Its GE time!

I've never been interested in politics, nor I am supporter of any political parties, but GE 2011 turned out to be one interesting event that's talk of not just the town, but the entire nation, from 5 year olds like Ee, who's excited to see his school crest (the PAP sign because he's in PCF) to the elderly folks who packed the hawker centres just to see the party members walking around. The real excitement is the presence of so many opposition parties this time round contesting the PAP. The new generation is looking for a change, looking for better future with higher expectations and higher grounds to conquer, and the opposition parties are the new voices of the new generation, transpiring new hopes and new directions that the new generation wants to go.

PAP is great. PAP had brought us from nothing, to a world class developed country and helped us to achieve what we have today. But maybe things have changed. What we needed then was different. We have a lot now but we are looking for more. Maybe there's the bridge that is broken. They've build our homeland and is using the same strategies and method to help the new generation, but is that what the new generation wants? Maybe they need to listen more.

Now that the chance has come for us to cast our votes for our future, we have to be objective and realistic. Where will this lead? It's going to be an interesting 2 weeks leading up to voting day. I cannot imagine what will happen in this 2 weeks and what the outcome will be. Personally, no matter what the outcome will be, I salute our leaders for the sacrifice they have made for us to achieve what we have today, and hope the new leaders will lead us ahead and build a better tomorrow.

Picking myself up!

I've missed like *ahem* MONTHS of gym! And no, it's not intentional...it's just that there's been a lot of stuff going on at home these few months. I've been commenting to everyone around me that I've been going to the hospitals and clinics almost every other week! There's the boys' checkups, MIL's maid's checkup, boys falling sick, me falling sick etc. I need to pick myself up soon as I can feel my body getting more restless and lazy!

It's 2 weeks to exams, and this week are the oral exams. I wonder how Hao will fare this round. He's been developing headaches more frequently and doctor commented that it might be tension headache caused by his own stress levels, or change in weather, or change in his own mood. Not sure if the stress came from me as we've been really relaxed about his school work and trying not to push him too hard on that. Am a little worried about his headaches as I've got frequent migraines, and I certainly don't want him to inherit it from me! Hope he'll learn to manage his stress and relax more as per doctor's advice. To let him unwind, we brought him for a short trip to Malaysia just over the long weekend and hope he gets enough rest and play so that he can gear up for the coming exams. Crossing fingers!

Little thoughts here and there..

Min is down sick yet again. Fever that lasted four days last week and the same chesty cough, running nose and cranky mood. It might be that his bronchitis hasn't really recover fully and thus he's quite prone to getting sick once come in contact with others with contagious virus. Doctor also said he might have developed slight asthma due to his bad cough and his apnea contributed to him being more breathless. Hope that he'll recover soon!

We are at the same time counting down to SA1. Only another 1 month to go and I feel that Hao hadn't done much revising so far. We are not KS parents, just want him to be more prepared and have more time to get his work done before the exams. We are so looking forward to the June holidays after the exams!