2015 Week 35 Update

Another exhausting week with travel from Tuesday to Friday. For the first time in this organisation, I was sent for a training programme. I was debating internally whether I should do or not and in retrospect, I am glad I did it. My reason for not doing was my feeling of inadequacy that I didn’t have the experience the others would have and the internal feeling of being branded as an imposter. But I held my own against the others and even contributed a fair amount to the group. The group I was made up of senior people with an average of 10-15 years experience while I have a grand total 2.5 years of experience in this field!

Anyway, it’s back to office after being away for a while. This week is also an unexpected short week as Friday has been declared a public holiday because of elections in Singapore! Next week is the Listening Comprehension for BB & GG!

Have a great week folks!

PSLE Week 35 Update

The Prelims ended this week and they also got their results back. BB did quite well, and if he manages to do a bit better in Hindi, he can score pretty well in the exams. GG was ok, except for her nemesis subject Maths! I am hoping the next one month we can focus on the parts where she can score and so hope to get decent scores in the subject.

I was away most of this week too, so it was S who held fort again. Next week is the Listening Comprehension. I think I need to talk to my boss about working lesser hours till the exams now…

2015 Week 34 Update

This was such a tiring week that I spent the weekend sleeping – catching up on sleep and probably storing sleep for the next week, which also shows promise to be equally tiring!

Last Monday, I went to Delhi for a work trip, the flight there is worthy of a post all by itself. I’ve seen examples of rude Indians, but the people on that flight took it to a new level. When we entered the gate to the flight, we were welcomed by a big group fighting and this fighting was carried into the flight. Luckily I was able to watch a couple of movies I had not seen, so this didn’t bother me too much!

The rest of the week was hectic to say the least. I don’t sleep too well out of my home, so I think I survived on around an average of 3 hours of sleep daily. This was compounded by BB & GG calling me around 3:30 – 4 am local time daily so that I could talk to them before they left for school. Hopefully the trip next week will not be so bad as it is in the same time zone as Singapore!

I didn’t see anything of the city, except on the way back to the airport, but I’ll post some pictures later this week….

Have a great week folks!

2015 Week 33 Update

Another short work week for me as I worked from home the last two days of the work week. BB & GG started their PSLE exams with the English and Mother Tongue Orals and I stayed at home to give them moral support.

This week is my work trip, for which I leave later today. I am a bit apprehensive as this week is their Prelims. S will be taking half day through the week to sit with them and work on their subjects. Got two back to back ones, but I’ll be around for the last paper for the Prelims. Then I guess there’ll be a Parent Teacher Session before the school breaks for the September holidays.

Nothing much happened last week….Gosh I lead such a boring life….Hopefully this week will give me more fodder to write next week 🙂

PSLE Week 33 Update

The week ended with the PSLE Orals! Now that we have started, the pressure seems to be about 10% off. We’re down with 2 with 6 more to go…

Next week will be Prelims for the children and then a month of intense prep. The Composition and Listening Comprehension will sneak in between this before the final countdown in October!

BB was sick on Thursday morning with a high raging fever. I doused him with Panadol before sending him to school, and felt so bad in the process! There was nothing we could do at this point, but later in the day, I took him to the doctor, who, understanding the severity of the situation, gave us stronger doses of medicine. Luckily that worked and he was fine on Friday!

Both BB & GG seem to have done ok with both orals. I don’t want them to dwell on these exams, but look forward to next week for the Prelims. Unfortunately I won’t be around next week, so the onus is now on S….