{"id":5784,"date":"2017-09-05T00:43:53","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T00:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/?p=5784"},"modified":"2017-09-05T00:43:53","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T00:43:53","slug":"we-can-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/5784","title":{"rendered":"We can make a difference"},"content":{"rendered":"

We can make a difference<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not everyone is born to a fairy-tale like loving family and Amy is one of the less luck ones.\u00a0 She grew up in a traditional Chinese family with two younger brothers. \u00a0Her parents showed little concern to her as their attention was all drawn to the two brothers. Her life was exactly like that of Cinderella. \u00a0She had to do housework, prepare meals for her family, be scolded by stepmother and bullied by her brothers. \u00a0Sadly, the only difference is that she did not meet a prince and lived happily ever after. \u00a0However, she met a benevolent family living next door.\u00a0 They gave her snacks, little gifts and were always showing her appreciation and care.\u00a0 They did not do much but had already made Amy feel being loved and empowered her with enough strength to survive in this indifferent family. \u00a0She was thankful towards her neighbour.\u00a0 She, at the same time, doubted why they were so kind-hearted. \u00a0She discovered a story behind.<\/p>\n

The family migrated from mainland China in earlier years. \u00a0They were really poor and could not even afford three proper meals a day.\u00a0 They were still feeling gloomy while recalling from the memory those tough days. \u00a0Fortunately, they were lucky enough to meet some good neighbours who did not look down on them and treat them like their family members, giving them meals and recommend them for jobs, so that they could earn a living.\u00a0 Therefore, they were willing to share love with others because they had been blessed with love from their neighbours. \u00a0Amy was influenced by their kindness. She was determined to share what she had with others in the community. After a few years, she became a doctor and joined the M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF), an international, medical humanitarian organisation serving the needy and the underprivileged all around the world.\u00a0 She would like to give hope to those devastated people. \u00a0Finally, she had her own happy ending.<\/p>\n

In this affluent Hong Kong, everyone is occupied with their own business. \u00a0Who will pay attention to their surroundings? \u00a0We might not even know what our neighbours\u2019 names are. \u00a0If we would like to make a difference in our community, we should first observe. \u00a0Some people in need are often around waiting for help. \u00a0We can make a difference in their life.\u00a0 Don\u2019t always stare at our phone and ignore real lives passing by us.\u00a0 Don\u2019t just make complaints about the unsympathetic city.\u00a0 We can contribute to making a change to it.<\/p>\n

It is high time we changed our mindset. Not only should we take the initiative to help the others but we should also be concerned about others more. \u00a0I believe all of us can make our contribution by being more considerate and generous. \u00a0Love and kindness will spread around and Hong Kong is going to become a warm and loving city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We can make a differenc<\/strong>Not everyone is born to a fairy-tale like loving family and Amy is one of the less luck ones.\u00a0 She grew up in a traditional Chinese family with two younger brothers. \u00a0Her parents showed little concern to her as their attention was all drawn to the two brothers. Her life was e.........Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":8474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","language-en","classlevel-s4","schoolyear-48"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5785,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions\/5785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}