April Update (I)

April was a quiet month.  I'm not going to update 5 to 10 posts at one go, as there were nothing much to update this month.

1) April BD/Karaoke
I attended 2 birthday celebrations in April, and both were karaoke and/cum dinner.

This was the cake Mavis choose for WK's mum 64th BD.  The Karaoke was too short, but was a cosy affair; the dinner was good; the kids had loads of fun.  I think BD girl was happy, cos family time and appreciation were all that this-generation-of-mummy yearn and lived for.. Wishing her many happy returns..

My boss's birthday was on 1st May; we went K box @ Marina Sq on a Friday night to celebrate for him.  I think it's much more fun to do karaoke with colleague.  Different people sang different generations of songs, it's hilarious and entertaining.

I sang 2 男女对唱情歌with the BD boy.  I think the way we sang was really like we always were - can sing, almost in pitch, almost coordinated, but not much chemistry, hah!  The pics of him and me are in my computer, will get them into the post next week.  Here's a very fun pic of me, Eva, and Hui Fen.

I took a pic of this and send to my ex ex colleague, See Yin, the ex-Karaoke queen who introduced me to singing in the open hall instead of room.  Those were the young and bold days.

2) Nailed

It was coincidental, that this happened a few weeks after a heard a survey result on class 95 about ladies drivers and the tire!  I knew that I belong to that majority in the survey result that doesn't know how to change spare tire, and didn't even know where the spare tire is kept, ha!

Anyway, this happened when WK was out of town.  I called Wee Juin (BIL), he said that he doesn't have contracts for this.  I called my dad, then realised that he out of town.  I chat May and Macus, and learned that Macus (BIL) was in JB.  I thought of Wee Loon (my only bro - cousin), but I knew he's out of town too.  So finally I took up Caroline's - colleague, female driver who belongs to the minority in the survey -  advice, and called Shell service station at Lorong 2.

The Uncle and his workshop guys were fast and efficient.  Still took about an hour in the hot afternoon (3 to 4pm) to complete the whole task, but I'm happy that I settled this "by myself" :).

3) School syllabus
For the past 2 Saturdays, WK and myself attended mini seminars given by the school on school syllabus.  I find these sessions very useful, and I believe that nowadays all schools conduct such events.

After attending, now I know why there's a big demand for tuition.  Unlike parents in the past, parents of today are mostly educated and informed.  We realised that if other children learn faster/more/better than our own children, then the other children will get ahead in examination and posting to better secondary school.  Then we realised that every parent, including ourselves are truly kiasu, and we do not want, and don't think our children can afford to lose out.  Then the next decision is either to teach by ourselves, or otherwise.  Then we realised that we do not have the time, the energy, and maybe even the ability (upper primary) to handle such a stressful and demanding role.  Thus tuition..

Hmm, I in this system..  decisions, dilemma, decisions, dilemma..  Am I going to be any different from the other parents?  Are the changes that MOE implemented going to help turn around the situation?

Anyway, life in P1 is still easy and stress free, at least for this school that we had chosen for Lynn.  I am only coaching her in Chinese at home now, as I hope to build up her basic reading skills so that she can read independently as soon as possible.