Heidi Lam – Class of 2025

Heidi Lam (24-A1) embodies ‘Beautiful Thinking, Goodwill to All’, balancing academic excellence with community contribution. She spearheaded cultural programmes and projects as President of the Bicultural Studies Programme (BSP), designed and facilitated well-being lessons as a Peer Support Leader, and nurtured the learning and development of children from disadvantaged backgrounds as Chairperson of Project Taugeh.

“‘Why are you always carrying cardboard boxes?’

That was probably the question I was asked most often over the past two years. Somehow, almost every event or initiative I helmed required multiple trips to the bookshop, asking for yet another stack of cardboard boxes. Simple and unassuming, they became the foundation for countless props and ideas, be it for BSP or Project Taugeh.

Those cardboard boxes came to symbolize my journey in Eunoia. Given space, effort, and imagination, they could be shaped into almost anything. In the same way, EJ gave me room to explore, to experiment, and to transform even the wildest ideas into reality. Every cardboard box needed glue to hold it together. For me, that glue was the people around me:  my closest friends who listened without judgement, teachers who checked in quietly but consistently, and most importantly the people who believed in me even when I didn’t. They reminded me that I was never building alone. If EJ gave me the boxes, it was the people who gave me the strength to hold everything together.

One experience I will always cherish is summiting Mount Belumut with my fellow ODACers. The climb itself was relentless, the ascents felt endless, and the descents were discouraging, as though we were losing the very progress we had fought so hard to gain. Yet when we finally reached the summit, I understood something clearly: limits are rarely fixed. Just like those cardboard boxes, what seems ordinary, or even insufficient, can become something far greater with persistence, courage, and the right people beside you. That is the feeling I want to keep with me: the conviction that I am always capable of shaping myself into more than I initially believe.”