My Personal Brand
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I am Shi Xilin Cecilia, a second year student majoring in mathematics.
I have an interesting background that my student status at HKUST, my home and my nationality are all different. I was born in Hong Kong in 1994 when my father was working at HKUST. I migrated to Singapore when I was one year old, and came back to China at the age of eight. So when people ask where I come from, I always have to explain all these. And when I said I was a local student at HKUST but I could neither speak Cantonese nor understand it, people were always surprised and got confused.
When I came back to mainland China, I also lived in several cities, which are Suzhou, Shanghai and Tianjin. We relocated often due to my parents’ careers, and by the time I began high school I had already studied at seven schools. The constant moving was very difficult initially, as I hated saying goodbye to friends and starting at a new school in the middle of the school year. I was always the new kid in class, and I struggled to adapt to local dialects and customs when I transferred to a new school. Once I studied in a school for less than half a year and I did not even get to know everybody in my class! However, I got used to it gradually and now I have friends with diverse backgrounds and cultures. Besides, I also improved my communication skills and social skills that I can make friends with different kinds of people. I can adapt a new environment quickly and am excited to the changing environment.
Due to my constant changing in life, I enjoy challenges and that is the reason I joined REDbird. I want to meet challenges and explore my potential. Univeristy life at HKUST is full of challenges, accompanied with stress and tension. Students are all very busy everyday. On one hand, I am always complaining that school work is so chur that I do not have enough entertainment time. On the other hand, I do enjoy this kind of life, it is much more interesting and meaningful than the very peaceful life without any challenges.