<h5 align="left">Dear Sisters of Class 28:<br><br>The reason I refer you as ‘sisters’ is not that you are too ‘old’, but I feel much younger than I am when I have been with you, ever since the beginning we had our first class when you were in Grade 2. So, please allow me to have the privilege, and thus I would like to express myself better than the words off my tongue. <br><br>You are leaving, that is a fact, and an expectation, and a set ending for any student in any school, which is inevitably coming now. I have asked you: Will you miss the school life after you are gone? The answer was ‘No.’, or out of the silence to the answer, somewhat the same. But I think I would answer differently because I will surely miss you. As so will the school. <br></h5> <h5 align="left">School is not an vague concept, it is the classrooms where you have spent days and nights, it is the dormitories where you have shared your cries and laughter, it is the campus where the movement of yours are recorded, it is the special air, smell, color and texture of beings that have interacted with you over the past years, and they will be unique and different than anywhere else you go. And most importantly, the school owns the memory of the ones who have loved you, cared about you, laughed at you, scorned you, hated you, or even fought with you. But they are special, too. <br><br>Once in a life time, only a few years, special and short years you have spent here, a closed, ivory-tower-like, quiet but busy campus life. The desk you used may have a mark you left; The photos you took in the garden may keep an image of one Acacia flower that only bloom only once but for you; The teacher who blamed you hard may remember and mention about you all the time through years; The kittens that you have fed may miss the ham sausages from you. <br></h5> <h5 align="left">Real life starts from here, and will be going on, carrying whatever you choose to take with you from here. I hope you can include the following in your suitcase:<br><br>My wish that you will be contented and thankful for what you have; The blessing of life may not always come with happiness or joy. It might be something painful and frustrating. Failure, sorrow, loneliness, the feeling of losing and the struggle towards your hope may be at the next corner you turn. For that, many would complain, dwelling in it and forget the problems are what you should solve but not linger around. On the contrary, difficulties in life are parts of what you have, and every effort you make would make you stronger and leave your old-selves behind. The loss of the old is only because you are on the way to the new. So take those hard times as a blessing from God as He wants you to be a better person.<br><br>My wish that you will always have companion in life; Someone may not be perfect, but he/she could be a perfect partner for you. Someone in need, be there for you, would be the most precious for you. Don’t take that for granted, as you must be the same for him/her. If you are trustworthy, so trust others in return. But don’t let your imagination misguide you, true friends may not be perfect, over-expectation on others may lead you to a sour relationship. Always try to give more than take. <br><br>My wish that you will have a peaceful and self-sufficient being; Independent as you are, but try to obtain the resources which can save your time and energy on the way to your dream. Use your youth thoroughly, don’t mince your effort, work hard whenever you can, as this is the only way to achieve your dream, or at least, a stable lifestyle which gives you a foundation for the future. <br><br>And above all, my wish that you have love; Being a loveable person, and love someone who deserves you. Don’t count his coins, but his deeds; Don’t measure the depth of his pockets, but his mind; Don’t take him for granted, but contribute together. And of course, love your parents as they have given you lives, and their love over many years. It is the time for you to do something for them, no matter how small, they will be grateful and happy. <br><br>And the last but not the least, my wish that you will not forget me, a man that had met you when he started his new life; Nothing happens without a purpose, I believe that. I put you in a very special place in my heart. That is why part of my memory will be going with you, my family of Class 28. <br><br>Well, it seems that’s all I have to say. <br><br>Bon voyage, my girls! Good luck, my sisters! <br><br></h5><h5 align="left">Yours</h5><div align="left"><br></div><h5 align="left">David<br></h5>