every visit to sc brings back a wave of memories.
but friday's visit was exceptionally emotional, bcos i went back for a very special reason.
it was to bid farewell to my principal, ms rosalind heng.
ms heng is retiring after 27yrs of serving the school.
although we're sad to see her go, i think she really deserves her break.

i seldom (or should i say never) had e chance to speak one-on-one with her.
it's usually e student leaders, those who did well in exams, or those who did badly in exams who interacted with her.
e only interaction i had with her was e few minutes of assembly time every morning, and e various talks she had with the whole cohort during sec3 & 4.
somehow during these brief interactions, she managed to instill in me, great respect for her and her job.
she was a super figure to me.
knowledgable, inspirational, stern, kind, highly esteemed.
she was THE one who could make everything right again.
when e microphone screwed up during morning assemblies in e courtyard, she would read e day's announcements out to e whole school, loud and clear.
she had e solution to every problem.

i also had a chance to shake her hand on stage twice.
once in primary 1 when i got a book prize for being 1st in class, and once in sec 4 when i graduated from SC.
although i haven't performed extraordinarily well academically, i hope i have done ms heng proud.
i know i must do everything with pride, bcos my work represents me and i represent SC.
scgs rocks.

e old girls gathered around the foyer and gave her a surprise as she came back from lunch.
we sang 3 songs for her, including e school song.
as we stood to attention, we belted out e song that we sang every school day for 10years.
i felt tears threatening to flood out of my eyes.
when i heard our voices filling the foyer building, i knew for sure that the spirit of SCGS still lived in us.
everyone of us.

i'll never forget wat ms heng always said to us..
"u can take a girl out of SC, but u can't take the SC out of her"
i never understood the true meaning of this phrase when i was in SC.
now i do.
bye ms heng, and thank u for grooming us into what we are today.