It's so awfully sweet of Ms Lew, my boss at Miracle Learning Centre to give my tuition lads a morale booster for their upcoming O level exams.

One of my most vivid memories from AJ was when we received our prelim results and were going through this tutorial session with Mrs Wong, our favourite Chem tutor. She must have sensed our dejection--even desperation--as she made this remark that was etched in my mind until today, "No matter how stressed you feel, you must always keep your spirits high".

Simple sentence but it was a warm balm to my battered soul. She was the only tutor who understood how we felt and tried to make us feel better about our dismal results.

And so, I studied hard and got myself an A. And not every teacher makes you want to work hard. For yourself. Not for them. Come on, we all know the insecure teachers who live vicariously through their charges.

I need to learn from Mrs Wong and Ms Lew how to be more sensitive and give appropriate morale boosters! Hehe.