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2018 Secondary 3 Week 37 Update

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Today GG & BB turn 15! Happy birthday to my babies! I can’t believe that those children who barely fit in the crook of my arm 15 years back now tower over me.

Yesterday was their Hindi year-end exams and while BB was blase as usual, GG was very stressed. I had to text her between her exams to take a deep breath and write the next exam with a more calm and collected mind. When she is stressed, she tends to second-guess herself and as we know when you do that, you are bound to make more mistakes. That’s exactly what happened to her during her PSLE and we all know what happened then. I am now slightly panicking about her O level exams next year. Hope I can research more on how to help her.

Later today, some of their friends are coming over. Since this will probably be the last birthday they can celebrate on the actual day during their schooling years (Next year this time, they will be in intensive prep for the O Levels and I don’t think they will be able to get friends to come over). The cakes and pizzas have been ordered and I will fry some samosas and spring rolls later when the kids come. The drinks and chips have been brought and all that’s left is to clean the house a bit and then have fun!

Exams start in two weeks time and so the next few updates should  be all about it.

Have a satisfying weekend folks and I’ll  come back with the party updates tomorrow.

2018 Secondary 3 Week 36 Update

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This week was the September school holidays.

BB went away for this Secondary 3 adventure camp at the Outward Bound Singapore and was back only on Friday evening. He says he had loads of fun there and since it was only him from his class in his group (there were 4-5 other students from his school and another 5-6 students from another school). They did a lot of hiking, trekking, rowing and slept in tents outside daily. His group was in the mainland and so he didn’t really go to Pulau Ubin except once for the high elements part. The other students also had to write some words about each other and I felt that what the others wrote about BB was spot on! I really hope that he reads those words and learn from it.

GG spent some quality time with me this week and we got to do a girls day out with a movie thrown in as a special treat. It was fun going out with her as she is at an age where she is more a friend than a Daughter. I am hoping to do something similar with BB one of these days.

2018 Secondary 3 Week 35 Update

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This was the last week before the September school holidays and so was a fairly quiet week. This was also a short school week since the Friday before the September holidays is designated as Teachers Day in Singapore. This is so both Teachers and students get an additional day of the holidays (just kidding, I am sure there’s a good reason behind this, I just need to find it out)

On Thursday which was the Teachers Day celebrations in school, I was at BB’s school. The parent support group in his school make DIY presents for the teachers each year and this year we made marbled mugs which looked so pretty! We also hosted all the teachers and non teaching staff for a buffet lunch and provided a cake for the Teachers to cut before they reaffirmed their pledge they took when they first entered the teaching profession. It was a fun day and I was exhausted by it!

BB also goes for his OBS camp tomorrow (finally) and We spent the weekend packing. I hope he has a great time there and makes new friends and learns something new.

Tomorrow GG and I are going to meet a Friend of my Cousin who is a history professor at a local university. GG is Super excited about this.

Have a great weekend everyone!

2018 Secondary 3 Week 34

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Another school week and this was pretty much a normal one.

BB and GG are getting ready for their September school holidays which start in early September. BB’s school holidays will mostly be spent at his Outward Bound Singapore adventure camp. Last week we went and brought all the supplies and clothes needed for the camp.

GG is looking forward to the school holidays so she can chill with her friends.

Happy Sunday folks!

2018 Secondary 3 Week 33 Update

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GG was back from her Vietnam trip at the beginning of the week and though the trip was fun, it was super hectic and she was exhausted by the time they landed back in Singapore. For someone whose bedtime is usually 9-9:30 pm, having to sleep close to midnight daily really took a toll on her. But as children and young people are, she is resilient and bounced back very quickly and was back in school the next day!

The rest of the school week was uneventful. BB has been home most of the week since half his cohort is away at the OBS camp and since his half of the cohort will be doing their OBS camp during the September holidays, they were supposed to have their September holidays this week. But they had two days of school, followed by the protected days where they had holidays. During this short holiday, BB invited his friends over for the day, where they enjoyed their time playing games and just chit-chatting!

All in all, it was the usual week for GG, but BB  had a nicer week in terms of being at home and being able to chill.