Graduation 23 June 2010 P.Ramachandra Suzhou

Dignitaries, colleagues and dearest Students, Very pleasant to see you all very happy, relieved and smiling! After two years of hardship and patience, the day which you were working for has finally arrived.

Besides accomplishing A-Level, you have hit the best apples By Best Apples …. I mean best universities.

Apples

All apples When each has an apple, some apples do appear more bright and colorful.

Do not think too much.. All apples are plucked from the same tree and are all equally fresh. Enjoy the fruit.

Soon will discover, your apple too is very sweet.

Suzhou In fact, I have almost finished my apple here… It Was very sweet.. indeed!

My years in Suzhou were very satisfying. A teacher’s success is … the students. You were all so good… Good contributors to my life

Have learnt a lot from you How can I forget Shane? Shane’s – Left hand rule Ben’s – Recent Coke can Punch!

My skills were sharpened by …  Kelly, Iris, Dobby, Fred  April, Chris, Eve, Thomas  Ron, Catherine, Tracy  Margaret and Shirley sisters.

Have been very good Facilitators  Neil, Gladys, Amy, Summer, Fiona  Joyce, Lofrenz, Allen, Chen  and many more  Bright future in business and politics

Stage and Screen  Carl, James and Ringol  So handsome and talented.  Many girls are after you!  Hope to see you on screen some day  How about Hollywood and Bollywood?

The Best of the Best  Pansy, Ellie, Amanda, Cathy  Cherry, Franck, Jack, Jason  Ken, Melody, Elaine, Jane, John  Kevin, Lucy, Sally, Wendy  and many others

University and Life University prepares you for a career. Which is the best university? Cambridge….. Oxford ….. Stanford…..?

No. None ! We often do not understand life Life … The life is the biggest university. Keep your life living. Life gives equal opportunity to all.

Life

Whole world today …  is converging to K ǒ ng z ǐ (Confucious)  Modern businesses  Microsoft, Pepsico, …..  are all run on his principles.

K ǒ ng z ǐ 孔子 孔子

Mandate of Heaven “Succession of power On Moral Merits … Not on any lineage”

Today’s businesses  are not run directly by investors  by a CEO – the chief executive  best picked from the community  is suggested by K ǒ ng z ǐ  almost 1500 years ago  on this land.

Some one asked him once… whether there is any simple rule to follow in life He suggested Shu

Golden Rule – Shu What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others

Golden Rule 有一言而可以終身行之者乎？ 子曰： “ 其恕乎！ 己所不欲、勿施於人。

His temple is right here …  Attached…. to our school.  Let us all follow his GOLDEN RULE  and make this earth a heaven  a better place

On Foreign Land You are all going to foreign universities. Spread your Good Bring their Good

Make the World a better Place Better City Better life

Good Luck and

All the best !

Thank You