Well, received news from a group of ex-4e4 classmates that Mr Kelvin Tan passed away. It shocked me instantly because it was just so random! That was the first msg I saw on my hp tt morning in the hotel and it changed my day. Today's his cremation and Im not attending it. Not because I hate to go solo or whatsoever, but because no-one gave me the address despite me asking for it and......I have an appointment in school today. I remembered Mr Tan punishing the guys in the class for not attending PE lessons once, and that he told us the importance of sticking to our schedule. Now, Im doing what he's echoing, perhaps from above.
Read quite alot of ZHSS juniors' blog about what happened regarding his death. Most said he delayed a serious virus treatment to concentrate on the preparation of the Mid year exams. And if given treatment now, chances are he would most likely become a vegetable. Thus his family decided to let him go.
But come to think of it all, he has 1 good thing to be happy, seriously happy about. He has seen the love for him. The number of people turing up at the wake, the cards the teachers moved from his office to the wake site, the condolences messages filled with tears that wept for him, his parents love for him. The relationship between a teacher and student is just that simple, teacher and student. At the end of the day, what a teacher wants to see is his students coming back to him, recognising him, knowing what he's done. And, he has seen it.
At 36 its too young to die, in the minds of most people. But there are no written rules in life. Life is a maze with the lights shut. Some get their way through, some dont.
Well, I will always remember him as the form teacher who
-Does his best for the class
-Shows the history videos tt hypnotises everyone to sleep
-Sways his hands around the whiteboard to explain a factor/reason in the SEQ
-LOVES branded stuff
-Has that huge number of soft toys in his car
-likes his spiky hair
-super duper hates gary phua
-Cares for us all =)
He's not gone, he's just living deep in our memories.
Bye Mr Tan.
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