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CreativityMatters
-
Roland Liu
(’04andEnglishTeacher of SJACS)
On 2-3 April, seven Josephians
participated in the Hong Kong
Odyssey of the Mind Local
Competition, which encouraged
and focused on creativity. As St.
Joe’s leading teacher for the
competition, I have always been
telling our boys to have fun and
show
our
characters
when
entertaining audiences.
We never expected to win anything. While students
frommany other schools cried their slogan like “We are
the champion” or “We have to win”, St. Joe boys
screamed, “We are forced to play!” This was something
particularly impressed me because it showed our style
right at the beginning,
and the judges loved
it verymuch.
Unsurprisingly,
our score was not
high. Yet, to our
pleasant
surprise,
the
boys
were
awarded a special
award at the closing
ceremony – the
Creativity Award. Initially, we thought this was just a
consolation prize. Nevertheless, we learned that this
award was not presented every year, because not many
teams really made people feel they
were creative.
Let’s not get carried away. One
award does not mean much, let
alone an award other than first to
third
places.
But
I
am
extraordinarily happy that we have
earned it because
it proves that it is
right to stick to
one’s character.
In a score-
based
society,
everyone tries to
perform like the
winner. Some will even look into performances of
previous champions in order to get a champion score.
Competitions eventually become imitation contests. This
Creativity Award, on the other hand, is a soft voice
reminding us that instead of living under people’s
shadows, we can go on being ourselves, because
people do appreciate it. Andwhat ismore?Wehave fun!
猴士多花墟年宵體驗
-
Musketiers
(2015-16 StudentUnion)
大家好，我們是2015-2016度的學生會
Musketiers
。在
今年 2月份，我們首次踏足商界，首次成為小老闆，首次
以學校的身份在花
墟設置年宵攤位。
當中所經歷的，所
體會到的，不但是
St. Joe
一直秉承着
的熱血精神，更是
使我們畢生受用的
人生道理，使我們
有莫大裨益。
在年宵最初的
三、四天，花墟的
人流較少，因此我
們的收入較預期差，加上同學早上曾在教區聯運會力
竭聲嘶地打氣，難免會感到身心疲累，意志消沉。儘
管大家在低谷之中，我們仍不忘互相鼓勵，互相支持，
秉持著
St. Joe Brotherhood
互愛互助的精神，堅持下
去。僅僅是輕拍一下肩膀，簡單的一句加油，已能成為的
最大動力。
St. JoeBrotherhood
就是這樣而已？不。在年宵的最後
幾天，我們通宵達旦為生意奔波忙碌，幾乎忙得喘不過氣
來。人流越來越多，十個人的力量逐漸不足以應付排山倒
海的工作量。直至夜深時分，我們才發現工作量越來越輕,
抬頭一看，十一個......十二個...... 自發來幫忙的
Josephians
越來越多。即使已經進入凌晨時段，他們還是
義無反顧，繼續喊破喉嚨為我們宣傳，高喊着「
St. Joe
仔，
賣公仔，賣D公仔好盞鬼！」等口號，或是唱歌吸引顧客。
儘管他們早已汗流浹背，臉上卻看不見「辛苦」兩字，有
的就只有「快樂」。
幫忙的人中，有我們認識的，亦有不認識的、不
同年級的，但毫無疑問，大家都是
St. Joe
不可或缺的
一份子。 即使沒有很高的回報，彼此沒有太多的交情，
我們還是願意一起互相合作，一起為
St. Joe
瘋癲熱血，
一起為
St. Joe
的兄弟加油！在此，我們必須感謝各位
師兄為我地付出的時
間和金錢，若沒有師
兄的鼎力支持，我們
便不能夠如此順利地
完成年宵的工作。
校 友 們 在
Musketiers
當選以來，
多次給予我們支持，
亦授予我們不少的經
驗，實在是萬分感激！
在接下來的任期內，
希望各位師兄能繼續指教我們。
彼此不求回報、守望相助正是
St. Joe
仔一向引以為榮
的
St. Joe
精神，年宵的那一晚，我們對這點更是有著真切
的體會。作為
St. Joe
的一分子，我們深感自豪。因此，我
們會繼續竭盡所能為同學服務，絕不辜負師長與師兄對我
們的期望！
