2015 Week 39 Update

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

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!

2015 Week 38 Update

Boring….Boring…Boring!

This is my week in a word! Like I mentioned before, I don’t have any work to do, especially these weeks while I am working from home. So to keep myself busy, what I did the past two weeks (in between small bursts of work), was working on my blogs and planning for our trip during the PSLE marking week.

The haze was another topic this week, with the PSI (Pollution Standard Index) going beyond 300 which is in the hazardous range last week, especially during the Hari Raya Public Holiday which made the education ministry declare schools to be closed on Friday! After that day, the PSI index has been between 100 – 200 with some bursts of below 100…We all hope this sustains itself till the end of all exams!

The PSLE exams start this week. I’m torn – in a way I’m glad it’s finally going to get over, but on the other hand, wish we could have more time….

Please pray for us that we get through this first major exams well….

Have a great Monday folks!

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PSLE Week 38 Update

The PSLE exams start next week!!

The Haze situation in Singapore is getting real bad. Last week, on Thursday, it was spiking the whole day, finally peaking at over 300, which is the Hazardous range. Parents in all the groups were fretting over how the children will cope with this in the run-up to the exam when the Ministry of Education declared Friday a holiday for Primary and Secondary schools in the light of the situation. Friday morning was bad, but cleared up quite a bit mid morning. BB & GG’s school also cancelled the Mid Autumn Festival and Family Day the school had planned!

Now praying hard that the haze remains in below 100 (the preference) or in the 100-150 range till all exams are over. We were told this situation will go on till early November due to the El Nino effect here!

Praying hard both GG & BB do well in the exams so that they can choose their school, and the school does not choose them!

Please pray for us!!

2015 Week 37 Update

A non happening week with all focus on the PSLE!

I have been working half day from home so it hardly felt as if I was at work last week. This will continue this week too and then next week till the end of the exams I will be working from home.

Actually working from home is a misnomer as I don’t have any work to do! Just before I got permission from my boss to work from home, I did mention that I don’t have anything on my plate now. His response was “So what will do at home?” I stared at him for a moment and mentioned some things I had been doing since last week to keep myself busy, but that’s not really something great. Aah well, in a way this is good as I don’t have deadlines while at home, but it becomes difficult to pretend to be busy at work! 😦

I have decided to start looking for new opportunities, I am starting this process now, so by the time the exams are done, I should be able to do this in all seriousness…

I am looking forward to the end of the exams so that we can go shopping!! I’ve planned some stuff with BB & GG and this is something to look forward to….

Have a great week folks!