We are slightly over two months to the O levels and the stress is getting real! The children had their O level Englih Oral exams earlier in the week and GG was really stressing over it. She thinks she messed up a bit, which happens when she stresses over exams and BB also said, he fumbled a bit in the reading part. Both ended up with the same topic for the spoken interaction part, which was about the environment.

BB’s prelims start from next week and I am more stressed than him. For GG, her prelims start at the end of the month and she even has the September holidays in between. But I don’t like her prelim timetable as I feel it does not give them much time after the prelims to work towards the actual exams which start in the third week of October.

But before the exams, they will have their graduation ceremonies in school, for which I will go to. I have already committed to attending BB’s school ceremony, but have still not gotten the notification from GG’s school.

The EAE results will also come out this week and that’s another source of stress for us. I really am hoping that both BB & GG get offers in a course of their choice, but if that doesn’t happen, they just have to work hard and get the scores the courses demand.

Ah well, please pray for us, both for the EAE offers and the O levels. Have a wonderful Sunday!

This was a short school week and so will next week be because of the long National Day and Hari Raya Haji weekend.

BB had sports day one of the days and then add to the national day observance ceremony in school, plus science practicals in school, it meant not much done in terms of actual school work. It was pretty much the same in GG’s school this week.

We are enjoying a rare long weekend and we’ve been a sloth the last few days. Tomorrow is the last day of the holiday and Tuesday is back to our usual routines. We’re down to around 70 days till the O level exams so stress levels are increasing.

Have a fab Sunday folks and to those who celebrate it, Eid Mubarak!

August is here and prelims season has started!

BB & GG has their Mother Tongue prelims on Saturday and BB’s Science practical prelims are next week.

Over the weekend, along with other members of BB’s school parent support group, we hand made Lego keychains to give all teachers, admin and support staff for Teacher’s Day which will be celebrated on the first Friday of September. This PSG always makes handmade items to give the Teachers and this year was no different. It’s the last year for me as part of a parent support group as I don’t know if tertiary institutions have one.

We’re down to 78 days to the start of the O level written papers and I have installed a countdown app which tells so each day.

I am really looking forward to the end of the exams. But before that we will know the results of their EAE interviews later this month, another date I am anxiously looking forward to and dreading to at the same time. I really hope and pray that they both get admitted into the course of their choice.

Anyway, that was all for this week. Hope to get more positive news soon!! Have a wonderful Sunday.

Both BB & GG had an EAE interview this week and GG rounded the week with an aptitude test for her first choice course. This ended all of BB’s interviews while GG still has one more to go.

We also went to the hospital to review GG’s fractured wrist. After removing the cast and reviewing her x-rays by two senior doctors, they conculded that there was no fracture in the first place, but the line the attending doctor at the A&E saw was actually her bones still growing. So that was a huge relief for us, especially since her science teacher mentioned about this saying that if the cast was to be there for a while, they would need to write in to the ministry of education to get her extra time during the O level exams.

Speaking of which, we are now at a countdown to the exams. Prelims start soon and the main exams are less than three months away. If GG & BB don’t get into their course of choice, then they have no choice but to do well in their exams and then make it to the course they want to get into.

Stress levels are going through the roof as we get closer to the exams. I for one can’t wait for the last exam to come soon!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

This was a super eventful week for us.

BB went for one aptitude test for his first choice of EAE and an interview for his last choice. He was not even called for an aptitude test for his second choice which was in the same poly as that of his first choice, just a different school. A friend who had the reverse choices (BB’s first was his second and his first was BB’s second) didn’t get called for the course which BB got called for the aptitude test. We suspect the poly just called for one course per applicant. I wish we knew this before applying as this means we lost one choice, which we could have applied to a different poly. His first choice school also have called him for an interview next week and I have all my fingers and toes crossed. His interview for his last choice was also good according to him, though its a course in which he does not have much exposure or knowledge in.

On to GG now. She had her first interview at a junior college she applied for direct admission under her CCA. She went for the interview at the begining of the week and during the audition, she said her voice cracked at one point. But she is ok if she does not make it to the next round as this crack at the direct admission was only to prove she can make it.

She also got interview calls for both the courses she applied to at one poly. These are to two disparate courses and she got the interview calls after clearing an online aptitude and personality test. Her first choice of course has also called her for an aptitude test which will happen next week.

On Thursday, while running in school during the PE lesson, she tripped and fell down on the concrete and gravel floor. She bruised her right knee quite badly and it even started to bleed and her other knee had some superficial bruises. Her right palm was also bruised. She was given first aid in school and her PE teacher also called me to appraised me about the situation. I did not think too much and when she came home, she said her knee was still paining and bleeding and she could not close her palm. So I took her to the GP who after checking her told me to take her to the hospital A&E since it may be something more serious. We went to the nearest hospital, but they told us to go one a little further away since they dont have a children’s specialist on duty and if we waited, the doctor on duty will send us to the other hospital.

So off we went and after getting checked by a doctor and having her x-ray taken, we came to know that she has a small hairline fracture on the right wrist. She was bandaged and braced and sent home and now we have to go next week to see them again for a review and hopefully it means that she does not have to wear a cast anymore. I am hoping for good news when we see the specialist next week.

That was our pretty eventful week. Have a wonderful Sunday people!