Finally a Friday evening where I am actually at home and doing something that I really need and want to do.
Why can't commanders make up their minds. Deliberation will only make us poor men suffer at the end of the day. What happened to being swift and decisive?
Yesterday was teacher's day. It's interesting to celebrate teacher's day as I always say that this is the only day where teachers are actually recognised for their efforts that they have put in by their students. It is also the day where the worst devils in the teacher's eyes become angels... for just a day. Yet, in about 4 years time, I will be a teacher!
I have had the privilege of having some great teachers during my school years.
Mrs. Nath. My secondary two form teacher was my best form teacher! She was the one who gave me the many opportunities to build my confidence and grow from my little hermit shell. If it weren't for her, I would still be searching for my sense of purpose, belonging and direction in my life.
Miss Yeo. She was my debate teacher-in-charge. She was like the surrogate mother to all her debaters. She took all our whims and cries in great stride and never once said no to our somewhat ludicrous requests. She was and still is wonderful. She is the one teacher who uses my name in her classes to motivate her students just as how Bill Gates would market Microsoft products wherever he goes.
Miss Ang. She was one great English teacher when I was in secondary four. God-annoited is really who she is.
Mrs. Teo. The motherly figure to our class. She taught us Chemistry when I was in secondary four. One of the reasons why I chose teaching and especially Chemistry was because of her animated teaching style. She made Chemistry lessons interesting and great fun!
Mr. Lum. My Further Mathematics tutor. He was one great dude but a tat too gayish to digest especially for Ying Yi who was the OAC president who always had to sleep in his class and critise how Mr. Lum handles OAC and the activities that Ying Yi has planned for. At the end of the day, Ah Lum as my gang so affectionately called him was one hell of a teacher.
Miss Kao. Mooing her way to GP class, she jazzed up our lessons and made a trite subject interesting...apart from her great fashion sense. She believed in me even when I lost confidence in myself after my prelims.
Mr. Simon Tan. Till today I am still wondering how I got my A for physics. I didn't essentially benefit much from your lessons as you were always busy entertaining Wang Nan's intellectual questions that only a PRC scholar is fit to ask. But I must say that because of your teaching, it made me work doubly harder for my physics and perhaps that was why I got my A.
I remembered the surprises my gang in NJC would play when we were all wanted something badly. Like how we wanted to end class earlier! Those were the days! I had lots of fun...great fun in fact.
Arrgh... I need to book into camp tomorrow for server duty. One nice Saturday wasted on a server in my camp. Well, at least I won't have to crimp any more phone cables! I think 90 phone cables is good enough!
Till later...
