it's my 4th week of uni life.. i'm asked to write a super long essay... and my natural reaction was to msg u and ask you how to start and what to research.... than i remembered.............
haiz... you have always been my rock... since my Os and poly.. with watever maths questions or lengthy essay questions.... and the essay you helped me with for the uni admission... titled my idol.... i wanted to write about you.. coz you are one of the few all-rounder i knew... not only with gd results, but captain of both canoe and dragonboat team... i was super proud of you... than witness the relationship u had with deb.... u guys sure had you ups and downs... but still.. both of you made it.. than you were the first one in the family to meet yl... i remembered u still ask me why would i wanna go out with someone who's 6 years older than me... i know u feel weird that he's 1 yr older than you... i just shug my shoulders and said dont know... coz i cant tell you that he's the only guy i met over the years that have qualities like you.... good in studies, serious with work and a family man... just like you....
we miss you so much.... be sure to bless everyone who loves you with good health and happiness....
Tuesday, 29 January 2008
Farewell from your teacher
Eu Jin,
I had written this some time ago, but didn’t put it up till now. I attended the wedding of your classmates, Wan Dong and Grace, yesterday, and met a number of you from S7a whom I taught, and am reminded that the class is now one short of 24.
It’s not easy for a teacher to say farewell to an ex-student in this way. We’re used to sending our students off to a promising future, the kind that awaits with exciting challenges ahead, a not-so-distant future where ex-students return and tell of all their traverses in the world outside of school. We are not used to the possibility of not ever being able to see any of our students ever again.
You wrote me an email last year, saying that you googled my name and found my address, after bumping into Mr Bernard Lee. You said that working made you feel like coming back to school again, so you were reminded of images of your GP teacher. In April last year, I also asked you to get the S7A guys and girls together for NY’s 30th anniversary and you said you were very honoured to be given this task, though you were going to be away for work in the US at that time.
Eu Jin, you are the type of student of whom every teacher would say at one time or other, sigh… if only every one of our students we teach is like him… They say that education is more than inculcating knowledge. For you, knowledge was the only thing that we needed to provide. Even that, I’m sure you could have learnt it all on your own. You did not need to be taught how to be humble in times of greatness, how to be resilient in times of pressure and how to look out for others when you sense that they are in difficulty. You had it all within you. You had that rare unassuming air about you, and yet a determination to excel in everything you faced. You never let your circumstances overwhelm you, nor let success go to that level-headed mind of yours. You had more than enough motivation within yourself to achieve whatever you set your mind to. You had that look in your eyes that assured any teacher that this guy would turn out to be a fine young gentleman.
As we can all see so clearly from this blog, you have been an inspiration to all who have crossed your path, and your story will continue to move and spur us on to think beyond ourselves, and ponder what our life here on earth is all about. Time very often heals, but the questions we seek to answer will drive us to seek the things that truly matter. Eu Jin, if there’s one thing many of us have learnt, though in an awfully painful way, it’s that the only things that truly matter in this world, that really touch our heart permanently, are the relationships we invest in those around us. And you have shown us that so well, by being a model student, a leader who led by example, a colleague who was great fun to hang around with, a warm and caring brother , a responsible son any parent would be proud to call his own and most of all a loving husband. Not many I know have come close to achieving so much in so short a time.
I may not know you as well as some of your friends and loved ones who wrote in this blog, but I know you better now, sadly after you have passed on. For all who loved this man, may you find hope and love in the memories of him who continues to live on in your hearts, and may you also find strength and inspiration in God who loved us first.
Avril Tay
I had written this some time ago, but didn’t put it up till now. I attended the wedding of your classmates, Wan Dong and Grace, yesterday, and met a number of you from S7a whom I taught, and am reminded that the class is now one short of 24.
It’s not easy for a teacher to say farewell to an ex-student in this way. We’re used to sending our students off to a promising future, the kind that awaits with exciting challenges ahead, a not-so-distant future where ex-students return and tell of all their traverses in the world outside of school. We are not used to the possibility of not ever being able to see any of our students ever again.
You wrote me an email last year, saying that you googled my name and found my address, after bumping into Mr Bernard Lee. You said that working made you feel like coming back to school again, so you were reminded of images of your GP teacher. In April last year, I also asked you to get the S7A guys and girls together for NY’s 30th anniversary and you said you were very honoured to be given this task, though you were going to be away for work in the US at that time.
Eu Jin, you are the type of student of whom every teacher would say at one time or other, sigh… if only every one of our students we teach is like him… They say that education is more than inculcating knowledge. For you, knowledge was the only thing that we needed to provide. Even that, I’m sure you could have learnt it all on your own. You did not need to be taught how to be humble in times of greatness, how to be resilient in times of pressure and how to look out for others when you sense that they are in difficulty. You had it all within you. You had that rare unassuming air about you, and yet a determination to excel in everything you faced. You never let your circumstances overwhelm you, nor let success go to that level-headed mind of yours. You had more than enough motivation within yourself to achieve whatever you set your mind to. You had that look in your eyes that assured any teacher that this guy would turn out to be a fine young gentleman.
As we can all see so clearly from this blog, you have been an inspiration to all who have crossed your path, and your story will continue to move and spur us on to think beyond ourselves, and ponder what our life here on earth is all about. Time very often heals, but the questions we seek to answer will drive us to seek the things that truly matter. Eu Jin, if there’s one thing many of us have learnt, though in an awfully painful way, it’s that the only things that truly matter in this world, that really touch our heart permanently, are the relationships we invest in those around us. And you have shown us that so well, by being a model student, a leader who led by example, a colleague who was great fun to hang around with, a warm and caring brother , a responsible son any parent would be proud to call his own and most of all a loving husband. Not many I know have come close to achieving so much in so short a time.
I may not know you as well as some of your friends and loved ones who wrote in this blog, but I know you better now, sadly after you have passed on. For all who loved this man, may you find hope and love in the memories of him who continues to live on in your hearts, and may you also find strength and inspiration in God who loved us first.
Avril Tay
Thursday, 10 January 2008
Greetings from GE Aviation
Hi Eujin, I just began my Industrial Attachment at GE Aviation. Want you to know that people still talk fondly of you and regard you as a very good friend. You'll always be remembered.
Jonathan (NTU Canoe and MAE Aerospace Junior)
Jonathan (NTU Canoe and MAE Aerospace Junior)
Thanks Eujin
Having recently met seemingly "nice" and respectable people who turn out to be nasty and scheming and political, I am slightly wary and disappointed at human nature. Thinking about you and your deeds remind me that there are genuinely selfless people around. Thanks Eujin!
Wednesday, 9 January 2008
bro...
today's my third day of lesson......... i love goin to school... i feel alive whenever i'm studying..... i promise you... you will be my inspiration in watever i do now........
be happy wherever you go now....
i miss you every single day.....
xue
be happy wherever you go now....
i miss you every single day.....
xue
Friday, 4 January 2008
My angel
Thinking of holding his hand again will make me smile. I never knew something so simple like that could be so difficult to do now. But, I believe he’s very, very alive in my heart, and he will be the most precious that has ever happened in my life. My best friend and my hubby.
And I am glad that god gave me a chance with him in this lifetime. Even though it was only for a short while, it was a wholesome experience.
I told myself yesterday, I will accept this change and change my life from now. My life is different and I accept it. I will do things differently from now. A lot of things have been changed by this episode, and I will change my mindset, outlook of life. Things are not the same anymore, but it’s a different kind of experience that whoever gave to us wants us to experience. So I will accept this and be strong. I will not want to live in the past anymore. I want to remember the past, but not live in it. So I will change a lot of things from now. I will adapt to my new life. And remember him in my own sweet way.
It doesn’t mean I don’t love him anymore, or that I am forgetting him. But I know he will want me to go on, live his dream, do what I want to do in life and most importantly, be happy. And smile. He hated to see me cry, he always told me, how he feels sad whenever he sees me cry and how it breaks his heart. I have broken his heart so many times when I cry, and I don’t want to do it again. I want to show that I love him and treasure his words by living strong and happy, and remembering him like he was..happy and always moving forwards despite all the difficulties he encountered during his life. He may have grumbled from time to time, but everytime he completed something, he always did it with a bang. I want to be like him. I want to grow to be like him. That’s how I can make him alive. I live in him and he lives in me, in this way.
And I am glad that god gave me a chance with him in this lifetime. Even though it was only for a short while, it was a wholesome experience.
I told myself yesterday, I will accept this change and change my life from now. My life is different and I accept it. I will do things differently from now. A lot of things have been changed by this episode, and I will change my mindset, outlook of life. Things are not the same anymore, but it’s a different kind of experience that whoever gave to us wants us to experience. So I will accept this and be strong. I will not want to live in the past anymore. I want to remember the past, but not live in it. So I will change a lot of things from now. I will adapt to my new life. And remember him in my own sweet way.
It doesn’t mean I don’t love him anymore, or that I am forgetting him. But I know he will want me to go on, live his dream, do what I want to do in life and most importantly, be happy. And smile. He hated to see me cry, he always told me, how he feels sad whenever he sees me cry and how it breaks his heart. I have broken his heart so many times when I cry, and I don’t want to do it again. I want to show that I love him and treasure his words by living strong and happy, and remembering him like he was..happy and always moving forwards despite all the difficulties he encountered during his life. He may have grumbled from time to time, but everytime he completed something, he always did it with a bang. I want to be like him. I want to grow to be like him. That’s how I can make him alive. I live in him and he lives in me, in this way.
"The Lord needed one more angel.
So he called for you that day."
Debbie
So he called for you that day."
Debbie
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