学生代表Mutia Hanifah 2020届毕业典礼致辞中英全文

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西交利物浦大学2020届毕业典礼

学生代表致辞——Mutia Hanifah

席校长，各位老师，校友，自豪的家长们，各位同学们：

首先我想说的是，感谢你们给我这个特别的荣誉，允许我在这个一生仅此一次的毕业典礼上发表演讲。在这个不可思议的时刻，我想要追忆一些我个人曾经的经历。当我回顾四年前的今天，我记得我躺在床上，思考着高中毕业后我应该做些什么。在那时，在中国学习或者可以说在海外学习仍然是我的梦想。然后当我睁开双眼，意识到我此刻在与你们说话，我能够告诉你们在印度尼西亚之外，中国是我的第二故乡，住在中国将近4年，却仍然不会说中文。

作为一个在偏远海滩附近村庄长大的孩子，在我上小学一年级的时候，学校离家有一个小时的路程。我每天早上5:30离开家，为自己准备几乎所有的东西。当时6岁的我并没有意识到这教会了我成为一个独立的人。

我有一个快乐的童年，住在偏远的村庄，可以去河边捕鱼，用材火烹饪。在那之后，我用从井中打来的水洗漱。也开始以只有人民币四分之一的价格售卖装在一个小塑料袋里的甜冰茶。二年级的时候，我搬到了另外一个被热带森林包围的地区，但是我那时完全没有意识到四次搬到不同小学的经历已经潜移默化的教会了我如何快速适应周围的新环境。

在我三年级的时候，我的母亲感染了一种由结核分歧杆菌引起的传染病。直到她开始生病的一年后，她的病才被检测出来。从那时开始，我意识到住在乡下根本就不是特别快乐的事情。我住在一个医疗资源供应和治疗很有限的地区。然而，这种非常不幸的情况，让我肩负起了照顾自己和兄弟的责任。

我曾经并不知道的是，我的生活经历一直在教导和指引我直到现在。实现我人生的梦想并且来到这所名校学习并不容易。在高中经历了校园霸凌后，我开始萌生了要在毕业前出国的梦想，而我第一个踏访的海外国家就是中国。

获得奖学金在西交利物浦大学的国际化环境中学习，也让我收获了出乎我意料之外的很多东西，这是我从未想象过的。大学刚开始的那些日子，第一次和我的家人相隔几千里，生活开始用过去我学到的东西来检验我。承载着家庭和自己对美好未来的希望，让我下定了我作为学生要努力学习并且在踏上中国的时候充分融入这个多元化环境的决心。

在大三那年几乎失去学习动力的那一刻，为了不迷失自我，我一直专注于培养自己的自信心，在东盟部长访问西交利物浦大学的时候，我作为印度尼西亚大使与他们见面。但在此之后，那些未完成的作业、即将到来的截止日和演示仍然在我的脑海里盘旋，以至于在夜晚即使无法入眠，却也没有继续去完成这些任务。

然而，在老师的指导帮助，朋友和家人的衷心支持和鼓励下，我保持前行，在学业和社会情感上努力发展。还记得那些我们闭着眼睛走在去学校路上的日子，或是考试开始前每个人除了考试之外都无所畏惧的那几周。到了学期快结束的时候，非常令人惊讶的是，我们被告知要在家里学习。这听起来很不错，结果它比我们想象中更具挑战性。

尽管在那个时候我们遭遇到了各种挑战，但我们仍然想方设法在最后的截止日期前完成了学习任务和考试，远程讨论所有的事情，使得最后一个学期也圆满结束了。现在，在世界不同地区的我们，共同庆祝我们通过这四年本科学习所取得的成就。

我亲爱的毕业生们，对我们经历的无数次奋斗，我为你们的每一次努力都感到非常的骄傲，每天醒来都有新的灵感和希望让一切都过去。我为你们不管克服了多少数不清的问题也没有放弃而感到骄傲。我为你们在课堂上、图书馆里、咖啡店里，以及在宿舍里花的每一个小时，盯着你的笔记本电脑屏幕去冲刺每一个ICE上截止日期倒计时而感到骄傲。

更重要的是，我为你们无比自豪的是，你们不仅是为自己的学业而奋斗，更是为了每一天的生活而奋斗。现在你们已经走到了取得学位的最后一步。

在这之后，恕我直言，未来你可能会来苏州，也可能不再来。迟早，我们都将错过在这个城市看日出日落，我们都将错过文星广场、翰林、文萃，时代广场甚至是苏州中心的每一顿午餐、晚餐和每一个周末度假。对于我来说，对于其他的国际朋友或许也是如此，我已经开始怀念早餐的手抓饼、午餐的黄焖鸡、晚餐的麻辣香锅或是烤冷面。除了这些，文萃前的烧烤也十分令我怀念。

在此，我要对所有的老师，XJTLU-Global, 学生心理咨询中心的学生辅导员以及无法一一提到的学校教职人员表达深深的感谢和崇高的敬意。

感谢所有在大学跌宕起伏的生活中一直陪在我身边的朋友们。

亲爱的2020届毕业生们，恭喜你们！我是Mutia Hanifah， 祝福大家在苏州度过愉快的一天。

Graduate representative's address- Mutia Hanifah, School ofScience

President Xi, Members of the Faculty, alumni, proud parents and my fellow graduates，

The first thing I would like to say is thank you for this extraordinary honour, for allowing me to deliver the speech in this once in a lifetime commencement ceremony.In this incredible occasion, I would like to reminisce the past memories that I personally had been through.

When I look back to myself 4 years ago today, I remember that I was laying down on my bed, thinking of what should I do after graduating from high school. By that time, studying in China; or if I could say it studying abroad; was still a dream for me. And then when I open my eyes, realising that I am speaking to you at this moment, I could tell you that my second home after Indonesia is China, living in China for almost 4 years and still not being able to speak Chinese.

As a child raised in a village nearby a remote beach, I went to the first grade of primary school which was one hour away from my home. I left home every 5:30 in the morning and prepared almost everything for myself. The 6thyear old me didn’t realise that I was taught to be an independent individual.I had a joyful childhood when living in a remote village, where I went to catch the fish in the river and cook them on a firewood.After that, I washed and cleaned myself with the water that I had to draw from a well. I also started to sell sweet iced tea, packed in a little plastic bag with a quarter RMB price.

In the 2ndgrade, I moved to another area surrounded by tropical forests, but I was entirely unaware that moving to different primary schools for 4 times has implicitly taught me to quickly adapt to the new situation around. When I was in the third grade, my mother was infected by an infectious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis. It wasn’t until a year after she began to ill, that her disease could be detected. From that time on, I realised that living in a countryside was not an extraordinary pleasure at all.I have lived in a region with limited medial supplies and treatments available. Nevertheless, in this very unfortunate situation, I was given full responsibilities for taking care of my brothers and myself.

Little did I know, my life experience has taught and guided me up to this moment. Building big dreams in my life and coming to study in this prestigious university did not come easy. After experiencing bullies in high school, I had a dream to go abroad before graduation, and the first overseas country I visited was China.

Studying in the international environment of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University with a full scholarship, and as well to gain so many things beyond my expectations, is something that has never crossed my mind.Those days at the beginning of my university life, the first time I was separated thousands of miles away from my family, that was when life started to assess me with the lessons I have learnt in the past. Carrying out the hopes of a brighter future from my family and myself, has determined my intention to work hard as a student and fully engage in the multi-cultural environment by the time I set my foot in China.

Not to miss out the moment when I almost lost my motivation for study in the third year, I kept on focusing the development of my self-confidence, taking the opportunity to be an ambassador representing Indonesia in front of the ASEAN ministers when they visited XJTLU. But after that, the thoughts of unfinished assignments, upcoming deadlines and presentations were still going around in my head, leading to those sleepless nights but still not working on it.

However, with the helpful guidance from teachers, wholehearted support from friends and familywhohave encouraged me to keep moving forward, I strived tothrive both academically and socio-emotionally.

Remember those days when we were on our way to campus but still have our eyes closed or those weeks before the exams started, everyone was freaking out by nothing but exams. By the end of our semester, very surprisingly, we were told to study from home. As good as it sounds, it turned out to be way more challenging than we have ever imagined.

Nevertheless, despite all the challenges that we encountered back then, we still managed to meet all the deadlines, finished our exams, discuss everything remotely, leading to the successful completion of our last semester. And now, here we are, in different parts of the world, celebrating our achievements through the 4 years of our undergraduate study.

Dear my fellow graduates,

To all the countless struggles that we have been through, I am very proud of you for making every single effort, waking up each day with new inspirations and hopes that this too shall pass. I am proud of you for not quitting regardless of how innumerable problems you have overcome. I am very proud of every single hour you spent in your class, library, coffee shops, or even your rooms, staring at your laptop screen to rush every countdown deadline on ICE. More importantly, I am intensely proud of you who struggle for not just for your education, but also for your everyday lives. Now you have made it to the very last step of your degree.

After this time, you may or may not be coming to Suzhou in the future but bear with me. Sooner or later, we will all miss the sunrise and sunset we see in this city, we will all miss Wenxing （文星）, Hanlin（翰林）, Wencui（文萃）, Times Square or even Suzhou centre for every lunch and dinner and for every weekend getaway. For me, and maybe for other international friends too, I already miss eating Shou Zhua Bing（手抓饼）for my breakfast, Huang Men Ji（黄焖鸡）for my lunch, and having Ma La Xiang Guo（麻辣香锅）or Kao Leng Mian（烤冷面）for my dinner. Besides, Shao Kao（烧烤）in front of Wencui（文萃）for supper is also very much missed.

Now, I would like to express my profound and highest gratitude to all the teachers, XJTLU global, student counsellors from student counselling centre and other university staffs whom cannot be mentioned one by one.

Thank you to all my friends who always stand by my side for the ups and downs in this university life.

Dear class of 2020,

Congratulations! I am Mutia Hanifah and I wish you have an amazing day in Suzhou.

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