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2017 Secondary 2 Week 14 Update

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GG had a very busy week what with the emceeing duty rehearsals as well as rehearsals for the SYF. She had to stay back after school every single day and came home quite late, especially the days when she had emcee rehearsals. When she’d come home, she would be tired and cranky and would want to just sleep, but homework would beckon. I felt this was a slice of adult life for her. But try explaining that to a cranky, hormonal 14-year old! Thank God all this ends next week with the competition sometime then. Hopefully she then gets time to study for the mid-year exams. 

BB’s week was quite mundane with his teachers racing to complete the curriculum before the mid year exams start at the end of the month. But as usual, he is quite gungho about the whole exam thing. He needs to score well to get into the course of his choice. Ah well, I can only keep nagging him about this. I also attended his school’s speech day representing the parent support group and it was quite an interesting experience. The function was a lot more formal as compared to what I’ve seen in their primary school. 

Anyways this was our school week. Have an amazing Sunday people!

2017 Week 13 Weekly Update

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Another week and nothing really happened!

I made a to-do list on Monday and went through most of it, though that too needs some work.

Other than that, the week was pretty much stagnant, with nothing happening on the job front. I spoke to two of the recruiters who had contacted me and they both had the same standard reply – they have not heard back from the companies yet. I’m going to give up on one and the other, the one where I had to go for an interview the same day that I applied for the position, I will write to the person who interviewed me (the person who owns the company) sometime this week and then forget about this position also if there is no movement. I just want closure!

So there you have – my week in short! Have a great week folks!

Secondary 2 Week 13 Update

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Nothing really happened this week! 

It was a normal school week with GG coming home late every single day. One day she was out for more than 13 hours and when she came home, she was beyond exhausted. So much so, she reverted to becoming whiny and irritable – just as she used to be when she was younger!

On Friday, we went to BB’s school for the secondary 3 streaming talk. Initially it was just going to be me, but later I realised that students were encouraged to also come and this was also validated by the support group I belong to. So I strong armed BB to come with me. It was an informative talk and we understood the options BB has for next year. 

Given that he wants to do aerospace engineering, he has to take the science course. I prefer him to do a double science double humanities combination (physics, chemistry, history and a social studies with geography elective) and not do a triple science combo with full biology. I’ve heard that biology is very intense in terms of the time you need for it, so which is why we decided on the science/humanities combo. Also if he decides to go to junior college instead of the polytechnic, then his contrast subject can be history which then should not be too difficult. 

A big relief was that for science stream, they have qualifying marks for English, Maths and Science and only these marks will be taken into account when deciding who gets to go to the stream. The good news is that BB’s marks are not too bad in these subjects, but the bad news is that they are not spectacular too! He really needs to work hard and score as high marks as he can in these three subjects!

2017 Week 12 Weekly Update

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Literally nothing happened this week! After the excitement of last week where I was contacted by recruiters, it was all very quiet this week. I had actually thought that I will be seeing some interviews this week and was mentally preparing for them, but zilch!

I also saw an eye specialist this week for my suspected glaucoma. I had a few tests but the doctor could not confirm or reject it. One test was not done properly according to the doctor so I have to redo it. There’s a slight thinning in the optic nerves of my left eye and so I am put on a watch list for now. I have to go back next week to redo that one test plus see the doctor so that they can establish baselines for me. 

So that was my week! Here’s hoping this week will have better news for me. Have a wonderful week folks!

Secondary 2 Week 12 Update 

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Term 2, week 1 of school. 

A fairly normal week as far as school was concerned, usually term 2 will see the pace slightly intensify as teachers race to complete the curriculum in time for the mid year exams. 

GG has been quite busy in school especially with her choir as the dates for the competition is just a few weeks away. Once they finish the competition, they should stand down CCA until after the exams. She has also been asked by her English teacher to emcee an event in school, for which she is super chuffed. The only thing is that rehearsals for the event clash with some of her CCA practice and so she needs to work this out with her Teachers. 

As for BB, I’m constantly on his case to start getting serious about school. He needs to do well this year so that he can get the science stream next year, but as usual, it’s all white noise to him! Sigh! I really wonder when he grows up! It’s going to be difficult in his school as most students choose this school because of the importance of their STEM Programme, especially in aeronautics and so it’s very likely that a large portion of the cohort will end up wanting to take science next year. But when will this enter this boy’s head?

Anyway happy Sunday people!