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A Good Start for the kids

It is hard not to be influence by pple ard me, especially there is anything to do with the kids. So our Ms Worry started to get BT getting her ger to redo all the P1 assessment work again to strengthen her foundation. As for me I think Janelle should start something on P2. Yes, I joint the BT clan, self enrolled and greatly influence by our BT Chairwoman - Ms Worry (as the name implies). Not only me, my MIL is the "佬佬" of BT cos she has long started Janelle to clear her P2 好朋友 way before I could take any action. Janelle's Chinese will not progress this much - I mean written Chinese. On top of that. Janelle surprised me with her HYPY ability. She is so strong in it that she can immediate form the HYPY of the chinese character faster and accurate than me. I hope her 1 week crash lesson at the enrichment center will bring lots of benefit in her future chinese learning journey. For English I let her do her reading, she has finally and willingly dug into the stack of Shakespea...

Achievement

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We are already proud of her achievement n it is never too much to be further recognised by our own MP again. We are the fortunate one that is unfortunately cannot apply for the bursery.

Changes on our holiday

I should have expected this but I didnt. The original road trip to Cameron Highlands will have to be shelved to a more sunny season. The landslides alert from the Malaysia authority which released two days ago made us rethink about the driving trip up. We did not want to take the risk, and BIL was right. What activities can we do during raining season? We may not be able to go to the farms visit at all. Finally, I have cancelled my hotel booking and we now switching our aim to have a stopover at KL then going up to Sitiawan. We will try to find where to go from there. Law will be getting the Grand Millenium Hotel from his ex-collick at a very good price. However there is no breakfast provided. Janelle will most likely complained about it. The hotel is at the heart of Bukit Bintang and lots of makan. Mum will be happy to be able to meet Ah yee for a day before we proceed back to Sitiwan. Wonder if Ah Yee be going back with us too.

Happy Days

Janelle called to tell me she was awarded with $15 popular book voucher for her good performance this year. *applause* She was very happy with it. I guessed the joy of be able to be one of the many good performancer in the all levels to go up the stage to recieve an token of encouragement from the principal was great. She even got a little "gift" to mark her performance this year, which I think the school did great to the students. I really appreciate their thoughts in many ways. The next day, Janelle came back happily telling me she didnt look at the script and still delivered her speeches well on the P1 Orientation day. Yes, I am very proud of her. We could see how well she spoke when practising with her at home. Even surprised me that she doesnt seem to have stage fright at all. Hope the school will have better knowledge to be imparted to the kids next year.

Award presentation that we missed

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Parents were not invited to the award presentation so Janelle brot this home on the last day of school. Hard work was paid off. It was a great encouragement n motivation factor for the child n parents . Hope to fill up the display cabinet with the children achievement over the years.

Well done Janelle = Bonus to parents

We were out sending Julian for his class when Janelle called and told us to make a trip back MIL place cos she needed both parents signature on her report book. Report Book - Yes, I wanted to know how well she fare this year. A wrap up of her 2011 academy performance. We dropped by MIL place, and before I could even "analyse" her result, she told me she was placed 3rd in her class. 3rd, still room for improvement, that is what I have in my mind. MIL asked if she scored well? I told her using her words. It is all "A" for her subject. In another words, Janelle scored Band 1 for all the subjects. On Thursday, there will be a prize giving ceremony to award the top 3 students from each class. Unfortunately, parents are not inviting to view the ceremony. Overall well done Janelle!

学以致用

I didnt know Friday is the start of the school holiday for Janelle till she inform me. However, my dear girl is not starting her holiday soon yet. She was appointed as the MC on Friday, to help out in the P1 orientation. She was excited, I was told that post was supposed to be held by her classmate. Unfortunately, she was down with HFMD so Janelle was the backup. I told her it was a great honour to be able to make use of what she learnt in her Orator training.

Janelle doing sewing

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Here training janelle to handle needle n thread. Simple cross stitch for a start.

M hotel staycation

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Check into M studio hotel for a weekend staycation organized by hubby who managed to get a great discount from his ex collick who is working with the hotel. Our room is so small n get it is so smart. It is like a mini penthouse with the bedroom upstairs n the living room downstairs. Kids love the concept so much that they keeps running up n down. Breakfast at nearby Epicurious is great but not cheap. I have a smoked salmon bagel which is filling n nice. After that I continue to nap till noon. Feel depress to know tmr is a working days. 4 days of breaks passes just too fast.

Vacation planning

It is exactly 1 month away from our year end vacation trip. We are excited, and the kids are excited. Finally, the kids have completed all their papers. We will have one more staycation this weekend + a wedding lunch. Just when we all getting excited abt the trip up to Cameron Highland, mum called to check if we could cancel the trip there as aunty called her to change to another location due to the raining season. She just scared that there will be a land slide along the way. So where shld we go then? For me, some work to be done in office before I leave office.
While giving Julian his morning hug, I asked if he love daddy and mummy. Mummy: Who do you love? Julian: I love daddy. Mummy: How about me? Julian: I love you too but u always scold me! Mummy feeling bad. Mummy: As long as you are not naughty and do your work. I would scold u. "Kiss"

What books did your kids read?

Janelle loves reading but not newspaper yet. From picture books with little words to less picture and more wording. I am glad the transition is fast for her. I got her books like Geromino, Ronald Dahl, etc. She started with girly books like princess and fairies to a little bit humour and horror. I am trying to get her stories on detective to expand her scope of reading. She particular enjoys History like the Lost City or Mummy. That are the few sessions that she will visit in the library. Besides that, she is a fast reader and could finish up a few in a days if she is free. If there is a library camp, I will signed her up for that so she can read all she wanted. The next stage of reading - fairy tales, a section that she has not venture into. Not about normal fairy tales, I am looking into fables, greek fairy tales for her. One other things I face difficulty is to get her to read her Chinese story books. The progress is slow and they are not as interesting as English book. Haizzz.. try...