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Aside from the gang at the Country Club, I met other lifelong friends in the summer of 1988. Hong Kong hosted the first Vienna Opera Ball outside Vienna that December in celebration of the grand opening of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (the old one). It was Hong Kong’s first debutante ball, with 60 couples aged 17 to 21, and after being selected, we were trained by the legendary Christine Liao on proper ballroom dancing and bonded over twice-weekly rehearsals.
On the day, we were individually presented to the audience in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Kent. With young ladies in white gowns and young gentlemen in tails, we performed a waltz for the attendees mostly our parents who were so thrilled their children had entered society.
On embracing her mother s approach to balance. I did not think of my mum as a working mother as a label, or differentiate between her and full-time stay home mums. She was my one-and-only mother. One is a full-time mother whether you have a job or not and I admire my mother’s path in how she balanced the pursuit of her own passions as well as raised her children. My mum always said to me: you can have everything, just not all at once. I keep that close on my own journey now.
What she s learned from working together. So many things … I started shadowing my mum on her sourcing travels to artisan groups when I was much younger; from those travels I learnt about her incredible ability to connect with a range of people and problem solve on the spot, drawing collaboratively on multiple opinions for shared creativity. In other areas, when we have been in common panels or meetings together, I see her ability to facilitate and drive consensus, and yet show thought leadership to i
Last September, I went to my first lunch in months when Laetitia Yu and I took our friend Yuda Chan out for her birthday. Yu organised a wonderful set lunch at Petrus of crab, veal cheek with asparagus and a cheese board to finish. With the Island Shangri-La’s spectacular views, it made for a relaxing environment for a four-hour meal and catch-up.
Night at the museum
As the only black-tie dinner that was able to go ahead in 2020, the First Initiative Foundation’s fundraising gala at the Hong Kong Museum of Art was a huge highlight. My friend Michelle Ong worked tirelessly to host a truly incredible night, which was themed “everlasting wonder”.