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2018 Secondary 3 Week 42 Update

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I mentioned about BB’s relatively bad marks, this week, I reached out to all his teachers to speak to them. In his school, the teachers meet the parents of all students after the mid-year exams, but for the year-end exams, they only meet parents of selected students. I am guessing that he has not reached that stage yet, he is probably in the bottom 15-20% of his class, but not yet bottom enough to stage a parental intervention.

I spoke to a couple of teachers and have an appointment to meet some more next week. The consensus from his teachers seems to be that he needs to change his attitude which I  also agree 100%. Now I will know for sure once I meet his form teachers next week. BB is also going on a trip to a Malaysian state in a couple of weeks for a Humanities learning journey.

As to GG, she did relatively well in her subjects. In the subjects which she is weakest, which are Maths and Science, she did better than we expected, but there is still a lot of scopes to improve, which we will start working on during the holidays.

Have a blessed Sunday!

2018 Week 41 Update

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Last week has been a productive one for me with regards to my job search. Due to the networking event, I attended the previous week resulted in some interest from a couple of organisations. I am meeting one of them later this week and another who wants to see me on a more formal basis is travelling, so that will be moved to the beginning of next month.

I also met another organisation, but am planning not to pursue this further because the job that was told to me in detail during that meeting is not something I would be very comfortable doing. I am meeting them again this week, so let’s see where this takes me.

Navratri is on-going in full speed and every day I am making some offerings to the Goddess. It will end at the end of this week and we can start regular programming, albeit one where we will start planning for the next major festival of Diwali.

I hope you all have a great week ahead!

2018 Secondary 3 Week 41 Update

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Exams are over and its results time. Since BB’s exams ended last week, he started getting his results back this week. He didn’t do well at all with the exception of Maths. In fact he failed in his core sciences also which is totally unacceptable to me. He was upset at the results but this is what he sowed, so he has to reap the fruits of the same, right. I do hope he has a wake-up call and learns his lesson.

GG ended her exams this week and spent a nice long weekend just doing what she likes. Her results will start coming from Monday and while she is enjoying her weekend, she is also worried about going back to school on Monday.

Happy Sunday folks!

2018 Week 40 Update

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This was quite an interesting week for me. I finished up the back-to-work programme I mentioned earlier, and we ended the programme with a networking drinks event. I also made friends with the other ladies in the programme and we’ve decided to keep in touch even afterwards to give support to each other and also coach and help the others. We’ve planned to meet for lunch or coffee perhaps at least once a month and the person who gets a job will have to treat the others!

During the networking event, I was asked for an introduction by a couple of people from companies that sound interesting. I’ve also asked to be introduced to organisations I was interested in and have sent my resumes to those who have asked for it. After a very long time, I feel optimistically cautious!

On another note, given the programme I was on, I feel I owe it to myself to give myself time till the end of this year to focus on getting a new position. I want something bigger than what I am doing and will focus on this for the next three months, after which, if nothing comes up, I will switch to an entrepreneurial mindset and start working on growing my business.

Please send a small prayer my way (or if you are an atheist, send me some good luck) for the next few months to be great!

2018 Secondary 3 Week 40 Update

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Exams week! Both the children were neck deep in exams. Actually, BB’s exams ended on Friday, with just English listening comprehension left. GG still has major exams and hers will only end of next week.

BB has Tuesday off for marking and then his papers will start to be distributed back to the students. That’s when I will know how well he has done this year. GG’s exams end by the end of the week and she has Friday off for marking. Then next week, her papers will start coming in.

Then it will be a couple of weeks more with non-instructional days in school before they break for the year. They both have to go back to school for the first week of their holidays for a heads-up on their Sec 4 year and then the holidays with a tonne of homework.

Have a fun Sunday people!