2015 Week 25 Update

A very boring week, of which the only good thing I can say about it was it finally got over! Have you had times when time seems to be frozen and it moves like slush? Well that was exactly my week. For some reason, I didn’t have much to do and when I am bored, time moves slowly!

I’ve decided to start a personal 21 Day Challenge. My challenge is not to eat between meals. So far, this week has been good, I am quite proud of myself over the weekend also…Why 21 Days? That’s because it’s said you need 21 days to change anything or to make it a habit. So this is one of the first steps to a more healthier me I suppose. I am on Day 5 today, so still got another 2 weeks plus to get through. I’ll do a proper post once I am done. But I am putting it here so that I become liable to myself (trying to trick my brain I guess)

When I finish this, I am going to start a new one. You can also challenge yourself to change one habit of yours by doing your version of the 21 Day Challenge. I’d love to hear your updates in the comments..

PSLE Week 25 Update

We’ve reached a milestone on our PSLE quest! It’s less than 100 days to the big week!

BB gave the last of his entrance tests yesterday – this is for his second choice school. Actually he is not too keen on this school, it’s me who is making him do the test as a back-up. This school test is supposed to be much tougher, some people in the groups I frequent say there will even be secondary 1 syllabus questions – well I don’t know how he will fare, it’s all going to be left to fate! BB did say the Maths component was very difficult and he could do just a handful of the problems with confidence, but the Science component was a lot easier, with most of the questions Chemistry based and which he was confident about. They were also told not to discuss the questions with anyone, so I didn’t really ask him anything else. 

School starts tomorrow and there’s no easing them back into routine – they start the full schedule right from day 1. I guess because this is the only 12 odd weeks they have before their exams and they still have to get the Prelims in….

Well here’s to a good term for BB & GG – this is the term where we will have the Prelims and the PSLE Orals (I got goosebumps while typing the previous line, that’s how stressed I am about this exam monster!)

2015 Week 24 Update

My big news last week was the interview with my boss for the role I was interested in. Although, according to him, I was one of the more impressive interviewees, I highly doubt I will get the job as I don’t have the right number of years of experience. I’ll probably need a couple of months to get to speed, while he needs someone to jump right in and fight fires! But we did start a conversation going on my ambitions and I am determined to take this conversation further when he is back in office next!

Other than that, the highlight of the week was the Minion movie! It was so cute and I think I enjoyed it more than BB & GG! We also went for a Father’s Day dinner with S and his mum and aunt and that ended the week for us…

Now let’s see what the new week brings!

PSLE Week 24 Update

The last weekend before the start of school for GG & BB, well technically school officially starts on the 29th, but in their school, the P6s have to come back from tomorrow from 8 to 12:30, so it’s almost a full school day for them!

BB gave his entrance exam for his dream school yesterday. It consisted of 2 papers – a verbal reasoning one for 45 minutes with 96 questions and a logical reasoning one with 30 questions to be completed in 30 minutes. BB found the verbal reasoning paper a whole lot easier than the logical one which he said he just finished as the bell went!

The institute taking the exams will send the results directly to the school (we don’t get to see the results at all) and if the school feels BB fits in the criteria they have based on the test results and his school marks, they will invite him for a half day camp in the school where he will interact with teachers and students. After that if found suitable, he will get an offer letter! All fingers crossed from all of us that BB makes it to the next round!

Otherwise a mundane week here, with loads of studying done (I hope)!

I am getting more nervous as the PSLE dates come closer…..

2015 Week 23 Update

A pretty boring week, both at home and at work.

The Sabah tragedy really affected me and I spent the week crying whenever I read anything related to it. The fact that those children were the same age as GG & BB brought it that much closer to home. I hugged both BB & GG close to me this week and was sad for the parents of the children who passed away!

We say “Dil Dhadakne Do” yesterday and it did meet expectations. I’ll probably do a review on the movie later this week.

I really need to do something in life which I can post here. I am sure noone wants to read a home-office-home-children post week after week….

Need to get my A game today. I’ll post if all goes according to what I want. Just keep me in your prayers today…

Have a fab week everyone…