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lunched in with a group of parents and had a very interesting insight:
the few of us had almost finished half of of lunch except for mr. j, a father of a primary 2 girl, who seems to be busy at his work desk. once he was done with his work, he came over to the eating table shaking his head and mumbling “stressed.. headache..”
assuming that it had something to do with work, we asked him what’s wrong only to realise he was talking to another parent from his daughter’s class.
you know.. the young students these days have far more challenging tasks than we had back in our schooling days. but apparently, these challenging tasks are often accomplished by the parents.
j was sharing with us that his daughter had this science project of building a house with the strongest material. and so he did his daughter’s house with wooden chopsticks, joint with super glue completed with roof and windows, accessorised with a swimming pool, some pets and furnitures made of play-doh.
the funny part was that, on the day of submission, some students felt that their houses were not up to standard, and therefore got their parents to re-do the project for them! and so, these poor parents rang one another to seek better advices.
according to these 21st century parents, they build their network too. not on facebook and friendster for sure.
they exchange mobile numbers and emails, get invitations to various birthday parties, social gatherings and share with one another where to get the best art and craft materials, what to do when such materials are out of stock and which students fight in school. as such, it is very important to attend such social gatherings.
these parents have their own social status as well. that is, they only exchange numbers if your child scores well in class and does not fight in school.
incidentally, j’s daughter came in 1st last year and he got many parents asking for his contacts and invitations.
this saturday, j will be going to east coast park to collect branches and twigs for his daughters assignment. no wonder his daughter came in first last year huh..
i wonder what kind of pressure the next generation of parents, like me, will face?
maybe the rich will fare better since they can explore outer space..
last weekend was packed back-to-back. guess i wanted to let down my hair after my paper.
sat was at miss clarity cafe with chui, clarence, ray, yan, ana and xue li, followed by dessert at spinelli, courtesy of clarence. glad xue li enjoyed the time with us all.
sun after pm, helped a bit (literally a bit) with the shifting. afterwhich i went town with wendy. met wen’s cg and had a girlie session with jiahui who got attached recently, wendy the wife, and valerie a mother of a 5 year girl.
caught fool’s gold with wendy after their cg’s birthday celebration. guess wendy and i will be spending time with each other this season since the tau gang is occupied with some lovey-dovey moments heh
with all the programs last weekend, i need to do some temple restoration this week.
i was reminded of a recent evening where i just reached home and was about to change to my home clothing, and then a song came to me and i started to sing Him a love song.
it was a very simple and short moment. but when i opened my eyes a while later, i found myself weeping in His presence.
this morning ride with Him assured me of His love =)
the strength of a man isn’t seen in the width of his shoulders
it’s seen in the width of his arms that circle you
the strength of a man isn’t in the deep tone of his voice
it’s in the gentle words he whispers
the strength of a man isn’t how many buddies he has
it’s how good a buddy he is with his kids
the strength of a man isn’t in how respected he is at work
it’s in how respected he is at home
the strength of a man isn’t in how hard he hits
it’s in how tender he touches
the strength of a man isn’t in the hair on his chest
it’s in his heart that lies within his chest
the strength of a man isn’t how many women he’s loved
it’s in how he can be true to one woman
the strength of a man isn’t in the weight he can lift
it’s in the burdens he can carry
what can unattached ladies do on valentine’s day? we went shopping and i tried on some dresses. this looks the best on me =D we caught a movie after shopping and dinner.
this is an awesome film.
so awesome i would not mind watching the second time.
so awesome i would want to buy its dvd.
so awesome i want to buy the story book and read its orignal storyline.
it is so awesome.
so awesome i cried till my eyes were red and makeup gone..
but my valentine’s day was truely awesome because i was with my good friends.
and we told each other this would be the last valentine’s day we would spent with one another =p ahem
hope your valentine’s day was awesome too!
p.s. i love you
a survey from “it’s just lunch” finds that 52% of unattached singles spends Valentine’s Day with good friends.
i belong to this 52% and i’ll be enjoying this night with my good friends too.
happy valentine’s day!
submitted our group project late last night.. we were so late that the office door was closed. thankfully i tried to open it and realised the staff are still working. the lecturer who attended to me was so nice and encouraging.
am glad i can start to focus on mugging for my papers which are 6 and 10 days away.
yesterday was kind of kinky.. so kinky i almost broke down in office.
i need just a little more space for some fresh air.
i want to run to my hiding place where there’s only Him and i.
an email i just received from mis/curtin, few seconds ago:
Dear Geraldine
Happy New Year to you.
We have been informed by Curtin that there will be a roll over of your 1a/07 (RMD311 unit fee) of AUD1310 to your current 3a/07. Hence on records, there will be no outstanding fee for you in 3a/07, and an excess of AUD825.98 will be rolled over to 1a/08.
Thank you.
Warmest Regards,
Evelyn Lim
Manager | Continuing Education
i’m so thankful as i was just praying last night that this will happen so that my school fees for current trimester will be covered. otherwise i cant possibly find money to pay the outstanding amount.
God is indeed more than good. now i have excess money which will be rolled over to the next trimester.
watched jack neo’s comedy, ah long pte ltd on 8 feb.. some parts were downright funny/ lame/ crappy.. some parts were just duh.
left supper early with hui mei.. had wanted to go jogging with her, but i was already yawning on our way home.. will keep you posted about our next jogging outing at the neighbourhood!
celebrated bee’s birthday at chinatown’s ten dollar ktv club. she made close to 27 birthday wishes and one of her wishes is that i’ll get attached! ahahaha! aint she a cool and sweet friend?
this is the last song we sang before we left the ktv:
i’m beginning to dread cny celebrations..
the topics dad, mom, uncles and aunties talked about are the same.. education, salary, marriage, getting hitched..
the younger generations would be doing their own sort of visitation.. so i dont get to see my cousins.. well, not that i’m close to them in the first place, but at least something better..
the only consolation is that i still get my ang pows..
and get to snack some tidbits while staring into the repeatative conversations..
i’m so glad i’m meeting my friends later =)
