Life event of "Skhawat"

I loved this game so much. You know what I talking about? When I was a child I always had a dream to play cricket for Pakistan National Team. But it was hard and I moved to Hong Kong to study. As Hong Kong is a small city and it is not a big cricketing nation. When I was 14 years old I was selected to play for Hong Kong under-15 national team in Malaysia. I was on the moon that time. It was first experience and it turned out to be a great one. I performed pretty well on my first tour.

There was more to come when I grow up. In 2008, there was this big international tournament named Asia Cup, all great teams were competing such as Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, UAE and Hong Kong team qualified for the second time to play in this. The competition was shown live on TV all over the world. I was struggling with my shoulder and back injury. I knew it could be the only chance to represent Hong Kong at top level and play in front of cameras. Therefore I did not show any concern to my coach and kept training with the team. Team was announced and I was lucky enough to be chosen in the team. It was just like dream come true for me. I had never thought of playing at that stage but god with his grace and mercy gave me all the opportunities and happiness in my life. My whole family was so happy when they saw me playing on TV. It was just a great moment to treasure in my life. My family gave me so much support and never stopped me from playing or anything else. So I owe them a lot of things and I should repay them with something at least.

It has always been fun representing Hong Kong team. You can travel all around the world and play for your country. I had dream of playing for Pakistan but I did not know it would be Hong Kong where I could achieve it.



Cricket has taught me many great things; patience, determination, cooperation, living, etiquette, competitiveness, confidence, and more you can just name it. Now I think passing on my little knowledge to youngsters would be another goal to be achieved.


You should do what you like and you should like what is good for you and your future.

So work hard and success will be yours.

Life event of "Homer"

My Life Event:
I decided to go back to school to take a 2-year evening course in 2008. I felt a kind of uncertainty and challenging as the course demanded a lot of effort to read academic papers and catch up with sociological knowledge. I was not a smart student and poor in English. I still took it because I guess it can be helpful for me and my social work practice. Yet, it’s very expensive for me (equal to several months of full salary) and I paid the tuition fee by myself. Another challenge is I have to go to Baptist University after long day at work, so sleepy and tiring. Yet, learning new knowledge and refreshing my work approach is enjoyable.

My Interest & Hobbies:
I like driving and collecting bus models very much. Because I think it connects people and the environment with freedom. I love to drive my friends and parents to different cool places in and outside HK.

Impressive & Memorable experience:
I got a surprise gift for my birthday from my dear SAHTC colleagues.

(My favorite way to touch the nature)


(My crazy time with my ex-secondary school friends)

life event of "Phoebe"

My life event : Graduation from University
I had conflicting feelings towards my graduation from university. During my school life in university, I had so much fun and felt excited by participating in different programs, such as overseas exchange to Ireland, Italy and Taiwan for studies and going to Cambodia to do voluntary work for Aids Children.
Studying in University is full of joy and laughter. You can explore different knowledge with freedom and it was so fun to have discussion with teachers. I love my 3 years studies in Social Work very much. Time when I needed to graduate, I missed a lot of things I have experienced.
However, the graduation was the time to go to another page of life:
To develop and shine the spirit of being a social worker!
To improve the quality of life of people and to develop people’s potentials!
To advocate and to achieve social justice!



Shanya, 10 years old, she was living in Cambodia Rubbish Hill and everyday she and her brother needed to climb up to the “rubbish mountain” to collect 20kg of plastic for selling in order to sustain her family expenses.



Nuch is a very adorable “baby”. She unfortunately got Aids transmitted from her infected mother. Her parents died and she was sent to the Rainbow Bridge (an orphange house for Aids Children) by her neighbours living in Rubbish Hill. She loved to stay and carried by me all the time. When I left, she cried very sadly and loudly. Although it was heartbroken, I believe I will visit her again soon.



My grandmother had a serious lung disease during my Year 1 studies. It was so serious that the doctor told us she had only got a few months to go. We both had a same wish to take my graduation picture together!

I made prayers to God and shared my wish with my grandma as well.
Most of my relatives and friends knew, my grandmother was a very tough women and she loved me a lot. During that time, she tried her best to learn breathing again to control her disease from getting worse. At the end, we did it!

From several months of survival to a 3 years survival, my grandmother has shown me that we should live with perseverance without fear. Positive thinking could breakthrough challenges.

Life event of "Grace"

In 2008, Sichuan had a serious earthquake. I took one month leave and did volunteer work there. I with my friends visited the hospital everyday. We were not doctors or nurses but we prepared some stories and some interest classes for injured kids and youth. After this volunteer trip, I had something different in my mind. I wanted to do a job which was related to help others. Luckily, I joined SAHTC where we serve South Asian people in Hong Kong. Although my job at SAHTC is mainly for admin work but I can use my admin skills to help SAHTC. I learned lots of new things meet lots of kids and really feel happy to work here.

Outside of work, I love going to country side with my friends and take photos. I also learn drawing on weekdays. All such things make me feel relax and enjoy. How about you? You also can use your interest to make others happy, such as taking photos for your friends to have happy memories.

Finally, I wishing all of you enjoy your life and find out the little thing that could change your mind and try to achieve your dream.

04. Our Stories - Charming

Hello, my name is Riya Gurung or you can call me Reye.

I have been living in Hong Kong for over 1 year. The best thing in Hong Kong is that I can hang out with friends in my free time. I don’t like some of the laws in here.

In my leisure time, I usually sleep at home and sometimes do chatting with friends and hanging outside. I joined many of SAHTC programs such as Wetland Park Outing, Beauty Workshop, Yuva Volunteer Group, Basketball and etc.

I had many happiest moments in 2009. And I liked night camp in 2010.

I like to be歌手 and舞蹈演員。

Thank you.
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