This has been a very emotionally draining week for us with the PSLE results being declared. As I wrote yesterday, both under-performed compared to what they are capable of. We’re over this now and after a discussion, both S and I have decided to support them regardless of their results.

They’ve applied to a school both like (the same school) and BB will thrive there as it has an Applied Learning Programme in his area of passion which is aeroscience! GG also likes the school and hopefully she does well enough in her first year to get promoted to the same stream as BB.

In the long run and scheme of things, the PSLE is not the end of the world. I realise this now and maybe this is for the best. The children stumble at the age of 12, learn that life is not easy and hopefully, apply the lessons they learn from this life episode and come out stronger and better individuals.

I can see both are disappointed with their results and the determination to succeed I now see in them continues as they move along secondary school!

Off to more interesting things – we’re super excited for our trip to India later this month. My sister is also coming the week after and so the kids are all going to have fun…

Posting may be a bit sporadic, though I am not going to jinx my daily streak. More next week!

This week was a mixture of being both hectic and then slow! Hectic in the first half because of Diwali and then slow in the second half because of work!

I decided to make 11 items for the festival, 5 each of sweets and savories and a traditional medicine, all which were fantastic. I’ll post recipes soon, especially for those which do not require specific utensils to make.

The second half at work was as usual, boring. I am serious now about talking to Big B about my future here, but will do that after my holidays. Hopefully he will be around long enough at that point in time for me to have a serious talk with him.

BB’s voice has started to break and my baby is now growing up! Actually this started a couple of weeks back, but at that point, we thought he’s getting a cold and this slightly distorted voice is because of that. When it went on for more than a week, we realized that it’s not a cold, but BB is getting to be an adult finally! He reached puberty almost two years after GG!