Its an endless pursuit.: Au Revoir, Pn Chan.

Went to school on Friday thinking it would be just another normal school day, only with one of the occasional teacher farewells. Almost didn’t get up out of bed when the alarm rang. Almost went back to sleep after turning the alarm off. But only when I got to school, did I realise how a big a farewell the school was throwing for Pn Chan.

Never really knew Pn Chan much, but I still remember the first impression I had of her the first time I transferred to DU. She seemed like one of those teachers you wouldn’t want to piss off. And whenever anyone was called out to see her for disciplinary reasons, you knew they were in deep shit. I don’t really remember getting much scolding from her (I’mma good boy XD ) but what I do remember is, she’d probably scold the living daylights out of you, but afterward, she’d calm down, and take time to understand the situation and try to help you. I guess even though I didn’t know her that much, she really stood out among the rest of the teachers, someone with a heart for the students. Unlike some teachers. Or principals. (cough cough)

There was a farewell celebration prepared for Pn Chan on Friday and there were quite a few performances, some good, some amazing, and some not so amazing…..but overall, still a memorable farewell for a memorable teacher. Without further a do, here are the pics from that day.

we have some pretty nice sunrises. You just gotta know when and where to be.

Put some stuff in class and went to go find the cina boy gang. Found them at the usual spot and decided to spam a few pics there.

one whole row, either stoning or playing with hand phones. lol

Had a short perhimpunan, then the form 4’s and 5’s had to go to the hall whilst the form 3’s stayed back for something at the assembly grounds. Walked around with Eric and took photos while waiting for the whole thing to start.

Caught Sherwin, Afiq, and the rest of 5 Meranti and a few bits of 5 Keruing getting ready for the Jaiho Dance.

lol Sherwin’s a rockstar. Let a few of them play around with the camera.

this is the end result of jakun photography in kiara park the day before added with tau foo fa (will update on that soon too!)

lol, I can imagine Eric with a goatee.

looks like there should be more people don’t you think? This is Form 4 and 5 together mind you.

Dinesh was wandering around outside the hall. And decided to pose. lol

Haha nana

The school’s orchestra in waiting.

Dres Amigos. Photo taken by Wee Giap

snuck around the hall taking more photos, and once the event was about to start, went up front where the rest of the photographers were waiting.

Pn. Norsham gave one of her signature speeches, which pretty much dragged the event on a little longer than it should have lasted. So decided to go out of the hall to take a few more shots.

More focus on the fence than the face. Lol. Afiq S. took this photo.

Wee Giap

was still stoning and taking shots outside till Pn.Chan came on stage, and the whole hall was filled with the noise of claps and cheers.

the photo says it all.

Eric stole my camera for a bit

lol John and Matthew.

After Pn Chan’s speech, which left her crying a few tears of sadness and joy, the performances began.

the orchestra started playing the intro to billie jean, which was pretty damn cool, until they just cut it off for some reason to switch to another song.

Then it was V-ki’s turn, performing some awesome tricks with her chinese yo-yos, better known as Diabolo. With her performance was this dam addictive song called “Dancing in the Moonlight” by Toploader.

lighting in the hall was shit. So most of the pics were blurred. =.=

After that, one of the form 4 classes sang “Sha La La La” by Vengaboys.

Then after them, the prefects sang “Angels Brought Me Here” by Guy Sebastian

Scouts of the 73rd Petaling performed the Sorry Sorry dance by Super Junior. Then, Batmanjelee (not sure if I spelt it right) a form 3 prefect I used to play the violin with in the orchestra came on to sing “Hero” by Mariah Carey. OMG. Her voice is amazing.

DU’s got hidden talent huh?

I’ve forgotten his name. But he came on and sang one english song and one mandarin song. Help me out here, readers.

Finally, the last performance came on, and it was none other than the Jaiho Dancers, made up of 5 Meranti and Kenanga students. Even though they all were in standby positions on stage, they started a little late cos someone tried to sabo them. Their CD was stolen so they improvised, using their iPod. Heh, barang rampasan saves the day!

The dance was dam nice, till one part, when they were 3/4 way through, Sherwin and Afiq S. came in through the middle and it got AWESOME. The crowd started cheering wildly.

Rockstars they are. After the Jaiho dance, they sang “You Are Not Alone” by Michael Jackson.

Then all the different departments, clubs, and teachers came and personally gave Pn Chan gifts. Our beloved headmistress was nowhere to be found that time. =.=

Then all the higher-up teachers came up and said their goodbyes to Pn. Chan. Many were in tears.

except En. Ismail. R u Enjoice? Lol

Heck, even the Jaiho group came up and gave her a goodbye gift.

The whole school proceeded outside to the assembly grounds and all awaited Pn Chan to come out of the hall.

The sky was quite nice that afternoon. Kinda looks like a shark don’t you think?

She gave words of advice to most of the students waiting for her on the way to her ride. She even said goodbye to me and Eric. I’m not so good with goodbyes, so go figure.