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2019 Secondary 4 Week 21 Update

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We are at the last week of school now, though both BB & GG have to go back to in the June holidays for extra lessons.

Both schools are also doing intensive lessons for those who take the mother tongue languages of Chinese, Malay and Tamil. They will have their first attempt at the O level exams in the first week of June. Since both BB & GG’s mother tongue language of Hindi is not in this scheme, they, along with other classmates sit in the library and self study during this period.

We are also gearing up towards the Early Admission Exercise for Polytechnics. Both have specific courses they are interested in and will apply for them when the portal opens in end June. If they get selected in the course of their choice, it means even if their O level results do not meet the cut off points of that course, they still get in as long as they meet the polytechnic entry criteria and course base criteria.

That’s all from us for this week! We have the parent teacher session at the end of the week and I wonder what both sets of teachers will have to say for the children.

2019 Week 20 Update

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This week went by in a fog! For some reason I was unwilling to do anything or be productive. I just went through the motions the whole week and poof, it’s a new week today.

We start the new week with a public holiday because Sunday was celebrated in Southeast Asia as Vesak Day which is also known as Buddha’s birthday or Buddha Jayanti in India.

After a long time we went out as a family over the weekend and I like how interactions with BB & GG are at almost adult levels. I don’t have to filter what comes out of my mouth to be more kid-friendly and can speak to them as if I am speaking with another adult. That’s fun actually.

I have lots of plans for this week, but today will be a bit slow because everyone will be at home. I know I work best when I am alone at home and can focus on my work.

Happy Monday folks!

2019 Secondary 4 Week 20 Update

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Both BB & GG got the results of their mid-year exams this week and the results have not been as expected. Their schools made the papers more difficult and marking was also stricter, the result being all of us disappointed with their results.

Long story short, their holidays will spent prepping for their prelims which will take place sometime in August.

I’ve had many conversations with both of them, especially BB and I am still unsure if what I said to BB has made an iota of difference to his thinking. I have also been doing a lot of thinking and I now believe that the right attitude is the key to doing well in examinations. If you study with the right attitude, then even a short study session will be more productive than a couple of hours of indifferent work.

I will probably need to do some more research on this and if it’s something that is worth sharing, I will do a separate blog post on the topic.

2019 Week 19 Update

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Another week and we inch closer to the middle of the year.

For Mother’s Day yesterday, GG (along with contributions from BB) brought me some skincare. Since both were out that day, they could sneakily buy the gift and came home and GG closeted herself in her room to gift wrap it. And gave it to me yesterday morning after they woke up.

From today they will start getting the results of their mid-year exams. BB was very subduded since last evening and was worrying about what is going to happen later in the day. I have tried to talk to him many times, but I really don’t know how to get through to him. I am hoping that the bad results this time will spur him up. He has the potential, but is quite lazy and hopelessly addicted to his phone!

I have quite a bit of things lined up to complete this week and hopefully I am productive this week. The past few weeks have been complete duds in terms of productivity and I am hoping this week changes that.

Have a wonderful week!

2019 Secondary Four Week 19 Update

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Exams are over and both children are enjoying a weekend of no school, no tuitions and no studying. I’ve given them this weekend off and told them that come Monday they are back to the grindstone.

They both, separately caught the Avengers movie with their friends and loved it! GG said she cried at parts and especially at the end.

When school starts tomorrow, they will start getting the results of their exams and I do hope they have done better than their common tests earlier in the year.

GG also conspired with her brother to buy me a Mother’s Day present. They are still asleep now, so I’ll know what it is when I see it.

Have a wonderful Sunday! To all the mums reading this blog, here’s wishing you a very happy Mother’s Day. You all are the superheroes of your family, and you rock every day!