The Letters Crusade

How many of us actually went to visit our former teachers after graduated?


During this Chinese New Year, me and my friends went to visit some of our secondary school teachers (mostly are tuition one though. lol) One of them was our add-maths tuition teacher. He was very surprised that we went to his house during Chinese new year. The moment I entered his house, all the feeling and memories of tuition straight away came up in my mind. We can joke, chat and even tease him like what we always did during his tuition. (that is sooo bad of us XP) To our surprise, he said that our is the 1st batch of student who come and visit him during Chinese new year. (don't know true or not lah, maybe he says this too to other group who visit him previously XD) Anyway, it is really something lah that you managed to remember the teachers who taught you before in the midst of ang pau, Blackjack and Carlsberg.

When we are leaving, I saw a very big smile on his face. He was like in cloud nine and kept saying that "I was really really happy lah that you guys come and visit me~" So much sense of fulfillment I felt at that moment.



After coming back for Chinese new year, I already have a thought of taking out some time to visit my art teachers who really made me different. (related link) On somewhere around the middle of the week, I almost forgot about it. The above event reminds me that I have something yet to be done. In the beginning, I was like, "wan meh? paiseh(means shy in hokkien) leh" Because I'm going alone to their house which is so much different from going by a group of people like before we did. (you get a courage boost when many people are around you doing the same thing you do) I don't know what topic am I going to talk with them, sort of like teacher and student gap mah~ Might as well ended up like me being 'interviewed' by them on the topic "How's life there?" Lol. I was in dilemma.

But you gotta do what you have to do. I dig out my missing courage and phone them, telling them that I'm going to visit them. "Really? Ok, we are going back from kampung the day after tomorrow, so on that day when you wanna come, just give me a call, alright?" Appointment was being made.


And so, that day arrived. Everything was really not what I thought it would end up like. We chat like everything, from their current number of students to their very very very old Pentium 3 computer, from why the hell I choose Architecture to they advising me to drink green tea because of eating outside food so frequent, which I now started to practice it! XD

They said, "It is really a jodoh that we actually develop teacher-student relationship for more than 9 years." "Most students, however, come and go~" I pretty much like the jodoh part, or I should refer it as a 'bless'? Is like you manage to keep this relationship for that long, and you are ready to develop it into greater stage of relationship, so why are you stopping or ignoring it?

During the whole visit, they said, "So sad, that the shop down there haven't officially open, if not we can continue chatting (that time I had to go back to have lunch with my family). Next time when you come back, the shop opened and we could spent more time talking bout lives."



Things are not always turn out the way you thought it would be, without actually doing it. And you never realised that even the smallest action of yours can bring a huge impact to others. We are talking about being grateful to our teachers. The hands that push us up till the top. Take a break from your hasty life, go and visit your teachers who you feel that you are really in debt of gratitude towards them.




Those big smiles on their faces will touch you deep into your heart, forever. =)