this post is dedicated to all my beloved teacheRs... in academics... and in life...

happy teacheRs' day!

alRight.. today is teacheRs' day.. and i had a maRathon of tuition fRom moRning till evening... i wanted to cancel all the tuitions today when i woke up this moRning feeling all sick and dizzy... but i decided not to cos i do not have time to makeup with them and theiR pRelims is coming...

theRe'Re so many ppl i wanna thank....

tampines pRimaRy school -

林 老师 - u'Re the fiRst teacheR that i Really like and tRuely Respect.. u built up my foundation foR chinese.. and spaRked my inteRest in chinese liteRatuRe... =)

ngee ann secondaRy -

吴老师 - u'Re a teacheR, a confideR, a counselloR and a fRiend to me.. thank you foR all uR valuable advices in life... thank you foR giving me the chance to take paRt in the numeRous intRa-school and inteRschool chinese essays/ Read aloud/ debate competitions... thank you foR showing you have confidence in me... thank you foR not giving up on me... thank you foR coming down to mac donalds at t-maRt on a weekend to maRk my chinese essay when i'm pRepaRing foR the O's... thank you foR hinting me now and then what i need to do with my life... thank you!

temasek junioR college -

mRs lam - u'Re the most committed teacheR i've eveR came acRoss.. though many students hated you, i tRuely appReciated uR stRictness on us... it was you who inspiRed me to take up life sciences in uni... it was you who made me Realise haRd woRk can always make up foR not being boRn smaRt.. thank you foR staying back afteR school eveRyday to go thRough those bio questions that we have... thank you foR foRcing us memoRise all the few hundReds of essays... thank you foR showing appReciation in my duty as a class bio Rep.. thank you foR that passion of uRs in teaching... which is a pRinciple i always RemembeR and hold on to wheneveR i teach my students...

i have chosen one teacheR fRom each instituition whom i think had the gReatest impact on my life... but of couRse, the otheR teacheRs aRe as deaR to me... without each and eveRyone of them.. theRe wouldn't be me today....

not foRgetting.... zls... each yeaR duRing teacheRs' day, i'm so tempted to call him and say "happy teacheRs' day" to him peRsonally... but i guess i'll neveR have the couRage to do so... he is one teacheR i feel gReatly indebted to... and if he didn't give me a chance to lead, i wouldn't know how much i love leading! (ha! =p) but i'm just too ashamed to see/talk to him now... afteRall, i left geco without a woRds.. it's been almost 4 yeaRs since i left... when i went to the last geco conceRt, i wanted to cRy... i guess i'm too emotional at times... but yes... all is histoRy... time will not tuRn back foR me... all i can do is to look foRwaRd and leaRn fRom the past...

张老师， 教师节快乐！

my students gave me a thank you caRd...

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"Hi xiuting! seriously you're the BEST tutor I've seen, so serious yet so funny at the same time. Each tuition session of 2hrs passes by so fast, why? cause it is enjoyable! :) continue teaching more students ya! & from a Hate relationship with Bio, but now I LOVE BIO! like really. HaHa. Happy teacher's day!"
Love, pamela 2006

"Dear xiuting...
'Happy Teacher's Day'
Having you as my Bio tutor for thes past months has been great. You're like one of my best tutors and I really do look forward to Bio tuitions despite my constant 'yawning' -> sorry about that yah? It's definitely not becuase you're boring... it's just me.. =p anyway just wanted to let you know that you make a great teacher & thanks for reigniting my passion towards BIO. THANK YOU!"
Love, Juliana, 2006

"xiuting... HAPPY TEACHERS DAY!! 3 years attending your tuition and I NEVER get bored... maybe a little intimidating when i don't know how to answer la... Remember the first lesson when you came & I told you i hated bio like crap? that same year i managed to top the class, ALL BECAUSE OF YOU!! seriously, you made me love BIO so much i'm even thinking of studying it in uni. so in other words you've made me 'decide my future'. i don't think i'll ever forget you! you're a great tutor! THANK YOU!!!"
Love, Kong Fengxian 2006

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=) seRiously seRiously, isn't it this sense of achievement that makes all teacheRs hold on to theiR job?

i msged the teacheRs to wish them a happy teacheRs' day... mRs lam Replied and besides the usual asking bout life.. guess what she said? she actually ask me to go back TJ to do Relief teaching foR bio!!! hahahaha... wait till she heaR bout my CAP.. maybe she'll change heR mind.. =p she also told me the syllabus has changed to DNA biology.. which i moRe oR less expected as well... hmm... maybe i'll go do Relief teaching afteR i gRaduate and befoRe i find a decent job... Relief teaching in a TOP JC! wow! cool! can u imagine that? =p

my nose is Running a maRathon... postponed tmR's tuition to sunday cos i Really can't talk foR 3 houRs without feeling dizzy and uncomfoRtable and sickly... hopefully will be betteR by sunday... will be going to school to study tmR... need to get staRted on my Reaction papeRs.. and maybe staRt studying foR CA1 that is 3 weeks lateR...

next week is gonna be a tiRing week... pRac on mon, tue and thuR.. i'm gonna Reach home at 9pm eveRyday xia............

Rain Rain, go away...