Appreciation...

Went to Tan Tock Seng Hospital's Traveler's Clinic to get a couple of vaccinations and some altitude sickness pills today... Reached there just past 1 pm, and was told to return at 2 pm as it was lunch time...

So I loitered around and came to the main lobby of the hospital... and I saw this...


In March 2003, the deadly SARS struck the nation, and TTSH became the national centre for SARS treatment... All the medical staff became national heroes and heroines as they gave of themselves selflessly...

And thousands of support and tributes came pouring in and TTSH today, has scanned all the banners, cards, posters, letters etc into two huge posters and are hung up at the main hospital lobby...

And very anxiously, I scanned the huge poster for this:


It was a giant card which my Student Councillors made for TTSH back in 2003... led by enthusiastic and compassionate councillors like Weijun, Chun Jin, and Wu Sheng and gang, they rallied the whole school into writing messages on heart-shaped papers and pasted them all up onto the giant card...

When completed, we had to rent a mini-van to bring send the card to TTSH... I've always wondered since then (yes, it's been 3 years) what TTSH would do with so many of such tributes showered onto them... And I got my answer today!

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Back in 2003, when Simpleville hadn't vigorously communicated the idea of being thinking and gracious, such acts of compassion and thoughtfulness for our community were already brewing and very much alive... Looking back, we did these not because we were told to do so, not because that's the direction of Simpleville, and not because it'll make us look good... We have students who had the heart to feel and to show gratitude...

I'm so very proud of Weijun and company... Wherever you guys may be right now, be it JC or poly, I'm sure you'll all still be carrying with you the same heart of compassion and spirit of giving... I believe I've told you all at some point in time during our most memorable days together, that 'the hand that gives, also receives'... This simple message has served me very well... I'm sure it will to you all too...

And here's my tribute to these group of beautiful people: