Josefin Chung

**Josefin Chung** (born 12 March 2003), known affectionately as **Josie**, is a member of the Carmelian PopStars. Her stage name is Iron Wall Josie.

## Official character introduction

Josefin (that's her official spelling) is a Tai Po native. Though she has average academic performance in her primary school era, Josefin entered CHW and followed her Volleyball Dream. She was one of the players who represented CHW at Jing Ying '18. She believes that every little bit of daily labor makes up a great success.

## Biography

### Form 3 (2017-2018)

#### December 2017

Josie, as a member of CHWSS Girls Volleyball Team, got qualified to the 2017 Jing Ying Tournament. Her team first played against Kei Chi on 27 December and won 25:16-25:20. The next day, Josie's team played against the CALFSS Girls Volleyball Team and lost 23:25-25:21-10:15.

After the match, Josie made friends with twins Rachel and Raphael Lam, who were Form 3 setters from CALFSS.

#### February 2018

Josie invited Rachel and her brother to the Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees on 15 February 2018, during the Lunar New Year of 2018. They wished for the very best performance of Carmelian teams for the rest of the year.

### Form 4 (2018-2019)

#### December 2018

The CHWSS Girls Volleyball Team got qualified to the 2018 Jing Ying Tournament.

On the Boxing Day of 2018, one day before the 2018 Jing Ying Tournament, Josie and Rachel met at the Tsing Yi Sports Centre, which would host the tournament for the next five days. They discussed about inter-Carmelian relationships, how the media handled it and how their schoolmates handled it, as well as how they became friends one year ago, and about Mike, a boy from CSS who called himself "Carmel's Cheerleader" and vowed to cheer for both of them.

On 27 December, Josie's team defeated TSK 25:14-25:23, and on 28 December, her team defeated YWGS (25:22-25:15), who were the 2017 champions. The next day, they went on to defeat SKHBBSS 25:18-25:19, and advanced to the semifinals.

On 30 December, Josie faced CYTSS at a fierce match, which ended up in a tight victory (26:24-18:25-15:10). She later attended Rachel's match against HYS, which was also a fierce match. Eventually, Rachel lost the match, and Josie cried out the name of Rachel loudly upon her loss.

On New Year's Eve, she played in the Grand Final against HYS and avenged Rachel with a 25:7-21:25-25:14-25:18 win. She became one of the champions of the 2018 Jing Ying Tournament, but she and Rachel exchanged their medals some time after the Tournament.

#### Spring 2019

On 21 May, she presented the 2018-2019 volleyball season results of her school.

### Form 5 (2019-2020)

#### Fall 2019

On 22 September, Josie asked Mike through Instagram if he can attend her match against FK1SS as she won Jing Ying in 2018, but Mike responded that he can only attend his school's match against King Ling. On 25 October, she wished CPU a happy 40th birthday.

She later appeared on 10 January 2020 to present her school's U15 groupings. In the profile picture for 2020, Josie shouted "ASSEMBLE!" with other members in response to Mikael shouting "Carmelians!".

#### Spring 2020

Josie expressed on 3 March, upon the permanent cancellation of the 2019 All Hong Kong Schools Jing Ying Volleyball Tournament, that she wondered when CHWSS can be the champions again.

### Form 6 (2020-2021)

#### Summer 2020

On 29 August, Josie stated that she and Lucia would be there to help Richard, who will enter Form 4 in September 2020, and when she heard of the news that there will be new members for the new school year, she was elated and could not wait to meet them, and assured that they would be of great potential.

#### Fall and Winter 2020

Josie appeared in multiple campaigns promoting student union and house elections in the fall of 2020. On 29 December, Josie and Rachel discussed about the past and future of their teams and their friendship.

#### Early 2021

Josie published a new year message for 2021. Later, during the Lunar New Year, she talked about the Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees near her home, and she wished that the world would defeat the pandemic and the season would resume in time.

#### Spring and Summer 2021

On 8 March, Josie thanked Rachel for being the best friend she has ever had. On 18 March, Josie revealed her university admission examination timetable, and on 16 April, she announced her decision to take her first dose of coronavirus vaccines on 14 May after her DSE exams.

On 31 May, she encouraged Rachel, Raphael and all other Carmelian 2022 DSErs to stand up and stand strong.

On 21 July, she received her HKDSE results, attaining three 5\*s, one 5, one 4 and two 3s.

On 12 August, she received her JUPAS offer from the BEd(PESHN) program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

### Future

Josie became a volleyball teacher at CSS and a Hong Kong Olympic volleyball player with a BEd(PESHN) degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

## Trivia

* Josie's stage name is inspired by "The Iron Wall of Date Tech", a term used to describe the strong defense of the Date Tech Volleyball Team in the anime series *Haikyuu!!*.

## References

1. ↑ More about our characters!, @carmelpopstars (2020-03-24)
2. ↑ *Character Introductions - Josefin Chung*, @carmelpopstars (2019-04-12)
3. ↑ 2017-2018 All Hong Kong Schools Jing Ying Tournament Fixtures - Girls, HKSSF (2017-12-31)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 2018-2019 All Hong Kong Schools Jing Ying Tournament Fixtures - Girls, HKSSF (2018-12-31)
5. ↑ *Memories of Jing Ying '17*, @carmelpopstars (2020-02-25)
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Three Years of Friendship, @carmelpopstars (2020-12-29)
7. ↑ Good News!! 2018-2019 Season Results, @carmelpopstars (2019-05-21)
8. ↑ Clashing Matches?, @carmelpopstars (2019-09-22)
9. ↑ CSS 55th & CPU 40th Anniversary Celebration, @carmelpopstars (2019-10-25)
10. ↑ 2019-2020 C-Grade Groupings, @carmelpopstars (2020-01-10)
11. ↑ Profile Picture for 2020, @carmelpopstars (2020-01-27)
12. ↑ Jing Ying '19, a ball that never was, @carmelpopstars (2020-03-03)
13. ↑ Back to School 2020-2021, @carmelpopstars (2020-08-29)
14. ↑ New Year 2021, @carmelpopstars (2021-01-01)
15. ↑ The Legend of the Wishing Trees, @carmelpopstars (2021-02-07)
16. ↑ Empowerment & Solidarity, @carmelpopstars (2021-03-08)
17. ↑ Josie's Exam Timetable, @carmelpopstars (2021-03-18)
18. ↑ Special Act: We're Getting Vaccinated!!, @carmelpopstars (2021-04-16)
19. ↑ Stand up and stand strong, @carmelpopstars (2021-05-31)
20. ↑ Josie's DSE Results, @carmelpopstars (2021-07-21)
21. ↑ Through Learning and Temperance to Virtue, @carmelpopstars (2021-08-12)
22. ↑ Carmelpopstars, Year 2030, @carmelpopstars (2020-04-11)