Summer Issue, 2013

Cure for my homesickness I am currently on my academic exchange at Tsinghua University, Beijing. Thankfully, I have been able to meet with my mentor Mr Lam. We rst met in a coffee shop in Hong Kong before my departure. Our rst meeting was a delightful moment, a wonderful starting point for my Beijing exchange journey. After my arrival in Beijing, Taylor invited me to have lunch with his family which was unexpected. I felt like I was a part of his family and it cured my homesickness. And while I enjoyed having family dinner at my mentor’s apartment, we also shared wonderful stories and had a great time. Taylor also advised me on my career planning. Following his advice, I decided to have my internship in Beijing because it would be a better way to experience the local culture in a deeper sense. I am very grateful to have my mentor as my career adviser. In the coming two months, I will stay in Beijing for my internship and keep contact with my mentor regularly. Dennis Suen Mentor: Taylor Lam 林國恩 (BSocSc 1990) Mentee: Dennis Suen 孫楠 (BSc(IM),Year 3) Mentee Dennis (left) and his mentor, Taylor, in Beijing. An unforgettable semester in Boston On April 20, 2013, Simon Nip, YumTong and I had an enjoyable time eating dim sum with this semester's exchange students Roy Lam (Harvard University), Ma Hui (Mount Holyoke College) and Zeng Xin (Wellesley College). Simon Nip, who mentors Ma Hui, is a wonderful mentor. He drove to Cambridge to pick up the students and then took them to breakfast in Concord, an old colonial town. He also showed them around the tourist attractions in Concord and Lexington. The exchange students this past semester have certainly experienced a lot - one of the most severe winters we have had, the Marathon bombings, and the closing down of Cambridge and its neighbouring towns. Professor SiuWong Sau-fong Mentors: Simon Nip 聶禮和 (BSc(Eng) 1987) Professor SiuWong Sau-fong 蕭黃秀芳 (BA 1964; DipSocSt 1965) Professor SiuYum-tong 蕭蔭堂 (BA 1963; Hon DSc 1990) Mentees: Roy Lam 林子豪 (BSc(ActuarSc),Year 2) Ma Hui 馬慧 (BSocSc,Year 2) Zeng Xin 曾昕 (BA,Year 2) From left: Zeng Xin 曾昕 , Professor Siu Wong Sau-fong 蕭黃秀芳 and Simon Nip 聶禮和 From right: Ma Hui 馬慧 , Professor Siu Yum-tong 蕭蔭堂 and Roy Lam 林子豪 . 62 Mentorship