The school had a term 1 Meet-The-Parents session today. What perfect timing isn’t? Read my post yesterday?
Yup! I just had to ask, “Is there any form of communication between teachers teaching different subjects?”
Miss N. (Keatkeat’s Chinese Teacher) replied, “Yes.”
Me: “If yes, then may I know what is the reason for arranging Both Maths and Chinese tests on the same day?”
Miss N. “What? I did not know about that.”
In my head I was going,“Huh?! But you just said you guys communicate with each other and now you said you did not know?!”
Miss N. continued to explain, “We have a representative for each class to ‘coordinate’, to prevent such issues from happening. For Primary One students, we would not want to give them two tests on the same day. Let me feedback this…. This should not have happened.”
So it was the mistake of the representative which stressed us up. *eyes rolled* Now I am hoping for good news next week….. *fingers crossed*
None of my nieces had tests during Primary One. Even though there were mock tests, none of the results from the mock tests were taken into consideration at the year end examination. But not Keatkeat’s school.
Keatkeat’s school which was my Primary School too, decided to initiate a new system of assessment. Its back to the good old days. *wink*
Seriously, it does not matter to me, but what nudged me to write this post was the CHINESE TESTS AND MATHS TESTS both fall on the SAME DAY! *faint*
Man! Keatkeat’s stress level rose when he marked it down on his calendar. “Huh? 2 Tests on the same day? Then no time to play!” was his immediate response.
A little update on his progress. His Maths is Awesome so long as he stops being over-confident of himself and starts making silly mistakes. How silly are his mistakes? Here is an example:
He did all the sums right, but he copied the letters wrongly! *faint*
Silly Enough? No? Look at the next one:-
He forgot to write the letter “m” for monkeys and “b” for bananas!!! *Double faint*
And that was how he could not get Full Marks for his maths exercises. What a waste! *pout*
So 11th March is the ‘deadly day’. Both Maths and Chinese Test. I call these two subjects his “A” subjects. Why? Well, his Maths is Awesome and his Chinese is Awful!
His Chinese is so bad that his dad is seriously considering to get him into a tuition center. *eyes rolled* To me, nahhh…. its expected and I can accept that fact, but not his beloved Papa.
Oh well, we shall see his performance after the Tests on 11th March first, before his Papa takes any actions.
Today is the first time my boys experience the real deal. They had an understanding about death when they were 4 and 2 years old: Read Post here
Allan’s mother’s brother’s wife passed away this morning. She was already in the Intensive Care Unit on the eve on Chinese New Year. Respiratory difficulty.
The family is handling the wake details as I am typing this post now. We will be off to meet them once everything is done.
A time to celebrate has became a time to mourn…. *sigh*
For the very first time in my 32 years being alive, I had my reunion dinner at a restaurant.
All my life, reunion dinners were taken in the house. This year, we wanted something special, but we could not decide until my sushi crazy 4 year old said “Let’s Eat Sushi!”
We thought it was an Awesome Idea! Having a healthy meal of Vitamin E enriched rice with my favourite high in Omega-3 Salmon…Whoo-hoo! Perfect Choice!
So we headed down to Sakae Sushi at TradeHub21 for three simple reasons:
Firstly, we have yet to visit this branch!
Secondly, we have an option to book a Private Room! I certainly felt rich being able to afford a private room! *laugh* Nahh….its just a small price of $10.00. However, if your bill exceeds $100, the room charge is waived. Hitting that $100 was easy peasy for us, big eaters! *laugh*
This was a totally new experience for us as a family. I love the way we could put down our legs into the ‘hole’. It felt like we were in Japan! Cool!
Thirdly, there is a playground for the kids. Definitely a cool experience for them, to eat their favourite sushi and get to play at the same time. Our room was separated from the playground by just a sliding door. Perfect convenience for the parents to lookout for their kids.
They had so much fun, I could not resist but took a short video of them playing.
While the kids had fun outside, the adults were happy to have a breath of kids-free air! Freedom! *laugh*
Deciding what to eat was hard! We were spoiled for choice! *laugh*
The kids had no problem ordering though.
Their usual favourites included Kappa maki (cucumber), Tamago maki (egg) and Ebi Sushi (prawn).
To me, new year means new beginning, hence new tastes were a MUST!
My sis is a gourmet queen. So nothing was new to her.
But for Allan and I, we tried these for the First Time: Lobster Salad Sushi, Spicy Salmon Handroll, Inari Roll and the biggest surprise was Hotate Mentaiyaki. It was Super Delicious!
We tried new food and the kids had a new friend!
His name is Ryan! They had so much fun, the boys kept coming in to tell us about him. *Smile*
But when his family left and the kids needed the comfort of an air-conditioned room, they came in and turned the room into a playground! *faint*
We were so full!! Not only were our tummies full, our hearts were filled with joy too! For the first time, did not need to wash up after reunion dinner! Hooray!
So while the kids admire the tempting display of Sakae merchandise, the adults were at the Cashier.
It was $142.70 before discount. All thanks to my sis’s Citibank credit card, we had a 10% discount.
Thus the final amount was only $128.45. The fulfillment achieved during those 3 hours were beyond compare to that amount. *Smile*
I think this is the VERY First time Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day fall on the same day. How auspicious! *wink*
I Really Wished I could have the time to go to each of your blogs to wish you guys Happy Chinese New Year… Hhhmmm…. In the end, I could just do a short post here…. hope my wishes could fly through many miles and reach you guys. *Super Hugs*
Xin Nian Kuai Le! Gong Xi Fa Cai!
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Happy Valentine’s Day to all Daddies and Mommies!!!
Do you have a child whose words make you go “Huh?!”
Or a child whose sentences make you laugh out loud most of the time?
I have, but I have not been posting enough of them on my blog. I remember the last ‘good‘ example of how amusing my Binbin is (to me), was when we had ice-cream on Ben and Jerry Free Cone Day.
Today he told us something which was just as senseless as what he said that day:
Binbin: “I will be a dog the whole day tomorrow.”
Allan: “Why?”
Binbin: “Because tomorrow I am going to eat at that new Sushi place.”
Allan and I:“Huh?!”
Me: “What has that got to do with being a dog the whole day?”
Binbin: “Because I will be sooooooooooo happy!! When I am happy, I will be a dog the whoooooolllllle day! Ruff Ruff. Mommy look at me!!! My two hands curl up infront and my tongue sticking out. *panting*”
Angeline is my name. Friends call me kids-crazy. Children grow up so fast. Blogging helps to record down the many events and emotions shared with children who come along the way, before such moments are forgotten.
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For the very first time in my 32 years being alive, I had my reunion dinner at a restaurant.
The kids had no problem ordering though.
We tried new food and the kids had a new friend!
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