Back to School!

Can't believe its already 3 weeks into the new semester! Wondering what we have been doing the past 2 weeks as everything seemed to pass in a blur. Finally this week Min officially went back to school *yay*. I had intended to let him resume classes after the first week but unfortunately, he had a bad cough and caught a flu at the end of the first week, and I had no choice but to let him stay home for another week to recover from the flu. He also went for his review at KKH last week and the doctor concluded that the surgery was a big success and she's glad Min is sleeping and eating better. Now we are hoping that he'll gain some weight (and size) as he's really petite in size compared to his classmates, so much so that the other parents are making comments to me!

It's finally done!

Min's surgery is finally over! I can't believe it was such a breeze and Min didn't have any side effects nor was he traumatised by the entire thing. The only thing left now is his Donald Duck-like voice, which will go away once the swelling goes away in the throat and nose.

Thankfully for the efficient ENT doctor, the surgery took less than half and hour and there was minimal pain and discomfort for Min, except that he lost his appetite the day after the surgery and we had to coax him to eat and drink so that the doctor can discharge him. Now that he's back to his old self, we are all so thankful. I am also constantly reminding myself to be more patient with the boys and not scream at them all the time so we won't start any scream fights with Min :P

Hao, unfortunately, came down with high fever the day after Min came back from hospital. I was so tired out looking after both of them. Luckily Hao's fever had subsided with the help of antibiotics. Poor Hao has to put on the mask at home most of the times to avoid spreading germs to Min and Ee. Crossing fingers that neither will catch his virus as the doctor told us that it's highly contagious. It will be disastrous if Min catch the virus and end up with throat infection and running nose. Touchwood!

This has been an eventful June and I am quietly glad that the school holidays are coming to an end. Desperately need our daily routine back when the boys won't be asking me what they should do everyday :P

家家有本难念的经!

人说家家有本难念的经。。。果然没错。风风雨雨这么多年，我真的有些时候有些想放弃，不想念这个经了。不知道为什么，我总觉得别人对我的要求特别的高。是我太敏感，还是我这么多年总是要求自己尽量做得别人不会对我太挑剔，反而害了自己。慢慢的，我觉得越来越不能胜任，越来越累，甚至有些时候，想要放弃。唉。。或许我该放轻松，别去在意他们说我什么。必竟我没法达到每个人对我的要求，而我也没必要搞得自己那么辛苦。如果他们要骂要责怪，就让他们去吧。儿不听，眼不看，嘴不说，也是一种学问。就让我慢慢的去学习这门学问吧!

1 week down, 3 more weeks to go!

Ah...school holidays are here and going away fast! It's already the end of first week, and in 2 days' time, we'll be heading to Phuket for a short trip with in laws. Not exactly the kinda holiday I am expecting but better than nothing. Will just go and enjoy ourselves with the kids. We will celebrate Hao's birthday at Phuket as it's becoming a tradition that we will travel overseas for his birthday nearly every year since it's in the June holidays. Convenient for us :P

Next week when we come back from Phuket, I will need to bring Min to KKH for his blood test prior to surgery on the 15th June. By then 2nd week of holiday will have passed, and 3rd week will be his surgery, which will leave us home bound as he will need at least 2 weeks to recovery and likely I'll keep him at home for another week when school reopens again. That's to let him build up his health again and minimise the chance of him catching on any flu bugs and other illnesses in school.

This holiday seems to be a short one, as I hardly have time to bring the kids out. Hope Min's surgery will turn out well. Keep him in our prayers.

Last Dash

It's the last lap dash....no, not the elections as it's over and we are getting on our lives as usual...it's the final few days to Hao's exam paper twos. Felt guilty as we didn't cover as much revision as we wanted to, but it's the best we can do with the time given. There's always this feeling that we had revised a lot but there's still a lot yet to be completed. At times, we felt so confident that he's gonna do better this time, but other times, we also felt he's not pushing ahead enough for better results. Some can tell me to relax, and I tell myself that too, but in actual fact it's so hard to relax and let him manage. There are many reasons but most important of all, he's always needing of assurance that he's doing good but just need to push further. My expectations are just for him to build his foundation well, and that would means understanding foundation concepts that will help him to build on his knowledge as he progress. Unfortunately, he's the type who will forget everything he's taught once the tests or exams pass by and will take time to rebuild them again. Definitely a push to study kid for now. That said, there's only 3 more days and there's so much we can do. Will let him revise by doing exam papers and cross my fingers and pray for good luck.

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!