Lorraine Siu – Youtharch Web

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St. Mary’s Canossian College School Drama Production – Music Director (2016-17)
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers “Your School, Dream Green” Engineering Competition – Most Innovative Design Award (2015-16)
St Magdalene of Canossa Scholarship – Outstanding voluntary service (2015-16)
The Z club of Hong Kong – Best Project Award (2015-16)
ISI Skate Hong Kong – 1st place (Freestyle 4), 1st place (Solo Comp.), 2nd place (Jump & Spin) (2014-15)

An Unexpected Gift

When I was 10, my family received an unexpected gift. In panic and distress, a new member joined my family – my little brother Louis.

Louis was diagnosed with microtia at birth. My parents were in an overwrought state for half a year, taking care of my fragile brother and making sure that his health condition was stable. At that time, I wanted to contribute to the family too. As a fourth grader, I sat in front of the computer and carried out overnight research on microtia, looking for possible treatments. I also visited my mom in the hospital frequently, hoping to comfort her and cheer her up. I wished to lessen their burden by causing less trouble to them. When I was little, I relied heavily on my parents – I needed them to help me with my revision, to supervise me to go to bed early. I used to be a typical “Kong Kid”. I realized that the best way for me to help my family was to become independent. No more tantrums; no more childishness. I was determined to study hard and to manage my time wisely on extra-curricular activities and academic pursuits. So really, this unexpected gift trained me to be self-disciplined and independent, which helped me a lot in later years.

Finding My Goal

I have travelled to a lot of places since I was small. I believe that it is crucial to broaden our horizons and to learn from different people around the world. Last summer, I travelled to Columbia University in New York and participated in an interesting Genetics Summer Programme that helped me find my goal. I was fascinated by how genes could make every single person distinctive. After this course, I determined that I would like to pursue my future studies in Biomedical Engineering. I am most interested in gene therapy, which can alter a genome and reduce the symptoms of a variety of diseases or even cure untreatable diseases such as cancer.

I am fortunate to take part in a science programme to work on stem cell research this year with a professor from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and to explore more in related fields. As far as I know, research on gene therapy and stem cell therapy are still in a primary stage of development. I hope I can employ my knowledge and contribute to society with this new means of technology. I believe that biotechnology can help a lot of patients in the future.

My Passion

St Mary’s has always been renowned for its traditional annual drama production. I am the Music Director for my school’s annual drama production this year. I compose songs for the musical play. Besides composing, the most challenging part is to teach the cast members to sing my song. There are depressing times when they cannot sing with the right feeling and techniques, even after much practice; there are also rewarding times when they sing each note perfectly and with confidence. From designing part rehearsals to identifying mistakes in full rehearsals, I have gained leadership skills and have learned how to teach different casts in distinctive ways, as everyone has a unique voice.

In the production, I have also learned to communicate with different parties with patience. I arrange meetings and set tasks for the composers to write incidental music in my team. I also need to contact the music arranger to transform composed songs to professional recordings.

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嘉諾撒聖瑪利書院學校話劇製作 – 音樂總監 (2016-17)
香港工程師學會創意校園綠化工程比賽 – 最具創意大獎 (2015-16)
聖瑪大肋納獎學金 – 傑出社會服務 (2015-16)
香港崇德社–最佳項目獎 (2015-16)
ISI 香港滑冰賽 – 第一名(花式四級)、第一名(指定動作)、第二名(跳躍及旋轉組合) (2014-15)

意料之外的禮物

在我十歲的時候，我們一家收到了一份意料之外的禮物 — 我的弟弟樂正。

樂正的出生，令爸媽不知所措。因弟弟患有小耳症，所以爸爸媽媽非常擔心他的健康狀況，要全心全意照顧他。在得知這個消息後，我也想為家庭出一分力，以減輕父母的負擔。當年我只是小四，通宵坐在電腦前，用我有限的電腦知識搜集有關小耳症的資料，希望能找到有關的治療方法，安慰大受打擊的爸爸。我也經常到醫院探望媽媽，給她說笑話，希望能令她高興起來。我意識到父母將多花精力照顧弟弟，自己要變得更獨立才不用父母操心。於是我由一位典型的「港孩」 — 常常依賴父母，要他們督促我溫習和做功課，立志要變得自律、好好分配在學業和課外活動的時間；這個改變亦在日後令我獲益不少。

找尋目標

我很喜歡到外地參加不同的暑期課程，結交來自世界各地的朋友。在這個全球化的世代，我認為要開拓眼界，擴闊視野，才能避免成為井底之蛙。去年，我到哥倫比亞大學參加基因及生物課程，令我初次接觸到最新的生物科技，更從中找到我未來的目標。我對生物工程很感興趣，並希望未來能認識更多這方面的技術和知識。基因治療或幹細胞治療在理論上能醫治許多「絕症」，如一些遺傳性症病或癌症等，可是這種新穎治療法的研究尚待發展。我期望未來能從事生物工程，深入研究這些療法，從而回饋社會，幫助受病魔折磨的人。

我的熱愛

我所就讀的中學有一個歷史悠久的傳統，就是每年製作一齣大型英語話劇，而我身為今年話劇表演的音樂總監，將努力把這項傳統承傳下去。除了負責為話劇作曲，我亦要指導同學演繹歌曲和跟他們排練。在過程中，我需要擁有良好的溝通能力和耐性，為演員講解唱歌的技巧。除此之外，我也要和導演討論背景音樂的製作，及帶領作曲組組員合力創作旋律。我由昔日只是合唱團的一員，搖身一變成了大型製作的統籌者，這個身分令我發掘到自己的領導才能，亦讓我能盡己之力為學校作出貢獻。[/vc_column_text][tek_button button_text=”返回” button_style=”tt_primary_button” button_color_scheme=”btn_primary_color” button_hover_state=”” button_icon_bool=”no” button_action=”button-action-link” button_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2F159.89.198.89%2Fyoutharch-web%2Fzh-hant%2Fpast-awardees%2F|||” button_position=”button-center”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]