青苗天地．2018.05.20
‘Speak Out - Act Up’ Improvised Drama Competition
沈莉雅 德貞女子中學 二B
On 15 March 2018, I joined a drama competition called ‘Speak Out - Act Up!’ Improvised Drama Competition because I have a great interest in acting. On our first day of practice, we were given our topics “Hong Kong Technology / Multiculturalism 20 years ago”. This was quite challenging. We couldn’t have a very long script because it would get boring but on the other hand, we couldn’t have too many movements either as it would confuse the audience. We were given only two chairs as props, and we couldn’t use any makeup or costumes to make the characters obvious.
During the rehearsals, we often forgot our lines. Each time we had to start all over, and it became frustrating. Whenever I wanted to quit, my teachers and teammates encouraged me not to give up but to continue our practice. At last, we were awarded the Team Merit Award and the Audience Prize, and surprisingly I got the Best Actress Award!
I used to believe that acting was all about the use of costumes and props. However, after joining the competition I realized that acting is all about how you react simultaneously and naturally when you speak. I would like to thank my teachers who always motivated us, gave us tips on how to make our dialogues better. I would also like to thank my teammates who worked so hard with me. After such an invaluable experience, I am sure I would like to join the contest again next year.
主耶穌，你就是我的引導者
黃熙陶 香港華仁書院 一K
十字架，原是羅馬人判處死刑的刑具，但現在卻變成了重要的天主教代表聖號。主耶穌，你所背的十字架，悲慘不已，被人恥笑及辱罵，被門徒離棄⋯⋯但我多謝，多謝你，因為你捱得過難關及痛苦，令我有勇氣及希望，感覺就像門徒因聖神降臨而有勇氣去宣傳福音！我所背負的十字架，是因為你才令我捱過，挑戰自我，做個自己心中的「鐵」人。
在我艱辛的劍擊訓練中，為了達到夢想，常常努力訓練並向你祈禱，希望你能幫助我，是因為你，才令我有明確的方向和目標，令我感覺到你也是我其中的教練，教我撐著，不要放棄，要取得比賽的冠軍。
天主，是一位很難想像，很難觸摸，但有回應的父親，很多人也很容易便離開天主。但感謝你，主耶穌，因為你在苦難中，仍然沒有感覺被天主捨棄，才令我感到天主不斷在看著我，保護我，為我加油，以我的身心及行動回應我，令我感受到聖神的存在。
我寵物離世時，我很傷心，不明白天主為甚麼要這樣對我，但因為你的復活，令我身懷希望，明白到我的小狗一定在你及天主的旁邊，舒服地睡覺和享樂，因你及聖神為我一家人帶來希望，無限倍感謝。
在聖經中，一位富貴少年，放下所有事情，全心追隨你。感謝你，使我爸爸去修讀神學，使我成為一位主日學小導師，去接近你，跟隨你！
主耶穌，你是我的引導者，感激生命中有你，陪伴我背起十字架。
