Saturday, 1 September 2007
This very special dayY
September the 1st, a day for us to think about those who guided us, those who advised us, those who made a difference in our lives. Today is teachers' day, a day to thank our guiders, advisors and difference-maker.
They taught me to be a better peron, to lead, to serve, to see things from all angles, to set my priorities right; they nurtured me to believe in myself, believe in what in what I still believe is the most important in my life - LIFE VALUES. They believed in me and I never once let them down.
It gets emotional every time when I think about how much a difference all of them have made in my life; Mrs Yew (then Miss Kong) for helping me in adapting to school life, Ling Lao Shi for making Chinese Language my friend, Wang Mei De Lao Shi for making Chinese lessons come alive and pulling my standard even higher and also intoducing me to Chinese Calligraphy; Mrs Pang for giving me my 1st leadership position in my life; Mrs Ng for introducing Bhangra into my life and got me involved in performing arts and recognising me as a potential dancer; Miss Liew for teaching English Grammar rules all over again though we were already in P6 and slowing down the pace of teaching for Mathematics just to ensure that the concepts got into our heads; Mr Rahmat for hearing out those thoughts and a great friend indeed and also seeing leadership potential in me as the then Prefect Master; Mr Chee for being another great friend... ... ... ... ... and the list just goes on and on
Well, there's another group of educators whom I want to thank too- My Family.
Regardless of how severe or silly a mistake I've made, they were always there for me. They don't really know how to express that love and care physically or anythg that can be seen, but I know that the love and care still exist spiritually. For all the talks DaJie gave me and all the lectures I attended by JinJin KorKor and WeiWei KorKor, I've truely learnt a lot and grown much more and I'm proud to call every single one of you at home a family member of mine. For you have engraved rich values in me over the years.
For 1 thing which all of them gave me was simply trust and believe.
For believing in me, you have all created the confidence in myself to project myself in the public, to be out-spoken, to be interactive and socialable, to think about others, to share my knowledge with others, to help anyone in anyway, to think positively, to lead a meaningful and fruitful life, and most of all, be like them if possible- to touch others and hopefully make a difference in their lives.