In My Hands Today…

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Anybody Out There? (Walsh Family #4) – Marian Keyes

Anna Walsh is officially a wreck. Physically broken and emotionally shattered, she lies on her parents’ Dublin sofa with only one thing on her mind: getting back to New York. New York means her best friends, The Most Fabulous Job In The World™ and above all, it means her husband, Aidan.

But nothing in Anna’s life is that simple anymore… Not only is her return to Manhattan complicated by her physical and emotional scars – but Aidan seems to have vanished. Is it time for Anna to move on? Is it even possible for her to move on? A motley group of misfits, an earth-shattering revelation, two births and one very weird wedding might help Anna find some answers – and change her life forever.

2015 Week 39 Update

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Another boring week where I worked on a bit of work-stuff and mostly on our post-PSLE trip!

I’ve also realised that there is no place for me in this organisation, atleast in the role I envision for myself. Thus the only alternative is to leave. The two days I am home this week and also moving on, I’ve decided to work on my CV more and start applying. Hopefully I will get something in my hands before my contract is due for renewal in the first quarter of 2016….

The rest of the week was mostly stressing over the PSLE exams and helping BB & GG with their work. Today is the penultimate paper and tomorrow is the last one…Then freedom for GG & BB!

After that, the worrying about the results start….Hopefully they do well enough that they get to choose their schools and not let the schools choose them. Meaning they do well enough that they have enough points to have choices rather than restrict options to schools that will take them in 😦

PSLE Week 39 Update

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This is it! The exams started end of last week and we are halfway through it now. We’re done with English and Maths, but have Mother Tongue aka Hindi and Science left.

The haze situation is still bad, fluctuating between 150 to over 200. My only worry last week was that the PSI should not be high during the exams.

So far of the papers they’ve done, both said English was very easy. BB said he didn’t feel any different than writing a school exam.My concern now is that if the paper is so easy, then maybe the marking will be difficult with the cohort average high and so the standard deviation also low….What this means for marking I don’t know! Hopefully both get an A*(praying for that) or atleast an A for English.

During the Maths exam, at one of groups on Facebook that I belong to, someone posted that Paper 1 was a killer! I immediately got scared and started praying to all the Gods and Goddesses I know as I was very worried about GG as Maths is her weakest subject. It was agony till they came home and then an anti-climax when they announced it was tricky, but moderately difficult….

People posted questions on Facebook and based on the answers there and confirming with BB, I think he can score a good mark…Now need to hope the bell curve is in their favour…

Ok, two more to go and then we are home free… and can start worrying about the results!

In My Hands Today…

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Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones #1) – Helen Fielding

Meet Bridget Jones—a 30-something Singleton who is certain she would have all the answers if she could:

a. lose 7 pounds
b. stop smoking
c. develop Inner Poise

“123 lbs. (how is it possible to put on 4 pounds in the middle of the night? Could flesh have somehow solidified becoming denser and heavier? Repulsive, horrifying notion), alcohol units 4 (excellent), cigarettes 21 (poor but will give up totally tomorrow), number of correct lottery numbers 2 (better, but nevertheless useless)…”

Bridget Jones’ Diary is the devastatingly self-aware, laugh-out-loud daily chronicle of Bridget’s permanent, doomed quest for self-improvement — a year in which she resolves to: reduce the circumference of each thigh by 1.5 inches, visit the gym three times a week not just to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible adult, and learn to program the VCR.

Over the course of the year, Bridget loses a total of 72 pounds but gains a total of 74. She remains, however, optimistic. Through it all, Bridget will have you helpless with laughter, and — like millions of readers the world round — you’ll find yourself shouting, “Bridget Jones is me!”