It's realli sad to read the article below...I recalled the wake tat I have attended...I recalled her face...heart sunk further when i saw her photo...

THANK you, Ms Peh.That was how one class reacted when they received their O-level results slips last week.

'At her wake, I didn't dare to go near her body as I didn't want to spoil the image I had of her. She will always live in my heart.' - Leroi Lim Yong Chang, chairman of her form class
But their inspirational teacher wasn't around to congratulate them or to spur them on.
She died after losing her battle to cancer last June. She was just 45.
The late Ms Peh Yam Choo, Bedok View Secondary School's English and mathematics teacher, certainly left her mark with her sheer dedication and unflinching commitment to her students.
She was there in school even a month before her death last year, ignoring the numbing pain.
It inspired even a few of her colleagues, who huddled at her niche at the Mandai columbarium, where her ashes are kept, a day before the results were released.
They wanted to ask her for good marks for her beloved students.
Their prayers were answered when 25 out of the class of 36 scored distinctions for Elementary Mathematics.
The teachers have vowed to return to paste the O-level results slips near the niche.
More than the fellow teachers, Ms Peh left such a lasting impression on her students that they still haven't got over her death.
One of her students, Chen Yining, 16, said: 'I thought of Ms Peh constantly even during the O-level exams. Even now, eight months after her death, I still cannot bare to erase her phone number from my phone address book.
'My form teacher told us that even while Ms Peh was in hospital, she had actually told him that she believed that more than half of my class would be able to qualify for the first three months intake for junior college.'
Chairman of her form class, Leroi Lim Yong Chang, 16, recalled the close bond their class had with Ms Peh.
Before Ms Peh went for her operation last March, they planned a chalet outing for her.
He said: 'It was at night then and we tricked her into going to the beach by saying that some of our classmates were fighting there. We lit up candles arranged to read 'We love you, Ms Peh'. It was a beautiful moment.'
He said she taught him to take obstacles in his stride. 'Do not only go around them but continue to walk on,' she had advised him.
He added: 'At her wake, I didn't dare to go near her body as I didn't want to spoil the image I had of her. She will always live in my heart.'
STRUGGLED
Some other students recounted how she struggled to continue teaching despite facing great pain.
Recalled Mark Zheng Jun Wu, 17: 'I was helping her walk to the assembly area when I asked her why her hands were so cold. She told me it's because she will be leaving us soon.'
He recounted another instance.
'I remember the time she scolded me in front of the whole class for doing an expository composition instead of a narrative. She knew my strength was in narrative. During the O levels, I remembered her and followed her advice. My A1 in English is for her.'
Ms Peh's bonding with her students was so strong that they were also looking to help her. Like the time she had difficultly walking in school.
They walked her home, a 10-minute walk from the school, helping her carry her laptop and worksheets.
Teachers gave their support by giving her a lift home or to the hospital whenever she had medical checkups.
Ms Peh, who was single, joined Bedok View Secondary School in 1984.
She first discovered she had colon cancer in 1999.
RELAPSE
Five years later in February 2004, she had a relapse - the cancer had spread to her spine and lungs.
She returned to teach a year later, stopping only a month before her death.
By then, she could hardly walk.
She had requested for the hearse to circle the school once before heading for the crematorium.
When she was ill, teachers and students used to flock to her home and hospital bed.
Recalled her brother, Mr Peh Chiew Wah, 45, who lived with her: 'Because students, current and former, were streaming in all day and night, only one or two representatives from each group could come in to see her.'
Many of the foreign students in her class were also grateful to her.
Ms Peh would spend time during recess or after school to coach the students from China, who were weaker in English.
One of them, Wei Qianqian, 17, emerged the top scorer, clinching a total of nine distinctions out of the 10 subjects she took.
She could not even speak English when she joined the school in Secondary 3. But she managed to obtain a B3 for English in the O levels.
Former students could not forget her too.
Ms Lee Suan Ling June, 32, had Ms Peh as her library teacher-in-charge 17 years ago.
She recalled: 'It was the holidays then and we had to go back for library duty. She threw a birthday party for me even though no food and drinks were allowed in the library.'
Ms Peh often went the extra mile for her students. Her brother, Mr Peh, said she even coached students at home.
Her wake was decorated with many class photos, class T-shirts, paper cranes, cards and flowers.