miss peh..........

ooooooooooooooooo i just bought my first item on e-bay! check it out....

how beautiful is this painting???? perfect for my "african plains" home. Muahahahahahhaha and it costs less then 15 dollars with postage!

but on a sadder note.. my teacher miss peh passed away peacefully this morning. she was my english and math teacher for secondary 3 and 4. And she was the reaon why my grades pulled up so high when i went to secondary 3.

she was innovative, un-conventional, inspiring and sooooooooo nice! not one of her classes are ever the same! i will always rememebr the first thing she said in class for english. "throw away ur textbooks. we dont need them" to teach us english, she took us out for walks, tell us to express our feelings in words, and so dramatically pulling our grades up so high..

for math, she didn't use the textwork wuestions either. she used the TYS(ten-year series) book. whao.... i seriously think she's the ultimate role model of what MOE considers as "out of the box teaching"

she contracted cancer when we were in secondary 4. we all knew she was always in great pain even after treatment(chemotherapy) but she still continued teaching and even turned up for our examinations to support us(morally) even when she was suppos eot be resting at home. come to think about it, she didn't manage to teach us alot in sec 4 becoz of her condition.

apparently, my frens who saw her a few weeks before she died, they said she couldn't speak, was in great pain and was oedematous(swelling all over her body.) she asked the doctors if she could be euthanised but obviously, that's not allowed in singapore! i calle dher house phone but the relative who answered said she couldn't speak. well i already knew that, but i just wanted to get the address. so i made a nice card and mailed it to her.. i dunnoe whether she received it though.. or even read it..

anywhoooooo i'm happy for her now. with a heart like hers, she's definitely in heaven smilling down at all the students she's ever taught and inspired. miss yah miss peh!