Our Volunteers 我哋嘅義工: Rhyse Chan
“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.” – Danny Kaye
「人生就好似一幅大畫布，你應該將所有顏料塗上去。」— Danny Kaye
Hi, I’m Wai-Hang. Since moving to Ireland, three moments stand out as the brightest strokes on my life canvas!
大家好，我係瑋珩。自從搬到嚟愛爾蘭，我嘅畫布上出現咗三筆最耀眼嘅筆觸！
Continuing my profession here has brought me immense fulfillment and stability for my family. The journey was challenging, but achieving it felt like laying a solid foundation for the next chapters of my life.
喺呢度繼續我嘅專業工作，畀咗我同家人好大嘅滿足感同穩定性。呢段旅程唔容易，但完成咗之後，我覺得自己為我生命嘅下一章打下咗堅實嘅基礎。
The night before our baby was born, I drove Heidi to the hospital. Every traffic light turned green, and in that instant, I realised I was about to become a father. Excitement and responsibility surged at once, like the first bold stroke on a blank canvas.
喺我個仔將要出世前嘅嗰一晚，我開車送Heidi去醫院。每一次去到交通燈前，交通燈都轉成綠燈。喺嗰一刻，我突然意識到我即將成為爸爸。興奮嘅感覺同一份重重嘅責任感同時湧現，我感覺自己好似喺一塊空白嘅畫布上勇敢提筆畫下第一筆。
Hong Kong will always be home. My parents painted the basic colors of my life, giving me roots and guidance. I regret not sharing more moments with them now, yet their foundation shapes the colours I pass on to my son.
香港永遠係我嘅屋企。父母為我嘅人生畫上基本色調，畀咗我根基同生命指引。對於唔可以再多啲夠陪佢哋，我感到有啲遺憾。但佢哋打下嘅基礎，繼續塑造緊我，我亦將佢哋留喺我身上嘅生命色彩傳承畀我孩子。
Looking back, I realise that life is a canvas we paint with our choices, our efforts, and the love we share. Being a “life painter” means embracing both the colours we choose and the spaces we cannot fill, yet still striving to create a meaningful, resonant picture. Perhaps that’s the part we all share... the hope that what we build today...step by step, with courage and care...will give those who come after us a brighter, more colourful tomorrow. That, to me, is the part that truly resonates.
回顧返，我明白人生就好似一幅畫，我哋用自己嘅選擇、努力同埋愛去畫出屬於自己嘅人生。成為一個「生命畫家」，就係要擁抱自己選擇嘅顏色，亦接受畫布上有啲地方塗唔想填上嘅色彩，但係我哋仍然努力去創造出一幅有意義同引人共鳴嘅畫作。可能呢個係我哋共有嘅部分… 就係希望我哋今日一步一腳印所建構嘅，會喺將來為人帶嚟更加光明、更多色彩。
Heidi (remark: interviewed last time, Rhyse's wife) and myself started volunteering with the Cantonese community in Ireland to make friends from Hong Kong, which gave us a solid foundation to expand our social circle. From day one, our goal was to connect with people from all over the world, meeting fellow home comers first gave us a sense of familiarity, and from there, we made friends across different nationalities.
我同Heidi (註：Heidi上期接受我哋訪問，佢係瑋珩妻子）開始喺粵語愛爾蘭做義工，係希望識多啲嚟自香港嘅朋友，擴闊社交圈子。從一開始，我哋嘅目標就係同嚟自世界各地嘅人建立聯繫，先認識同鄉人，畀我哋有一種熟悉感，由此，我哋再大踏步同國籍嘅人做朋友。
What’s cool is we’ve always preferred to volunteer quietly behind the scenes. We join events when it suits us, enjoy helping out without being in the spotlight, and just being part of the experience. Three years on, that’s still how we like to do it..it’s fun, low-pressure, and really rewarding.
我哋一向都鍾意低調做義工，唔想出風頭，享受參與同幫忙嘅過程。我哋會喺合適嘅時候加入活動，靜靜享受其中。三年過咗，我哋依然係咁樣處理粵語愛爾蘭嘅義務工作。輕鬆、無壓力，仲覺得好有回報。
I want to keep doing things I probably wouldn’t do in Hong Kong and simply enjoy life in new ways. It keeps things fun and helps me stay open to new experiences. I also hope my son will grow up feeling warmly welcomed as part of the Cantonese community in Ireland, so he can help maintain, promote, and develop our Cantonese traditions in the future.
我希望繼續做啲喺香港可能唔會做嘅事，純粹享受新嘅生活方式，保持生活嘅樂趣，同時令我保持開放嘅態度，迎接新經歷。我亦希望我個仔將來可以參與粵語愛爾蘭群嘅活動，成為愛爾蘭粵社群嘅其中一份子，幫助保持、推廣同發展我哋嘅粵傳統。
You’ll see how he grows, flourishing in this land as if he’s always belonged here, yet always carrying a Hong Kong soul.
佢會喺呢片土地上成長，佢會一直都屬於愛爾蘭，但同時又永遠擁有香港嘅靈魂。