Xtra09's attempt in being a good mentor was really being tested today...Had to console a really depressing Chenghao who supposedly THOUGHT he is going to drop to Normal Academic, although there's no comfirmation, and of course Zhong Rong who once again display a jekyll and hyde personality at home... Being a mentor is not as easy as i thought and finally it's certainly different from being a friend..A good mentor can be a Real friend and vice versa, whereas a so so mentor can only be a friend. Why is this so? A good REAL friend will always be there whatever happens like a good real friend and do follow ups with all the heart and passion...This continues even after your tour of duty. This is something i am trying very hard to emulate. Thanks to the Ngee Ann guys for whatever mentoring and friendship that was given to me all these years...You all are kinda of mentors to me too...I am not forgetting the rest although i am not listing them out.

Going to Yuan Ching early in the morning, hopefully to allay some of Chenghao's fears of dropping into Normal Academic, which i really hope that doesn't happen of course. But if it really happens, at least i will be there for him. Got a call from Zhong Rong's mother also...Looks like i got to work doubly hard at trying to initiating conversation between them. I don't know, but at least i don't really have problems communicating with my parents. Yes of course, they are my mentors too, but i really can't understand why my 2 kids doesn't see theirs as mentors.

Can i be a real mentor? i certainly hope so...At this point of time, i think i am only at the stage of a friend and a so called "mentor".