Like every year, my 6A5/2002 pupils always made it a point to have a meal with me on Teachers' Day.
This year, as I had more pupils to entertain (as they are now no longer my only graduated class), Cerella and company decided to bring me out for dinner. We arranged to eat at Seoul Garden at Ang Mo Kio Central on Monday 5 Sep, but we ended up at Breeks next door.
5 of them turned up for dinner, namely Shu Yuan, Cerella, Ting Xian, Chee Chean and Dickson. It was Dickson's first time joining us for makan. In previous years, he just popped by Xinghua to say Happy Teachers' Day, or call me on my mobile.
They bought me 2 boxes of Chicken Essence. How thoughtful!
We had a good chat during dinner, and some of the things they said were really news to me. Shu Yuan said that she actually liked angles because of me. Said she would never forget how to pronounce "Parallelogram" because Kelly Tan couldn't pronounce it and I scolded her like mad. Haha. I really can't remember it! They told me how I had misunderstood Pei Sheng in the spoil-toilet switch-incident, and I had not investigated the matter thoroughly.
It really felt like having dinner with old friends. It was a nice feeling.
When we had all finished our food, Cerella insisted that I go to the toilet with her. I knew what was going on but played along anyway. They wanted to get me out of the picture so that I won't be able to pay (I always insisted on paying and they didn't know how to get the bill from me) . This time they used the "Lure the tiger out of the mountain" tactic. Let them la. It's their way of showing their appreciation. :)
After dinner, they all squeezed into my car and came to my place. I entertained them until almost 12 midnight.
I was exhausted by the time I went to bed, but I am really happy and comforted to see all of them, especially Dickson, growing up properly and well.
That is perhaps the best present a Teacher can get.
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Miss Wonderful 2005
That's, erhm, me. I don't look 5 month's pregnant, do I? Beside me is Mdm Kok, our Principal.
Teachers' Day 2005
I celebrated my first Teachers' Day outside of Xinghua this year.
There are a few things memorable about this year's Teachers' Day. Let me try to make a little list.
1. It's my first one at Fernvale Primary School.
2. Never celebrated Teachers' Day with a "tummy." :)
3. Conferred "Miss Wonderful" at the Fernvale Pageant.
4. Mr Low, my ex colleague from Xinghua, joined us in the celebration as he is doing long term relief here. He was "Mr Handsome"!
5. Received a surprise flower basket from Mrs Lee Lay Seng. It came with such a cute huggable bear!
6. The highlight - So many of my ex pupils came to visit me at Fernvale!
At around 11.30am, a group of ex pupils, 5A5/2001 + 6A5/2002, came. They were Cerella, Jaslyn, Pei Sheng and Dickson and 1 more girl from 6A4 (I couldn't recall her name). They represented the whole gang as some of them couldn't make it. I was glad to see them, not only because they never fail to visit me after all these years (they are now in Sec 3), but more of the fact that they have managed to remain decent kids. I was so afraid that they will stray to the wrong side but they didn't. Of course I shall not sentence Pei Sheng to the title of "bad" because of his pierced lips (Although the safety pin he was wearing on his lip made me quite uncomfortable). The fact that he bothered to come and visit me all the way at Fernvale was enough to touch me. Anyway I had to cut the chit chat short as I had class at 12pm.
I'll talk more about this 5A5/6A5 lot in my next entry.
I shall put on record my experience with my 6A1/2004.
I had expected to see some of them as they had smsed me the day before. However, I was really pleasantly surprised to see a whopping 20 of them turning up at my school! It was really .... aww! We gathered at the canteen and I think for some of them, it was a good opportunity to catch up with one another, since everyone is in different schools now. Some have changed quite a fair bit, like Ting Hao, who's become "tall, dark and handsome"and some are still the same, like Yi Jing! Anthony still lived up to his name of "Old Man" due to his genetic white hair. He still has his charming smile! The girls are more or less quite the same, as I reckon they have already started changing when they were in P6. Grown taller, though. Woei Jiun looks prettier with her fringe. She used to have long fringe which she combs to the back.
In the end, the whole jing bang of us went to tear down Pizza Hut at Compasspoint. Met Shuangyu and Yu Jie who passed me gifts before saying goodbye. We had a very good time.
Check out the lovely big kids in this photo. :)
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