! 記住帶五蚊銀呀！
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Hall Master Kevin Full Name: Place of Birth: Nationality: Occupation:
Kevin J Downing Exeter British Secretary to Council, Council Secretariat Director (Knowledge Enterprise Analysis, Office of the Vice-President (R&T))
Previous working experience: Senior probation officer, taught psychology in university in the UK Academic background: Chartered Psychologist, Chartered Scientist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society Awards: - City University of Hong Kong Teaching Excellence Award - International Award for Innovative use of Technology in Teaching and Learning Character: Straight forward, well–rounded, do things methodically Hobbies: Playing guitar, playing in the hall band, going to the gym Year moved to HK: 2001 Religion: Christian
Kristina Full Name: Kristina Shin Place of Birth: Daejeon Nationality: Korean Occupation: Lecturer (Institute of Textile and Clothing in PolyU) Previous working experience: Taught design in community college in the US Academic background: PhD, University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK, 2009 Awards: - International Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning, & Technology. Florida State College at Jacksonville, USA , April 2004. - Teaching Excellence Award, West Valley College, Saratoga, USA, April 2004. Character: Obsessive with particular things, bubbly, artistic, no planning Hobbies: Obsessed with little thing, study deeper
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Year moved to HK: 2004 Religion: Christian
Teenage hobbies If you have met Kevin on the ground floor, you probably would have seen him playing the guitar in the hall band. He also goes to the gym quite often. Can you imagine what he liked when he was in his adolescence? He played rugby and weightlifting! At the age of 17 or 18, Kevin started playing rugby. He played for the Exeter Saracens. But in fact he preferred weightlifting more, thereby decided to give up rugby to concentrate on weightlifting. “Weightlifting is easier in some ways, as the winter in the UK can get really cold, the older I got, the more I prefer being in a warm gym exercising, getting ready for the match, rather than actually playing rugby.” He lifted for Devon (Exeter, Kevin’s hometown, is a city in Devon), and the southwest of England, and twice for the England 18. In addition to that, he was once the UAU (university athletic union) British student champion!
University life – learning and teaching Kevin had his degree in the Open University in the UK. He recalled the beautiful campus in those days. He used to feed the ducks in the pond at lunchtime, sit under the sunshine on a blanket eating his sandwiches and peeling the crust of the bread to feed the ducks. It was a very quiet and peaceful way to spend time. Then he had his master degree and PHD finished in the University of Exeter. Having been educated in the UK for more than 20 years, he faced totally different learning and teaching environment when he came to CityU. Comparing his with Kristina’s learning experience in Korea, they concluded that HK is halfway between UK and Korea. Korean students respect their teachers and they do not dare to ask a question; whereas British students express their thoughts freely. Despite not teaching anymore, Kevin treasures the time spent interacting with young people, especially all the residents in our hall, so when you see Kevin and Kristina, do not hesitate to chitchat with them!
Working in the prison Kevin worked as a probation officer before he started his academic work. Looking back at his work experience, he came up with something very unique and intriguing – working in the prison. Romania – He worked in the Romanian prisons for two years. He was working for the ministry of justice on an international development project funded by the University of Exeter. He was there to introduce the bail system (a suspect can be released from the bars before their trail). At the time he went to Romania, they did not have the bail system and some suspects would have to wait behind the bars for two years before the trail, and during these times. With two years of time, they successfully introduced the system to several parts of Romania. This was a preparation for the entry to EU. Latvia – For this small country located in the northern Europe, Kevin had various visits to the prisons to solve the overcrowding problem. They had tuberculosis problem and therefore they had to reorganize the prison system and bail system. The project was funded by the University of Exeter and CORE. It was scarier than working in Romania, because with the TB jabs, he was still worried a lot about the infection as he worked around the virus all days.
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Kristina and Kevin
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From UK to HK Before coming to HK, Kevin was teaching and researching in the school of postgraduate medicine, which was then about to turn to a school of medicine. He didn’t see he had much place to work with the undergraduates because he is not a medical doctor, and he thought it was time to make a move. At that time, he got two offers, one in Cityu and one in the Middle East. He chose HK because he saw the similarity between HK and the UK, which was the sense of community. “HK is a series of big villages, where family and sense of community are important. And to me, these two things are important.” Kristina moved to HK a bit later, in 2004. She was shocked when she arrived as she thought HK was like Vietnam. You may wonder, why would she relate HK to Vietnam? The answer is fashion. Back in those days, all nicely made clothing were made in HK, and the nicely made garments were from Vietnam, so the fashion designer was very surprised about how modern HK was.
Becoming the hall master Kevin won the Teaching Excellence Award in Cityu in 2004/2005, and his students suggested he be a hall master. Then when the recruitment for hall master was being advertised, he decided to apply for it and finally moved into hall 2 in July 2007.
Once in a life time To meet the Mr & Mrs Right, is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. There was a time that Kevin went to Whistler, Canada to ski. The slopes were almost vertical and he broke his leg. Unfortunately, he had to rush to a conference in Florida right after his holiday. That was where Kristina met Kevin for the first time. There are a lot of resemblance between the British and the Korean culture, trust it or not, language is not a barrier, not only the two of them, but also their parents, getting along really well despite not sharing the same language ;)
Kristina and Kevin playing games together during Prosperians Night (Jan 2014)
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Residence Tutors (RT) Residence Tutors are full-time postgraduates/undergraduates or research staff members of the University. They are responsible for assisting the Residence Master of the assigned hall in the provision of pastoral care and intellectual guidance to residents, organizing hostel activities, enchancing the relationships among the residents on the floor and in the hall, building communities in the hall and the residence, and maintaining good administration of the hall. According to SRO, you can expect your Residence Tutor to:
a. “act as a mentor and provide care and social support to residents; b. cultivate a sense of community in the Student Residence; c. facilitate and assist in planning and organizing hostel activities to enrich students’ learning experience; d. facilitate and assist in the organization of the Residents’ Associations; e. assist residents to comply with the Hall Rules, University policies and procedures; f. promote a safe living environment; g. support the Residence Master in handling emergency cases; h. liaise with the Student Residence Office and related departments on the management and maintenance of the Hall; i. act as a duty tutor on a roster basis; j. provide any other services as assigned by the Residence Master.
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Julia - 1/F, 2/F RT Julia is a final year student, major in BBA - Global Business Systems Management. She likes smiling and is good at “CREATIVE” cooking. My favorite moment in Hall 2 is climbing up and down the stairs. Since I live on 1/F, I usually walk instead of waiting for the lifts. It is not only faster, but also healthier. In fact, every time I arrived hall and walk up the stairs, I know there are smiling faces and yummy desserts waiting for me. I always find 2/F an energetic floor, with 2 responsible floor representatives - Snow and Big Head. The funniest moment of 2/F is the boys teaching Emil, an exchange student, his “Chinese” name. And I will never forget our first floor dinner in which each room prepared a dish, and after the dinner, and we turned our common room into RED for decoration. Thanks all of you from 1/F & 2/F who have given me the best memory in my last year university life. Love you all!
Annick - 3/F, 4/F RT Annick is currently working at the School of Creative Media, as an assistant to the Associate Deans. One of the highlights of living in hall is the privilege of experiencing its dynamic culture. My favorite moment is when we get together with hall mates, and despite our differences and language barrier, we can still manage to communicate and have a great time with one another. What I appreciate the most is the effort everyone puts into to enjoy one another’s company. Though there are instances when we struggle to find the correct translation for a certain word, yet we still try with our limited knowledge of another language. We put everything on the line to get acquainted and help each other. We laugh together at our broken sentences and with our language grammar mistakes. This is what being a Prosperian is all about.
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Kelvin - 5/F, 6/F RT Kelvin is a final year student studying BBA Finance. He likes reading books, especially science fiction and detective stories. Other than reading books, he love cycling, taking photos and playing board games to get relaxation from daily work. As living in hall for 3 years, there are lots of wonderful memories, cooking with a group of people, hot pot, dessert night, playing computer game overnight. If I need to choose the favorite moment, I would say that it would be any time that staying with the my exco(2morrow) ‘s members since there would be less chance that we could group together to do whatever we want and organize activities for the residents when all of us graduate from the university.
Mung - 7/F, 8/F RT Mung is a final student major in Human Resources management. Even I am busy with my study, I like hanging out with my friends. As the leader of 7th and 8th floors, I want to create a feeling of “Together”. Not only playing a role of management team, but also as a friend of other residents. Whatever we are doing like floor decoration, cooking dinner or having secrete grils talks with them, I feel we live like a family, experiencing the warmest moment it is.
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IvaN - 9/F, 10/F RT IvaN is working at CityU as an IT Officer. I’m a devil in the Hall. I like scolding people. Everybody hates me. :)
If you truly think that this is the truth. I believe that you don’t belong to this Hall.
PianPian - 11/F RT Pianpian is a PhD student studying in Creative Media Center and her work is doing research plus some teaching assistant work. My favorite moments in hall reflect on a series of things, including chatting with friends, making dessert, and cleaning common room with my floormates. My favorite moment is making dessert for floor mates -- actually I always went through some difficult time before making decision of what to make. But once settling down the recipe, I enjoy making process. Especially accompanying with friends and we could chat over making process. To live with a group of people from different places can be an experience of both meaningful and challenging. Communication might take some time, adapting for local culture might take some time, yet living in a common place allows us to go beyond the difference and find the common ground. As the slogan of Hall 2 says: we live, we share, we involve, we learn, we prosper.
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IvaN LAM March 2014
For those who are going to apply for the RT job in Hall 2. You must read this very carefully. However, for those who just want a RT post no matter which hall it is, you may skip this.
Expectation VS Reality What would you expect from being a Residence Tutor? A free single room which is just 5 minutes walk from the Campus? More private space or personal time to do whatever you want? There is much more to this job than you would expect! The workload is overwhelming!!
Responsibility It was my choice to take up this challenge and become a RT. It is a matter of responsibility. I have to be responsible to all residents. Being an RT is not easy, being an RT in Hall 2 is even more difficult. Reaching its twelfth year of operations, Prosperity Hall has gradually developed its own culture and traditions. However, the most difficult thing is, how to sustain these good culture and traditions and at the same time, introducing new elements to keep pace with the development of the Student Residence community and even CityU.
Enjoy Hall Life Hall 2 is a big family with members of different nationalities, culture and backgrounds. In Hall 2, we organise a wide range of events from dessert gatherings to Annual Dinner. Hall cultures and traditions were developed to pass on our Prosperity spirit. Prosperians serves as a remembrance of our prosperous hall life. No matter you are an alumni Prosperian, a current Prosperian or a potential Prosperian, we hope our precious memories in Hall 2 can be shared with you through this annual magazine. As a responsible RT, I’ve tried my best, together with the RA, Council and Hall management team members to provide with you a good living and learning environment. At the end of your Hall life, you may not remember how good or bad the facilities we have, but only the sweet or sour memories happened here. Undoubtedly, hall life is a learning process. I hope everyone living in Prosperity Hall enjoys being part of our big family.
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我對業昕的感受 講真，住左 Hall 咁耐，我已經唔記得自己真係住左幾多年，肯定的是未破住 Hall 最耐記錄 la。我對業昕的感受，總的來說是開心 的，如果唔係都唔會住咁耐la。回想起我第一年誤打誤撞搬左入黎，絕對冇諗過會住咁多年的。之前我一路都抗拒在昕物寫感想，因 為通常為昕物戰鬥到最後一刻嘅都係我，去到最後階段都已經冇乜心力再寫野！但今年唔同，好可能係我最後一次在《昕物》寫野， 所以，我自己霸佔返一兩版都唔係好過分啫！(今期某某人自己都霸左4版 la!) 我喺呢個舍堂做嘅野，絕對唔單止係因為我在城大工 作，而係出於對呢個地方嘅感情。
《昕物》 講起昕物，自從我住 Hall 第一年就開始參與嘅工作，呢幾年我花喺昕物上嘅時間、心機，真係非筆墨所能形容，可能係我本身有相 關出版印刷嘅知識，所以一直都有參與製作昕物。昕物，絕對係 Hall 裏面需時最耐嘅工作，由諗 idea, 資料搜集，訪問，排版等， 往往都要三個月已上的時間。我由第四期昕物開始接手，到今年終於第十期了！喺呢幾年裏面，我地作過多次改革，目的都係希望呢 本對業昕堂別具意義嘅刊物可以延續下去！我曾經多次想張呢個重任交俾新人，但每次都失敗，今年也不例外，我想搵新人接手嘅原 因有好多，其一係想為昕物加入多 d 新元素，希望昕物可以繼續進化，但最重要都係想做到舊人帶新人嘅效果，希望用呢個模式繼續 做下去！
宿舍導師 同過咁多屆 RT 合作，最開心果年應該都係有 Alan(動物), Flora(姐), 祺(伯伯), Vicki(大遮遮)同 Tracy Lee. 果年就算我地幾忙都會有 RT gathering. 經歷左咁多屆，點都會有 d 係想黎呃飯食嘅。咩都唔肯做，又對舍堂冇貢獻嘅，有 d 連名我都唔記得 lu。哈，雖然 有時大家做得唔好都仲會俾我鬧，好多謝大家在舍堂工作上互相幫忙！今年嘅 RT team 都好開心, 有 Julia, Annick, Kelvin, Mung, PianPian。但今年對我黎講嘅 RT workload 亦都係前所未有咁多！好似昕物咁, 應該係第一次由我一個人做晒 104 頁嘅排版！
Hall 莊, Council 同我合作最多除左 RT, 就一定係 Hall 莊 la ! 好多謝你地對呢個舍堂嘅付出！ - 2辦事 - 魚姐, ar RA! - 搞得最多有質素活動莊 - 2Kea - 全莊 - 最有創意莊 - 無睡2 - Vic, Doris, Calvin, Germany, Leo, Gary, Sharon - 情與貳 - Sunny, Loading, Las, Mabel, Debby, Hesta, Hymns, Wilson
- 最用心莊 - 貳中人 - 全莊 - 貳想前 - 全莊 - 最少人嘅莊 - H2O - 全莊 - Council, 特別鳴謝︰Vic, 小強, 權
新業昕人 呢兩年新黎嘅宿生，認真，在各方面嘅質素都下降了！處事手法，態度，完全不像一個大學生應有的！(當然仍有部分係比較好的) 可能有好多人會諗，住 Hall 啫，點解會有我呢個老鬼喺度管住晒。但其實，我真係想用個人經驗同大家分享，希望你地可以從中學 習，唔一定要係關於 hall 嘅野, 但係, 近兩年我都少左好多時間同大家傾計！呢個同大學制度轉變都有關的。現在學科的 mid-term 比幾年前多左好多，同學要專注學業，很難抽空參與舍堂管理，同時，出國交流的機會亦比以前多，很難可以搵人接手舍堂工作、事 務！來年大家可能要面對嘅喺，點樣喺呢個改變中嘅環境找到適合業昕發展嘅新方向呢？ 記得業昕堂第一任舍監陳國康博士講過，舍堂只是硬件，是住在裏面嘅人賦予它生命及意義。業昕堂的舍堂傳統及精神，就依靠你地 新一代業昕人承傳下去。 最後，我要多謝我在業昕遇過的每一位！ 共勉 林子丰 (IvaN LAM) 二零一四年三月
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In just a blink of an eye, we have already been half way through the semester. For some seniors, Prosperity Hall has been their home for three years. But for the juniors, this is just the beginning of their hall lives, for that they have just had the tip of the taste here. Though Prosperians’ times in here may be different, the one thing we can be sure is that everyone has had their moods, happiness, anger, sadness, joyfulness. What each Prosperian has been through is distinct and unique, there are moments which they want to hold on to, to keep and to save. No one on earth can stop the time, we all know that. So how do we save the moments we cherish? We take a photo. This is where the theme of this year annual magazine stems from. Our theme is, Capture
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We chose “Capture the Moment” for this year’s annual dinner’s theme for two reasons. We hope to show you all the great times Prosperians have had in here, reminding you of the good days, creating a memory collection. Then, the most important reason, is that we hope to encourage each and every one of you, to start capture your moment in Prosperity Hall. The moments that makes you feel warm; the moments that makes you happy; the moments that makes you forget everything else but that very memorable joy; the moments that are worth a lifetime enjoying. Just keep your smartphone with you and take photos whenever you want. You may think that it is silly, but it is the silly thing that you will be enjoying in the future.
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Capture the moment ! Share the memories !!
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Door Decoration Contest Door decoration contest is held annually starting from year 2012. The contest aims at providing an opportunity for residents to work with their roommates to make their rooms unique, one and the only. It is hoped that residents can take the chance to develop friendship and build sense of belonging to the hall by coloring the room with their own features and ideas. 大家可跟 roommate 一齊為自己的房門佈置，為這一年 的住所增添特色，設計出你倆覺得最喜愛的房門！ 而你又覺得哪個樓層及房門 deco 最好呢??
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Basic Information: Owner: Emily and Kit Room: 1005A Room Type: A Description Small changes make a big difference. Comparing with the original arrangement of a double room, we can feel a bond inside Emily and Kit’s room. By grouping the beds together, it forms a sense of depth in the room. We can see every part of the room is well organized. The room is divided clearly into two parts, one for working and one for rest. Remind us that there is no need to be complicated when designing our room. Just keep it simple stupid.
Emily and Kit: What being special to me is not the room itself, but the people living there. You can see that I got a lot of toys on my bed. Some of them are bought by my roommate to me when she’s traveling around. It is always touched to know that someone thinks of you even when they are not around you. Living in hall isn’t just about having an accommodation that is closed to school, yet, realizing there are people who care so much about you. I cherished my good old days with my roommate and floor-mates. I like the carpet the most since it makes the room so comfy and relaxing. Our floor-mates would just come in and sit on the floor to chat with us. I feel enjoyable with the atmosphere of having a group of people gathered in a small room and having fun together. We got too many inside jokes which make me burst out laughing when I recall them. There are people you meet them at once and will know immediately that they will be your soul-mates in life. In Hall 2, I met mine.
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Basic Information: Owner: Henry and Ringo Room: 903B Room Type: B Description It has always been a big question on how to enlarge the space of the room effectively. Henry and Ringo has done a great job. By grouping their tables and beds together, eliminate the space used by the chairs, it is able to resize the space of the room from a long corridor-liked rectangle to a broad one. This changes the feeling of space in a room and how to use the remaining space of the room. Especially useful when you have lots of things inside your room.
Henry: I quite like the setting of our beds. We set them as a “L shape” which creates much space in our room, especially we are in B room. The room created is big enough for us to put our movable drawers, even a refrigerator and a TV. This makes the room more comfortable and user-friendly. Ringo: 我最滿意既位置就係近門口既鞋架，可能你會覺得 間房有個鞋架都冇咩特別姐。但係個鞋架放近門口 位，一黎可以方便我地一入房就可以除低鞋，同埋 我地個鞋架仲要特別多層，對於我同Henry 兩位多 鞋之人，的確有莫大幫助，唔洗將D鞋周圍掉。
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Floor Decoration Contest Floor Decoration aims at providing an opportunity for residents from the same floor to step out of their rooms and work together. The contest is held to encourage residents to make their own floors theirs, putting in their own ideas, decorating with their hands. It is hoped that residents can take the chance to meet their floormates developing friendships and build sense of belonging to their floors. 覺得自己所住的樓層很有特色嗎？那就用樓層佈置表達出來吧！ 每隔一、兩年，樓層 deco 就會轉換，該層宿生都會合力設計及動 手製作 deco，花一兩晚時間完成。雖是兒戲的手作仔，但大家也 樂於為樓層布置。看到自己的製成品，也為樓層感自豪！
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《滙豐業昕堂落成十周年誌慶》對聯 （舍堂導師溫子祺撰、楊雯懿書，2011年） 文本— 上款：「滙豐業昕堂落成十周年誌慶」 下款：「歲次辛卯舍堂導師仝敬立」 上聯：「業精於勤 縱覽詩書希聖哲」 下聯：「昕始乎夕 放懷中外究科研」 對聯本為辛卯年（2011年）春聯，後適逢舍堂即將 踏入落成十周年誌慶，遂重書並製成卷軸，恭掛於大 堂，以資紀念。 上下聯首字嵌入本舍堂名稱。上聯「業精於勤」，典 出唐韓愈《進學解》：「業精於勤荒於嬉」。「縱」 ，解廣泛。「詩書」，以儒家五經中的《詩經》和 《尚書》代指世間群書。「希」者，仰慕也。 下聯「昕」有黎明、晨曦義。「夕」是黃昏、晚上。 黎明由晚上而來，代表每日周而復始，循環不息。 學業和事業，要勤力才會成功，相反只顧玩樂，人就 會荒怠。透過廣泛閱讀有益的書籍，仰慕聖賢哲人的 行為和思想，從而增進知識和提高品德。 由白晝到晚上，晚上又到黎明，日夜雖然循環不息， 時間卻每分每秒的流逝。實在需要把握時間，孜孜不 倦地擴闊眼界，接觸中外先進的科研知識，才能卓立 於變化萬千的新時代。
“Chinese couplets for celebrating the 10th anniversary establishment of HSBC Prosperity Hall” (Composed by Residence Tutor George Wan and Written by Wenyi Yang, 2011) The couplets were originally composed for celebrating 2011’s Chinese New Year. Because of the 10th anniversary establishment of the HSBC Prosperity Hall at 2012, the couplets were re-written. The name of our Hall in Chinese are filled in the first character of both upper and lower couplet. Chinese classics sentences are cited in the couplets. It is hoped that the couplets can remind our residents:
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- Hard working on academic and future career. Keep reading good books and classics, to think about what the ancient saints said and done, in order to enrich our knowledge and to enhance the moral standard. - Treasure the time, not to waste any second and minute. To have a good knowledge on science and technology for facing the great changes in the modern world.
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住係 hall 2 已經年半，由剛入 大學時被廚房設備齊全及可以打 麻將吸引選擇了業昕，到現在我 這樣介紹給朋友；由當初迎新營 的一位新生，到現在幫忙舉辦迎 新營。一直慶幸沒有選擇錯誤， 在這認識了很多朋友，在每星期 的糖水會亦品嘗了很多不同的甜 品。大家會一起吃喝玩樂，不知不 覺間hall 2便成為了我第二個家， 它陪伴著我一起成長，亦是我大 學生活一個很重要的經歷。 Oscar Or (101A)
I really love living on floor one as everyone is so friendly and helpful. The facilities are great and I have really loved living here. Frances Cope (106B)
有人說，難得入到u，當然每 件事都要試下啦！而住 hall 正 正可以測試下如果當所有事都要 自己完成，我又會做成點呢？幸 好，除了自己外，還有很多好照 顧我的新朋友。包括，我那可愛 的 exchange roommate 和貼心 的 toiletmates。最重要的是一大 班擅長做甜品的 floormates，所 以每個星期都有食神，但壞處可 能就是每個星期都要肥少少 （請 大家手下留情，不要再養肥我好 嗎？再肥下去就冇人要ga la 哭） Eddie Lau (106B)
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First Floor, Forever in Synergy. I love the way each floormate shares things with each other and the yummy desserts every week to get everyone together. Living here really makes a second home for me and I treasure every moment being a Prosperian, a member from the first floor. Ziya Wu (104A)
每一次上完課回 hall，遠遠看 到業昕堂的大門，我都急不可耐 地想要回到這個溫暖的港灣。每 逢節日，又時時期待著大堂有什? 新的花樣。這裡像一個家，卻包 含了比家更豐富的活動，更活潑 的朋友，更精彩的生活。 Dada Wu (106A)
Living in Hall 2 is a great experience. Though I didn’t participate the orientation camp, I still met a lot of friends here. The Prosperians Night impressed me a lot and I can feel the harmonious atmosphere, everyone in Hall 2 seems friendly. As the floor representative of the first floor, I have spent memorable time with my floormates. We will have dessert night every week, sharing delicious cake, cookie or sweet soup made by friends. Thanks to our great chef, Tsun, we had a home-made-taste dinner together last semester. We spent a night doing floor decoration together. We drew and cut and chatted, tired but happy. Maybe the decoration is not that professional, but it’s the experience we had that matters, isn’t it? Melody Zha (104A)
Spending my first year of university on the 1st floor of hall 2 is a pleasure of mine. I met a lot of floormates and really had a lot of fun having dessert night, decorating common room and having hotpot with them. Residence tutor and senior students also gave me some advice on my studies and university life. I’m so grateful to have lived in hall 2 1/F, it is now an important part of my university life. Gabriel Chan (101B)
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不知不覺，在 2 樓已經接近兩年，從 混熟的大家，到開始有人畢業，有人加 入，當中的感覺難以用文字刻劃，總覺得 大家有一種親切感、默契，比人兜口兜面 話我MK，又如何? 各種真致、簡單的友 誼，分外親切，這比日後在社會上打混的 我們有著一個回味的作用。大家記住，好 好享受擁有的日子。 阿醒 (206A)
Living in Hall 2 is a great experience. I get to learn the diversity of culture from people living from different nations, which is the main goal for living in Hall 2. I got to learn the language, the behavior, and how people enjoy the time, which expands my mind about the world. Hall 2 also encourages us to spend time together with different people, starting from the roommate to people living on different floors, in which I found it very interesting. William Reynaldi (202B)
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做樓主其實都幾好玩啵。二樓又團結 又融洽，真係住得非常開心。最難忘係 每星期三的糖水會，大家都整得好好食， 特別係204A整的蕃薯糖水同紅豆沙。點 解大頭煮的糖水咁好味?？哈哈 大頭 (204A)
I am living with my lovely roommate William, who is an exchange student from Indonesia for a semester. It is really inspiring and novel to know so much about another culture through the interesting stories about the different life experience of him. The toiletmate, Baris, an exchange student from Turkey, also brought the images of another part of the world to me. It is really a fortune to live in this place.
It is my honor to be a part of hall 2. I have lots of happy memories living on the 2/F. It sounds like a family, a place filled with love and care. Lawrence Lo (201A)
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Coming to Hong Kong, from far away long. Party late at lkf but not in my Prosperian room. Different culture and very fun. It already feels like home!
Living on the 2nd floor is enjoyable. Enjoy sharing the common room, enjoy tasting the dessert together, and enjoy decorating our floor. Staying on the 2nd floor is cheerful. Cheered by open-sem rice , cheered by floormates’ smile! 二樓二樓，下雨不 愁，別層有傘，我們有大頭。 Lisa Wong (205B)
Emil Hermansson (206B) First time living in a dormitory, I meet a lot of friends here. The people on the 2/F is nice and the activities are good. It’s a very good experience to live here. Jan Chan (206B)
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Just like a big family, and enjoying the dessert time. Not for the food, but for the atmosphere! Lulu Hsueh (302B)
First year in hall and I love it! I met a lot of new friends and it is fun. Coco Chang (304A)
Even though I am only here for one semester, the people that I have met in Hall 2 have been amazing. The hall activities and our weekly dessert nights are the best! Kathy Hu (302A)
Hall 2 很開心, 同roommate玩 的很開心, 活力之好玩 Jackson Wong (305B)
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I love sharing joyful things with hallmates. Hall life with friends is wonderful. Cal Chen (301A)
Living in the hall is great fun because you can enjoy building up friendship with new friends and participating in various activities. The most memorable moment is when all of my floor mates gather on every Tuesday night, and share yummy desserts and jokes together. Shirley Tang (302B)
I have tried the most delicious cheesecake in this semester, which is made by the hall mates from 305A Anthony Yu (305A)
Hall 2 is great with a complete selection of cooking kits. That’s the best I like about weekly Dessert Night, to a large extent involving me in the hall community with those likable mates. I think ‘Harmony’ or ‘comfort’ captures the charisma of this hall. Yuan Jiang (306B)
The most memorable moment is that we get together to share food every week. It’s the most enjoyable time. The common room is very useful for us to cook food and play games. Sun Borui (306A)
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Hall 2 gives me a warm and caring impression. The dessert nights, Prosperians’ Night, hotpot... feels good to live in here! Thanks, Hall 2 mates! Ernest Liu (406A)
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‘There is no place like home’. Well, this seems perfectly correct before I enter hall 2. As a new comer, to my surprise, people here are so kind and generous. I really enjoy these few weeks wholeheartedly. The Prosperians’ Night, the dessert night, all of which are great memories and something splendid for a new comer like me. Hall 2, as its name implies, is now the second home for me. Vincent Ming (406B)
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自從入左黎 hall2, 好快就識到 一班朋友, 無論自己層定其他層 都會互相搵大家食飯, 食糖水, 打 牌, 打機。令到互相之間有種濃厚 既人情味, 實在有家既感覺! Haball (506A)
Hall 2 is a garden where we are glad 2 live in, willing 2 share, and happy 2 play; it’s a place that has no nationality, no age and no boundary. GaGa (503A)
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I like the way we spend time together, playing games, chitchafing, cooking... It just feels like, so home. John (501A)
Semb 才進 Hall 2 , 慶幸有一位很好的 roomate，除了電器用品一應俱全，更 重要的是他常鼓勵我要主動，不要猶豫， 不要等到事情告終才原地失措，後悔莫 及。自己是個怯於踏出第一步的人，盼望 進了 Hall 2 能重新塑造自我，成為一個 更主動積極的人。 Jasper (501A)
住左兩年男女層,第3年終於可以一嘗 住男層.真係好好玩,走黎走去,得閒去打 下winning,再唔係就一齊食下飯.估唔到一 班男仔沒女仔係到都咁主隊一齊玩,真係 好難得. Caesar (504A)
可以識到一班新朋友，大家得 閒就約埋一齊去煮飯同打邊爐食 飯，好開心。而且仲有一星期一 次糖水會，可以暫停一下辛苦讀 書時間，帶一點甜美休息時間。 West (506A) 識到一班新既朋友﹐令我後 一年既 hall life 過得好似 yr1 同 yr2 甘充實。得閒同 hall 班 朋友打下邊爐﹐食下飯﹐真係人 生一大快。大家既友誼亦都係當 中不知不覺甘建立左﹐有家既 feeling。當 hall 中搞既活動亦都 令我地係辛苦既讀書時間中得到 一些休憩既時間。 Wilson (506B)
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It is an unique and valuable experience to live on 6th floor. This floor gives me a lot of great time when having dessert night and prosperians’ night. Knowing exchange students is the most interesting part for me. I feel very lucky to meet an exchange friend from Australia. Living in hall will be one of the most memorable time in my university life. Selena (605B)
Living with exchange students is the loveliest experience in my hall life. I learnt a lot of interesting culture from them, enjoyed the delicious food from their own countries and shared Hong Kong style things to them. Wing (606A)
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During my year on exchange, living in Hall 2 let me understand the university life in Hong Kong and being amongst many locals let me understand Hong Kong culture more deeply. Although I was always mistaken as a local, I made some great friends during my time here and the weekly dessert nights was a great gathering to get to know my floor mates better. Living in Hall 2 was a wonderful new experience that made my exchange life all that more interesting and unforgettable. Lilian (601A)
I am Gary. This year is my second year living in hall two. Here I can enjoy cooking and playing different games with my hall mate. Also, I can join different kinds of activities, such as dessert night, Prosperians’ night. All the things that happened in hall two are unforgettable memories for me. Hall is not just a place that provides you the place to sleep, it is a place that you can meet friends, play with others and the most important is that it brings you a fruitful and colorful university life. Minion Gary (603B)
住左黎 Hall 2 呢個大家庭已經就快 兩年! 無論住係上年既9樓定係今年既6 樓，感覺始終無變。老套d講，真係有另 一個屋企既感覺。大學五件事之一既住 hall 豐富左我 U life,同莊員hallmate 一齊 煮飯飯,一齊打機，一齊吹水，一齊買料 打邊爐，一齊打牌（雖然我次次都俾人 据），毒就係毒左D，但真係好開心！ YauYau (602B)
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業昕堂對我而言不但是每天的安樂 蝸，更是讓我建立友誼、享受青春的地 方。宿舍大小活動讓每位宿生在歡樂的同 時更認識彼此，每星期的糖水會給我們盡 顯七樓女生宿舍八盡四方的威力、樓層 比賽讓我們更團結美化我們的家，親切的 笑容、誠懇的眼神便是 prosperians 最大 的標誌。 Audrey (705A)
準確的說，這是我第一年住 學校，從小到中學全是走讀的 我，在來到 CityU 之前就一直擔 心我對住學校的適應和與同學的 相處情況，特別是在離家這麼遠 的香港。不過，很幸運，我住進 了hall 2 這一個充滿溫馨與家的 感覺的地方，從剛進來時幸運地 參加到hall ocamp的歡樂玩耍， 到參加每週dessert night的甜蜜 溫馨，再到persperians’ night 的激動興奮……我住進 hall2 不 知不覺已經是第二個semester 了，persperians的精神和熱情活 力早已把我之前的擔心拋到九霄 雲外，能夠住在hall2真的是非常 開心快樂，十分溫暖~總是會讓我 堅定地想說:我要一直住hall2!非 常感謝hall2的所有人~並希望我 們能一直在 hall2 快樂玩耍! LI Jia(Jessy) (706b)
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I’m really happy living in Hall 2, especially on the 7/F. The girls here are so nice and friendly. We dine, we chat and we share happiness. Hall life does bring me memorable experience. It is graceful to be one of the Prosperians. Wing (701B)
I have lived on 11F and 7F and I just love all the girls I met! They are really cute, kind and helpful. We had those girls’ talks, cooked together and helped each other whenever we could. I really love living in the girls’ floors and this kind of experience is one of the best things I had in Hong Kong. Gloria (703B)
I have never thought of living with so many girls so closely together, as I lived on coed floor last year. Living on 7th floor is really a fantastic and enjoyable year! Besides having dessert night every week, in which 7th floor girls actively participate, we organize many floor and co-floor activities regularly. The loving, helping and sharing atmosphere here makes me have a sense of belongings towards 7th floor. I really can’t figure out another word besides “Sister” to describe our close and friendly relationship! Karen (706B)
This is the first time living in residence ever for me. It has been amazing with girls on 7th floor. I’m loving dessert nights, dressing up for prosperity dinner and girl’s talk! They are very kind and welcoming. I appreciate them for making my exchange life in HK even better! Rebekah (703A)
This year I met lots of people, new friends and new roommates. You may think that girls’ floor is boring, but it is wrong. We cook together when we are free. I also like the girls’ talk that we share all things to each other. We are really like a family. Rudy (703A)
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As an exchange student, this is a great experience since I arrived Hong Kong. Residents here are so nice and friendly! I really enjoy many activities that held by hall2 as well. Such as Macau trip and 盆菜宴！It’s my honor to stay in hall2 and become part of the members here. Hall life does enrich my exchange program and it makes my experience fruitful! Jean (804A)
Since I arrived to our lovely 8th floor I have felt the charm and warm of the people that live here. As the only one non mandarin speaker of the floor I thought, before arriving, I was not going to be able to really share with my neighbors. I am glad I was completely wrong, because from the first very moment I arrived everyone has been really cozy and I am grateful for that. Love to everyone. Enjoy life. 806B (Tomas)
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Hall 2 真係好warm!!!好似一
能夠係8 樓住真係幸運，雖然
家人咁!!!可以一齊溫書一齊食飯
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一齊唱k一齊去玩一齊生活!!!識到
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佈置，麥麥送，食標叔叔，準備
係會take care你既真心朋友!!!
糖水。我好感恩，謝謝你們。
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我是來自台灣的交換學生Jeff，Hall 2 有最好吃的盆菜宴、最溫馨的糖水 聚、最活潑的Common Room、最貼心的 Floormate、最好玩的Study Tour，常以 台灣人情味自豪的我，沒想到 Hall 2 讓 我體驗到在台灣也遇不到的濃厚人情味！ 只待一學期怎麼夠！不想回台灣啦！ Jeff (806A)
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住左9/F兩年，體驗住9/F由麻 甩既男層，搖身一變，成為左 好親切既男女層，亦都見證住成 班男仔將走廊裝飾成為「女層」 ，去到今年今日男男女女一齊將 Common Room打扮為外太空。 當中有笑亦有淚，而依 2 年既所 有，一定會成為我將來寶貴既回 憶。=]=] Henry (903B)
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入黎好短時間, 感覺係 Hall 2 9樓乜都有, 煲湯煮飯唔 洗愁。 Shan Maru (906A)
common 好靚, 仲幾溫暖, 幾 香。 Lammei (904A)
今年已經是我第二年居於九樓,今年 的九樓由一貫既男層成功轉形為男女 層,這的確是缺少了一份男人的浪漫,「 踢WINNING,睇波, 飲酒吹水同埋粗口橫 飛」既景況幾乎絕跡,但卻增加了不少樓 層的短聚,大家促膝詳談,倒是增添了一份 溫馨。唯一不變的就是這樓層依舊充滿生 氣,大家也總是期待著每星期的糖水會和 各式各樣的樓層活動, 這就是一群宿生走 在一起的魔力,讓你留在宿舍的原因。 RINGO (903B)
業昕堂-第二個家。兩年Hall 生活令我 大學旅途更精彩，慶幸能夠成為業昕的 一分子。 Yan (904B)
9/F is famous for its high quality dessert gathering & floor dinner and this always attract students from other floors.：D Elaine (901B)
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Living in hall2 is the best part of my CityU. This is the place where I found friends I love and care. I am sure these memories I’ll recall when I leave CityU! Emily Tsang (ex-1005A)
兩年落黎話長唔長話短唔短，但住係 呢到係真心開心，放心。好老土果句， 人生在世十幾萬樣野，識唔識得捉緊每一 個開心既時刻係靠自己。我好開心我冇畀 自己既煩惱阻礙，有繼續住係到。業昕堂 帶畀你既唔單單止係一個休息既地方，而 係一個你覺得屬於你既地方。 剔手 (1002B)
Why I live in Hall 2 for the second year is that I found LOVE here. All Prosperians formed a big family - we live together and we care for each other. Other than taking a rest, I have many opportunities to learn as well. Here, I found my best moment and I am thankful to have made the right choice. Shirley (1006A)
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Prosperity hall is my second home , Prosperian is my second identity. Hins (1002B)
Hall 2 is my 2nd home. Living with my caring floormates, I can feel the warmth in Hall 2. Quinnie (1006B)
十樓人食得煮得玩得捱夜得， 多得十樓我有一年充實既hall life!
住係Hall 2,住係10樓令我多左一班 新的朋友同家人,亦充實左不少我既 U-life。 Jennifer (1005B)
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真的非常開心可以加入 Hall 2 這個溫暖的大家庭。從剛入 hall 參加 Ocamp 開始我就很快適應 了並且喜歡上了這個溫馨的地 方。不但認識了很多來自不同地 方的好朋友，還擁有了最貼心的 組爸組媽還有可愛的“翠絲”組 員們 . . . 每週的糖水會都是我最 開心的時光，雖然體重也是不斷 飆升 T_T Ann (1103A)
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Our floor has many interesting activities. We will have dessert night every week and let students in each room to prepare dessert for the whole floor, which has significant meaning, which is to increase the communication between floor members. We also have the floor decoration competition and the whole floor students will show their design ability and contribute to make the floor looks more beautiful. Bella(1103A)
Everybody in hall 2 is hospitable and nice. The friendly atmosphere here makes my life here comfortable and happy, like joining a big and welcoming family. On the first day I moved into hall 2, I had nothing with me except some clothes. I needed to buy quilts and blankets immediately; otherwise, I could not sleep here. But I did not know where to buy them. Worried as I was, my toil-mate came by to say “hi”. She knew my needs and offered to take me to IKEA, three metro stations away from here, given that I was not familiar with everything here. I was touched by her. What a nice toil-mate! The longer I live in hall 2, the more friends I make there and the better I understand the hospitality of hall 2 residents. Living here, I feel the warmth that I have never experienced before. I am sure that my life here will be a wonderful experience! Hall 2, I love you! Hengzhe (1103B)
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H2O “H2” stand for Hall 2, we wish to serve all residents in Hall 2 and arouse their sense of belongings to this place. We hope that by organising different kinds of activities, residents will get to know more about the “PROSPERIANS” culture. “O” stands for obligation, which means the responsibility of all of us as a resident. We will try our best to motivate all residents in Hall 2 to get involved into different activities. As the Activities Organising Committee of HSBC Prosperity Hall this year, we hope everyone can enjoy a fruitful hall life.
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Jacky President 話說呢我呢平時就冇乜野叻既~最叻就走堂哈哈! 平時幾中意玩音樂架,淨係笛子都學左十年，不過成 日比人誤會左我係吹簫 :o) 我覺得自己同芝麻糊簡 直冇分別，因為大家都係溫、順、密、靜，外表討 厭其實充滿內涵，最重要係我天生就係一pat野! 可能大家覺得我平時做埋曬啲無聊野，其實都係想 大家係 hall 笑下輕鬆下姐~
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Maegan Internal Vice-President I love sleeping and skipping classes, my dearest “jongyuen”(莊員) always describe me as the laziest person in the universe. I laugh all the time and I think we can see everything in a positive way. My floormates always tease me on using chicken sauce when I cook. As a matter of fact, I have never bought any chicken sauce, the reason why they say that is because “I laugh like May姐”, as they say, and chicken sauce represents May姐. I am not genuinely fond of being May姐, but I hope that I can bring happiness to all of my friends in Hall 2.
Ruby External Vice-President Hello,我叫 Ruby / 露脾 ar ：0） 點解我話自己係棉花糖？因為我份人又甜又林囉！ 大家見到一個又 pure n true 既人唔使驚，因為果 個係我黎既~ 我平時最鐘意食標叔叔（串燒）, 大家見到我不忘 同我打聲招呼呀，我好 ‘nice’ ga :-D
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Anthony General Secretary My name is Anthony. I’m an international student from Taiwan, currently studying in Mechatronic Engineering as a year 2 student. I’m an easy-going person who get along with people very well. My old friends always call me “milk” since my Chinese name “吳林” sounds like milk in Taiwanese. This is my second year living in Hall 2, and I enjoy every moment of it.
Tsun Financial Secretary Hello, 我係呀浚， 係 hall 到我就鍾意煮飯仔同打 牌ge 。有一次就整過沙律海鮮卷，海鮮卷包住 雜果沙律同海蝦的炸物， 但係通常食的時候會點 沙律醬加強整體味道。 就好似我本身好似識好多 野， 但仍然需要同其他人合作先會發生到奇妙的 效果。我希望咁多位業昕堂宿生有一個開心快活的 舍堂生活。
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Ringo LAW
Reeve CHIU ( Chairperson )
Tracy WONG
Jonathan SO ( Secretary ) Gary LI ( Vice-chairperson )
Residents’ Association Council The Residents’ Association Council is the legislative and supervisory body of the Residents’ Association. The responsibilities of the Residents’ Association Council is to co-operate with the executive committee to organize activities for and serve Prosperians. The 10th Residents’ Association Council is composed of 5 residents coming from different background, from former ordinary resident, former executive committee, to former council member. Many may think that the council is unreachable, but that is not true. The very existence of the council is to contribute to the hall. If there is anyone who wishes to contribute to the hall, to help perfect the activities and to share opinions, that anyone is a council member too.
AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY I. II. III. IV.
To safeguard the rights and privileges of the members of the Association; To improve activities of the Associations; To deal with complaints of the Association; To approve the Constitution and Terms of Reference of subsidiary organization of the Association; V. To establish or dissolve and subsidiary organization of the Association; VI. To control financial matters of the Association; VII. To accept Resignation of members of Council (HSBC Prosperity Hall).
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Reeve CHIU Long Yin Chairperson This is Reeve, the chairperson of the Residents’ Association Council. This is my second year in Prosperity Hall and I cherish every moment of it.
Why Live in Hall I struggled for quite a long time before finally deciding whether or not to apply for residence. Money has always been a huge concern for everyone and the fear that I might not fit in or get accustomed to living with a group of strangers is also what was stopping me. But then something hit me, I’d have never known what it’d be like if I didn’t even try. I thought it’s always better to give something a try. Since if you really don’t like it, you can always quit. Anyway, I’m glad that I tried because I would have missed this life-time opportunity if I didn’t.
Love at First Sight I still remember the day when I first got here. A nice resident took me on the hall tour, introducing me all the fantastic facilities in Hall 2, telling me all the harmonious relationships he had in Hall 2 and sharing all the unforgiveable stories happened in this Hall. I fell in love with this Hall instantly. Despite its traditional and characteristic activities, it is its warmth that got into my head. The idea that this Hall can be your second home, that residents care for each other and that this is a place where you can be yourself, are what makes Prosperity Hall one and the only.
Growing Passion, Growing Responsibility I participated in the hall orientation camp, and I had a great time with my groupmates and “jobama”. Truly a family we are. To date we are still having reunion every once in a while. I was allocated to the 10th floor, the floor where I have met the greatest and most loving family. I have also met my best friends whom I share my life with. Everything seemed too good to be true. After a semester, I started helping the Residents’ Association executive committee, being the host of two events and on the editorial board of the hall annual magazine, the one you are reading right now. There was this urge in me that made me want to do something for the hall, making it a better place to relax, to play and to live.
Another Milestone, another Pathway The second year, I ran for the popularly elected councilor. Many of my friends asked me why I would choose to be a councilor when I was not asked to and not bounded to. I think it’s because I was inspired by my Joba Ken, the president of the 7th executive committee and the chairperson of the 8th council. He shared with me his stories a lot. He taught me to devote selflessly and give back. He made me understand that the hall doesn’t run itself, she must be supported by those whom she served. That’s why I thought I have to step forward, taking the lead. Being a council isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. Some may think that councilor is high at the top and releases only orders and decisions. But there is more to that, we hope to engage with residents and the other compositions in hall, smooth the relationships and ease the tension. That’s why we’ve tried using a different approach.
Vision This year has been nothing but tough, with all the difficulties that the hall and the Residents’ Association have been through. Here I sincerely hope that those who have the sense of belonging to this hall can work together to overcome the obstacles that we did and will face.
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Gary LI Ka Wai (Minion Gary, Minion Gary, Minion Gary) Vice-Chairperson Time flies, I have been living in Hall 2 for one and a half year. The life in hall is really unforgettable. It brings me a fruitful and colorful U-life. Last year, I was one of the RA Executive Committee members. We held a lot of activities for residents in Hall 2, for example Prosperians’ Night, different card games and floor competitions. Those activities not only enriched my skills in organizing activities, it also brought me fulfillment when I successfully organize the activities. When I saw the happy faces of the participants, the time and effort that I invested are worth spending. This year, I am the member of the RA Council. The experience of organizing activities last year can help me to share my opinions to this year’s activities organizing committee members. It is a challenge for me to be a council member. I need to be neutral and think out of box when approving the activities proposal of the committee. Thus, it can bring some new and creative activities to the residents. I hope the activities organizing committee can bring the residents innovative and fun activities in this year and let them enjoy the life in Hall 2.
Jonathan SO Tso Yin Secretary This is my second year as a council member in Hall 2. Time flies, I experienced a lot of changes through this year. All of us overcame different obstacles and came to a new year. I chose to become a council member again because I thought this is a direct way for me to participate in the operation of hall and give a hand to the others, give them an unforgettable hall life. With the experience in last year, I am more confident about the operation of hall. I believe I can give more support to my members as I have more reference for me to give out my opinions. Though the hall experienced a lot of difficulties in this year, I believe as long as we do not give up, we will find a better tomorrow. Here I would like to thank the Executive committee of this year, I heard that they have faced a lot of troubles during the formation of the committee. However, they didn’t give up and formed their own committee. Although they may have fewer members than the previous committees, still, they tried their best to serve all the residents in the hall. One semester has already passed, sometimes, conflicts may happen, I believe it is because all of us want to raise the quality of each activity when we have different ideas. I hope that with the help of different parties in hall, we can present a wonderful hall-life to the residents.
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Ringo LAW Kwok Wing Council Member I am Ringo Law, the sports secretary of “Equal2”, the Residents’ Association executive committee of hall 2 last year. I helped to organize hall activities for our hall, that gave a memorable hall life to me and I also obtained some of the skills related to organizing activities from my past experience. This year, I became a member of the Residents’ Association Council. I want to give support to the Executive Committee of our hall by means of sharing my past experience, giving comments to the activities proposal of the Ex-co. From my past experience, the great co-operation between council and Ex-co can give a big help on improving the quality of the activities organized. I really appreciate the organizing committee “H2O”. Although they have only a few members, they can still perform quite well. I hope they can rely on each other and hold the unforgettable activities for our hall.
Tracy WONG Ching Sze Council Member This is my second year living in HSBC Prosperity Hall. Living in this hall is definitely one of the most precious moments in my university life. I get to spend days and nights with my friends here. Playing mahjong or monopoly, watching movies, cooking, night chatting, etc. There are many fun things I can do and polish my friendship with my hallmates! Besides the personal aspect, I was the RA Executive Committee member of Equal2 last year and I am a member of this year’s RA Council. Being involved in the hall official activities is a great opportunity for me to contribute to my hall. As a RA council member, from collecting opinions, seeking for improvements, looking into detailed points to approving the whole proposal, we know that holding one activity costs much time and efforts from the committee members behind. I have always appreciated the great work from this year’s Organizing Committee and all the hard works they put in each and every activity. In my opinion, the best way to support them is to participate in their activities and have fun with them. Hopefully I can meet you in their upcoming events!
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EXHIBITION SHOWCASE - KOREA STUDY TOUR FEB 2013
HALL 2 ANNUAL DINNER MARCH 2013
MAHJONG COMPETITION MARCH 2013
DETECTIVE PROSPERIANS APRIL 2013
2013 Jan Feb Mar April HALLWAY DECORATION CONTEST FEB 2013
KOREA STUDY TOUR JAN 2013
GIVE ME FIVE FLOOR COMPETITION MARCH 2013
PROSPERIANS NIGHT 2013/14 SEM B JAN 2014
HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE OCT 2013
DOOR DECORATION CONTEST SEP 2013
Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan
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FLOOR DECORATION CONTEST JAN 2014
HALL 2 O’CAMP SEP 2013
AUTUMN OUTING NOV 2013
PROSPERIANS NIGHT 2013/14 SEM A SEP 2013
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堂刊《昕物》
Hall Magazine “PROSPERIANS“ The intention of producing the annual magazine is to familiarize Prosperians with the history, culture and recent developments of the Prosperity Hall. It provides a medium for current prosperians to recall their treasured memories and for new residents to experience the warmth and honor of living in the Prosperity Hall. 製作《昕物》的目的是要讓“業昕人”增加對業昕堂的認識，瞭解其歷史、文化等各方面的發 展，藉此讓已在業昕堂住了一定時間的宿生重溫和懷緬我們的點滴累積，也讓剛搬進來的宿生感 受住在業昕堂的溫馨和作為業昕人的驕傲。 不經不覺，今期已經是第十期《昕物》，由第一期到第十期，我們經歷過多次改革、創新，目的 都是希望讓更多人可以留意這本屬於業昕堂以及所有業昕人的刊物，希望今後的業昕人可以把這 本堂刊繼續做下去！
昕物 PROSPERIANS Vol. 1 Size: A4
昕物 PROSPERIANS Vol. 2 Size: A4
昕物 PROSPERIANS Vol. 3 Size: A5 業昕堂五周年特別版
昕物 PROSPERIANS Vol. 4 Size: A5 The first ENG ver.
昕物 PROSPERIANS Vol. 5 Size: A5
昕物 PROSPERIANS Vol. 6 Size: A5
昕物 PROSPERIANS Vol. 7 Size: A4 改革號 The first in Both CHI and ENG
昕物 PROSPERIANS Vol. 8 Size: A4 Double Cover v1.
昕物 PROSPERIANS Vol. 8 Size: A4 Double Cover v2. 業昕堂十周年特別版
昕物 PROSPERIANS Vol. 9 Size: A4
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Hall Emblem The emblem of HSBC Prosperity Hall was first designed in 2003. Purplish red and light yellow are the colors of walls outside HSBC Prosperity Hall. In centre, there are two ancient Chinese characters “業昕”, which is the Chinese name of this hall, surrounded by “HSBC Prosperity Hall” and “City University of Hong Kong”. This hall was named by City University of Hong Kong together with HSBC, the sponsoring organisation of this hall. “業” is taken from our school motto “敬業樂群”, which means devoting oneself to his or her work and appreciating people around. “ 昕” means rising sun, representing vigour and vitality. The name 業昕 implies that we are sparing no effort to cultivate our residents to be pillars of society, in dignity and honour as stated in the school motto, so they can make significant contributions to our community.
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堂歌
Hall Song
Listen to our Hall Song Online http://www7.cityu.edu.hk/sro/hsbcph/hall_song.htm
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入宿簽名橫額
Signature Banner Signature Banner is probably the very first tradition that residents will experience when they first come to Prosperity Hall. The first banner was born in 2002 and having a signature banner has become a year ritual. Every year senior and new residents, locals or non-locals, will sign on the banner during the check-in period. Such practice is a declaration of one started living in this Hall. This symbolic canvas will be hung on the wall all year as a reminder of us being Prosperians. 每個「業昕人」入宿時指定動作，新生好多時都會是但簽個名，但舊人、老鬼 通常都會搵埋 roomate 一齊簽，寫上自己的房號，有 D 人仲會起完稿先落黎 簽！証明佢地對作為「業昕人」呢個身份嘅認同！ 你搵唔搵到自己個簽名呀？
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業昕時光隧道 Time Tunnel
牆上掛著每一年 PROSPERIANS Night 的全 Hall 大合照！ 相片由第一屆宿生開始直到現在, 希望這 個傳統可以延續下去，直到把牆壁鋪滿。
When hearing the phrase “Time Tunnel”, you may think of the one connecting main campus and Festival Walk. That “Time Tunnel” records all the important stages of CityU. In Prosperity Hall, we have also got a “Time Tunnel”. Here we put the group photos taken in the Annual Prosperians Night on the wall. Glancing through the wall you will see the history and the changes in our hall.
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業昕迎新營
Hall 2 O’Camp 作為第1個開始帶玩迎新營既舍堂，我地 Hall 2 對迎新營既存在意義同價值仍然有一份堅 持。我地相信，迎新營既真正目的，係真係 要做到迎新，而唔係單單瘋狂咁玩。我地當 然知道玩係開心，但如果一個迎新營做唔到 迎新既作用，咁迎新營既存在意義又係邊? 我 地堅持迎新營一定要收曬 local, non-local, exchange students, 我地要做到既，係 hall 既 orientation，帶曬所有宿生體驗，融入 hall 呢一個多元文化圈。每一年，即使係 non-local 同 exchange 既同學，一樣都可以 同 local 同學玩得好埋，呢個就係我地舍堂迎 新營要做到既野。
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We are the first Hall to organise Orientation Camp in the CityU Student Residence community. The O’camp not only provides a chance for new residents to develop friendship with each other, it also help to strength the connection between the new and existing residents in our Hall. Games are specially designed to help students to get adapt to hall life. For example, a Cooking competition will be held in the O’camp.
業 昕 Cheer ! During inter-hall competitions, we like to show our hall spirit by cheering for our fellow hallmates. As a hall, we encourage one another and will support each other! 業昕人最重視的就是其團結精神，每當聯舍堂 比賽中有業昕堂代表，大家也會用業昕 Cheer (Hall Cheer) 來為宿生打氣。而每位業昕人都 必定曉得 Hall Cheer，只要有一人叫「Who are we!?」其他人就會懂得自動接對其後的 Cheer。何解所有業昕人都會Hall Cheer？因 為大家參加 O Camp 時，舊人便會自覺地教授 新人，以及每次聯舍堂比賽前，我們也會有練 習 Hall Cheer。 另外，打氣時業昕人也會以「業昕！業昕！業 昕！」作口號，希望業昕代能更清楚地分辨到 我們的打氣，而不會與別的舍堂打氣隊混淆。 所以身為業昕人的你一定要識 Cheer 呀！
Professofr Edmond Ko Cup The Best Cheering Hall Award 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Hall 2 Hall 2 Hall 6 Hall 2 & Hall 4 Hall 2 & Hall 4 Hall 2 Hall 4
Bom Bom bak bak, Bom Bom Bom bak Bom Bom bak bak, Bom Bom Bom bak Live in here, the love we offer 業昕 hall will MAKE US GATHER Fun and gear, the most we offer 業昕 hall will MAKE YOU BETTER Stick together NEVER FEAR Go together and WIN THE OTHERS! We are the best in CityU Hall We are here TO BEAT YOU ALL !!! Bom Bom bak bak, Bom Bom Bom bak Bom Bom bak bak, Bom Bom Bom bak
WHO ARE WE ?? Who Are We AND We Are Who WE ARE MEMBERS OF HALL 2 PROSPERIANS WE NEVER LOSE! Wooooooooo! 業昕堂! 業昕堂! 業昕堂! 業昕堂! 業昕堂! 業昕堂!
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These are the Hall Tees that Prosperians had from different years. You can see from the design that we have quite a diverse style. Every year a group of “designers” will brainstorm different ideas and then each of them will draft their own designs. The final product will be chosen by all Prosperians, including current residents, RA members and alumni! Unlike the term “Camp Tee” that you are familiar with, we call these “Hall Tees”, meaning that it is not designed for the sake of orientation camp, but for the sake of Prosperians having something unifying and remarkable to wear during their time in hall. 係 hall 日日都要著衫見人唔知著咩好? 緊係著我地既 hall tee 啦! 年年既 hall tee 都係由我地業昕人自己設計，只要你有 idea，下 一年全部業昕人會著住既衫，可能都你由你設計!
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Prosperians Night
業昕人 宴 Prosperians Night is an event held every semester, entertaining all the new and current residents. On that night, residents from the same floor would sit together and enjoy the dinner and programs prepared by the resident tutors and residents’ association. They would sit in a round table, which in Chinese traditions carries a meaning of reunion of family members, meaning that we Prosperians are a loving family. Besides delicious food, lucky draw and games, the most highlighted part would be the floor-photos and hall-photo taking sessions, which would become a block of “Time Tunnel”. 喺每一個學期業昕人宴，幾乎都有近全舍 堂近八成既出席率！咁盛大既聚會，係業 昕人絕不能錯失嘅活動！喺果一日有遊戲 表演不在話下，仲有抽獎及一眾舊生番黎 同我地一齊扮鬼扮馬！
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樓飯 Floor Dinner Gathering Another tradition of Prosperians, at the beginning of every semester, students on the same floor will have a dinner gathering. Instead of going out, residents of some floors will cook together at hall. With all the utensils that Prosperity hall provides, residents have no trouble cooking any dishes. 食樓飯？緊係自己煮 la !!! 樓飯係 Hall 2 傳統, 雖然唔係每一層都 keep 到，但成 班人一齊煮飯食果種滿足感係好難形容的！個個 Hall 都話自己有樓飯 ga la, 但係, 全部都係出街食，同其他 團體 re-U 有咩分別？ 要咁多人一齊煮飯，除左 Hall 2 嘅齊全煮食用具，別 無他選！ (歡迎其他 Hall 挑機！有競爭先有進步 ma !)
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The passing of Golden Bowl The passing of golden bowl is a special ceremony in the Inauguration of Residents’ Association, which represents passing the spirit of prosperity and our history from the ExResidents’Association to the new one.
呢一組金碗筷其實原先只係普通既碗筷！但當係 2 0 0 6 年時候, 當時既宿生會將呢組普通既中國碗 筷塗上金漆, 希望冠以業昕嘅精神, 然後係每一屆嘅 交接代表住文化傳承!
勁過板
Wishing Board
The Chinese name of this wishing board “Ging Guo Ban”勁過板 literally means “passing through”a GPA of 3, or even exceed 4. On examination eves, residents will fill the wishing board up with their goals written on red papers. Besides, they will also touch the sugar cane hung on the board, playing with the homophone in Cantonese (掂過碌蔗), which symbolizes they will be able to do well in the exams.
過三爆四， 掂過碌蔗！ 同許 願 樹 有 異 工 同 工 之 妙 ！ 呢 個 勁 過 版 係 我 地 ha ll 2 既 傳 統 ！ 最 開 始 嘅 時 候 宿 生 都 會 係揮 春 紙 上 寫 過 三 爆 四 , 希 望 可 以 取 得 好 成 績。 但 隨 住 時 代 嘅 變 遷 同 宿 生 嘅 價 值 觀 唔 同 , 呢埋 版 上 面 嘅 唔 單 單 止 係 關 於 , 有 時 你 會 見 到有 人 寫 關 於 去 e x c h an g e , 成 功 畢 業 , 甚 至 係成 功 出 p ool！
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糖水會 1/F Dessert Night by Tsun
10 Feb 2014
炸鮮奶 Deep-fried Milk This sweet treat has a soft and creamy pudding-like center and crunchy shell. Tsun also prepared the vanilla syrup for us to match the taste of the deepfried milk. He said that this dessert is learnt from his Chinese family and it was difficult for him to fry the milk. Time control was important. All of his floor mates were having a good moment in the gathering.
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糖水會 8/F Dessert Night by Holman & Hin
10 Feb 2014
蜜糖吐司 + 雪糕 Honey Toast with Ice-cream Holman and Hin made this special Taiwan dessert, honey toast with ice-cream. The inside was hollowed out and cut into smaller bricks, which were sweetened, toasted and then put back in and layered to resemble a brick wall. The outside bread is toasted as well. They put various toppings, such as fruits, ice-cream and chocolate sauce.
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糖水會 9/F Dessert Night by IvaN
6 Dec 2013
Floor Dessert Buffet On 6 December, this was the last Dessert Gathering on 9/F. Thus, our RT, Ivan made a series of western desserts for us. His mouth-wateringly desserts attracted all of our hall mates, including those from other floors. When interviewing him how a successful Dessert Gathering could be done, Ivan said he had prepared the desserts for two whole days and thanks for the assistance from some residents.
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Creme Brulee
Fruit Tart
Blueberry Cheesecake
Apple Crumble Pie
Cake Pops
Chestnut Tart
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想去邊 由你話 ？ 事！
Over the past few years, Prosperians have travelled to different parts of the world and explored a number of diverse cultural scenic spots and heritage. Being an annual tradition of Hall 2, Prosperians have been looking forward to the study tour every year. Residents will first form a group and do some researches on the desired destination countries. They are responsible for planning the whole trip by themselves. After travelling to the desired destinations, Prosperians will write post trip reflections and even organize cultural night to share their travelling experience with other residents. Other than cultural involvements that Prosperians have experienced, some experiences are so unique that it can only be experienced by yourselves. Throughout the whole process of planning and executing their travel plans, Prosperians have learnt how to better prioritize and organize their works. In coming years, Prosperians will continue this tradition and discovering even more around the world.
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This year, a group of 24 students joined the Macau study tour for a 2-day trip. The trip mainly focus on food culture and heritage visit. To most of the participants, this was the first time that they visited Macau, thus provided a great opportunity for them to have a look on the international city which history similar to Hong Kong but with a different style of living. After the tour, a Macau exhibition had been held to demonstrate the culture of Macau. Other than texts and photo of different places and food, Peanut Brittle had been offered to residents to try. The whole trip ends with pleasure and nice memories. So, although the time is a bit too soon, it’s great to think about the study tour destination next year with our hallmates!!
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Jean 參 與 了 M a ca u stu dy t o u r , 是 我 第 一 次 來 到澳們旅遊 , 兩天一夜的學習之旅讓我們體 驗了許多殖民特色文化以及品嘗了葡式風味 餐點。 許多觀光景點都是我們這次的目的地，議事 亭前地 、 大三巴牌坊 、 大炮台 以及澳門 威尼斯人賭場等等。 其中最深刻的地點在 議事亭前地，議事亭前地是澳門四大廣場之 一，而這個廣場的建築特色極具歐洲建築風 格，被評為俱有高度藝術價值的區域，現今 的議事亭前地是個熱鬧的商業城以及文化活 動重要地方。
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周公 It was a nice experience being to Macau. Actually, that was my first time. Macau gave me quite a fresh impression. At first, I thought Macau would be quite similar to Hong Kong. However, it was totally different – Macau has a unique and special culture. Macau’s building features are full of Portuguese customs. This can be completely reflected by the local street names – they are all in Chinese complemented with Portuguese (instead of English). Overall, Macau was really new to me, it was amazing and amusing.
H2 MEMORIES Capturing our
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Local HK student 業昕與四季 Elaine WONG 業昕堂 ── 業，為功業、基業；昕，明也， 是太陽剛剛出來的時候，將要普照大地。「業 昕」的命名，相信除了是對當年建舍贊助者的 感謝，祝願其業績豐盛之外，亦是充滿著對業 昕堂每一位宿生的厚望和寄語。 在這裡住了大半年，我真能感受到「業昕」在 舍堂內每一處的體現。還記得剛登記入住這宿 舍的時候，是夏天。陽光明媚，四處都充滿活 力，在宿舍內亦一樣。第一天一進大門就看到 笑容滿面的莊員們，一面忙碌地處理各樣事 務，一面熱烈地向我們宣傳即將舉辦的迎新 營。我二話不說便報名參加，經歷了三日兩夜 精彩的活動。透過迎新營，不但對宿舍內設 施、四圍好去處，以及舍堂文化有了認識，更 與組爸媽、組員們建立深厚友誼，對這宿舍有 了初步的歸屬感。 不久，秋天來襲，我們宿舍似乎也遇上不少困 難，看到宿舍新莊 “貳務” 無論在組成、建 立過程、上莊後都有不少阻滯，但他們仍然努 力不懈，一直堅持，十分欣賞他們為宿生的付 出，更為承諾「不論如何，我們宿舍都不會沒 有活動」，真是振奮人心，更體現到「業昕」 的精神。鬼屋、秋季旅行等等的活動，我都有 參與其中，大家都歡樂地打成一片，享受住宿 的日子。
不只是一同歡樂，面對海量功課、嚴峻考試的 時候，大家都會在宿舍共同奮鬥。學期尾時我 也常常跟宿友們一起深宵作戰，更輪流煮飯， 大家一面吃，一面溫書，一起度過艱苦的時 刻。我們亦會共同設計和佈置房門及樓層，大 家不同的意念百花齊放，更一起落手落腳工 作，完成屬於大家的空間。 入冬時，寒風蕭蕭，最難忘過了深夜十二時， 要冒著刺骨的冷風，顫抖著走上那陡峭的斜 坡，才能回到宿舍，便會發現宿舍內是何其溫 暖。不只是氣溫上比外面暖和得多，每星期的 糖水會，冬天大家便會煮熱騰騰的中式甜品， 湯圓、紅豆沙、腐竹糖水等等，大家坐著一起 聊天，暖流入胃入心。而且我們更有「業昕人 之夜」一起吃盆菜，玩遊戲，我更榮幸地幫助 擔任了支持的工作，是美好的回憶。
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春天來了，我對之後的活動仍是充滿期待，業 昕堂不僅給予我們「住」的地方，更使我們可 以融入每一生活細節，期後的業昕人也定必會 感受到「業昕」的精神和心意。
Student from Malaysia PHANG, Hui Ting “一筒，白板，八萬…” These, are what I heard from where I am now. Yes, I am in the common room, looking at my lovely floor mates playing Mahjong. Hall 2, comprising of a comparatively smaller community, is, the only hall that allows the residents to play mahjong. This is one of the reasons why I like Hall 2. I am a fulltime undergraduate student from Malaysia. I have been selected to be placed in this hall randomly. Overwhelming with excitement and joy, I am here. Life in Hall 2 is fantastic. I got to know many new friends from different background and countries. The residents here are extremely friendly and helpful. They treat me just like their family, assisting and giving me precious advice when I face any problems. Usually, staying far away from home will be easily homesick. But, I’m not, because Hall 2 is just like my second home. Life here is very happening as well. There are lots of events throughout the years, like floor dinner, Prosperian Night and Poon Choi. I particularly like the weekly dessert night. It is a day in which all residents from the same floor come together to have dessert and chitchat. This activity has built a more intimate relationship between us. Moreover, I have joined the orientation camp. It was a great and life changing experience. I had been introduced to the unique culture of Hong Kong. What I find it most interesting and impressive is how all residents work and play together in harmony and joy. Also, I have improved my spoken Cantonese tremendously. Thanks to everyone! Last but not least, someone told me that hall is a place where you will meet lifelong and amazing friends. Well, I can’t agree more. I believe all residents from Hall 2, will always be sisters and brothers, no matter when and where are we. I truly appreciate each of you and every moment spent here.
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Student from Mainland China 我在 Hall 2 的生活 Dara 王俏 雖然已經是 year 2 的學生，但今年是我第一 年來到 Hall 2。選擇這裡是因為之前聽住在這 裡的同學說，Hall的氣息很濃，經常舉辦讓大 家都樂在其中的活動。每層雖各有特色，卻又 彼此關係親密。這正是我嚮往的溫暖的家的氛 圍，所以我來到 Hall 2，發現一切正如所說， 溫馨而又美好。 剛入 Hall 2 就被視為新生 BB，被熱情地邀 請參加 Ocamp。我覺得十分幸運，遇到了 跟家人一般的阿輝、阿 Hin 爸爸同 Emily 媽 媽，也因此也認識了來自不同地方的組仔組女 們。Ocamp 並不僅僅是開始，更貫穿著我這 一年的在 Hall 生活，開 sem 飯、生日 Party 及各種形式的 reunion，讓我們時常見面，彼 此聯繫密切。每次見面都講很有趣的笑話，分 享最近聽到的趣事，讓我覺得身處這樣溫馨的 小家庭里很有幸福感。 我住在 9 層，很開心遇到了 Ivan 作為這層的 tutor。除了 Hall2 傳統的糖水會以外，Ivan 經常在層飯 或是平時為我們層的 BB 做超豐盛的美味大餐！很多 friend 都跟我講很嫉妒我經常有大餐或是美味 糖水的福利。Ivan除了廚藝甚佳，也十分有創意，floor design 令人眼前一亮，每次我回到9層都有 一種來到外太空的恍然錯覺。以為是新生BB，所以 SemA 努力了解 Hall 2的活動及文化特色，到了 SemB 就毫不猶豫地當 floor rep，希望能為層里貢獻更多。 Hall 2 的 hall 莊十分 friendly，每次有活動時經過大堂，都會主動同我們聊天，我和我的朋友都覺得 有被接納，融為一體的無隔閡感。在各種全 hall 集體活動中，hall 莊都能把整體氣氛帶得很 high，每 次都在笑聲中，活動不知不覺就進行到尾聲，回去翻看活動照片，笑臉帶給人無限的回憶與幸福。 來到 Hall 2 的近一年時間，我體會到的是輕鬆、溫馨、無距離感，無論是 tutor 還是 hall master，都 感覺是一家人。在這個 Hall，我被輕鬆愉快的氛圍所吸引，被溫馨細緻的關心所感動。無論你來自哪 裡，無論你講什麼樣的語言，無論你的文化有多不同，Hall 2 都會把大家視為一家人。然而有收穫也 要有付出，積極參與 hall 的活動使我有對 hall 更強的歸屬感，樂趣自然寓於其中。我愛 Hall 2 這個 大家庭，為它獨一無二的 hall 的融洽氣氛所感動。
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Student from Taiwan Jeff Huang My name is Jeff or as people may know me “臺灣靚仔”. I am an exchange student from Taiwan. I’m studying in college of business for one semester. When the first day I arrived Hall 2, I locked the bathroom and front food immediately. Because we actually do that in my country. I live in the resident of my home university for 3 years and I don’t even know my neighbor’s name. Hall 2 gives me the warmest welcome that I would never have thought about it. The people here were extremely nice to me and we had a lot of fun. In the hall we had many activities like Singing Contest, The Big Bowl Feast (盆菜宴), Study Tour to Macau, Dessert night, Annual dinner, Floor dinner, Inter-hall competition. As an exchange student, I am pleased to get to know more about Hong Kong with so many friends here. In the joint hall dinner, Jean, Jan and I even performed a song represent hall 2 in front of all the residents in CityU. It’s my first time to sing in front of 700 people! The facilities in Hall 2 is brilliant. Pan, sideboard, microwave oven, rice makers and any things you can think of is in hall 2. We can cook anything we want in common room which is totally different from my university. G/F common room even had a new karaoke. I learn Cantonese by the beautiful heartbreaking voice of my hall mates little by little. Everyone in Hall 2 can be a friend of you, even the security LING玲姐. Properians were like a big family. We care, we share, we help and learn from each other all the time. We talk random topics like politics, media, girls, food, travel and social issue. It helps me a lot to reach out of my comfort zone. Hall 2 gives me the best environment to actually learn how to live as a HongKongese. And I own my hashtag #港仔交換日記 to write down my Hall 2 daily life and adventure. “HSBC Prosperity hall, your second home.” From the bottom of my heart, I truly think so. We had countless funny stories and precious memories with all of my hall mates. Hall 2 completes my 5 months exchange life. I’m under prosperity’s spell and you guys make me feel young again. I’m physically attracted to Hall 2 and don’t want to go back to Taiwan!
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26th February, 2014 This has been the third year for me to be in Hall 2, but every single day spent in here is still fresh and exciting to me. The very reason why I chose Hall 2 at the first place is that I have a friend who had lived in here for a year and I thought it would better to have someone look out for me. But time flashed, I am already one of seniors. The first impression this place gave me is that it has got the finest facilities and the most harmonious atmosphere because there were many residents introducing to me everything here on the registration day. I participated in the orientation camp and I was so grateful for them for giving me a unique orientation.
Soon after that I was elected the residents’ association executive committee, hoping to contribute to the hall. The work, however, had never been easy. Every day I was stuck with endless meetings, proposal and lecturing. What’s worse was that I had not gotten along quite well with my other committee members, having a lot of discords. With so much work and incompatible members, I had my complaints. Be that as it may, everyone worked and did their best trying to perfect the orientation camp, putting aside their differences and complementing each other’s weakness. At last I was so glad that we could all fight till the end together, as a team. Being one of the members in and the friend of “2morrow”, I am so honored.
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The second year I became the chairperson of the Residents’ Association Council, hoping that I can share some opinions as reference to the new executive committee. But “Equal 2” has been tough to deal with. The novel ideas striking the traditional culture, often put the two groups at spark. While being mad about them not taking my opinions, I sometimes turned out to be the one who are too obsessed with the past. Like the drama they held in the orientation camp, I didn’t think it would work until it received great feedback, everyone was having a great time. I have learnt how to teach freshman with patience, accepting novel ideas with an open mind and how to persuade with logic. He who teaches, learns. It turned out than I learn more from “Equal 2” than they do from me. The last year, I can finally enjoy my hall life as a normal, regular resident. I have also been the “Joba” this year. But the fact is, I am not a good Joba. I didn’t shout hard enough when I was doing the cheers; I didn’t know much about room games; I didn’t know how to heat up the atmosphere. Fortunately my groupmates enjoyed more than I had expected. Looking at them playing hard during the games, I could feel succeeded. See some of them having so much enthusiasm and persistence to the hall guilt me a little but at the same time I am so thankful. I am thankful that I was given a group of “Jainui” who doesn’t despise me. I sincerely hope that they can have a good time in Hall 2 in the future. These three years I have been living on the 5th floor. Some would say it must be very boring living with no girls. But I enjoy every moment here, a bunch of guys breaking into others’ room, walking to the common room topless without fearing scaring anyone. Playing computer games and mahjong till dawn is nothing but usual. Even though we are a family of guys, we would still cook together. This is the 5th floor. From getting into Hall 2, knowing my Jobama, being the executive committee, being taught by the residence tutors, being the council chairperson to having all my lovable Jainui, these are all fate. Right now, I simply want to enjoy the rest of my days here in Hall 2, cherishing every moment I can have with everyone. Everything and everyone I have met in here, good or bad, contribute much to my life.
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是他 也是你和我 溫子祺 題 最後一年住 Hall，作為舊人，有幸可於《昕物》留下筆跡，為兩年幾的 Hall Life 寫個小結。每年二、三月 可謂業昕人最痛苦的時間，學業上要趕功課、期考及報告，舍堂上亦要每日為宿生會活動、週年晚宴及《 昕物》等開長命會，差點精力都崩潰。但我能參與這些籌備工作，既係榮幸，亦係磨鍊。除工作亦不忘抽 空享受Hall Life，跟同層宿友打機，同導師打牌，與莊員煮飯等成為生活的調劑品。這兩年就係於「繁忙 工作」及「休閒生活」間渡過。
最初認識 Hall 2 當年知道考入城大後，我已即刻揀好二座作為大學生涯的住宿宿舍，無他，只因我的一位舊同學小強 已在這住了一年，出外靠朋友，有人照應當然較好。不過我都有參加註冊日 Reg Day 的 Hall Tour，作個 瞭解。記得當日木人巷先由一位貌似飽經滄桑的老鬼阿祺接待我，再跟著由身材高大、不修邊幅卻好客的 Sunny 帶我到 Hall 2 各處參觀，從地下大堂到各公用房，樓層交誼室同宿生房間。先知道這舍堂有不少得 意規矩及傳統，各層設施繁多且乾淨，重出版名為《昕物》的年刊，當時的震撼感猶存至今。一個小小舍 堂居然能做到這種種，可見其宿生的歸屬感之大，亦令我有「住落或者不錯」的想法。第一年的住 Hall 生 活亦由此而起。
Hall 2 O Camp 身為新生，必會玩O Camp。「巧合地」Sunny 做我組爸，「幸運地」寶老母做我組媽。如斯組合， 可謂天作之合。佢倆係當其時的上莊，其一唱一和，細心照顧，真係俾到「家」同 Warm 的感覺，亦俾 我一個與別不同的 O Camp，因為經驗教我 O Camp 就係「喪玩」、「喪叫」同「喪Chur」。完結時的 Sharing Section，寶老母特意教我組 Dem 一個「一家人的 Beat」，以及 Sunny 激動的衝口一句「『貳 中人』，你地個 O Camp 真係搞得好好呀！」都令我感到此處的人與情非一般的「濃」。雖則當時未知其 中更深的含意，但已令我慶幸能成為了 Hall2 一份子。
上莊 Hall 2 有中學同學及親切的組爸媽，所以對其歸屬感亦非淺，但老實講，我從未有過上莊的念頭，甚 至抗拒。若要為舍堂服務，偶當 Helper 還好，全職負責？免。但不少人希望我能夠上莊。其實 O Camp 其間 Sunny 已有意招我上莊並向我說教，但我都左耳入右耳出。到招莊期間，O Camp 時我組組員更連續 三晚敲我房門遊說，次次兩三個鐘，簡直疲勞轟炸。最後，不敵精神攻擊的我屈服了，並帶著丁點不願意 上了 Hall 莊。 正如某過來人曾道「Hall 2 係地獄」， 上莊後我深切地體會到。每日，有開不完的 會議、寫不完的Proposal、過不完的 Coun、 聽不完的 RT 訓話以及搞不完的活動。日復一 日，輪迴上演。更甚者，莊員間磨擦甚多。由 於我係「被」上莊的，所以對莊員略帶輕視及 不滿。搞莊有人全心全意、有人得過且過、 有人偏執己見，大家各為其政，合作起來絕不 容易，使我每日都想打人。莊期中段曾嘗試放 開偏見，希望打開天窗說亮話，但好似適得其 反，關係更惡劣。講真，當時我更有點憎恨同 埋怨其他人，之後都希望得過且過，常自問「 點解有我做冇佢做？」。但到六月後，要於短 暫的暑假裏，準備永遠無可能完美的註冊日及 迎新營，感覺彷彿步進更深的地獄。暑假流流 長，每日睡眠時間平均竟得四、五個鐘，行程 排得密密麻麻。然而如臨大敵下，大家反而可 以拋開以往成見，做到互補長短。其時我身為 O Camp 總負責人，如無各莊員盡心幫我檢查 三日流程、管數、跟進贊助品、聯絡工作人員 同帶領各組爸媽，O Camp 必定搞不成，感激 之意盡在心頭。重有 O Camp 分享會時寶老 母為我等落的淚，令我一世難忘，終覺上莊以 來，係得來肯定的。總之，能成為「貳想前」 的一員及認識其他七位，係我住在 Hall 2 的 一份福氣。
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宿生議會 第二年，我擔任了宿生議會主席，希望以上年經驗帶給新一屆莊作參考及提供意見。但作為新「對 手」，「融貳」實令我非常頭痛，可說比我的莊員更難搞。新穎的思想衝擊承傳的文化，常令兩個組織 間爆發火花。我常以舊觀點批評其新想法及提案，他們則以更其新奇的看法反擊。勞氣新人未能接收我所 授，但反觀有時係我太守舊了，如 O Camp 時的戲劇環節，起初我並未看好，但最後反應熱烈，大家玩得 開心，可說係看漏眼了。一年的交手，當中有惡意的對峙，亦有平和的討論，而我則學識如何耐心教導新 人，欣然接受新的想法，及怎樣動之以情、說之以理。教學相長，反而係我從「融貳」身上學到更多。同 時亦多謝其他評議員及 RT，在不同方面給予意見，令我能做個更全面的主席。 最後一年 到了大學的最後一年，卒之可以以「普通宿生」身份享受舍堂生活。而今年做了 O Camp 組爸，是 我第一次做組爸，亦應為最後一次。玩過 O Camp，當過搞手，甚至做過其監察者，自問對 O Camp 瞭 如指掌，組爸勝任有餘。結果置身其位時，卻心有餘而力不足。原來我的不是自信，是自負至真。日頭帶 組Beat 不夠落力，晚黑對房 Game 一知半解，更不識製造氣氛，組爸當之有愧。幸好仔女的投入、熱情 卻沒減少，見到他們落力玩 Game 及踴躍參加之後舍堂的活動，也為我帶來成功感。看到當中幾位仔女對 Hall 2 的熱誠及堅持實令我於心有愧，皆因為 Hall 2 做事實非輕鬆，我卻有無言感激，可謂百感交集在心 中。感謝上天恩賜我一群從不嫌棄我的仔女，我的另一份福氣。但願日後他們在 Hall 2 住得開心。
五樓 住 Hall 到現在，我都住於「和尚寺」五樓，有人會話「冇女仔一定好悶」。此言差矣，我享受在五樓 的時光，一群「麻甩佬」鐘意就亂闖其他男仔房間，亦可以百無禁忌地赤裸上身走出 Common Room。一 齊達旦打機打牌亦非奇事，喊得呼天搶地、粗口橫飛都不怕投訴。雖為男仔之家，但閒時都會約三、五人 煮飯仔，女仔人家亦未必能煮出我等佳餚。而這就是五樓。 三年，由入宿 Hall 2，認識組爸媽，上莊，受ＲＴ教導，當議會主席，到現在有一群仔女，一切都係 緣份。似是註定，又似巧合。「所有相遇都是久別重逢」現在我只想好好享受剩下的住Hall日子，珍惜同 大家相處的每一刻。回憶兩年幾宿舍生活：苦中有樂，愁中帶怒，笑中亦含淚。當初只當 Hall 2 為供我住 宿的地方，但這處遇到的人事物、辛酸或甘美的經歷，都為我的成長帶來改變。現在的這個我，是半緣修 道半緣君。
回首當下蕭瑟處，有風有雨亦有晴。 感激所有我在業昕堂遇上的人。
胡厚權 二零一四年二月廿六日
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