This is to inform all parents, guardians and students that The Mentor will be closed on the 1st May due to the Labour Day holiday.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused, if any.


Lastly, here's everyone at The Mentor, wishing you a Happy Labour Day and to all students, make good use of the holiday to prepare for the coming SA1.

Good luck!

Every family is a ghost story . . .”



Mitch Albom mesmerized readers around the world with his number one New York Times bestsellers, The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie. Now he returns with a beautiful, haunting novel about the family we love and the chances we miss.


For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one?


As a child, Charley “Chick” Benetto was told by his father, “You can be a mama’s boy or a daddy’s boy, but you can’t be both.” So he chooses his father, only to see the man disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence.


Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been crumbled by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits bottom after discovering his only daughter has shut him out of her wedding. And he decides to take his own life.


He makes a midnight ride to his small hometown, with plans to do himself in. But upon failing even to do that, he staggers back to his old house, only to make an astonishing discovery. His mother -- who died eight years earlier -- is still living there, and welcomes him home as if nothing ever happened.


Albom has said his relationship with his own mother was largely behind the story of the book, and that several incidents in “For One More Day” are actual events from his childhood.

Charmaine claimed that there is a "sharp-nosed" rat near the playground at Block 154. So, she led Sherwin, Charmel and I to the site. Although the breed of the rat is not determined, she suspects that it could be a mole-rat. Below shows Sherwin trying to "excavate" the nest of the rat. Unfortunately, no one was at home in the rather deep nest.

Charmel and Charmaine look on during the excavation.

The sec 1 boys have the habit of turning up early for tuition. They would usually play some board games like chess, reversi and carom. In this instance, they decided to play the game of Uno Stacko. It seemed really fun just by watching them stack the plastic pieces really high.


In the midst of their game, the boys, Javier, Kai Ming and Jeremy decided to stop and pose for a picture.

Adeline Yen Mah's years of mental and physical abuse began when her mother died shortly after giving birth to her, leaving Adeline to suffer under a cold and manipulative stepmother, Niang, whose sadistic acts were never questioned by her husband.


Adeline's only refuge was her beloved Aunt Baba, the older sister of Adeline's father, who was also despised because she was a spinster and financially dependent on her brother. Eventually Adeline traveled to London to study medicine, then made a new life for herself in the United States.


But her horrific childhood continued to haunt her. Her father, who was a multi-millionaire, died in 1988, but Niang prevented his children from reading his will by telling them that he had died penniless. Niang herself passed away two years later, and the drama surrounding her death played itself out like a scene from Adeline's childhood re-enacted 40 years later.


It was only through writing her memoir that Adeline could accept her roots and exorcise the demons from her past. Written with a powerful voice that illuminates the complexities of Chinese society and family relationships throughout all cultures, Falling Leaves is a work of startling, heartfelt intimacy.

Here is another picture which Sherwin had drawn. He claims that this drawing of his is "bagus".


Well, what you people think?


Agree with him?

Group photo.

Dear Students, Parents and Guardians

Please be informed that due to the Good Friday holiday on the 10th April, The Mentor will be closed for the day.

Inconvenience regretted.

Wishing one and all, a Happy Good Friday!!!

Happy Birthday, Hui Xin!

It was Hui Xin's birthday party yesterday. She invited the sec2s and some other students/ex-students/peers to her birthday party held at her residence.

It was really fun and the the gathering was really worth our time. Other than food, there were lots of food and we were entertained by our famous clown, Sherwin. Below are some pics of what happened that evening.


Birthday girl, Hui Xin.

Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah


Miss Chien (tutor/nanny) with Adeline'shalf-brother Franklin and half-sister Susan( below)

First set up in 1994 at Potong Pasir, it started off as a tuition agency. However due to my passion in teaching, i started conducting small tuition classes. Throughout the years, I've tutored numerous students and friendships and bonds have been developed. The Mentor has seen its highs and lows, and I am still struggling to overcome several obstacles. Thanks to all students and parents who have trusted and supported me, appreciate it lots.


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