Grad ceremony was cheerful because 408 was high-ing over classmates' achievements and the 408 model class award and when teachers went up to speak! (with the popping of the toilet roll looking like thingy xD) I love it when our whole class stood up and applauded for Mrs Lai and later the moment when the whole cohort stood up and applauded for Mrs Wong too ;D
I was assured that even though I've graduated Nanyang will still be my home and I'm always welcomed back to visit the school and the chers Coupled with the fact that most of us are SAP scholars we might end up in the same class and may not be separated! As a result when the whole world was crying I assured people that we'll still be together
I actually cried at the weirdest of times The screening of the school corporate video
But today morning as I read the statuses on facebook I realised that graduation also meant that we won't be able to hear MdmHeng speak during assemblies and see Mrs Phua give us her deathly glare to quieten us down 408 won't have the chance to sit together in our ulu but cosy classroom anymore having fun lessons whereby some of our classmates would talk back to teachers in hilarious conversations and when all of us would laugh like mad at Mr Khoo's jokes Mrs Lai's funny stories and Mr Tay's wrong pronunciation of words I will miss all of our teachers who love and care for us so much Then I began crying like mad I just depleted my sister's loony tunes tissue box
408 has been my source of love and strength Yesterday when I was feeling nervous over the speech all I had to do was to look at the smiles of 408-ers and I felt so empowered and confident I felt proud that I was representing an awesome and wonderful class and that even if I failed terribly 408-ers being super duper supportive and loving friends would smile and hug me telling me that it's okay
And teachers too Ms Chee's super bright smile and Mr Khoo's look on his face which was full of pride I think Mr Kaw attempted to make us feel less nervous by telling Gennie "This is the whitest pair of shoes I think I've ever seen!"
Nanyang teachers are the best I've ever known in the 13 years of my schooling life and I think they will still be after I finish my next 2 years of education
They are like friends always ready to go beyond their scope of duties and help us always taking care of our emotional needs and can somehow detect our sadness and emo-ness without us telling them
Okie now that I'm feeling more sane I shall start thanking teachers one by one which Gennie and I intended to do during the ceremony but couldn't due to time constraint (排名is according to the EOY subjects exams de dates :P)
Yang Laoshi is a teacher whom I had mixed feelings for but recently I've come to realise that contrary to popular beliefs she gives us space to do what we want and listens if we actually dare to tell her Like for the grad speech initially she edited it until we couldn't recognise it anymore It was really nice but Gennie and I hoped that the speech we would be saying could express what we really wanted to say and was written from us and us only we told her and she accepted it and she wasn't unhappy about it too :)
And she really put in a lot of effort teaching us spending countless sleepless nights marking our assignments and emphasising relentlessly the 技巧s needed Even though there were times when the things she did or said we didn't really like I must say that I have learnt a lot from her these 2 years especially 待人处事的道理 I won't forget the smiles and encouragements she had given us 谢谢老师 :D
Even though Mr Kaw only taught us for a year he's like a friend whom we had known for a long time Towards the end of the year we could feel that Mr Kaw likes our class a lot and I'm really proud of this fact He may seem bochup at times but he actually helps and cares for us in his own ways like when he made us go up to the whiteboard and write stuffs we were like "nooooodunwan" but actually he was helping us to pull up our class participation marks As a result all of us got at least an 8 I think :) And he gave us chocolates before our EOYs exams!
One thing I'll never forget is that time when he helped us for YDF He was the one who suggested us to look for MdmHeng :D! If not for his encouragement and guidance I think we would not have the courage to go look for her and in the end making our YDF event a successful and happy one I'll never forget how bright his smile was in the GO Last but not least I've never written this in my blog before I think During IM2 EOYs I was stuck at 2 questions worth 10 marks then Mr Kaw was walking past and I asked for a piece of paper but he gave me a few pieces of paper which amazed me Then a miracle happened!! Right after he left I suddenly became ultra-enlightened and knew how to do those questions! I'm still very amazed I have no idea why the “财神到~" song is playing in my head now Thank you Mr Kaw!!
Mr Tay is one of the most dedicated teachers I've ever known always willing to sacrifice his breaks to give us remedial and lessons I remember last year he met us manymany times to help us with our IHSIA and topical presentations both of which were things he wasn't required to do The other day I was reading through the requirements for "The Caring Teacher Award" then I realised he actually fulfills all of them:
-Shown care and concern for you and your class (Remember the day when he asked us to stay back after school asking us to be independent in JC and jiayou? :D) -Asked you to submit your assignments so that he can give you feedback so you may improve (he always gave us so many comments our graded as well as ungraded work become 满江红) -Stayed back after school with you to give you "tuition" -Sacrificed his recess to listen to you/for remedial -Sacrificed his weekend to mark your late assignments -Gone beyond his call of duty Other than the qualities mentioned above he entertained and kept us awake with jokes too! xD Thank you Mr Tay for being such a wonderful cher!
Ms Chee is the cutest cher! :P I'll never forget how hard she laughed at pre-ejaculation and how amused she was at my inability to spot camouflaging animals xD I hope she will accept all of our friends requests soon then I can play Maplestory Adventures with her!!! ^^ And she's one very awesome teacher who makes it a point to make her lessons interesting and engaging so that we would make the best out of her lessons and love bio
We can see it from the small little jokes in her bio notes to those funfun hands-on lessons whereby we cut and pasted strips of paper walked around the bio lab looking for and practising questions rushed up to the whiteboard to chope and answer questions and when all of us took questions cards answering and asking questions like games show hosts ;D While all of us were having loads of fun Ms Chee was standing at the side taking photos of all of us We didn't understand why she did that then but we think she wanted to help us keep those happy memories and at the same time keep those photos for herself in case she misses us AHAHAHAHAxDD -zilians- Thank you Ms Chee!! Thank you for your marshmallows too :):)
Mr Khoo is a teacher who inspires me the most someone whom I really respect a lot because frankly speaking I didn't like him at first :X But as time passed and we got to know him better I realised that everything he did was actually for our own good Even though he kept deducting marks for our presentation we find ourselves taking effort to make sure we present our ideas clearly and in the end we really improved a lot And even though his speed of teaching wasn't as fast we realised that was because he wanted to make sure that all of us understood clearly what was being taught
As a result when we solve math questions we know what we are doing and why we are doing it that way Quotes like "Math is not about memorising; it's about understanding" "if you want to be good at something, you have to be passionate about it" and "when you do things, you have to do it right" will stay with me for life and push me on to put in my best in whatever I do I'll never forget the encouragement he gave me when I did poorly for Block Test 2 spurring me to work harder for math and teaching me the importance of not being complacent Some people told me that Mr Khoo smiled brightly when I went up to receive the Nanyang Star Award! :DD Even though I didn't see it thank you so much Mr Khoo :DD
Mrs Lai our most caring teacher! :DD She always puts the needs of other people above her own Like how she 无怨无悔地 checked our NYAA booklets carefully and setting extra quizzes so as to pull up our chemistry marks She had been a very supportive form teacher always lending us her helping hand during school events like the YDF and Chinese New Year decoration :) She's like our mother always ensuring that we are healthy and that we study in a clean environment by asking us to drink more water and clean up our classroom xD And recently she gave each of us a bottle of chicken essence for our HCL Os
She's a teacher who touched us with her 细心的照顾 I'll never forget the funny life stories she shared with us while going through with us stuffs in our PCCG booklet and her very encouraging smile be it in bad or good times When giving us the bottles of chicken essence she told Gennie and me that when she woke up at 4am to write the citations for model class she cried towards the end because she felt that 408 is a class which she felt really bonded with ;D Thank you Mrs Lai!! We will miss you a lot
Mr Tan Boon Hian my Physics teacher for 3 years! :O Throughout these 3 years I've seen his teaching skills improve tremendously I can't remember whether it's in Sec 2 or Sec 3 he started his first lesson with the class proclaiming his love for Physics which made me look forward to what's being taught in Physics! :P
Mr Tan loves our class too! :DD He had been walking past our 408 classroom after school randomly throughout the year sometimes he just came into the classroom without any purpose and walked around just to walk out a few seconds later We hypothesise that 408 is Mr Tan's source of strength so when he felt tired he would just come into our classroom and absorb a bit of our KI then he would feel rejuvenated! Hahaha!! And Mr Tan is always happy to take photos with us :DD Yesterday we offered to give him a packet of prawn crackers but he rejected our love and said, "cannot eat too much. later become a prawn!" Thank you Mr Tan for brightening our lives with your lamelame jokes xD
Last but not least we must thank our year heads Mrs Phua and Mrs Wong both of whom I can feel love our batch a lot :):) I think they have worked really hard for our batch trying their best to make our lives in Nanyang interesting and fulfilling and they succeeded! ^^ Mrs Phua and Mrs Wong, 辛苦你们了!
I'll miss 408 the siaozabor class and our 三八精神 I'm glad I'm part of this class in which as long as we have each other there's nothing we can't do like doing funny poses and singing loudly during our TDC performance We are each others' spiritual supports always jiayou-ing each other in times of need and never failing to celebrate our classmates' achievements with loud cheers and applause Most importantly we take pride in being a 三八 and a 408-er :)
I don't think I'll ever be in such an awesome class again 408-ers are never stingy with their hugs whenever I need them and they make me look forward to school everyday 408-ers' smiles are enough to calm me downwhen I feel nervous
Yesterday night when making the speech there was a moment when I felt so nervous I felt my legs shaking Just then Woonyee walked past and flashed me her super wide smile while mouthing to me "jiayou!" I felt confident and my legs stopped shaking again :)
We are like a bigbig family always there for each other when we need each other most
有时再累 the thought that the day would be a happy one with 408-ers was enough to pull me out of bed Thank you for the precious memories when all of us played SHINee's Lucifer MV when Mr Tay walked in cheered like mad when Mr Khoo and Mrs Lai won the TD awards singing 朋友 loudly while holding each others' hands thinking that the lyrics really describe what we feel because in 408 “朋友一生一起走,那些日子不再有 一句话,一辈子 一生情,一杯酒 朋友不曾孤单过,一声朋友你会懂 还有伤,还有痛,还要走 还有我"
I will miss having class lunch with all of you I will miss your smiles and the countless afternoons after EOYs when we stayed back after school just so that we could stay with each other in our cosy classroom longer
In our first day of school as the nooby batch we sat down as a cohort when the counsellor said "please settle down" It was the beginning of an epic journey in Nanyang
I didn't understand what Mrs Wong meant back then when she said "Once a Nanyang girl, forever a Nanyang girl" But today as I hold on to manymany beautiful memories I'm really proud to say that I'm a Nanyang girl My decision to come into Nanyang is one that I'll never regret
It's sad that I had to edit this post time and time again to ensure that everything is in past tense But I have with me memories that last for a lifetime I'm glad that I heed the advice of a senior a few years ago and can now leave Nanyang without regrets I decided to pass on this message to my unknown byebye pal along with "thank you!" and "jiayou for everything!" but I think she was rushing off cos she was too shy :) So I just told her the message my senior gave me when I was just a noobie Sec 2
"Cherish your days in Nanyang!!!"
Before I end I shall quote Shumin:
"Anything's fine as long as we are together"
Jermia hopped off at 12:20
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Me,Myself,I*
HELLO! I'm Jermia Lai the _____ (insert a nice word :D) Came to this world as a gift from God on 27 Jan 1995 and is reaching Exciting Eighteen 8D Spent 6 years of my happy childhood in Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School where I accepted Christ as my saviour. Spent my secondary school days in my favourite place on Earth, Nanyang Girls' High School. Striving to live up to my 娘家's vision and become a respected member of society. Currently studying in Hwa Chong Institution, trying to live my life to the fullest and live while I'm young ;) I love my family and friends, and praise God, my dearest Heavenly Father.
The 三八精神 lives within me!
Adores to pieces*
o1` God!
o2` My Happy Family
o3` KCPPS
o4` 6Agape'07!
o5` NYGH
o6` 204!
o7` 408 SANBAJINGSHEN!
o8` Childish books xP!
o9` Teddy bears xD
10` Dramas! x3
11` My room (Esp. my bed) X.X
Wishes upon a shooting star*
o1` To build a stronger relationship with God =)
o2` To stay connected to my friends forever =D
o3` My Family to be happy for eternity
o4` My partner will love me more than I love him HAHA x3!
o5` A trip to Japan and Korea! xD
o6` More class gatherings x)
o7` Do well for block tests
o8` Less homework during the holidays
09` Have more time to watch dramas and listen to songs ^^