Allison - one of my four students for the year 2018

Allison was a bubbly girl who came for my one on one tuition early this year after her mother happened to read the testimonial by Ebbie Hassan on Facebook.

My first lesson with her was on 31.7.2018. She could hardly read a sentence in English and she was unable to spell even one of the Dolch words like; with, here, but, like, there etc.

My first student

Here is a YouTube video I took of Mr.Ho Toh Chee who is the father of my first student. Some of the professors on LinkedIn had asked for 'Scientific Evidence' and 'DATA' on what I have written on LinkedIn and on my blog. As an alternative, I have recently started doing YouTube videos of parents of students I have taught.

Confession of a teacher from Kota Kinabalu

A former preschool (Taska) teacher, Rose Hsu, telephoned me sometime in Early August 2018 and said her daughter who is in primary three can hardly read any sentence in English.

My current students Isaac and Arianna.

On 28.4.2018 I saw a Facebook post by Rotary Club of Luyang, Kota Kinabalu with the heading ‘Promoting literacy in Nepal’. The talk was to be given by one Ms.Doreen Johnston.

The topic attracted my attention and I requested to attend. Rotarian Kenneth Tan accepted my request.

Xaviera - My former student

Xaviera came to me for tuition on 27.3.2017 when she was 3 months into primary one. Xaviera could speak very well in English as she had attended two years of kindergarten in an International School in Labuan. Furthermore, the language of communication at home was in English. After talking with her mother, Puan Ebbie Hassan, for about half an hour I asked Zaviera to read out a few alphabets to me. Some alphabets were written in large prints followed by letters in smaller prints. She could read all of them which showed that her eyesight was good.

Her pronunciation of the sounds of the alphabets was what confirmed that she was a shutdown kid.

Testimonial from Russell

Testimonial from the Managing Director of Pekway Corporation

Here are two letters given to me by Mr.Russell Urwin Of Pekway Corporation. These two letters should prove that I did work as Finance Manager of Pekway Group of Companies and also doubled up as project manager and constructed 120 units of houses in record time of 10 months as compared to more than two years by the builder and General Manager Mr.Ross Williams.

The first letter was given to me in September 1993 after 12 months of service showing the appreciation of the MD for my efforts.

When I told the directors at a directors meeting that we should finish the 120 units of houses in Phase Three within 10 months, I did not expect it to fall on my laps. The MD, Mr.Russell Urwin, knew my ability and allowed me to be the project manager of the Third Phase. I did everything in my power and with God's help I managed to complete the project in ten months and made a profit for the company which was more than enough to recoup the losses of Phase One and Two.

The following letter was extended to me after I successfully completed Phase Three.