friday was mr shen's last day with us, the choir...still can't believe that he's gone...looking back on past year we spent with him...i realised that we've had alot of fun together...he is a nice person to get along with and has been like a friend to all of us...the day he announced he was leaving...i cried my eyes dry...yes, i admit that i cried and i won't deny it...he told us, the commitee, that he chose the song 'roads' as a dedication to us, that whatever path we take in life we must be confident and let it lead us to our future...gosh...i cried even more when i heard that...he told us that he wants to attempt to go for a master degree or if he's unsuccessful, look for a job...i understand his doings...he's comed to a point in his life where he must decide what to do,as he told us, and i respect and accept that...but i just can't stop thinking, throughout his last practice with us, that he's leaving and that he's never coming back to teach us again...that he'll never tease or bully me during practice again...and when the alumni sang take these wings,tears keep falling from my eyes...things got worse when mr shen sang it after they did...i got amira to video some part of it for me for remembrance...when he sang...i felt as if some part of me,of the choir is gone with him...i cried even harder and tears kept falling down my face the more itried to stem the flow...i just can't let go...i know that the choir will never be the same without him...after his song...he thanked amira, ziqi...and the others who had been with him since they joined the choir...and he thanked me...for guiding the others,to me, it was his silent encouragement...whoever the next instructor is,i know that he'll will never be able to replace the hole left by mr shen in our choral family...matter how good he or she may be...they will never take his place...someday...i hope to see mr shen again or, even better...be in the same choir as him...he is more than just a choir instructor to us...he is like our friend...like a far off family member who we never got to know really well...i made him a card the night before his final practice with us...thanking him for all he'd done for us...it's not much...but at least i did something...and i hope he won't forget us...just like we will never forget him...
Roads - Steve dobrogosz
Some take high roads Some take low roads Some take any road Beneath their feet Some take soft roads Any way the wind blows Some take lonely roads That never meet
Some take long roads Some take dark roads And some take hard roads No one else can see Some are safe on the good roads Others lost on the bad roads But they all come back They all come back They all come back to Thee
Some take soft roads Any way the wind blows Some take lonely roads That never meet
Some take long roads Some take dark roads Some take hard roads No one else can see Some are safe on the good roads Others lost on the bad roads But they all come back They all come back They all come back to Thee
