And yes, if he wasn't our form teacher for 4 freaking years, I don't think that our bond will be so strong. I really thank him for 6h. The really awesome friends who I had made. He really made a huge difference in my life. I can't imagine how my life will be if I didn't enter 3S and met him and those crazy bunch of 9 year old kids. =D And how he really pushed me and made sure that I entered 5H. Without him, I seriously don't think I could have stayed on in the best class. And these group of friends, I really treasure them. And to make me do so, it's him too. He really made sure that our class stay united.
There were times of course, when our class was really in a mess. You can tell the the bonds weren't strong. But he came in and changed that. I remembered how he suddenly brought us to the hall one day, and started playing all those bonding games with us. We were all super excited when he told us to go to the hall 'cause we thought it was PE all. Haha! We were sad deprived kids who didn't have PE lessons anymore after our NAPFA ended. LOL! I think we were really sad. But yea, that day, he made us play all these games. And told us how we should work together as a class, stay united, stay bonded, and conquer PSLE together. And we did. And I think we are still bonded and close now.
Yes, not all 39 of us are still in contact. It's well, not really possible. This isn't a perfect world. But those who are still around, our bonds are pretty strong? It's strong in a way that no words need to be said kinda thing. Every time we meet each other, no nice words come out. Haha! We are cool like that.
And every year since we graduated, we would celebrate Mr Phang's birthday. The attendance would just increase drastically. LOL! It's true. Just this day, almost everyone will try their best to turn up. You can see how happy Mr Phang was to see all of us together, laughing and having fun, doing all sorts of weird stuffs. I guess Mr Phang really left a deep impact on most of our lives, in some ways or another. That's why they want to celebrate his birthday for him.
He just turned 40 this year. And I don't know why but I really can picture us celebrating his birthday 'til a ripe old age. How we will try our best to make time for it. Maybe the number of pple going will decrease. But you know, it's okay. I think the fact that we really want to celebrate his birthday for him, it's just awesome? It's like really a traditional thing. Haha! We need to find a new place to celebrate though. Stupid Greenridge's Pizza Hut!!!
A story shared by him along with a long letter which he posted on our class blog. Haha! I'm just posting the story here. But yes, I'll always tear up whenever I read the letter. I think it's actually the story. =D
The Precious Gift
Author Unknown
Once upon a time, when God had finished making the world, he wanted to leave behind a piece of His own divinity, a spark of His essence, a promise to man of what he could become, with effort. He looked for a place to hide this precious gift because, He explained, what man could find too easily would never be valued by him."Then you must hide this gift on the highest mountain peak on earth," said one of his counselors.God shook His head, "No, for man is an adventuresome creature and he will soon enough learn to climb the highest mountain peaks.""Hide it then, O Great One, in the depths of the earth."
"I think not," said God. "for man will one day discover that he can dig into the deepest parts of the earth.""In the middle of the ocean then, Master?"God shook His head. "I've given man a brain, you see, and one day he'll learn to build ships and cross the mightiest oceans.""Where then, Master?" cried His counselors.God smiled, "I'll hide it where every man and woman will be able to find it if they look sincerely and deeply enough. I'll hide it in their heart."
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