It’s June. It feels odd, having left my teaching career behind. I gave Sri KDU three years of my life. There were good times, and there were also not so good times, but I can safely say that teaching at Sri KDU was a highly memorable chapter in my life. Within those three years, I learnt so much, and I’m not talking only from an academic point of view. I learnt a lot about administration, dealing with people, politics in a workplace, but mainly I learnt a lot about myself. I’ve discovered talents I never knew I had, and developed skills I couldn’t have at any other place. But more importantly, I met a lot of people and I made a lot of new friends, some of whom are my best friends and will continue to be my best friends.

But what I never realised was how much I’ve touched people, too. I was so focused on myself, learning as much as I could and discovering as much as I could, observing how people dealt with me and how people have touched my life, that I never realised the impact that I had on people, too. Some of my friends and students nearly cried on my last day at the school; maybe they did when my back was turned. I had a plethora of gifts and cards, many of them from unexpected sources (and one really weird card – that’s from the 4 of you, you know who you are! LT,WR,GG,MY). Some of my former students in past years even came back to the school to see me before my last day – and gave me lovely cupcakes. Yummmmmm! (Ida, here’s the photo you’ve been waiting for…)

In addition, some of my students even invited me to join them for a day out at Sunway Lagoon. Yeah I know. I’m old. But I still had loads of fun with them Thanks, 4 Dickens. I had a great time. Photos can be viewed here and here… but as of right now they’re still incomplete because for some reason I’m having problems uploading to Facebook Here’s a preview though… hallelujah for waterproof cameras!