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 Distinguished faculty, students and guests,
Good evening!
 
My name is Wang Zi, a second-year student from Economics and Finance class. I’m deeply honored, and am very grateful to have the opportunity to stand here.
 
At the beginning, let me represent all the senior students and all the associations in PHBS to give you a warm welcome! Welcome to PHBS, welcome here!
 
Last night, when I saw you waiting outside after you finished your math exam, you remind me my last year, when I was busy listening to a lot of lectures, doing a lot of new things, talking to a lot of friends I made here, and discussing all things around us, good or bad. Everything was new to me, new city, military training, HKU courses, and for the first time, girls are more than boys.
 
You may want to hear from me what the right thing you should do during the coming year.
 
Let me tell you some stories about myself.
 
I finished the military training very well, I organized my friends taking photos and writing news, and I was quite confident about myself. After the joint performance, we were so happy, as well as my drill master, some of you might know——Jin Xiaozhou. We upthrew him and failed to catch him. It was a disaster. Nobody blamed us, the school, the military, himself. But how could I just feel fine. I feel deeply guilty. That was new to me. For all these years, I made mistakes, and I tried to fix it. This is the first time I realized some scar you never fix it. You could not just say “I will make it up.”, and feel satisfied. You will have to live with the guilty, and try never do that again.
 
I was very lucky to have a very nice supervisor——Professor Kong Ying, who treats me like his own child. And I was chosen to be the team leader of a program, which was quite different from academic program. It was very complicated, and we have to follow the government’s idea instead of the right thing we thought we should do. Every time I was about to give a presentation to the Shenzhen government, I wished I could quit. But I never quit, anything. And it was the first time I realized responsibility is much more than ability, just like the letters.
 
There are many first time during this year. First time I became a host of Nanyan TV, first time I organized the welcome evening party, first time I took off my glasses even though my eyes are quite small. I appreciate here bringing me these chances.
 
You came from different universities, had different education background. That makes things great. When we talked about creation, it is not those who are already in that filed, but those who are new that bring light. You all have your own shining points, you just need to be confident, and be modest. As long as you are willing to hear, you will receive everything. At here, I received lots of friends. We formed a group, we share, we discuss; we study together, we have fun together, and we improve together. I treasure these friendships the most. And I really wish ten years later, twenty years, thirty years, and my entire life, we could still be the best friends.
 
There are over 600 students in PHBS. You will find the place quite small, you could almost meet anyone in the schoolyard in the same day. Maybe you don’t feel anything, but when we were taking some exams or interview outside, we felt safe and home as lots of my classmates were there. Even when we graduate from here, as long as we meet, we will feel like brothers and sisters. Actually, you are never alone.
 
There is also another thing which is really important——love. It is always a big issue for everyone. Love in PHBS is also different. You will soon find lots of your classmates becoming pairs. That is true, you will see. It is lucky to find someone. All over the world, you meet, you get to know, and you fall in love, it is not that easy. But sometimes, most of the times, you may not be the lucky one. Maybe the wrong time, wrong place, or the wrong person. Sometimes everything is right, you still couldn’t. I used to ask a girl to see a movie, but she said I had to get a high score of an exam. It was only three days before the exam. I tried so hard, and finally passed with only three days, but not with a high score. Sometimes, you need to push yourself to do something, then you will know your potential. Now, I understand “you never know until you try” better. You may want to know what about the movie? There is no movie. But I am still thankful, for making me better. You have to feel it yourself. I wish you all good luck.
 
You see, what is the right thing? When you consider your heart, you should assume there is no such thing. Today I don’t want to talk about my study, my internship, my career, my future. The title, the accomplishment, don’t represent me. I am talking about my life, my true life here. It is not always happy, most of the times it mixed with pain and misery. Sometimes I couldn’t just move on. True life is full of uncertainty. It is not probability, not possibility, it is those things that you never know could happen. My drill master Jin Xiaozhou, never thought he would be in bed for almost half a year. I never thought I could pass that exam within three days. A friend once told me that she didn’t like uncertainty because it made her fear. What is courage? When I was young, I was hit by a car, and I just stood up and cleaned my clothes, and then went away. It is not courage, because I didn’t realize the danger. Courage is even when you know you would get hurt, you might fail, you still keep moving on, you could take the risk. That is courage, the strength to face uncertainty. That makes us human, not just machine, doing everything precisely.
 
I am very grateful for the PHBS, and I love my whole year here. And I wish you all can follow your hearts, gain the courage and enjoy your new life here.
 
Thank you!