of the leaving of pn.phang, as well as the wind rider

"sunder", a word in which equivalent with the meaning of "parting, farewell", is one word we do not really want to come across, as sadness, grief will follow, dampening our spirits. as such, i do not have a clear view on how is the word...

yet right now i grasped the feeling of it.. considering the fact that 2 things has happened (which will be described later) besides obtaining a clear point of view towards the word "sundering", i had as well fully grasped the meaning of "high winds of time do not stop, and even when you are waiting for it, it can still give you surprises"

26th september will be a date long remembered and lamented upon, as one of the teachers who had served the school since its foundation left us for retirement. she is known to the school as pn.ohang, a teacher with a motherly-look in her face, with an aura of countenance. being the maths teacher of the students, her departure is a great loss.. in terms of being the advisor for the prefects, it is a loss hard to bear actually...

a devotion for a span of 15 years is not to be looked upon lightly, as many things can be done in that time frame.. but all these i will not mention (as some other did it). however one thing i can truly emphasise is that, she is indeed a very kind person, willing to help whenever help is needed. i had a first-hand experience with it, and she came to my help in the darkest tide... (7th april 2008, what is 'the darkest tide' i will not mention, rather humiliating..)

her departure may be unexpected and surprising to certian people, but to me and some others, it is already an anticipated thing, just a matter of time. as in the conversation with pn.ti during the kh seminar in the jpwp building, 19th july 2007...

"Pn.Phang is coming here today, to do something."
"What is it?" i asked inquisitively..
"Don't you know? She intended to retire soon.. and she is here to apply for it."

such was a reply that it gave me a shock, and i had expected it... even though so, the news of her retirement which spread at the end of august 2008 brought me surprise as well... i got to admit, even when you have expected something, the news and decision can still bring a surprise

and so she left, corporeally. however the high winds of time will never blow away or erase the legacy in which she left us, nor is her dedication, devotion and achievements denied, especially among us who was once taught by her..

now for the second one....

13 weeks ago pn.margaret gave us a shocking relevation: 4 trainees under training will be coming to our school for 12 weeks to complete the final stages of their training. our feelings were rather mixed that time, full of anticipation, anxiety...

thus one day when pn.margaret entered our class as usual, there was a young lady who followed her behind, and all of us knew what it meant... she, known to us as miss sheila, will be the one teaching us for the next 12 weeks....

the moment we looked at her we felt that it was nigh impossible to dislike, so kind, humorous is she, to such an extent that many of us awaited the coming of english period, for that was the subject she teach...

and under her, we get to enjoy group work such as discussions, presentations, research and most importantly, debate. these are the times when the 2 factions will literally "mock" each other with facts and evidences... but none prevailed, so everyone think that it is a relaxing moment...

besides that, she has her own story to tell.. while some people managed to find out who her bf is, the whole class was literally on the seventh heaven, wanting to even know more, all these she politely denied our request, but the stories went on.. and it became a central of focus of our humor during that time...

so now after 12 weeks has gone past, her final stage of training adjourned. on the last day she revealed her thoughts in regards of us, giving out sweets and made a final debate regarding the superstitions, customs of human sacrifice...

12 weeks = 84 days, this time period is one of the memories i desired to preserve the most, as never again in my life probably i will encounter this 84 days again...

btw, for those who wanted the pictures of pn.phang's farewell, there are two links to choose:
i) http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e77/osiriswarlock/farewell%20of%20pn%20phang/
ii) http://920509145061.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!90C6E6C837678ADD!1200/

all are meant for grabbing to put in your respective blogs, only with one condition: please give me credit on these pictures..... the next post will probably fall on 30th october 2008... as the final year exam is drawing nigh, farewell yourself well! -- the archknight