I'll Report You to the Principal

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These were the exact words that came from my ex-teacher today because we had been "naughty" :) 10 years ago, we were still in our JC uniforms, studying for our prelims and "A" levels exams... boy was it a stressful time.

But look how time flies... 10 years down the road and we are all now working in our respective jobs, some are married, some are getting married and some are still single. Most of us matured quite a bit and are undeniably facing more struggles than when in JC. Well, this is adult life.

But we will always remember one of our teachers who, despite being "naggy" at times but were nonetheless like a mother, putting a lot of effort into her work with us. We remembered how during one of our "A" levels paper, she was so worried about us, she came by to see how we were doing only to be "chased away" by the invigilator.

Now that all of us have parted ways and are relatively established in our areas of work and family life, we still remember this dear teacher. So during one of the recent gatherings, me and my friends decided to organise a get-together with this teacher to celebrate teacher's day with her. Despite being quite last minute (we had only decided one week before), it was surprising that everybody said "yes" and we were able to quickly get a get-together put together (hey it rhymes) :)

Everyone played their part and everything just turned out so well today: I and my friend coordinated with the teacher and everyone while someone else got the gifts, someone was in charge of photography, rushed to get the photo developed and placed into the photo frame, in time to present it to our teacher before the end of the gathering, someone helped to book the place, someone brought her polaroid camera and we had fun taking photo snapshots of one another, someone ran out to buy marker to write our names onto the photo frame and someone helped to "hijack" the bill from my teacher hahaha... there was just so much "chemistry" and everyhing fell into place nicely. (Gunman 2 by tomskydive)

Our teacher still look the same. She still look as motherly as ever and came dressed humbly in her T-shirt and pants. Before this, she has specifically instructed that we do not get her anything and that we must allow her to buy us a meal. Well, being the "naughty" us, we all hijacked the bill and of course bought her a teacher's day gift. No wonder she wants to "report us to the principal" :) In the end, she made us promise we let her pay the next meal and that we must meet up with her annually :) Well, we'll see hehehehe...