Greetings in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I am David Ch'ng Yeang Soon. I am a Master Teacher in Additional Mathematics since 2003. I am currently serving in Penang Free School.

Before serving in Penang Free School, I served in SM Valdor, Sg. Bakap as Senior Assistant of Students' Affairs for a while. My first posting was Mukah, a small fishing village in a fairly remote region of Sibu. I learned so much while I was in Mukah, the people there mainly, Melanau and Ibans are very friendly. I was a Chemistry and Additional Mathematics teacher then.

While in Mukah, I served as the Head of Science and Mathematics Department for 4 years, the Area Supervisor for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) for the whole third division of Sarawak. In my 5 years in Mukah, Sarawak, I was attached to the Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) church and was for a while the teacher advisor of the School Christian Fellowship in Sekolah Menengah Kerajaan Three Rivers. My student leaders then, were Sulau Ak Limpieng, Bundan, Idan, Igak, Ramba, Bili, Jimbun, Mlen, John Pian, Napie, Eli, Semambo, Nancy Tibong, Vicent Jeraya, Ah Nong, Ah Giok, Hamai, Kiew Chong Chai, Wong Kok Chai, Wong Kok Ching, Wong Chong Eng, Segunggang Wong Beng Hock, Wong Chung Yen and many more... Those were the golden years of my teaching life. The Christian work in Mukah was assisted by Pastor Andrew, Dr. Beh Liang Kueh who was God sent, Tan Beng Yian, Radin, Arthur, the Yong's, Ester Lee and Ho Siew Leng are the pillars of church then. I discovered what God wants me to do while in Mukah, the people in Mukah is kind, helpful and respectful for teachers, but I cannot say much about this in Penang. Most parents here are very materialistic, self centered and not respectful for teachers. Sad isn't it, but true. Students here do not have time for anything except for tuitions, work and more work. They left life behind and many do not know who they are and what they want in life!

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I have taught in Penang Free School for almost 15 years. I was the school counsellor for 11 years, the first Multimedia Resource Centre Coordinator and served for almost 10 years. I am currently teaching Additional Mathematics to the year 10 and 11 students, and will most probably be teaching these students until I retires in 2016. I like to give my students challenging questions because I believe that in order to nurture human capitals with first class minds they need to be exposed not only to local typed questions but more so related questions from other countries. I teach them a little bit more than the syllabus because foundation and understanding of this subject cannot be confined within the walls of the syllabus, the students must explore and venture deeper into the subject to harness the true potential and beauty of Additional Mathematics.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Goh Seng Kar for helping me to find many interesting Mathematics software and articles for my teaching and learning programmes.

I have always reminded my students that, it is not a sin to make mistakes, make as many as they will, but learn from their mistakes so that there will be no more mistakes during their examination. You see, In Additional Maths
"Silence is not golden" but "Silence leads to death." that is to say, if they do not understand, ASK!

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