In about two hours, the month-long December school holiday would be finally over.
I dunno about you, but the first day of school always gives me the blue. Trust me, it's not juz the kids who are suffering from the “going-back-to-school” blue. The day stresses us parents as much as it does the kids.
You wake up earlier then usual to get the kids ready for school - preparing breakfast, getting their uniforms and shoes ready. On the road, the traffic is heavier then usual, and darn if it rains! Thankfully, Junior's in P3 and Senior Junior's in Sec 3. I no longer have to accompany them to school like I did when they were in P1, as most parents do.
So the "wayang begins ...." without fail each year after the month-long holiday. It's a yearly ritual many of us parents are used to by now.
Well, unfortunately, the wayang doesn't stop when I drop the kids off school. In the evening, Junior's bag has to be checked - is there any instructions from the teachers? Any homework to be done? Books to be brought to school, and so on and so forth ....
Life can be a real drag .... and dread... I'm looking forward to the first school holiday in March 07 already! Perhaps more eagerly so then Junior!
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Yipee.....it's back to school.
Yikes!!!!! it's back to the same old routine of rushing them to school, nagging to get the homework done etc...etc...
>You wake up earlier then usual to get the kids ready for school - preparing breakfast, getting their uniforms and shoes ready.
Not to forget finding time to blog. You are managing very well leh.
Multi-tasking, Victor. Haven't you leaned anything in the office? tsk..tsk..
Many relatives, including my wife, complained that when coming to look after my two daughters, I seemed be very lax, because I always believe in just supervising them, and not really delved into their lives. Perhaps it has something to do with my career, I had been a life-long supervisor in the Port. My belief, contrary to many other people, is that life is like a marathon race and the most important thing is to finish the race successfully, not necessary to be on top (unlike a 100 metre burst). My daughters have their ups and downs academically, but I am really happy that they did well at the end of their academic marathon race, and got into respectable careers, so far so good
and the best is yet to be (ACS motto. My daughters were from P.L. Methodist Girls School, sister school to ACS).
Woa... zen.. power man... I like what you said, that "life is like a marathon race and the most important thing is to finish the race successfully, not necessary to be on top". If only most of us think like that, there would be much back-stabbing in the office lor... I think most fathers are like that.. we're more laid back and juz let our kids be, unlike the mothers who are usually more "kancheong" over the kids welfare, esp when it comes to study.
Chris - Back-stabbing is a way of life in any working place, be it inside or outside the office. I had a fair share of these politics. There was an instance, where the stabbing was so bad, that my snr officer told me quietly, in our canteen, while having our afternoon tea: "Lam, you know one day you will be shot, without knowing where the bullets came from !" I told him: "Mr L, what to do. I still have to earn a 'salt' salary, meaning money from the Port, to make a living. Bear with it lah !"
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