06S62!!

About your behaviour in the audi during Mr Ang's speech... Ok you were better behaved than many other classes. But do learn to keep yourself awake during lecture. The way I do it is to have little puzzles that I can think through in my brain, while the speaker goes on and on. It works well because the speaker thinks I am thinking deeply about what he is saying, but I am thinking of my physics, maths, whatever.

Now many of you were sniggling whenever Mr Ang struggled with the pronounciation of some English words. Rude, you know? Winston even turned around and asked me how come I was not laughing. :-) I did not laugh because there wasn't anything funny. Many of you do not realize Mr Ang is more than 60 years old. During his school days, English was not the 1st language. He had a pure chinese stream education, all the way up to his university days. He was a Chinese teacher. You can imagine how little english he learnt from school. For him to be able to improve his English to his current level, he must have spent lots of time and effort. You got to admire his determination. And he is probably quite clever too. Can you think of any other Chinese-language teacher who could speak English fluently? If at the age of 30 you were to start studying Tamil, do you think you can deliver a speech in Tamil one day? This is the scale of Mr Ang's achievement. Its not like he is not aware that you were laughing at him. But that did not stop him from speaking to you. This is true courage. I always think there is much to learn from Mr Ang.

When we have the time, I can share with you some of the "classic" blunders that Mr Ang has been in the past. True, those funny moments still bring a smile to my face, but I still admire Mr Ang for reasons I have written earlier. And I will certainly not show any reaction in his presence. That is basic courtesy.