A humbling experience

Wolfson College is one of the colleges in the University of Cambridge which I am a member of.


Two months ago a member of staff from Wolfson found my blog when I wrote about my graduation. They were interested in the article and asked if they could publish it in the College magazine. From this blog, they also found the article I wrote about the matriculation dinner in the College and asked if they could use that too.

I said yes as I was more than happy to share the articles.

However, I was not promised that the articles would be published. A part of me was excited while the other part of me was very nervous because I knew my English was rubbish and the articles wouldn't survive the high standards of English in the College.

I remember my dissertation went through this test and came back like it has just been through war!

Today I received the alumni magazine from Wolfson. I quickly tore open the plastic cover and flipped through the pages. I was extremely excited when I found out that they have published the two articles in five full colour pages! The magazine is also available for download here.

Papa, mummy, kor!! Look you're in the magazine!! All of us are in it! One family!!


What's more, the magazine also gave the same credits as I have in my blog e.g Fr Charles Serrao, CP, Evelyn, my housemates in Reading and God! I was so surprised the names didn't go under the scissors.

After seeing my articles, I continued reading the rest of the magazine. I realised that the rest of the articles in the magazine were of high quality - high profile members or achievements of the College. The two articles simply paled into insignificance as compared to these articles.

Wolfson could have easily chosen members who are far more qualified and could write much better than me to contribute to the magazine. However, they chose my articles which I have a lot to be thankful for. This is truly a humbling experience for me.