Teacher's Day Gifts

Teachers in Singapore receive a great many gifts on 1 September, and most of them are forgotten by October. The ones that last tend to be the ones that get used.

A fine bone china mug or cup and saucer sits on a desk every working day for years. It is elegant without being extravagant, it carries no name or message that could misjudge the relationship, and it says the thing a card cannot: that some thought went into it.