From A Great Principal

It has been nearly a month since I write something here. My bad, I had let laziness in me taken over the pilot seat. However that will not be the case anymore, as I'm finishing my studies soon, very soon.. exactly 7 more days, I will kiss goodbye to my Alma mater that has accommodate me for the past five years, and step out to the working society, using my own skills, knowledge and attitude to earn myself a living as well as producing better quality blog post. Talking about my Alma mater, there's one that has rooted deeply in my heart till this very day, which is the one and only St.Francis Institution. In life we only experience certain things for once, and growing up, learning, playing in High School is one of them, that I will never forget throughout the course of my life. Here's something I would like to share with all of you, and is from my High School principal, Mr. Ong Chong Wee.. who is now happily retired and leading the life he wanted. Seeing him again reminds me of the moments he used to lecture us in classes, when we were still young and too ignorant to listen to him.. and it seems whatever he had said has realized little by little some knowingly and some without me even realizing it from the day I left St.Francis. 

Here's to all of you from a great principal whom I always look up to~ 

"You come to school, to get educated.
What is education?
People always say to get education
means to study and obtain good results,
but education is not just about studies.
It is also about character building,
and this school, will be the place u build that character in you.
Education is for life, not merely earning a living.
Like Mahatma Gandhi said,
there are seven sins in the world,
and knowledge without character is a sin."
"To me, life can be divided into 4 phases.
The first phase is like you boys,
learning and building a strong foundation.
Full of energy and time but not money.
The second phase is like the teachers who are teaching you,
working hard and earning money.
Full of energy and have money but no time.
The third phase is like me now,
retiring and being able to do what i love.
Full of enerygy, time and money.
And the forth phase is death.
Everybody have to experience that.
My first phase was nice.
Studying and learning.
My second phase was nicer.
Working and earning money.
My third phase is the nicest.
Being able to do what i love and dun have to work.
So you see boys,
if your first phase does not have a strong foundation,
you wont enjoy your second phase
and same goes to your third phase.
Success only comes with knowledge, skills and the right attitude."

"If you cut an apple into half,
can you count how many seeds are there inside?
Yes, you can.
If you take one of those seeds,
can u count how many apples can the seed make?
No, you cant.
You are like the seeds boys,
we never know how much potential lies in you."