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PSLE Week 38 Update

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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

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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!

PSLE Week 37 Update

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We had the Listening Comprehension exam on Friday and while GG said both languages were easy, BB said they were tricky. Aiyoh!! I don’t know whom to believe now…Hopefully they do well in the exams and get into the schools they want to get in.

I have been coming home at lunch and continuing working from home this week. Actually just 3 days as Thursday and Friday I was working from home the whole day. I will do this the next week also and then the week after that which is PSLE week, I will be at home till the end of the exams!

Both the children are stressed over the exams. GG vents it out and says she gets weird dreams, but BB is more close-mouthed. I think he has started sleepwalking. We found him in our bedroom the other day, trying to remove one of S’ pillows. Then yesterday, he woke up and found his jacket on the table – when he went to bed wearing it!

Hopefully they will do well in the exams – please pray for us as we reach the cresendo in this journey!

2015 Week 36 Update

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A short work week while Singapore went to the polls on Friday. The outcome was not entirely surprising, given that elections had been called a year early to capitalise on the euphoria of SG50 and the death of Mr. Lee Kwan Yew. This was a historic elections with every one of the 89 parliamentary seats being contested. What was surprising was the level with which the ruling party thrashed the opposition!!

We’re down to 2.5 weeks now for PSLE with the Listening Comprehension later in the week. I am planning to speak to my boss later today to discuss working half day in office and the balance at home till the end of next week and then working from home for the week and half of the PSLE exams.I also need to speak to him about any new projects since I literally don’t have any work in hand right now…

I also need to start looking for opportunities outside the organisation, but I think I will wait out the weeks till the end of PSLE.

We also booked our tickets to India for the end of the year, so looking forward to that trip and meeting my parents!

Have a great week everyone…

PSLE Week 36 Update

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With increasing trepidation, we are staring at the countdown to the PSLE! It’s now just about 3 weeks to the big exams!

The Listening Comprehension exams are next week and then after 10 days, the written exams! I am seriously stressed now….I can also see BB & GG start stressing, more GG than BB (he’s the don’t have any worries boy). GG is stressed over her results, especially Maths…

I will be speaking to my boss tomorrow to discuss a shorter working hours (at work) so that I can come home when GG & BB are home from school and continue working from home till the exams are done.

Then it’s time to look forward to our short getaway! Please pray for us folks…