Going "Home"

Time really flies and very soon we will be back in singapore this Saturday. There are so many things to be done that I am having a bit of panic attack. The house need to be cleaned up before we leave as my mother in law coming over with us too. Another reason being end of year and Chinese new year soon. Yesterday we cleaned up the garden as it is very messy and if we leave nature takes its own course,w e will find a big jungle when we come back in January.

these few days I am trying very hard to finish cooking the food that we have bought. Funny thing is I have already stopped storing up stuff but still there are quite a bit to finish all. Need to clean up the house so that we can come back to a clean house.

Yesterday we went to Campsie VEt to place a deposit for JJ's stay at the vet's place. They gave us a special discount of $20 per day rather than the ususl $22 per day charge. With the booster for C5 we will pay a total $900 for its stay while we holiday in singapore. My neighbour said to take care of him but he must leave JJ in our backyard. In the end, we decided to send JJ to the pet hotel so that he has the company of other dogs. Think he will enjoy his stay there and furthermore with Vet around, I will feel safer to leave him. Having a dog is really not easy but he is really very cute and always follow me around and asking for love and sttention from me. He is no doubt one of our children too.

Anyway anyone of u back in Singapore want me to buy anything f from Australia? If so better email me fast. Adeline said to buy Macademia nuts last time as cheap but is it really that cheap? Now the cherries are real cheap though. Told Joe maybe to buy a box back to singapore but he said we could get them easily in singapore as well.

therefore any request do email by today or tomorrow k if not we are coming back soon.

Children's achievement

Today is Campsie Primary school award Day. Charles and Charlynn both have received the Academic achievement award. There is only 3 or 4 in the class getting various award and academic award means they have done well in their work. Felt really proud of them as they only came in March and could achieve so much in such a short time. Chantz did not get any award and we hope he will not be too upset and feel inferior. His disability does hinder his ability to perform well. A simple comprehension passafe means no problem to his siblings but he needed more time to digest and understand the passage. Hope he will try his best to overcome his disability to read efficiently. He needs to learn how to do speed reading and quickly if not he will definitely lag behind. He is able to do many things and use both hands in whatever hands on tasks. Moreover, he seems to have develop learner helplessness whereby he just wanna give up without trying. We tried to encourage him but he is still very doubtful about his own ability.

Charlynn is very sensible and she even received an award for her chines class. She is self motivated to excel and that is good. She is not proud and is a diligent worker. As for Charles, his character is that he wants to be number one in everything and very competitive. He is a bit kiasu.

Anyway, they like the school here and I really hope I can get my PR so that we can continue to study here. In Singapore, they were really put down too much by the system and school is no fun. Here they really enjoy being a student. Let's hope that my wish can come true.