Touchdown Quebec City
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Wednesday 29th April 2009
After 4 months of fun, it had not exactly come to an end yet. From here
begins another month of travelling to east canada and east...
16 years ago
Thursday, July 16, 2009
busy exam week
yet another exhausting and mentally draining week...is it too much to hope for that our kids can carry a decent conversation? apparently, it is! ok, enough said!
on the homefront, i am relieved that my baby got into the school of our choice! haha! i know what some friends will say - "closet elitist"! but i think it's really important where my kids go to because they'll be spending a lot of time there with their friends. just the week before i saw a group of very young girls, who cannot be more than twelve or thirteen, being escorted out of a store at Parkway. Their escorts? Some five to six strapping young policemen. One of the girls looked as if she was handcuffed. I wonder if shoplifting constituted their idea of a thrilling Wednesday afternoon? I was devastated to say the least being a parent and an educator myself...
on the homefront, i am relieved that my baby got into the school of our choice! haha! i know what some friends will say - "closet elitist"! but i think it's really important where my kids go to because they'll be spending a lot of time there with their friends. just the week before i saw a group of very young girls, who cannot be more than twelve or thirteen, being escorted out of a store at Parkway. Their escorts? Some five to six strapping young policemen. One of the girls looked as if she was handcuffed. I wonder if shoplifting constituted their idea of a thrilling Wednesday afternoon? I was devastated to say the least being a parent and an educator myself...
Sunday, July 12, 2009
another milestone
come next year, my youngest will be in primary one. but tomorrow, the first step...yes, folks, it's that time of the year for primary one registration! it may seem strange but i am excited and nervous and happy and sad all at the same time. maybe not sorrowful sad but definitely a touch of something there. my baby's going to primary one! my firstborn just turned sixteen and my baby is going to primary one - i am overwhelmed!
i suppose, as with most parents, my children's milestones - like the first day of school, the first birthday party they attend without us, sleepovers, psle, o levels (typically singaporean events) - are how i define an important part of my life as a parent. i revel and cherish each babystep they took and celebrate (almost) every single achievement they made. even with five kids, somehow, the wonder never diminish as each child unfold before me their little and great achievements. they have never failed to amaze me and their father...and imagine, for us it's always five times over!
i suppose, as with most parents, my children's milestones - like the first day of school, the first birthday party they attend without us, sleepovers, psle, o levels (typically singaporean events) - are how i define an important part of my life as a parent. i revel and cherish each babystep they took and celebrate (almost) every single achievement they made. even with five kids, somehow, the wonder never diminish as each child unfold before me their little and great achievements. they have never failed to amaze me and their father...and imagine, for us it's always five times over!
something new
this is definitely uncharted territory for me...exploring a nether world where only digital natives have gone before...but hey, i guess it's better late than never!
i wonder if this is how columbus might have felt when he discovered the new world? hmmm...well, i guess for moms like me, the cyberspace is the last frontier...
i wonder if this is how columbus might have felt when he discovered the new world? hmmm...well, i guess for moms like me, the cyberspace is the last frontier...
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