{"id":2668,"date":"2018-08-28T14:58:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T06:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/?p=2668"},"modified":"2018-08-31T12:13:15","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T04:13:15","slug":"friends-from-different-spheres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/2018\/08\/28\/friends-from-different-spheres\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends from different spheres"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><div class=\"column one\"><\/strong><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"> Friends from different spheres<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-1.jpg 1172w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-1-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-1-768x884.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-1-890x1024.jpg 890w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-1-127x146.jpg 127w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-1-43x50.jpg 43w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-1-65x75.jpg 65w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-1-417x480.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-2-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-2-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-2-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-2-240x146.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-2-50x30.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-2-123x75.jpg 123w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-2-789x480.jpg 789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-3.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-3-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-3-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-3-1024x581.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-3-257x146.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-3-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-3-132x75.jpg 132w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gwendolyn-Ma-3-846x480.jpg 846w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a nice experience to meet with a mentor from a different field and see what it is like to pursue a profession different from my own. It was also fun to meet the other mentees since it is not easy for me to make friends from fields other than medicine. Meeting Mr Wong and the other mentees was a good way for me to get some insights into how I might want to develop my career one day.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Wong is a very kind person, he is always interested in what us, his mentees, are doing, and is very easy to talk to. I also admire how involved he is in charities outside of his work, and still manages a good work-life balance. It is also nice to meet his family and they made me feel very welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mentor: Mr Joseph C C Wong<br \/>\nMentee (2017-18): Gwendolyn Ma, MBBS Year 2<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt was a nice experience to meet with a mentor from a different field and see what it is like to pursue a profession different from my own. 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