"If you get there before I do,

don't give up on me.

I'll meet you when my chores are through;

I don't know how long I'll be.

But I'm not gonna let you down,

darling wait and see.

And between now and then,

till I see you again,

I'll be loving you.

Love, me."

-Love me-

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SCHOOL'S OUT!!

Finally, she can have more than 4 hours of sleep each day!! Yes!! No more panda eyes!

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"Everyone, please proceed to the grass area, we have a special treat for you before our celebration!" A voice rang out from the crowd. Lessons were over. It was the last day of school for the term. Everyone was happy.

"Okay, before we begin, let me make a brief introduction. What we will be doing is to place a tube of mentos into this bottle of coke. Please do not stand too close, we shall being shortly," xXx said matter-of-factly, acting out the part of a VERY serious compere.

The tube of mentos was balanced over the bottle of coke with a sheet of paper separating the mentos and the coke. Everyone held their breath and they looked on.

"1, 2, 3!"

The sheet of paper was removed and the mentos fell into the coke. Effervescence foamed at the mouth of the coke, but atlas, the desired effect was not obtained. Disappointments were written on faces of some of the people, her included.

"Mrs Chua, quick explain what happened!" her friend asked enthusiastically to divert the attention from the failed experiment to their beloved teacher. Their teacher was smilling and the shocked expression on her face was apparent.

"This is a really interesting display. I think it's due to a chemical reaction between the mentos and the coke. The mentos must contain some..." and her teacher went on to a lengthy explaination which made no sense what-so-ever, but everyone applauded her all the same. Everyone was really 'high', laughing and making lots of noise and the marquee.

"Mrs Chua, here's our first surprise for you!"

With that, a box was presented to her, and within it, a bouquet of a wide assortment of flowers lay, with a teacher's day card and her present inside. Mrs Chua beamed and slowly lifted the flowers, cradling it in her arms.

"Mrs Chua look here!!"

Soon, everyone was eager to take a picture of Mrs Chua. For today, she shall be the exclusive guest of honour and I bet she is enjoying every single moment of it!

"For our second surprise, we have xXx's present for you!"

"Mrs Chua, this is just a little something from me. I wrote it myself!" xXx said as he presented the present. It was a calligraphy scroll, with 8 chinese words written on it. She would love to write that here, but it's chinese. Anyhow, it looked really elegant and high class! You know those kind of calligraphy writing that the ancient China people used to hang in their houses? It looked better than those!!

"Wait, we still have a third surprise!"

Another gift was presented to her. It was a lovely shirt. Beautiful! The shirt really suits her. It was definitely her type and it was of the right size too!! She looked really cute in it!!

"Let's take a class picture!!"

With that, everyone huddled under the tree with Mrs Chua holding all her presents and beamed at the camera.

"Come on everyone, let's tuck in! It's already 3! Everyone must be famished right?"

"Wait!! We still have to wait for Mr Hse! He's coming!!"

And so they waited, making a hell of a noise while doing that as the camera snapped away at Mrs Chua.

"He's here!!"

"Wait wait!! Let's take group photos infront of our Pizzas and present!"

"NO! We have a surprise for Mr Hse too!"

Everyone fell silent and smiled.

"Mr Hse, here's a little something from our class."

He received a bottle of RED WINE, and of course, a teacher's day card.

"You can only drink that before you mark our papers okay? That way, you'll give us full marks!" chirped someone from the crowd. Everyone erupted into laughter.

"Okie! Let's take the pictures now!! Everyone!"

Everyone gathered behind the pizzas and presents and smiled.

Snap!

Snap!

Snap!

"Wait, there's still more!! Smile!!"

"Mrs Chua chio bu chio?" shouted someone from behind. [Is Mrs Chua pretty?]

"CHIO!" [Pretty!]

Snap!

"Mrs Hse yan bu yan dao?" [Is Mr Hse handsome?]

"YAN DAO!!" [Handsome!]

Snap!

"Pizza hao bu hao chi?" [Is the pizza tasty?]

"HAO CHI!!" [Tasty!]

Snap!

"Da jia er bu er!!" [Is everyone hungry?"

"ER!!" [Hungry!]

Snap!

"Okie, let's eat!!"

Everyone was famished. Quickly, each grabbed a piece and munched away as they chatted with the teachers. It was a lovely afternoon. Music boomed from the canteen, creating a really lively atmosphere. Smiles adorned all their faces and the heat of the afternoon did not dampen any of their spirits. Everyone was just super super 'high'!!

"How come you all didn't invite your biology teacher?" Mr Hse turned and directed the question at her.

"She has a form class too, and you didn't. So we invited you here!"

"Oh, so i'm a poor orphan la!" he said as he feigned a look of pity.

Peels of laughter resonated into the air.

Happy! Happy! Happy!

"Clara, can follow me opposite? I want to buy more mentos. I bu fu qi! How can the experiment fail?"

"Okie!" she said, laughing at the indignant look on her friend's face.

Within minutes, they ran across and returned, with beads of sweat lining their foreheads.

"Eveyone!! We have a grand finale!! Please gather at the grass area again!!"

Once again, the whole scene was re-enacted. A tube of mentos swayed precautiously atop a sheet of paper separating the mentos from the pepsi. This time, they were using the 1.5 litre of pepsi bottle. Everyone held their breath.

"1, 2, 3!"

The mentos fell into the pepsi. And, WOW! The pepsi shot up from the bottle, just as that of a fountain. It went really high. Wait, high is a bit of an understatement. Its maximum height was even taller than her! And if you've seen her, you'll know that she really isn't on the short side. The result was amazing. Everyone applauded with much vigour. It was truly an eye opener. One word. Awesome.

"Wait wait! Before everyone go, we have a last surprise. As you all know, bBb is going through a difficult phase, but as a class, not only will we share our joy, but we'll share one another's burden too. Together, with all the tutors and the class efforts, we have raised a small sum of money to ease bBb's finacial difficulty." With that little speech, our teacher handed bBb an envelope. He looked so touched that for a moment she thought he was going to shed a tear.

[The speech was of course longer, and even more touching than what was mentioned above, but she couldn't recall. Haha..]

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What a day!! The end of term ended with a resounding bang! Teacher's day may have been celebrated a week earlier, but nevertheless, the efforts and sincerity invested in the celebration was evident. She will really miss everyone!!

Happy! Happy! Happy!

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"Yesterday is but a dream,

and tomorrow is only a vision,

but today well lived

makes yesterday a dream of happiness

and every tomorrow a vision of hope."

-Annonymous-