So CEDARS (The Centre of Development and Resources for Students) hosts a free Dialogue Session with Alumni and Teachers and then a High-Table Dinner as an induction for all Freshman and International students. So being the excited eager beavers that us girls all were, we decided to sign up.
The Dialogue Session was really great actually- I was in a group with an Alumni who worked for Google and also the Head of the Arts Faculty. I cant remember the Head of the Arts Faculty name but she was very inspiring and fun. She told us about all the NGOs she had started, the research she had done and she was also fluent in English, French, Japanese, Mandarin and Cantonese. Right now she is working closely with the Hong Kong film industry. Furthermore, in her youth she was (well she still is!) an activist. When the Tiananmen Massacre happened she filtered news into China with numerous other Hong Kong University students hidden in Porn Tapes. She did this so people in China would actually know what was happening, as the Chinese Government tried to hide it from their own people.
The highlight however, really was the High Table. It was sooooooooo amazing. High Table is a tradition from the United Kingdom. You do it to " to promote intellectual exchange among the participants. Through attending the dinner, students learn to handle themselves in a formal dinner and develop a sense of pride and identity with the University. For many students, it is the first formal dinner they have ever attended." It was like we were in Hogwarts. We all got the green robes to wear, sat in big long tables and the teachers table was above us. The food also was really, really good (especially since it was free). I had Russian Soup as an entree, Chicken with mixed mushroom sauce and vegetables for the main and a decadent Chocolate Brownie with mixed fruit for dessert (so decadent that i didn't even finish it!)
Then we had an amazing guest speaker who did a talk about Globalisation etc.
Being at the High Table dinner made me really realise what a great institution HKU is- far far far better than anything in Australia. There is a reason why its ranked in the Top 20 in the world!
Anyways some photos:
Waiting for the Teachers+Distinguished Guests to Arrive
Some of the Girls from Patrick Manson
This was taken by a professional photographer and on the HKU website. Haha- im famous!
''The Original PM Girls- Left to Right: Yoyo (Nigerian but from the UK), Andrea (German/Indonesian but from the UK, ME Chinese but from Australia, Tea from Norway, Antea from Italy)
Me at the East Entrance of Hong Kong University
The Menu
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