Back to the Bubble

I have been back for almost a week already. For this past week, what I did was... unpacking, going to workshops and talks for Resident Assistant training, doing door decorations, doing bulletin boards, mingling with my staff, blowing my nose for a thousand times a day, and coughing. The whole week has not been so great because of the tight schedule and the heat. Nonetheless, I managed to make it till today and there's only a few more days left for training.

Going through what I went through the same time last year is a bit not fun. But throughout this process, I did challenge myself and wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone a bit. I tried to be more engaging and add more to the conversations. I tried to meet some new people and I did. For the High Rope course, I managed to climb both the the tasks we needed to do although the first one was really scary and I was a bit sick when I was doing the second one. I managed to finish them. One thing that I really want to achieve this year is to build a personal relationship with each of my residents. This is hard but I will give it a try. And also to be a good leader is like being who you are. You cannot put on a 'good leader' face.

While I'm far away in the land of America, much is happening in HK. I saw so much on Facebook concerning the leader of AccessHK. I saw that people defriended him on Facebook and started saying bad things about him on Facebook. I heard that people are going to write a complaint letter to the council so that he can get the consequences he deserves. To be honest, I do not know much about all these. I do not even know what he did to others that made them so angry and so agitated about him. But the whole issue is just sad. I wonder how he feels if he knows about all these. I'm glad that I'm out of the whole issue and as an outsider, maybe I can see more clearly. But honestly, I do not have a say and I do not mind that I don't.

I can foresee how busy I will be during this semester already. I just hope that I can make it through without forgetting what my first priority is. God, I put my faith in You and put everything in Your hands.