Hi All


Next weekend is the NATAS Travel Fair. As I’m planning for a family trip to Taiwan from 25 Nov to 30 Nov 2012. I would appreciate your advice about Taiwan.

(1) I hear from my friend that visiting Taiwan over the above period is not recommended as there is many raining days. thus this could upset our trip. Is that true as I never been to Taiwan before? What is the weather and temperature like during that period, is it really the raining season for Taiwan?

(2) My friends discourage us from getting around the entire Taiwan as that would be too rush for us if we join tour. Their advise is to go for taipei and gaoxiong will do. Any interesting place to take note for this two tourism place?

(3) Lastly, any good travel agent to recommend during the NATAS Travel Fair?

appreciate your advice on it.

thanks.

happyfather

Thank for yr suggestion. Anger is part of personal well being, quite true

Hi all


Yes I have a 8 years old daughter (although not my biological daughter) but I love her very much like my own kid. She was trembling and crying when she hear us quarrel and smashing the iPad from her room. After the quarrel, I went into the room n see her crying, I know I made a mistake already by letting her know what was going on. She is afraid and crying. I quickly hug her n told her not to worry as we are not scolding her. But the first sentence she made is, "I don’t want this type of life". Very sad on hearing it as she has been through this type of life during her biological father previously. Sigh… A mistake that parent should never quarrel with kid around. Anyway, guess I would still miss my little girl if she is taken away from me one day, afterall we joke and had fun with one another for almost four years together le. Not easy to build the trust initially when we stay together and she was very rude towards ppl at that times, but we manage to change her attitude and she is a good n sweet little girl nowadays. Sometime I wonder to myself, I love my little girl more than my girlfriend. I talk to my daughter more than my girlfriend, I kiss my daughter more than my gf ( but dun be mistaken, is a fatherly shown of love, not bgr type), is this normal? Ya, I admit I do not have good temper but I seldom throw things when I anger. The moment my gf said that I feel pain when I dump away the food,that even anger me more, thus I smash the favorite iPad to proof that she is wrong. I dun care how much it worth. As we quarrel every few mrhs over small thing, I m really tired and that why I ask for a quit on this relationship despite she promised me that she would change each time after her quarrel. But I think enough is enough, it is time for us to move on with our new life. The only person that I can’t bear to part is cute daughter, guess there won’t be any fun or joke after she left me.

Hi All,


Writing this subject in a heavily mood today. 2 weeks ago I accompanied my girlfriend (together abt 3 years) to buy a Ipad2 32 GB Wifi at SGD798 plus other accessories which comes up to be SGD900 (fully paid by me as it was meant to be a gift for her). But yesterday in a moment of anger after a heated argument, I smashed it against the wall and on top of that, use a hammer to smash the screen to make sure it is "dead" totally.

Whole thing arise beco of the stupid housework. Every Thursday we had an agreement to do housework together. But yesterday she teased me in the morning by telling me that she is going to work overtime, thus leaving me to struggle at home on the cleaning of the whole house. Well, that I can understand due to work requirement and I just left the house in the morning thinking that I can handle it alone in the evening. As I was very busy at work the whole day, I didn’t message or IM her for any chat. Then when come to the evening, I didnt message her as thinking she could be staying overtime at work and could have consumed her dinner at her workplace. But when I reached home, I’m surprised that she has started doing the housework. But she is blacked-face to me, as she was thinking that I was angry with her that she is not coming home to do housework with me together and never a call or message from me (but I was really busy at work). I explained to her but she couldn’t accept my explanation at all. Later when I run errand outside for a while and thinking that she has not taken her dinner, bought 20 pieces of satay and 1 rice plus desert for her to eat. But before I mentioned anything, she immediately said she dont want to eat when I told her I bought her some dinner. I started to get agitated, and thus dump all the food that I bought for her in the rubbish bin. Then as argument get heated up, I snatch the ipad on the table that I have bought for her and smash it against the wall causing it to be dented but still functioning. Subsequently I took out a hammer and smash the screen until it "die". I said she dun derserve this ipad beco she dun trust my word. This is not the first time we have all this small useless arguement but the fact that she feel insecure and always suspect (at times, she even jealous about my female colleagues when I mentioned things that happened at workplace).
Neverthless, she said she is moving out of my house in a week time and we broke off now. Sigh, hope it is over soon.

Hi Parent


Anyone has any idea what is the difference between class p1-1 and p8 in north vista primary? Does that mean my kid is not "clever" and thus has been assigned to p1-8 class which is towards the last two class?

Regards

Hi Jccmum


Ha ha, it seems both of us are in the school for that orientation day except we didn't manage to know one another. I even try out the chinese canteen stall for fried kway teow and guess how much? 50 cents per plate and drink is one dollar per can. Quite reasonable priced for primary school student. Didn't manage to buy the textbooks and the school uniform yet as need to rush off after the briefing by the Parent Support Group as my child is having the enrichment lesson thereafter. Did you manage to buy the school textbook and school uniform on that day? By the way, my employer cannot release my work earlier in order to fetch my kid from the student care which end at 645pm, which left me with no alternative but to source and hire someone to pick up my kid from student care after it ended at 645pm as there is no possibility that we can pick her up before school closed. Another expenses for us again...sigh.

jccmum:

To parents considering North Vista Pri

The orientation starts with a performance by the P1 children. The children developed the whole performance from the dance step to the music. I am inpressed. then followed by talk by the principal, VP and nurses on dental care.

After attending the P1 orientation, I've learnt the following:-
1) the school is extending the class from 220pm to 310pm with CCA during lesson time except 130pm on wed. There will be 2 breaks, one at 10am (20mins) and another at 12nn (40mins)
2) the students are required to purchase a Netbook around mid-end of P1
3) parents are only allowed into the sch to see their children on the 1st day of sch. Did not mention the 2nd day. Other days they are only to drop the sch at the bistro(canteen) in the morning.
4) speech and drama is incorporated into the english lesson
5) children will build up their own portfolio thru out the year
6) name tag will be distribute when the sch opens

Hope this helps

Hi Kimifi


Why dun u consider putting yr child in Buangkok MRT Faith Educare services, they have staff to look after the infant till 9pm weekday. Currently i am also panic looking around for ppl to help me pick up my kid when she is in Primary One next year as the school care end around 7pm and there is no way I can pick my kid up before that timing. No relative or friend or neighbour to help me as well, still wonder how to solve the problem even if i put my kid in the school care within the compound.

Hi Jccmum


Well, I hv received a call from the school requesting the parent to go down this week for pre-orientation on which u can avoid the crowd on the actual day to make yr registration n purchase of school uniform etc. however as i am tied up with work, so have to give it a miss till the actual orientation in Nov 2009.

Cheer

Hi Jccmum/Rainbow


Yes, the school did organise excusion trip for kids. During my last orientation, the principle did mentioned that they want the kids to treat it as a learning session during the outings. If I am not wrong, usually it ranges from one day to 3 days malaysia trip, desaru, cameroon highland etc. They will be exposed to the natural world and learn skill like how to use the digital camera, how to apply and present what they have learnt or seen in their project. Although parents are welcomed during the trip, but the advice from the principle is not to interefere into the learning trip of the school students, eg helping the kids take the picture of their project, typing the workproject etc. hahahaha…

So Jccmum, yr kid is enrolled into Primary One next year yah?

Cheer