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2015 Week 51 Update

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A not-so-good week for us as GG didn’t get into her first choice school. She got into the second choice, which, initially she was not too happy with. BB on the other hand got into his first choice of school. He’s very happy as his bestie is also in the same school, though not in the same class!

We’ve appealed to GG’s first choice of school which is the school that BB has been posted to. Due to the new MOE ruling which states that unless the child’s T-score meets the school’s Cut Off Point (COP), they will not be successful in appealing, we are not very hopeful with the appeal. But, the school has a music learning programme which may work in GG’s favour since she’s been in the choir and has represented her primary school for the Singapore Youth Festival winning Distinctions…

Work-wise, this was a very short week as I was only at work for two days…But there are some serious decisions I need to take and soon here. More soon when I do a yearly update!

This is the last weekend of 2015, hope 2016 is more kind to us….

205 Week 50 Update

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We’re back in Singapore! I am writing this sitting in Changi Airport as we wait for our helper R to meet us. We had planned to land almost at the same time so we can go home together. 

The India trip was short, sweet and exhausting. There were so many places I wanted to go and people I wanted to meet that I could not do. Hopefully next year’s trip will be slightly longer 🙏

GG & BB get their school posting later this week and I am having all fingers and toes crossed that both get into their first choice school. 

Ok, I can see R now, so more and regular posting soon! Need to get home and clean up and also clear my bags. We got a notification that our power had tripped while we were away, so anticipate a load of cleaning once we get home, especially the fridge😢 

2015 Week 49 Update

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A delayed update today!

We’ve been in India now for a week and it’s been hectic to say the least!

Our flight to Bangalore early in the week was a nightmare due to bad weather in parts of India. This meant a delayed flight for us and we ended up just sitting in the airport for six hours. A journey which was supposed to be 6 hours in total, door to door ended up being double that!

But that trip was great, more later!!

The house is full of children and so noisy that we can’t hear ourselves think!!

I’ll post properly once we’re back in Singapore!

2015 Week 48 Update

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Namaste from Mumbai!

We’re in India now and the one thing that hits me everytime is the noise. Where we stay is a quiet housing locality, but even there, the noise from the people and cars is rather overwhelming! Is this because Singapore is rather too quiet?

The flight was uneventful but since we were travelling with S’ mum & aunt, we, rather I had to slow down a lot as they are old. We reached home at nearly midnight and this was the first time my dad didn’t come to pick us up from the airport, for which I am quite proud…

Today and the rest of the week will be hectic and I am super excited to meet my sis and gorgeous nieces next week after a trip to Bangalore to meet my gran and aunts…

2015 Week 47 Update

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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!