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2016 Week 30 Update

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Another week is gone….

I am really feeling my age and more these days. On Saturday we went to see and support GG for her show choir performance and by the time we were back home it was past 11 pm. Even though I only went there and sat down to enjoy the show, I was so tired when we came home and needed a good part of Sunday to recover!

The latest update on our troublesome neighbours is that we have to change the ceiling fans on two of our bedrooms. This whole episode (and it’s not over yet) has left a real bad taste in my mouth and I have a sneaking suspicion that we have been victims of very subtle racial discrimination. When the estate manager came to check, his assistant initially told me that there was no noise, but the estate manager (EM) told me otherwise. Initially, I wanted to go upstairs and see for myself which the EM agreed. But later when he came down, he told me that since they were from the government agency and he had checked, there was no need for me to do the same. Why I really wonder? If there was the loud noise as they claim, then they should be eager to show it to me to prove me wrong, right? Something didn’t seem right to me. I let it go as I didn’t want to create a scene….

Anyway here’s hoping this week is much better than the last one and the week is awesome for you all  too….

 

Secondary 1 Week 30 Update

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Another week has gone by and we’re edging towards the end of the year, just a few more months to go now…

GG has her Common Tests from the week after next, while BB does not have Common Tests, what he has are class tests which will account for a percentage of the final marks.

Yesterday evening, we went all the way to Resorts World in Sentosa to watch GG’s school choir team battle it out for the show choir competition called B-Dazzled. GG’s choir did not win, but they did a great job. GG had some lines to sing solo and I was so proud of her. She is the only Secondary 1 student who has any solo lines to sing. There were loads of students from the other schools who were competing to support their mates, but hardly anyone from GG’s school. Also the students in the audience made so much noise, at times it was so difficult to hear the music. 

In addition to the show choir segment, the competition  also included soloists, two sisters who were fantastic! They sang as if we were in an Opera and I can see a great future for them in music. Their voices went to such high pitches, wow! 

Have a great Sunday….

2016 Week 29 Update

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It’s a new week, so happy Monday folks! I hope this week is good for you.

My days are running into each other and each week seems to be pretty much like the previous week.

I’ve sent out something like around a hundred resumes till date, but there’s been no response at all from any employer. Day-by-day, I feel my confidence deteriorating and there are times when I seriously think about my employability status and wonder whether I should just chuck it and become a SAHM permanently. I also need to take a decision about my helper R. Her contract ends sometime in mid-September and I need to figure out whether to continue the contract or let her go. I am in two minds about this – if I let her go and I secure a new position, I would really feel her absence as she is a very good worker. But then the other question is can I afford her salary, especially when I am at home these days and there’s not much work for her to do. Hopefully, this week will be better for me than the previous week.

I’ve been creating a lot of content for both this blog and In My Hands Today, so this is what keeps me busy all day!

Have a great week guys!

 

 

Secondary 1 Week 29 Update

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One more week which was uneventful! BB & GG are settled in school and preparing for the end-of-year exams.

For the first time this year, GG’s school had a Parent-Support Group meeting and even though it clashed with BB’s school meeting, I decided to go for this one as I wanted to meet the PSG folks. In the beginning of the year, I had written to them but had not gotten any response from them.

I also understood that they have parents class Whatsapp groups, again, this was news to me so I am glad I went for the meeting and hopefully I will now become part of the group.

The other day I learnt that GG had been removed from one of her class chat groups. I am not sure why this has happened and have asked her to check with her other friends. If she is being cyber bullied, then I do want to take steps about this.

GG’s competition is at the end of the week and BB also has an aeromodelling competition next week, so they both are going to be super busy this week….

 

 

2016 Week 28 Update

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Another boring week for us, though it was a short week for BB & GG and S also had a break in the middle of the week.

Whenever we get a holiday in the middle of the week, I get reminded of an old friend, who loved hump day holidays! She loved the idea of a break in the middle of the week, a reset of sorts, and every time there’s a holiday on a Wednesday, I always think of her!

I didn’t have a good week career-wise though. The one place I went for an initial interview, didn’t shortlist me for the next round. I must have applied to atleast 50-60 places since May, but there has not been even a single interview. I was thinking about this and realised, another colleague who was in a similar situation (like me, her position also got eliminated, but she was pregnant, so she left when her contract ended which was in her last trimester). She’s much younger than me and with a degree with a better market value and is still unemployed! When I started thinking about her, I felt even more bad – someone like her is still unemployed and where does that make me stand?

Enough of this depressing thoughts! On to happier thoughts this Monday! Hope you have a great week….

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