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PSLE Week 29 Update

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And so it begins…. PSLE got real for us this week onwards. BB & GG had their Prelims Orals this week with English on Thursday/Friday and Hindi yesterday.

GG said she went slightly out of point for English but Hindi was easy. BB as he is wont to say said both orals were ‘OK’!

One happy news. Last week while we were Facetiming with my parents and sis, S came home with the mail. There was an envelope from the school we applied for DSA for GG. I took it saying, “It’s probably a rejection letter” and opened it. But it was an invite for an audition to the school. We had applied under an aesthetics domain to this girls school and so next week she has to go audition for a spot in the school. You should have seen GG’s face when she saw the letter – she was literally jumping with joy – and all this while my family was watching from the other side of the world! Actually they got a bit worried on hearing GG shout, but, of course, were very happy for her.

Quite a bit of children I know have gotten to the next round at BB’s dream school and I am still upset about that. But I need to take that into my stride and focus on the exams. Hopefully BB scores well enough to chance shot number 2 at the schools where he didn’t make it. Otherwise we have identified another school, quite unknown actually, but which has a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) niche programme with an emphasis on Aerospace, not too far. Let’s see what BB does now.

2015 Week 28 Update

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The last week was a short one because of the public holiday for the end of the fasting month!

But the weekend was far from the idyllic one that I envisioned. We didn’t get the magical email which would push BB to the next round at his dream school, which put a damper into everyone’s lives. I was shattered – for some reason I had already envisioned him in the school and now to realise that he’s not going to make it, somehow put me into a complete funk. I was depressed the whole day and at night, went to BB’s room to talk to him and completely lost it! I started crying – something I am not proud of – but if this makes any difference to BB’s mindset for the exams, I’ll take what I can get.

We go into the Prelims orals this week with both languages happening one after the other.

So here’s a nice quote to brighten up your day and another one for the week ahead! Ok, Monday, lets roll!!

PSLE Week 28 Update

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We are closing the PSLE Gap! Just about a month to the Orals and slightly more than 2 months to the final written exams!! Btw, BB thinks this is plenty of time. Earlier in the week when we were calculating the time left, he said “There’s more than 75 days to the exams, so much time”! Me and GG just looked at him with mouths agape!

We also got two sad pieces of news this week. Both the schools where BB gave the entrance exams for his DSA rejected him. One of the schools was BB’s dream school and this has hit him quite hard. I am also very disappointed 😢 with the outcome. This weekend is turning out to be a very disappointing one. But, now we need to look ahead to doing well in the exams now. 

We also got the full time table for the rest of the year from the school, it’s chock-packed till the end of the PSLE exams. I really need a holiday after all this. I am so looking forward to it, need to book the tickets soon as well as plan my India trip after the results are out…

2015 Week 27 Update

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Not a very happy week for me, this one!

I’ve had two ‘conversations’ with my boss and the first one last Monday was so, so depressing that I was in tears during and after it. I kept brooding over it the rest of the week and we had a follow up conversation on Thursday which was more of a mid year conversation. I don’t want to explain the whole thing in detail (which if I do, will take up more of your time than I care for you to lose :-)).

To summarise both the conversations is that I can’t escape the admin part of my current role anytime soon. With the team expanding, it only means more of this for me. Also, I don’t see any promotion in the cards, at least in the near future (within the next year). So now I really need to figure what I want – do I stay here and hope for the promotion in say a year’s time which may or may not materialise? Or should I move on?

I’ve been stewing on this, and at this point what I think I will do is wait it out. I will apply for new positions and see where that takes me. If I get a great opportunity, then maybe I will take it up or at the very least give this organisation to match that offer. If it does not pan out, then I’ll leave…

Well, that’s my life this last week. This week is a short one with Friday being a public holiday for Hari Raya Haji or Ramzan Id as I’ve always known it. For Muslims all over the world, it’s a time of feasting after a month of rigorous fasting!

PSLE Week 27 Update

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The PSLE just got more real for us! This week both BB & GG got their entry forms for the exam. They need to show this for all the PSLE exams. Back in India, it used to be called ‘Hall Tickets’ and used to have our photos in it too. This one does not have their photos, because they will give their exams in their own schools, while we used to have to go another school to give the exam. The form also has their exam ID and the subjects they are giving (except for Mother Tongue, most of them will be the same – just some of the children will give English, Maths, Science as either standard or Foundation) and the exam dates, time, exam duration and reporting times.

Being the kiasu mum that I am, I scanned them and copied them (I made 5 copies each!) so that in the event it gets misplaced, we have another copy with us….

The school also gave us the prelims dates and Orals start in as less as 2 weeks. The end is near…..I see it….

As a way for all us to destress, we’re looking at a short holiday in a neighbouring country when the PSLE marking starts in October. So we can relax before the shit hits the fan!

On the DSA front, still no notification from any of the schools we’ve applied for and that’s another stress. I just wish I know if they are not going to get a call back for the next round, then we can focus on the exam itself. I guess I need to put that off my mind – if it happens, it happens. BB is going to be so disappointed if he can’t get to the round 2 of dream school!

Sigh!! I wish I could make things better for them. It was so easy when they were younger – a kiss always made things better – but now that life takes over, it’s only so much a mum can do!