Welcome Friends
We are Steve and Pam Wise, formerly of London, Ontario and now residing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. If you are a first time visitor to our site, please say “hi” in our comment section so that we have a record of your visit. Thanks for dropping by!
44 Comments
March 9, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Hey
You forgot to get a class picture or we just didnt have any time. I hope our new teacher is just like you. Who knows chess. Talk to you later.
Ashley Gordon
March 20, 2007 at 1:15 am
Hi i am really sad you are gone but you gine has not seemed to of hit me yet but i am sure it will soon. I like our new teacher she mad a website for the class homework it is http:/TeacherWeb.com/ON/Lockes/MissParsons/ i dont really like how she teaching just because everone is all lound and no one can hear anything altho it is just the first day back i think she will get used to us and beable to handle us. Ashley
March 24, 2007 at 1:04 pm
To the World Travellers, Words from the Bard comes to mind when thinking of you as you are about to play a new roll in life’s journey:
“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,”
We will miss your company but we are inspired by your courage.
God Bless
Maria and Don
April 11, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Hello Steve,
I wish you all the best in this new adventure and hope you enjoy KL and Malaysia. I suggest you check out Mt. Kinabalu and Mulu National Park (http://www.mulupark.com/html/index/index.htm) in Sarawak on the island of Borneo - both are a must see if you are going to be over there. Also, The church I mentioned is Glad Tidings - http://www.gtpj.com/index.php.
Many happy travels,
Angela
May 10, 2007 at 1:34 am
Hello Mr. Wise!
Long time no see. I was shocked to hear that you moved so soon. However it didn’t really come as a shock. I am honoured to be one of your alumni. You taught me so much when I was at Locke’s.
I went back last week looking for you, but obviously you were not there, Mr. Kundra pointed me this way.
I thought you would like to hear that because of the influence that I recieved from you and the experiances I had through school, I decided to get into the teaching profession. I was accepted to a 90 seat concurrent education program at UoT (Missasauga) with a major in Math.
Hopefully I will be able to teach Physics. Email me back at Peter.Buczk@gmail.com.
I look forward to following your new journey! And mostly: Good Luck!
June 26, 2007 at 5:47 am
Hi
Just wanted to say that I am enjoying your website. wishing you all the best.
carla
June 27, 2007 at 2:27 am
Dear Steve:
We just returned from the grad ceremony at Locke’s. Just prior to leaving we presented Cassidy with a framed copy of your recent email. She was very touched by what you shared in that email and the comments that Ryan Leasa shared tonight as he presented her with the Language Award beautifully connected you with this big night in her life. Your video message was well received by all the kids. As soon as your face showed up on the screen there went up a great cheering and clapping (the video had to be restarted so we could hear your opening words ! )
Thank you for your importance in Cassidy’s life,
Deane & Annette Proctor
June 27, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Mr. Wise
Seeing you on the screen at graduation made me cry so much! I am so glad you found a beautiful place and reached the dreams you have always had. It makes me happy to know you are in a place you love! Marline and I sang at grad, and I must say we did pretty amazing if I do say so myself! E-mail me sometime it would be really great to hear from you!!
Jessica
June 27, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Hey its mario, you know the short one. I just wanna say hi. hope your haveing a great time. i wish you where still here. Today was our final lockes day. we wish that we could see one last time. Thanks for the grad hello and goodbye.
Mario
June 29, 2007 at 4:56 am
Mr. Wise! Long time no see. Just like Peter, it was a shock to both me, and (another student of yours, and my girlfriend) Courtney Budden-White, to learn that you had left so early when we came to visit a while ago. Damn shame I couldn’t shake your hand again. But I understand this was a dream of yours, I remember you talking about it back in grade 8. You look happy, and I can imagine you truly are, so all the power to you. Keep in touch with what precious free time you have. Cheers.
Trev
June 29, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Hey Guys;
Just thought I’d drop you a line and browse your photos. I hope you’re happy …. Not only am I missing you, but now I’m jealous as well ….
Love Kim
July 15, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Hi!
Just checking in and checking out your site. It is awesome. This is probably my fifth visit to your site (I kept forgetting to write a “hey”
Sounds like everthing is going well and the pics are amazing.
Take Care
Tam
July 16, 2007 at 11:29 pm
Love browsing your site. Fabulous stories and wonderful pictures! Keeping you folks in my prayers! Love Meg
August 27, 2007 at 9:23 pm
hey i wish i had i chance to come back and say goodbye it seems like so long ago i was siting in your class.
September 26, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Hi Mr.Wise!
Just dropping by to say ‘Hi’!
You are the greatest English teacher that I never met before. I’m grateful for all you taught, especially when correcting my grammatical mistakes. Well, maybe because of you, I’ve got the highest score in my 4O for the first term!
Wish you have a great day! See you tomorrow
Love,
AP
September 27, 2007 at 1:33 pm
After reading the comments I think it’s pretty cool that one of my teachers from Lockes is now in Malaysia where I live!
Small world!
September 29, 2007 at 5:18 am
Good afternoon Mr.Wise!
Just dropping by to say ‘Hi!’
Anyway, guess what, I’ve become the top student for 4O! Well, I think this is because of you Mr.Wise, your lecture really make me feel interesting! You are the greatest English teacher that I never met before!
Will dropping here again, soon
AP
October 25, 2007 at 3:07 am
Hi Steve!!
HI!! I have enjoyed following your experiences here on your website! WOW!! What an adventure you are having!! Reading about what you have been doing really makes life at Lockes seem mundane. At the same time, I have to say I really do miss you here, but I know that you are having a great time being where you are and doing what you do! I miss your words of wisdom and guidance. You and Pam are in my thoughts and prayers!
November 5, 2007 at 7:38 am
Dear Sir Wise
I’m happy that you taught us well in class. I hope that in next sem i would be able to attend once again your wonderful class again. Thank you. God Bless You.
November 7, 2007 at 3:42 am
”A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it”. You taught me to how to think.
November 7, 2007 at 12:51 pm
HELLO MR WISE!!! just here to check out your blog and its great to have you as my teacher
November 7, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Hey there sir,
its been a great pleasure being in your class. i hope that malaysia is doing you good. come to singapore to teach sometime. =) the semester has been really short, its a pity that i will be graduating ICPU…i would really love to be in your class again someday in the future.
have an awesome day and happy deepavali!
nic
November 8, 2007 at 11:11 am
hey Mr. Wise I just watched Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth documentary related to global warming and I was just wondering if we could watch that movie in class, it is extremely interesting and it might inspire us to be more “green”
November 9, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Nicole, thank you. I would love to teach in Singapore some day.
November 9, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Yuegi, I thought you wanted to watch “Crash.” It does tie in a little better with TKAM.
November 9, 2007 at 4:26 pm
AP, I appreciate your vote. You have mine as one of the most delightful students I have taught.
November 9, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Anoosh, great presentation on Diwali. Can I get a copy so I can use it next year?
November 9, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Lim, nice work on your first draft. Looking forward to seeing the next one.
November 30, 2007 at 9:32 am
Hey Pam and Steve, hope you are both well!
Sorrys its been a while, our travelling schedule has been rather packed. Looks like you had a blast in Cambodia your photos bring back memories of our time there.
Before I go-on we just wanted to say thanks again for a lovely stay in KL! We finally uploaded our Malaysia photos the other day, it was nice to look back at our time in KL with you.
We are currently in Perth on our last day in western australia as tomorrow we fly to Alice Springs for 5 days to visit Uluru and various national parks.
So much more has happened since Malaysia, if you would like please check the update on our STA site which will be there very soon!
Take care
December 8, 2007 at 8:21 am
Hi Sir,
How is health and the family aswell? I hope all is fine. I want to wish you a HAPPY CHRISTMAS and a prosperous NEW YEAR!.
Sir sorry for the disturbance but I will need the web site of the school you told me about and don’t know if you can still remember their required marks? I will be expecting to hear from you sir.
Thanks and have a pleasant holiday.
December 25, 2007 at 9:59 am
hi
wish u happy christmas to steve plam from ashwin
January 4, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Mr. W.
Thanks for the e-mail prior to the holidays. I hope everything is well with you and Pam. I’m glad to see that you’re enjoying your time overseas. We miss you at Locke’s and wish you all the best in your second semester. The pictures from your travels are excellent. I’m sure you will have some fantastic stories for us when you return home. Wishing you both good health and safety.
Regards,
Mr. K
January 6, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Hi Pam, Happy New Year. You look comfy in that hammock!! All is well in London and at CPRI. My Aussie friend is looking into visiting Malaysia in September. Email me so I can ask more questions. Cindy
January 14, 2008 at 7:26 pm
wassup?
February 21, 2008 at 12:00 am
Hello!
Did you get our Christmas letter? We just got your postcard. I have tried leaving a message with no luck. Trying again…………Nancy Anderson
March 13, 2008 at 5:05 am
To Mr. Wise,
Hello… knowing you cancelled class today, well… I hope everything is fine. Hope you would have a nice day!…… Victor Lee
March 28, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Hi Steve,
I work with John Zehr and my son still talks about you and the impression you left on him.
His e-mail is nicholas_walker19@hotmail.com, he is in his 2nd year at the U of Windsor (BA Music) and part of the Windsor Symphony. I am so proud of him and thank you for your guidiance to him at such an impressionable age. I will shoot him your blog address and I hope you can tag each other.
God Bless you and Pam,
Brian Walker
April 12, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Hi, I’ve been reading your blog with great interest. I’m especially interested in photos of the local area and views of the apartment complexes. I will be coming over in June as one of the new hires.
April 19, 2008 at 8:51 am
“The only dream worth having is to dream that you will live while you’re alive and die only when you’re dead…. To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.” Arundhati Roy
May 2, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Have a safe trip home Mr. W.
May 24, 2008 at 12:55 am
Mr.Wise
Wow has it ever been a long time. I haven’t seen you since Megan Alden and I gave you those going away cookies. Lockes isn’t the same, so Cody tells me. I hope you are still having a great time. It looks like you are from all of the blogs and pictures. Keep doing what you do best.Also you are still by far the best science teacher i have had.
-Lindsey Taggart
May 25, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Hey Sir,
I was just browsing through, and decided to leave you a comment.
The end of the semester is rapidly approaching. I was very much looking forward to taking 4U next semester, until i found out that you wouldn’t be teaching it! It seems 4u is a workload and I am almost certain that the next teacher won’t be able to make english feel like a breeze as you do. Though of course, i’m not doubting her expertise.
English has been a blast with you sir.
Thank you for teaching us so much. Those 3 hours of prep work you do every morning does not go to vain.
As for the slides you showed us in class,Canada looks like HEAVEN ON EARTH.
Looking at your blog, one can’t help but envy the loving family you have.
You’re a lucky man sir. Like you said time and again in class. ” I get to do what i love most (teaching), and get paid for it!It just doesn’t get any better than that!”
You’re very right sir, nothing beats the satisfaction of being able to do what you love.
Happy Belated Birthday Sir.
I wish that you will be able to keep doing what you do as long as you can.
Take care and say hi to your lovely wife for me!
We’ll be missing you.
May 29, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Hi… Mr. Wise!
I am very happy and sad at the same time today, happy because I am nearly at the end of the first semester but sad because I know that you are not teaching us 4C next semester. My comment is more or less the same as what your other students posted in their comments. Thank you so much for teaching us 4O this semester. You have made the class become so interesting besides the grammar stuff.
I love the dramatic performance as you do. I will surely miss your class. I would say that having you as my english teacher is a good luck for me. Thank you so much for all. Take care and God bless you and your family.
Regards,
Vonny
May 31, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Dear Mr. Wise, thanks for teaching me English 4C in this semester. I really appreciate your hard work. You had enlighten me and make me feel more confident while having a conversation with others.
But unfortunately, I feel disappointed when I heard that you’re not teaching the 4U classes for next semester. Anyway, I will keep up my studies and I won’t make you disappointed of me. Although the first semester had ended, but I don’t feel like leaving your class. :-(.Sorry sir. That’s all I can say. I have to study for my examination now. May god bless you and your dearest family. Take care and good luck!
Regards,
Yap
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