The 29th Southeast Asia Games came to a close on 30 August 2017- a day before Malaysia's 60th Independence Day. With the out standing performance made by our athletes by achieving 145 gold, 92 sliver and 86 bronze which added a total of 323 medals. Thanks to them, we had a day off on 4 September 2017.
As for Sunway University, a homecoming ceremony was held to welcome back our athletes who are the students and alumnus of the campus. Two days ago, I saw the Malaysian flags were put up around campus. My first thought was: Is there something special going on campus? Till I logged on to my Facebook page while checking out the Newsfeed, the official page of Sunway Student Life that there will be a homecoming ceremony. I was super excited! It's always been my dream to meet our national sports heroes.
I invited my buddy, Kai, to join in the celebration. He brought camera along to do a video blog (or vlog) on the homecoming. Representatives of Clubs and Socities of the campus gathered at the "I ❤️ SU" logo which was just right outside of the library. Mr. Kenneth and Desmond were the host of the event. They taught a few cheers like such as Tepuk-tepuk Sunway, Let's Go Sunway! Let's Go! And We Are Strong, Champion and Sunway.
To give a warm campus welcome, Samson and Sofia- the official mascot of the campus, were all geared up! For us students, we were given mini versions of the Malaysian flags. Around 11.00am, our heroes are "home"! We gathered at the main entrance of the university building to welcome them. A special appearance from Rimau- the official mascot of KL SEA Games 2017! Under the escorts of Tan Seri Jeffery Cheah (founder of Sunway), Vice Chancellor, Prof. Graeme Wilkinson and Sunway Education Group Senior Executive, Dr. Elizabeth Lee, our heroes made their way to the stage. The crowd went wild!
Dr. Lee congratulated our heroes for making the country and especially Sunway proud! She hoped the students and staff of the campus will be inspired by them and strive harder in order to be successful. A token of appreciation were given to them, the cheers came in again. A group photo was taken, the confetti were blasted! I sat the nearest of the stage, I didn't see that coming so got a little startled.
A group photo was taken to mark the end of the homecoming. After the group photo, it was time for our one-on-one selfies with the heroes. Chan Jie and Caroline were one of the firsts to take selfies. I was super star struck when I met Farah Ann- she's the person who I wanted to meet when I stepped into college two years ago. My dream finally came true! I even gave her a kiss on the cheek! I even had a small chat with Li Jane and Ing Yueh who were in bowling and gymnastics respectively.
Welcome home, Sunway Heroes! We are strong! We are champion! We are Sunway!
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