Friday, October 8, 2010

VS Class of 2010- Sec 4 Graduation

Today marks the graduation for the VS Class of 2010

Let's see some interesting characters who have followed me through my years here!

Here's Fadzly, Kwek Daniel and Jinjie, whom I've taught since Sec 2
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What are we pointing to? We're pointing to the blank spots on the honor rolls in hopes that one day their names will be there. Jin jie was VS first Wushu DSA candidate and he has grown from a small skinny boy...
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But look at him now, look at all of them now.
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All grown to men.
They took a bit longer than some of their peers but the time was well spent. No regrets, man; no regrets.

Of course, close to my heart are the wushu boys.
Here we have Ryan Goh, the Captain of the team who has learnt the most that I have to teach- Lion Dance, Wushu, Sparring, Balintawak...
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You are a champion indeed Ryan.

Next is Tan Yuda, our dependable Vice-Captain, who complements us in all we do.
When Ryan is the Lion-Head, Yuda is the tail. When we spar, Yu Da is the ideal practice partner to match my size, when we do Wushu, he's always the dependable last member-- may not get so much glory, but without him, we couldn't pull it off too. (Imagine Lion Dance got no backside...)
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Then we have Saw Eh Tha Khu and Kong Wei Chung:
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Saw overcame the barriers in language to learn Sanshou from my own teacher and to gain a resounding win for VS in the SNWF Wushu Invitational Sanshou Free-sparring event. Proving that VS Wushu boys are not just about pretty moves and to top that, he's one of our top students!
Next to him is the one and only Mr Kong Wei Chung, our Malaysian scholar-who is the first overseas scholar in the VS Wushu team.
All members in the VS Wushu team unanimously agree that Weichung's roar can be heard all the way from Siglap to JB, some say KL even.
Next to WeiChung is Adrian Tan Jian Yang, one of the most outstanding NCC Cadets VS has ever produced.

Then we have Jin ZhenYu, who though academically weaker, has worked hard to receive the PSG Most Outstanding Improvement Award.
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Keep it up, Mr Jin--- you'll be a global leader one day :)

And who can forget the scholars... it took me 7 years to have a daughter of my own cos all my time is taken up by these energtic 'sons' of mine!

First off, our neighrbourly Malyasians:
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Malaysia BOLEH!

Then we have the silent, quiet but ever polite and diligent Vietnamese:
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Also, the Mafia Wars gang from Bangkok, the Thai scholars:
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And who can forget our Serious PE class of 2010
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"Eng Lek, stop staring at your crotch"

Last but not least our various student leaders:
Ben and Laksman
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The one and only Barry
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The rest of the gang from 'The Climb'
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As Mr Low our principal rightly put it today- a gift only has meaning when it takes on a life of its own.
Thank you boys for the gift of the best years of my life and in return it is a fitting final for us to give back. Every year, graduating Victorians pen down their thoughts in the Voices of Victoria journal, but this being my final year with VS I decided to collaborate with our Senior leaders and do a 'live' Voices of Victoria:

6 comments:

Old Victorian said...

Hi,

It seem like some of the President's Scholars from VS are missing:

* Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim, Queen's Scholar, 1936
* Poh Soo Jin, Queen's Scholar, 1951
* Teh Ee Kheng: Queen's Scholar, 1956
* Yap Choon Teck: Queen's Scholar, 1956
* Si Hoe Sing Yin (Ms): Queen's Scholar, 1958
* Han Cheng Fong: State Scholar, 1962
* Lam Chuan Leong: President's Scholar, 1967
* MG Ng Chee Khern: President's Scholar, 1984
* Loh Wai Keong: President's Scholar, 1984

Old Victorian said...

Ahmad Mohd Ibrahim studied in Victoria Bridge School and RI. He was awarded the Queen's Scholarship in 1936. He was an active member of OVA during its early days. In one of the OVA dinners, he was a special guest and was reported in the Straits Times.
http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19351221.2.4.aspx

Old Victorian said...

Poh Soo Jin, an old boy from VS, was awarded the Queen's Scholarship in 1951. http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19511208.2.79.aspx

Old Victorian said...

Dr Han Cheng Fong was awarded the State Scholarship in 1962. The President's Scholarship was known as the State Scholarship then. Dr Han was a guest of honour at a VS Speech Day in the 1980s.

http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19770522.2.49.aspx

Anonymous said...

Have enjoyed following your blog a lot. You are a teacher with great love for your students, profession and VS. Regret to read that this is your final year in VS. All the very best in your future endeavours!

Johnny said...

huh? mr siow leavin? kidding rite? hope he stay in vs long enuff to win 35 yrs long service award