Me Time!
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ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2125001\" time=\"1702942125\" user_id=\"3:
Bring it to MeTime...sounds so familiar lol! First kid, coz she was lost so was with her for few years..at P5 thought she can be on own already, let go. Come 2nd one, I was even more relaxed. Psle TYS also never buy updated one. Now keep telling her .. look at jie.
There's an amount of jadedness. After you have gone through it with one kid, you get tired and lazy and doesn't go through the same thing with your next child. Hopefully that child should automatically do everything correctly since she would have witnessed what his elder brother/sister went through :imanangel: -
slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2125004\" time=\"1702945256\" user_id=\"28674:
I m just more absent minded nowadays. Actually had a gathering a day before travelling. Was feeling so bad while throwing away food..why didn't think of packing it for them to bring home etc. Use number to go in..but never mind la..already checked app.
Do you leave your keys with someone else? If so, ask that person to drop by and check for you? If it were a day, not so bad, but if you're away for a longer time, it's worth checking.
Another thing I have and do, which you could consider doing: I have a standard checklist of things to pack, and things to do before going on vacation. We run through the list in the run-up to leaving. The list is very long, to cover virtually all types of vacation, and I just edit as necessary for the specific vacation.
For future reference, you can actually freeze eggs, though I've never tried.
https://www.egginfo.co.uk/egg-safety/storage-and-handling/can-you-freeze-eggs#:~:text=Yes%2C%20you%20can%20freeze%20eggs,within%204%20months%20for%20freshness.
It's also possible to freeze potatoes - it's better if you cook them first!
https://realfood.tesco.com/article/how-to-store-and-freeze/how-to-freeze-potatoes.html -
MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2125006\" time=\"1702947050\" user_id=\"43981:
The jadedness is indeed v true. I spent so much time on my eldest's road to PSLE but when my younger ones turn came, I already went back to FT work haha. Also, i recalled when I only had my eldest, she went to all the enrichments possible eg baby gym, I can read, angmoh speech and learning centres, chinese, music, dance etc....when my younger ones came, no enrichments at all lol.....only 1 or 2 essential ones
Bring it to MeTime...sounds so familiar lol! First kid, coz she was lost so was with her for few years..at P5 thought she can be on own already, let go. Come 2nd one, I was even more relaxed. Psle TYS also never buy updated one. Now keep telling her .. look at jie. -
Do you all keep the tuition materials so that others can use them? My side really waste of money. Filing is bad…and they don’t like to read loose papers…even own tuition materials never used for exam revision esp for one dd. Another reason I find tuition for them rwally not that useful.
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I think every child has their own path to walk, even if they can benefit from older siblings and cousins’ experiences/materials. I’m the eldest in my family; DS is also the eldest among his cousins (not counting the one who is already 22 and far different syllabus at all points). I found that whatever materials/advice we passed to the younger ones out of willingness to share, it was never appreciated or even used. My younger brother chose to study his own way. I concluded every person wants to forge their own journey instead of being compared to others.
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I discarded many books coz don’t want to overwhelm my nephew. Bought too many for dd1. From now I think will buy selectively only when they want to buy.
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zac's mum\" post_id=\"2125010\" time=\"1702949972\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2125010 time=1702949972 user_id=53606]
Agree with this. Tuition materials and inherited notes may be useful for reference, but not everyone wants them or find them useful. I was the 2nd oldest cousin - but I never found my older cousin's notes very useful. And they were far too bitty and messy! And really, the practice of making your own notes is much more valuable as it helps you organise the knowledge and internalise it for yourself.
I think every child has their own path to walk, even if they can benefit from older siblings and cousins’ experiences/materials. I’m the eldest in my family; DS is also the eldest among his cousins (not counting the one who is already 22 and far different syllabus at all points). I found that whatever materials/advice we passed to the younger ones out of willingness to share, it was never appreciated or even used. My younger brother chose to study his own way. I concluded every person wants to forge their own journey instead of being compared to others.[/quote]
Even making use of your own tuition materials is not always helpful. For myself, I had tuition for Chinese and, for my final A level year, Maths. I don't recall ever finding the materials useful for revision! I always pretty much just started revision from the textbooks/lecture notes (for A level) rather than go through all the practice materials - there was too much, too incremental. I don't recall my kids ever using their workbooks or practice materials much when doing revision either. When revising, you should already more or less know the material so there's no need to go through everything step by excruciating step; making summaries and lists and doing some practice is a much better use of time. -
zac's mum\" post_id=\"2125010\" time=\"1702949972\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2125010 time=1702949972 user_id=53606]
Even for my kids who are 2y apart and from same Sch same syllabus, these notes were not referred to at all.
I think every child has their own path to walk, even if they can benefit from older siblings and cousins’ experiences/materials. I’m the eldest in my family; DS is also the eldest among his cousins (not counting the one who is already 22 and far different syllabus at all points). I found that whatever materials/advice we passed to the younger ones out of willingness to share, it was never appreciated or even used. My younger brother chose to study his own way. I concluded every person wants to forge their own journey instead of being compared to others.[/quote] -
Good to hear. Whenever I clear their notes b4 school starts, I have the guilty feeling.
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