I am back in IJ
These days, I go back to IJ very often, and I strongly believe that going back to IJ is good for the Celine soul.
Over the last few years, I have blogged about going back to IJ when I feel down. I sit on the steps and look out into the field and every problem seem smaller and more distant.
I must have done something really good in my previous life to deserve an education in IJ. I remember Sister Anne, she use to tell us that our ''IJ Badge is our M.R.T Card to success''. I never really understood what she meant when she said that but now I do.
I love my school and I love my teachers. My teachers who believed in me and never gave up. I could visit them regularly and tell them how grateful I am for what they have done for me but I found a different way to give back to my school now. Being in the alumni, taking the girls as interns in my company and volunteering as a mentor is my way of giving back to school.
I got up at 7am today to go back to school at 8. It was the perfect rainy saturday to sleep in, but I got up with no complains and not even the slightest irriation. Today, I found out how much I love doing what I am doing. I love the girls that I am mentoring and I love how much I was able to go back to school.
When I arrived at school, I saw the morning dew on the grass and remembered the days I had morning assembly with the choir. I saw the notice boards that the girls decorated with practise times, pictures and messages and I remembered my choir practise sessions. Today, I saw myself in school, I remembered the old blue bell, the middle stairs, the colourful science labs and i heard the teachers' voice. I remembered how Ms Jo Teo say "Kuai Dian ! Hurry Up !" Ms Teo Peng Suan said, " Tuck in your shirts girls !", " This is important so please listen". I remembered walking by classes and I can remember the teachers standing in front of the class with their books. Mrs Mag. Low always speaking fluently and standing so gracefully.
It was a very quiet morning but the school was so alive. Today, I was able to give someone directions in the new school, I know then that I am back in IJ. I am once again familiar with my school. Today is the day I say " I am back in IJ''
Going back to IJ is like the song " It feels like home to me'' by Chantal Kreviazuk.
This is how the chorus goes:
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I come from
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong
Later in the day, I had the chance to talk to a few of my friends and they thought I was crazy with a thousand and one things to do but guess what ? I love my school and I believe in each and everyone of the girls that I am mentoring. Most of all, I am very happy to say " I AM BACK IN IJ !"
Over the last few years, I have blogged about going back to IJ when I feel down. I sit on the steps and look out into the field and every problem seem smaller and more distant.
I must have done something really good in my previous life to deserve an education in IJ. I remember Sister Anne, she use to tell us that our ''IJ Badge is our M.R.T Card to success''. I never really understood what she meant when she said that but now I do.
I love my school and I love my teachers. My teachers who believed in me and never gave up. I could visit them regularly and tell them how grateful I am for what they have done for me but I found a different way to give back to my school now. Being in the alumni, taking the girls as interns in my company and volunteering as a mentor is my way of giving back to school.
I got up at 7am today to go back to school at 8. It was the perfect rainy saturday to sleep in, but I got up with no complains and not even the slightest irriation. Today, I found out how much I love doing what I am doing. I love the girls that I am mentoring and I love how much I was able to go back to school.
When I arrived at school, I saw the morning dew on the grass and remembered the days I had morning assembly with the choir. I saw the notice boards that the girls decorated with practise times, pictures and messages and I remembered my choir practise sessions. Today, I saw myself in school, I remembered the old blue bell, the middle stairs, the colourful science labs and i heard the teachers' voice. I remembered how Ms Jo Teo say "Kuai Dian ! Hurry Up !" Ms Teo Peng Suan said, " Tuck in your shirts girls !", " This is important so please listen". I remembered walking by classes and I can remember the teachers standing in front of the class with their books. Mrs Mag. Low always speaking fluently and standing so gracefully.
It was a very quiet morning but the school was so alive. Today, I was able to give someone directions in the new school, I know then that I am back in IJ. I am once again familiar with my school. Today is the day I say " I am back in IJ''
Going back to IJ is like the song " It feels like home to me'' by Chantal Kreviazuk.
This is how the chorus goes:
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I come from
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong
Later in the day, I had the chance to talk to a few of my friends and they thought I was crazy with a thousand and one things to do but guess what ? I love my school and I believe in each and everyone of the girls that I am mentoring. Most of all, I am very happy to say " I AM BACK IN IJ !"
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