Thank you for the 54 entries written on this online guestbook.
| Maeghan Vaillancourt | 09/04/06, 08:50:11 | 
| Thank you for inviting me to view this beautiful commemoration of your mother. She truly led an amazing life and her story is inspiring to those who were not fortunate enough to have met her. I hope that your family's love and strength is able to carry you through such a tough time and to keep your memories alive and strong. |
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| Audrey Lam | 08/25/06, 09:10:51 |
I am the elder daughter of Aunt 16 (Sophie Lam Lee Ching Sau). I last visited Aunt Mary Rose in her SF apartment during my business trip in Feb 2005. She showed me her much tressured photo albums and also took me to a nearby chinese restaurant for seafood. As expected, she paid for the meal without giving me a chance and before I left her apartment, I secretly left money in her handbag.
That was my last chance to say thanks to her and most unfortunately, my last chance to see her in person. Should I not have made a detour to SF on my way to the airport, I surely would feel regretful now.
To Aunt Mary Rose:
I remembered you were in such pain walking up the stairs....Aunt Mary Rose, please rest in peace in the hands of god.
Yours sincerely,
Audrey
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| Cordelia Lim | 08/23/06, 17:16:03 |
| I still remember my grandma as the most happiest, entertaining, and the best grandma. She cared for and about me. She took care of me from when I was little to who I am now. I wouldn't be who I am today without my grandma. When I was little, she would always take me and my family out for crabs. She would take the crab meat out of the shell and give it to me to eat. When my grandma stayed at my family's house, she taught me how to knit and she even knitted a scarf for me. To this day I still treasure her smile. Throughout my life, she has taught me to smile on a good or bad day. My grandma is in my heart and always will be. I will miss her very much |
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| Cordelia Lim | 08/23/06, 11:55:12 |
I miss my grandma and I wish she was still, here, with me. I remeber all the things she did for me. I wish she was still very healthy and taking care of us. She would bring me and my family to eat Chinese food and order crab for us to eat. That was my fondest memory.
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| Ocatvia Lim | 08/23/06, 11:54:20 |
| I love my Grandma very much. She has done a lot of things for me. She is the best Grandma anyone could have. She is very very very very very very very very very nice to me, my family, my uncle, my other uncle, my auntie etc. |
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| Livia Lim | 08/22/06, 23:18:36 |
| I really miss my grandma. Most of the time, I can't believe she's not with us anymore. I was always very happy to eat dinner with her at our favorite restaurants. I'll always remember her going to our performances, and never missing one. Even when she had trouble walking, she still went. She gave us presents whenever we achieved something good in school. I will miss everything about her. |
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| Cordelia Lim | 08/22/06, 21:42:09 |
| I miss my grandma very much |
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| Susie Ng | 08/21/06, 14:16:57 |
| Mrs. Lim was my primary school English teacher. Thanks for sharing this website with us, so that we can learn so much more about Mrs. Lim and her family. I'll always remember her smile and her kindness to the girls at DGS. |
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| Chen Cecilia | 08/20/06, 22:57:11 |
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| Catherine Isaacs | 08/16/06, 01:23:34 |
Dear Julia, Ulysees, Collin, Richard, Jeanne, Livia, Cordelia and Octavia,
Thank you very much for the beautiful card that you sent me today. Mary Rose lives on in each and every one of you as the beautiful ceremony, web site and card illustrate. Mary Rose would be and was so proud of you all. You should all take deep solace in knowing that. I miss seeing her and her endearing smile at lunchtimes now as I make my way to the gym and Mary Rose used to be on her way back from lunch. Her smile was so touching and yet you knew that physically she was in great pain. She was always so elegant despite her phsical challenges.Her pain did not stop her from thinking of others and sharing goodies with her neighbors; leaving fanciful fruits on our doorsteps. Mary Rose was so generous and humble at the same time; if we returned her kindness she scolded us. When I learnt of her recent illness, I sent her a card to let her know that I was thinking of her. In spite of her heart surgery and now living with her family, Mary Rose responded with a fun, well written card. I treasure this card; it embodies her spirit and her beautiful demeanour. Mary Rose is a shining light to us all. I am honored to have had her as one of my neighbors. Thank you. Catherine. |
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| Carol Benson (Pennels) | 08/15/06, 11:01:33 |
| A very beautiful way to commemorate a very beautiful lady. I am now a teacher, and try my best to keep my voice down, much like Mrs. Lim did with us - but I'm not nearly as successful as she was! I will never forget her. |
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| Valerie Tung | 08/15/06, 09:08:02 |
I remember, most of all, Mrs. Lim's smile. It was wonderful to have seen her again in person in 2004 at the S.F. DGS reunion.
I appreciate having this opportunity to learn more about her life through this website. Thank you for the effort. |
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| Tsou Lee Ching Woo Lillian | 08/15/06, 06:16:19 |
| Mary Rose is my fifth 'sister' and stayed with my family at Bonham Rd HK for a few years when she was a student at St Stephen Girls' School in the 1950's. She is the fifth girl in our counting of girls for her generation and we all called her 'ng kar tsia'. She is like an elder sister to me teaching me english and drawing beautiful ladies in ball gowns an asset in her husband fashion business. Her warm and gentle but brave personality has a great infleunce on me. I am glad that we had two trips together in recent years - to the Alaska cruise / Canadian Rockies in 2000 and attended the wedding of Calvin and Jeanie in Chicago and New York in 2002 when we could share our memories and thoughts and enjoy each other company. I I will miss her forever . Please keep in touch and visit me in Singapore whenever anyone of you pass by here |
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| Vivienne Chang | 08/15/06, 00:30:25 |
Thank you for sharing this beautiful website of Mrs. Lim. She will always be remembered and thought of as a teacher with grace and patience.
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| JANE LEE (DGS 72 GRADUATE) | 08/15/06, 00:14:17 |
| YOU ARE ALWAYS A PART OF THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE. |
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| (Nancy) Lesley (Wong) Hannan | 08/14/06, 09:30:39 |
| Mrs. Lim was the nicest teacher in DGS. I will always have fond memories of her. She taught my two sisters and me through high school. I am in my 50's and still remember Mrs. Lim as a sweet, gentle soul. May she rest in peace. |
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| Astor Keung | 08/12/06, 04:33:37 |
I feel sorry to hear about this. I still remember you said you will let me stay with your mum if I visit California one day...
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| Olivia Wong | 08/10/06, 04:49:55 |
My prayer to Mrs. Lim and her family...
May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you His favor and give you His peace. Number 6:24-26
In God,
Oli |
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| Connie Lung | 08/09/06, 20:53:48 |
| Mrs Lim has been one of my favourite teachers. She helped me to go through a tough time and encouraged me to keep going. She has also provided many opportunities to me to develope my other potentials. She was an adorable teacher to many students. Her presence was part of the memorable picture of DGS........ |
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| Karen Wong | 08/09/06, 20:19:06 |
You get a great mom.
She is also lucky to have you all as her children.
Do you know that I'm also a Lee girl too, may be that's why we get so close to each other even in the beginning when we first met. |
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| Linda Streb | 08/09/06, 15:30:58 |
| Thank you for inviting me to view this moving tribute. Your mother was a beauty and her story points to an amazing, interesting life. May the love and strength of your family carry you through this time and continue to thrive in the future. |
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| Mary Liang King | 08/07/06, 13:51:35 |
| ex-DGS student, graduated 1970 |
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| Joe Khoei | 08/07/06, 12:13:12 |
| My prayers for her soul and for your family. |
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| Carrie Ho | 08/02/06, 14:33:08 |
Mrs Lim was my English teacher and needlework teacher. She was calm, pleasant and loving. She was one of my favourites teachers.
Carrie |
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| Kim | 08/02/06, 07:13:50 |
Mrs Lim
Never will you be forgotten ..Thank you for being a major part of my life.
and my writing is beautiful!!!
Kim.....XXXXX |
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| Mavis Watt Leong | 08/01/06, 23:39:07 |
Condolences to family of Mrs. Lim.
Praise and thanks be to God for Mrs. Lim being my maths teacher in junior school in 1963-64. She always had that peace and serenity with her and her gentle voice and smile! Such a blessing!
In my fond memories she'll stay.
Class of 1970 |
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| Jeanne Lim | 08/01/06, 20:13:03 |
| Reading the guestbook entries from my Mom's ex-students and colleagues at DGS brought back many memories of her there, as she was my needlework teacher at DGS in additional to being my mother. From my viewpoint, she was definitely the best mother, teacher, and friend, and I will miss her always. |
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| Amber Lo | 08/01/06, 19:59:01 |
Mrs. Lim,
Thank you for teaching me in the past. You will be missed. |
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| Michele Rosario (class of '81) | 08/01/06, 18:52:04 |
I remember Mrs Lim was my Needlework teacher in Form I. She was nice as could be with such a gentle voice. She never scolded us, no matter how rambunctious we were or how many of her sewing machine needles we broke.
If she was such warm and caring teacher she must have been a wonderful mother and grandmother. My condolences to you her family.
I see two other familiar names here in the Guestbook... Mrs Kent, another kind, soft spoken and caring teacher.
And Edna Wong...THE young swimmer of our time back then. But also good person...
I guess birds of a feather do flock together.
This is beautiful site, thank you for letting us learn more about Mary Rose the person, who we knew as our teacher Mrs Lim. |
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| Gordon Lee | 07/31/06, 14:53:33 |
Mrs Lim was a genuinely warm and friendly person. Throughout all these years I always made a point to contact her whenever I visited San Francisco. Now visiting the Bay area will never be the same. She will be missed.
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| Olivier Hubert | 07/31/06, 14:52:54 |
We will always remember Mary-Rose very fondly. She was such a lovely lady, kind and sweet, always smiling and caring, and so proud of her children. We will miss her and her smile.
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| Lisa Lau (class of 80) | 07/31/06, 05:02:31 |
My condolences to the family. I am sure many of my classmates will remember Mrs. Lim's sweet smile and kind hearted personality.
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| Susan Chen (DGS class of '69) | 07/31/06, 00:18:00 |
Dear Uly,
So sorry to hear about your mother's passing. She was one of those rare teachers. You'd maybe have the luck to come across once in your lifetime who could have a lasting effect on one. She did on me!
I think with Mrs Jane Shen and Mrs Rebecca Yip and people like Mrs Dorothy Kent, together they made learning fun. My class held a reunion in HKG a couple of years back, and we couldn't stop talking about your mother and her colleagues, they were that awesome.
I think you and Richard were in my classes at DBS, right?
I am so sorry for your loss. Your mother and all members of your family are in my prayers at this time. I am sure she is at peace, and happily reunited with your father in God's beautiful garden!
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| Annie Lee | 07/30/06, 04:12:30 |
I also want to add that I liked Mrs. Lim so much that I invited her to one of my birthday parties. She couldn't come so I brought her a piece of my birthday cake the next day. She was so surprised!
Again, my condolences to the family.
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| Jeff Teeters | 07/30/06, 02:51:22 |
The chief end of man,
is to Glorify God,
and enjoy him forever...
Your Brother In Christ
With Love, Jeff Teeters
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| Simon r | 07/29/06, 18:50:19 |
Richard, So sorry to hear of your mothers's passing away. Hope things are well with you at this emotional time.
My Best Wishes
Simon r.
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| Ellen (Choi) Mak | 07/29/06, 15:45:55 |
Very sorry to hear of Mrs. Lim's passing. She was a wonderful teacher who was my class teacher in 1958-1959 when I was in Primay V. Somehow I remember her proudly announcing her son's name is Ulysses and the pictures of Ulysses' family answers my curiosity of how Ulysses and Mrs. Lim have done.
Tribute very well put together. Gives us a glimpse of Mrs. Lim's life Thank you
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| JOyce Tang | 07/29/06, 07:46:04 |
My condolances to Mrs LIm's family.
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| eugenia choi | 07/29/06, 07:28:49 |
I was so sorry to hear of Mrs Lim passing away. Although I have not seen Mrs Lim since I left school, I have often thought with great affection and pleasure of those wonderful Junior school days. Mrs Lim was always soft spoken and gentle. I had not seen her raised her voice even once.
eugenia
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| Anne Sui-chong Leung | 07/28/06, 23:35:38 |
My deepest symthapy for the family. Mrs. Lim was my class teacher @ DGS. I still remember her quiet manners and tremendous patience. She will be missed and remembered.
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| Mary Chen | 07/28/06, 13:25:28 |
thanks so much whoever it was who designed this weblink for mrs. lim! she was the most wonderful teacher, if you'll all remember, those of you in P.6, she was our class teacher. i never asked her which school she went to, but she's been with us since P.5, was it? when she taught us english literature?
mary chen
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| Dorothy Kent | 07/28/06, 12:56:31 |
Thank you very much for this glimpse of a wonderful and much admired workmate and friend.
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| Lavinia Chu Lai Wan Yeung | 07/28/06, 08:29:43 |
Mrs Lim is always remembered in our hearts. She taught me in DGS, she was kind and soft spoken. I learned a lot from her.
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| Edna Wong | 07/28/06, 08:28:46 |
Mrs. Lim was my teacher and the mother of my childhood friend. She was one of the most selfless person I know, with a heart open to others. Her kindness, gentleness and patience touched many of us. She had been most kind to me, and I am glad I got to know her better during a trip to Oakland when I visited Jeanne. I will always remember the smile she carried on her face.
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| Annie Lee | 07/28/06, 08:25:36 |
Mrs. Lim was my favorite teacher in primary school. I remember her very fondly. I think she was also the one who told me: Be not a jack of all trades but be very good in something!
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| Norah Yuen Uyeda | 07/28/06, 07:24:25 |
Mrs. Lim was kind: she had me stay after school in Primary 5 and only write 5 lines of "I must not rock my chair" instead of the usual 250 or 500 lines required by all other teachers.
Mrs. Lim was talented: she can write the alphabet upside down BEAUTIFULLY. In demonstrating writing patterns, she can write letters upside down and while we marvelled, she simply said,"Well, I can't turn the blackboard upside down."
Mrs. Lim was a terrific cook: I will miss her marinated eggs and shrimp salad. The "side dish" she took to my sister's house was as plentiful as what my sister prepared, which is always a lot.
As Ulysses (Mr.s Lim's oldest son) said, the legacy his mother left was her "smile" and I can't agree more. Her smile brings a smile to my face, and I wil always think of her with fondness and affection.
Best always,
Norah Yuen Uyeda
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| Libby Chiu | 07/28/06, 01:49:52 |
Mrs. Lim was the only reason why I kept chugging away at maths. I failed miserably in Primary but at the Parent-Teacher conference, she told my parents I still had potential. My parents told me about it and, in Primary 4, I passed with 400 out of 400! Only Mrs. Lim could have such a point system - 400? Not 100?
I was re-reading a letter from our dear classmate, the late May Louiewho wrote in 1990s, "Do you remember Mrs. Lim and her weekly 'surprise' quizzes?"
We loved you, Mrs. Lim, because you loved us back, pure and simple.
With loving memories,
Libby
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| carol yang | 07/28/06, 01:41:27 |
This helps me to know more this great lady and may god bless her family in this time of sorrow!
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| Cynthia Lin | 07/28/06, 01:34:50 |
She was a very special teacher. I am a teacher too,and if your students still remember you after 40 years is definitely special.
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| Stanley Ginn | 07/27/06, 10:42:00 |
Hi Uly,
Please disregard my previous note to you about the "GUESTBOOK" not able to open it. It is now working just fine. It may just being in a glitch for a short time as I've tried and unable to open it for many, many times. So, I sent my note to you through the "CONTACT" option.
May the Lord richly bless and comfort you and your family.
IHL&C,
Stan
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| Jessie Ngai | 07/27/06, 06:30:21 |
I am very thankful that I was able to attend my beloved teacher, Mrs. Lim's funeral service today, which was a lovely service. Through the sharing, I was able to learn a lot more about Mrs. Lim's life. My memories of her lovely smile (with dimples) will never fade and seeing the picture of her smiling face again brings back the fond memories of by-gone days.
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| Mark Shen | 07/27/06, 01:43:04 |
Thursday, 27th July, 2006
Dear Kai Ma,
May God bless you and keep you, always.
Rest in peace.
Love,
Mark (Kai Tsai)
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| Grace & John So | 07/26/06, 19:18:19 |
Dear Jeanne,
Our deepest condolences to you and your family. We will always remember Mrs Lim's gentle voice and compassionate smile in our hearts.
Take good care,
Grace & John
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| Colman Jung | 07/24/06, 17:25:50 |
My condolences to you in your time of sorrow. I know you are now going thru. My heart is going out to you. Take care.
ps. very nice web site.
~ Colman
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