Farewell for Dr Sorain and Zahidah by Liaw Ann Shin

To Dr Sorain:

annshinliaw — 2022-05-27 15:10:55 UTC

To Zahidah:

annshinliaw — 2022-05-27 15:11:32 UTC

Thank you for being part of my University Journey!

2022-05-28 11:50:19 UTC

Dear Dr Sorain, thank you for being part of my BES journey. It was great taking ENV2301 and for the effort in organising the EIA module with Dr Siti. All the best for your future endeavours! - Li Zhe

To Ms Zahidah

2022-05-28 11:52:34 UTC

Thank you for being the ever constant support for my numerous questions and queries that I sent through envhelp. Also thank you for the support you have given the BES Student Committee over the pass 2 years! Everything that we do would not have been possible without your support! All the best in your future endeavours! - Li Zhe

Measuring Tree Height - ENV2301

2022-05-28 11:57:50 UTC

Dear Zahidah,

annshinliaw — 2022-05-28 13:11:15 UTC

really appreciate all your help thus far :-) from answering our queries with regards to curriculum stuff, to helping us with organising BES student comm events, super thankful for all you have helped us with! We will miss having you around :') Wishing you all the best!
- Ann Shin

Dear Ms Zahidah,

2022-05-29 03:58:16 UTC

Thank you for answering my queries regarding Modreg and other related issues. Could not have made it without your help!

For the last time, thank you once again for your time.

Regards

AITA for remembering the funniest thing that happened in Bohol, 2018

2022-05-29 04:31:23 UTC

What’s up Dr Sorain, i hope you rmb how the graduating class of 2019 saved your tiny hairs from the scorching sun while we were free diving in Bohol - we threw you a blue bandana while you were in the sea and you shouted “Thank you for saving my bald head (and hairs)”. Four years on, you remain legendary as the cover photo of our BES group chat. Thank you for your light hearted humour and making that trip the best one yet. All the best in your next phase and we will miss you!

Cheers,
Chiok Pei Wen, batch of 2019

2022-05-29 11:42:08 UTC

Hi Dr Sorain!

Thank you for your guidance and I’ll always remember all the candid chats we had so far in school whenever we met in person! And also more recently, i finally got to understand your field interests in person when we were doing it for ENV3102! The way you were so skilled in finding those invertebrates in the stream X) Though we didn’t have a lot of chance to meet in person, you were always very approachable! I wish you all the best in your future endeavours! - Jie Ying

Dear Ms Zahidah

2022-05-29 16:57:19 UTC

Thank you for all your help with whatever barrage of questions we have as students. Thank you for your assistance in our BES student committee events. Without you, our BES journey thus far may not be as smooth sailing. I wish you all the best in your new role!

- ernest

Dear Dr Sorain,

2022-05-29 16:58:54 UTC

Thank you for teaching us in ENV2301 and ENV3102. It was fun learning about the various fieldwork techniques and getting to know more about the freshwater hydrology in Singapore. Wishing you all the best in your new role!

- ernest

Hey Sorain!

2022-05-29 17:12:05 UTC

It's been good meeting you through BES when you first joined us! I'll still remember experiencing Ranong for the first time with the other fellow TAs and students after Bohol was cancelled. Thanks for all the good memories man. Wishing you all the best in your new role!

Samuel

Dear Ms Zahidah,

2022-05-30 01:36:20 UTC

Thank you for helping to answer our never ending list of BES queries and keeping up with our BES Student Committee shenanigans. We really appreciate the help you've given us and we'll definitely miss you a lot. Wishing you all the best in your future endeavours!
- Sarah-Ann

Dr Sorain

2022-05-30 01:41:06 UTC

Hi Prof! Thanks for your help and guidance with fieldwork methods and techniques! Wishing you the very best in your new role!!

Yours sincerely,
Joseph Wee

Dear Dr Sorain,

2022-05-30 01:41:29 UTC

Thank you for being a really cool and understanding prof. I really enjoyed learning about the fieldwork techniques in ENV3102. Thanks for letting us bring back Stewie the red-eared slider (which my group accidentally caught with the surber sampler at Bukit Batok Nature Park oops) and giving him a new home with Elva in the Geo Lab. I hope you like the Stewie drawing! Wishing you good health and all the best in your future endeavours!
- Sarah-Ann

Dear Prof Sorain

2022-05-30 01:46:40 UTC

Thank you sm for teaching us a lot of things; from topics that i thought i will never encounter (governmentality), fieldwork, to EIA. Really appreciate the fact that you are always open to student feedback and care about our wellbeing too (extending deadlines, etc)

ALL THE BEST for your future endeavours

- Sher

2022-05-30 01:47:28 UTC

Dear Zahidah

2022-05-30 01:51:41 UTC

Thank you so much for your help, answering our incessant queries, and helping us with a lot of admin stuff. It's really a big deal to have organised admin in a place with lots of miscomms between faculties and red tapes (no tea no shade <3 ). All the best for your future endeavours and you will be missed!

Sherry

Dear Prof,

2022-05-30 02:12:23 UTC

Thank you for teaching us! I really appreciated all the extra effort you took to bring us out to play with soil, explore NUS, and overall give us such an enriching learning experience! Your care and concern for everyone in BES is really admirable, and I am glad to have been able to take ENV2301 under you. All the best for everything to come!

- Anna

Dear Ms Zahidah,

2022-05-30 02:16:12 UTC

Thank you for being such a patient, capable, and reliable support for all of BES. I really appreciate all the help you gave for my dreaded and complicated admin matters. Wishing you all the best!

- Anna

2022-05-30 03:50:16 UTC

Dear Dr Sorain,

I definitely know a lot more about methods of environmental studies thanks to you, but more than the academic knowledge I will remember conversations during field trips and the treacherous slope in Clementi Forest for years to come. Thank you for teaching us how to see the narratives in our data, wish you all the best in NParks!!

Jessica

2022-05-30 03:54:48 UTC

Dear Zahidah,

I have lost count of the number of inquiries I have sent you and having dealt with less kind admin staff you were truly a blessing as I navigated a change in major. I cannot express how grateful I am for your support. Thank you for all the advise throughout the years and wishing you well!

Yosephine Jessica

Dear Dr Sorain

2022-05-30 04:18:26 UTC

thank you for your guidance during env2301 and 3104, I really managed to learn a lot about real-world applications of environmental research and practices :D and thank you for your effort to organise different field trips for us to experience more despite the restrictions at the time. all the best in your future endeavours!!
- alicia

Dear Ms Zahidah...

2022-05-30 09:49:24 UTC

Thank you for being one of the most patient admin staff that I've ever met in NUS; for being extremely efficient/speedy in answering all our emails; and for always trying to help us in resolving the many queries we have! I really appreciate your approachability and willingness to help, and even though it's only been one year since I've entered into NUS, I know I'll miss having you in BES :( Hope you'll find all your future endeavours fulfilling and meaningful, and wishing you all the best :")! Super thankful to have had you as our BES admin staff 😊
~ Judith (Y1)

2022-05-30 10:28:35 UTC

Hi Dr Sorain

Thanks for everything! I thought you'd like to have this photo of you looking cool in Bohol, 2019. Cheers and all the best!

Jiahui

Dear Ms Zahidah

2022-05-30 12:45:23 UTC

Thank you for your wonderful assistance to the whole BES cohort and staff. We can only hope that the ones that take over your position will be able to fill the hole you will leave behind. All the best for your new journey, take care!

- Jia Wei

Dear Prof Sorain

2022-05-30 12:48:57 UTC

I am glad to have been able to experience one of your modules before you leave NUS. Thank you for being a Prof that put students welfare and learning at the forefront. Am disappointed that I will not get the opportunity to learn ENV3102 under your tutelage, but wish you all the best in your new endeavor. Take care of yourself!

-Jia Wei

Hi Dr Sorain!

2022-05-30 14:34:38 UTC

Although we didn't have much interactions apart from ENV2301, I really appreciated the time you took to teach us. Wish you all the best for your career and who knows, I might bump into you in the future!

- Benjamin Seah

Farewell Dr Sorain! :")

2022-05-30 14:37:38 UTC

Hi Dr Sorain, here's a picture of a little butterfly on your arm from theme 2 of env3102! i thought it felt very disney princess-esque so hope you like it haha. thank you for all that you've taught us (especially with regards to soil !! i love soil now <3), and for being so patient, nurturing and kind towards us. will always remember the time i was screaming about an earthworm with you and yalini :") wishing you all the best at your new post and all your future endeavours, and hope to bump into you someday again! take care Dr Sorain!
- Hope

Hi Ms Zahidah!

2022-05-30 14:39:17 UTC

Thanks for all the help you have given me and the rest of my course mates!! Really appreciate the time and effort you spent answering all our queries! (I know there were a lot hahaha). Would like to wish you all the best for your future endeavours!

- Benjamin Seah

2022-05-30 14:44:27 UTC

Dear Zahidah,

Thanks for helping out with the admin side of things, as well as guiding us through the new CHS system!

Wen Xin

Dear Ms Zahidah,

2022-05-30 14:47:37 UTC

Thank you for always helping me out and going the extra mile, even at weird timings! From answering my endless stream of questions about my study plan to advising and coordinating meetings for the upcoming FOP, your help has been very valuable and appreciated. It was a shock to hear that you were leaving but alas I wish you all the best! Thank you for your patience and kindness, which I am sure will continue to bring joy and appreciation to your future colleagues and co-workers.

-Ivan

Dear Ms. Zahidah

2022-05-30 14:53:01 UTC

Would like to thank you so much for your support and guidance throughout this past year. I could not see you in person but we have communicated through phone calls and emails. Appreciate your help with administrative and BES module matters, and also during the time when I joined uni.
Thank you so much Ms. Zahidah!
Wish you all the best for your future.
~Ria Grace

Cheerio

2022-05-30 15:42:28 UTC

Thank you Dr Sorain for going out of the way to help me and my group mates with the Clementi Forest soil carbon mini study. It's inspiring to me how you gave up your hobbies so that you can be a full-time researcher. I hope your new endeavours inspire you in newfound ways. I hope you find your old joys, new enjoyments and make many good memories at NParks! Please be healthy and happy! I wish you all the best with what is to come!

Ophelia Ong

Hello and goodbye!

2022-05-30 16:39:11 UTC

Hello Dr Sorain!

Thank you for being a fantastic mentor for our ENV3102 group this special sem! I am glad that we were able to catch you on your last round of this module before you embark on the next leg of your journey in NParks! Thank you for enduring the class’ weird antics and indulging us by answering every one of our questions! Byebye, BES will definitely miss you!!!!!!

- Ngim Hui Yi

Dear Dr Sorain,

2022-05-30 17:36:39 UTC

How easy it is to assume that someone playing a major role in the BES programme would somehow always be there... to think we would get this news in the middle of ENV3102, and just as I felt like I was getting to know you better! But of course, I am delighted to hear of your new role at NParks. Congratulations and all the best! I am also grateful for all that you have done for us BES students, from the front-end work of teaching to the behind-the-scenes work of running modules. Thank you for always being approachable and encouraging, and for sharing your passion with us! Your guidance during the ENV3102 field trips and for our recently-completed group project has been much appreciated as well. Hope you get to keep doing what you love :) Take care!

- Tasha (Year 3, AY19/20)

Dear Ms Zahidah,

2022-05-30 19:27:46 UTC

First of all, congratulations on your new role in healthcare! I wish you all the best and a meaningful experience ahead :) Second of all, thank you so much for being our rock here in BES - when curriculum stuff got too much for our heads, you were always there to make things clearer for us. Thank you for your timely assistance and dedication to the programme and its students, even when it was all behind-the-scenes. We will miss you! Take care :)

- Tasha (Year 3, AY19/20)

Thank you Ms Zahidah!

2022-05-31 05:03:22 UTC

Dear Ms Zahidah,
Truly, thank you so much for all your help and guidance these past semesters. Thank you so much for kindly answering all our queries so promptly - they have been a great help and we are all deeply grateful for your advice and sharings. Wishing you all the best in everything you do :-)
- Hope (Y2 BES)

2022-05-31 05:08:50 UTC

Moving onto greener pastures I see! Huge congrats!! Loss for BES unfortunately. Truly a pleasure absorbing those little nuggets of information from you as a student, but more importantly, it was awesome working with you. Seal Team six will retire gloriously!!! We will catch up when we can. All the best!

- Pooven

Curtain is closing for the fat lady

2022-05-31 09:57:46 UTC

Excited for Dr Sorain’s career change and a beer next time! Your freshwater assistant. Is the machine still in nee soon?

Dear Dr Sorain

2022-06-01 08:18:03 UTC

Thank you for your lessons and passion about environmental sciences. It was always a delight to hear you talk about tree heights, or diameter at breast heights and I think boring concepts are made just a little less boring when you crack your small dad jokes or incorporate the use of singlish in your lessons. I think it's really nice that you always try to interact and communicate with us and I really appreciate that. Thank you for your hard work and your guidance and I wish you all the BESt!!
- jane

adios!!!

2022-06-02 13:16:40 UTC

hiya Dr Sorain,

thanks for being such a chill prof! I'm thankful that we got to learn so much from you during 3102. Thanks for putting up with 5 giggly girls and being a great supervisor for our 3102 project. I wish you all the best as you embark on your new journey in NPARKs.
Super eggcited for you!!!

Sheryl

Dear Ms Zahidah,

2022-06-03 01:27:09 UTC

Thank you for your patience and care especially when I was still transferring over to BES, and for helping me to figure out all the administrative and acad plan details too! All the best for your future endeavours, I'm sure the people and colleagues from your next phase in life or job will be blessed by your patience and kindness too!

Thank you, Sorain!

2022-06-03 16:40:08 UTC

Hi Sorain!

Surprise!!! Thank you for taking me as your ISM student in my last semester. I had a lot of fun doing fieldwork with you and learnt a lot doing work in the lab too. Happy for you and all the best for your new stint!

Cheers,
Graces (from Geog)

idk how but i'm here

2022-06-03 16:45:48 UTC

Since i'm here, lemme add on to the toast for the good times. Mucking around (literally?) in Jungle Falls and feeding mosquitoes in Fern Valley with you has and will always be one of my fondest memories in NUS and I'm so grateful to have had that experience :D

I hope you're well! To greener pastures, and let's meet for a drink soon :D

- Jin Jing