The student hostel, the library, the canteens, the offices of lecturers and every corner, big and small, at the campus have all made indelible marks on my memory. I therefore enrolled without any hesitation for the Master Degree programme when it was first made available. I was lucky enough to have been among the "first" for three times at the HKIEd --- starting from the "first" cohort in the Certificate in Primary Education programme at the Tai Po campus, moving onto the "first" cohort of Bachelors in the full-time Primary Education programme, and finally joining the "first" cohort in a Master of Education programme. Without doubt, these defining moments at HKIEd made up the three most important "first times" in my life. Beyond this, however, I also discovered that it was really the unswerving dedication of our professors that has given me the greatest blessings. I would not have been able to continue broadening my professional knowledge, nor empowering myself to tackle unforeseen challenges, without their valuable guidance.

Take a look at the fully loaded contents of the "programme rundown" and one will instantly reckon that the Master of Education Programme is not meant to be easy and simple. Yet it was only after the course had started that I came to realise that there was a lot more to be learned than expected. Apart from lecturing, our professors invite heavyweight speakers to share their views and experience with us from time to time, guiding us to see things from new perspectives. With the invitation of Nobel Prize candidates, ex-senior government officials and the like, the lecture theatres became the hall of fame.

This is HKIEd -- the source of my knowledge and the place I grew up in.