Davy's haircut

Sunday afternoon, Davy went to a hair salon to get his hair cut. Monday, the school have a hair check and the teacher failed him and say his fringe is too long. if he don't do anything about it and attends school tomorrow, they will send him to the school barber and pay $10 to cut for him. Poor Davy, he's really getting very frustrated. He tried hard but it's never enough.( it happened in Jan too) This is frustrating for me too. I cut his hair in Jan and so I thought maybe my standard is not acceptable. I spent money to let the pros do it and end up I still need to trim the fringe! It's time to make a trip to his school.

God loves Jayne

Jayne called from school and asked me to buy some chicken meat for her to practice her play. I was so busy with the cleaning of the house for CNY that i forgot all about it. After dinner, my husband and I went out to attend a wake. When we got home, it was close to 11 pm. I rushed out immediately and the supermarket is already closed. However, one of the shutters was lowered 3/4 way down and they were closing a/c for the day. I peeked in and requested for them to let me buy a packet of chicken. They were so gracious to let me. Thank God for His amazing provision!

Level heads

Papa and I were talking with Jayne about her fast and furious J2 year. She mentioned somethings that her level Head told the cohort. Papa said with a straight face," so the rest of them are not level heads?" We do need humour from time to time!

Daniel coaching Jayne in dance

While I was busy fixing dinner in the kitchen, I over heard Daniel asking Jayne if she was practicing her dance for competition. After watching a few steps, he asked her to count and started counting out loud for her. "1 and 2 and 3 and .... "After a while he said, "I don't know if you can win, show me another one" and continued counting.." 5 and 6 and 7 and ..". Speaking like a pro, he concluded. "I think you can win" Sure sounds like he'll make a good trainer. Dance training, anyone?

Joycelyn plays again

Joycelyn and Daniel attends EKC ( Electric Kids Company) at 11.00 am. During their children's worship, I noticed that they do not have a drummer even though there's a drum just sitting there. After talking with several people involved in the program, they are interested to have a drummer at their program. So 3rd Sunday of Feb, Joycelyn will have a chance to play. I'm happy for her to have as many opportunities as possible to gain experience. It's good for her to use her talent to serve God!

Daniel speaks Hokkien

After a shopping trip with Daniel, we were coming down the stairs of the overhead bridge. I saw Bus 10 leaving the bus bay and I commented: Aiya, missed the bus. Daniel held my hand tight , lookup then said," Nevermind, we can cheong!" I was shocked to hear a Hokkien word coming out from him. I wonder where he picked that from...?

ACJC J2 parents talk

Attended a talk at ACJC for J2 parents. Feels very overwhelmed by the workload and pace that my daughter will be working thru! Hope I can be a good support to cheer her on in this race. One perspective that a teacher shared with us regarding career guidance opens up my perspective on how I should help my kids in this generation and time. In the past, people tend to stay in their line of work all their life. Now the trend is that one is expected to hold at least 4 jobs in a lifetime! She gave the example of a person graduating and say work as an engineer. After a few years, he might face retrenchment. Then he might sign up as a teacher then pursue Master/Doctorate and end up as a scientist. If this prediction is correct, our kids today need to be very adaptable to flex with the situation and have a heart to learn and keep progressing! Sorry kids... i don't think you are going to have it easy. But with proper attitudes in life, you can with God's Grace!