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INSPIRATIONAL TALES Looking Back & Moving Forward An article by : LEUNG , Chun , Joy It is not always easy to recall the memories locked into the corners of one’s brain. This is what comes to my pushing myself to challenge my limits and face my fears by joining various extra-curricular activities; pushing mind when I tried to look back to review my personal experiences, at the end of the decade. It is not easy to imagine that I have myself to be a nicer person in every way; struggling to accept unsatisfactory academic performance; struggling to tolerate betrayal and isolation and been through the toughest decade of my life—though I have made it—not by imagination but by experiencing all those joys and tears for real. At the end of the day—I mean decade—it is finally reaching an end! This feels like the lift of the heaviest burden ever, and I am happy to see that I have eventually brought a smiley face with me much more often these days. 12 to 22, have probably been the distrust, struggling to survive the collapse of my world—my friendships, my love, my achievements, my dreams and my religion; keeping failing to regain my concentration on my studies when unpleasant events kept occurring, and holding on to trying; entering a University that made me disappointed with myself again; struggling to trust other people and keeping failing; learning to build trusting relationships rockiest years of my life that demanded me to learn, to adapt, to change and to be humble—and confident at the same time. I have undergone some of the most challenging trials of my life journey: adapting to survive in a secondary school with trustworthy persons; learning to  accept imperfections—not only of reality but also of myself; learning to open up and to communicate; learning to love. During the entire process of learning—to deal with the constant that I felt bad about being admitted to: mismatch between expectations and  IT Magazine / February Issue 26