:goodpost: Well said, Sun_2010. The education system does not take kindly to those who don't do well or fail. Miss the first strike, and you are out forever.

It will be a good bonding session for the MPs and the residents. This way, the residents can truly see their MP as ‘normal’ people and not like those high in their ivory tower where they seem unreachable.

Brings back old childhood memories

pak bang (beat mosquitoes)/yeo kah = very relaxed/very free
half past six = cannot make it
siao ting tong
kodok (frog) = don’t really know what it means but remember my aunt scolding me this
longkang toad = somebody ugly

Sun_2010:

This is one holiday that i really really look forward to.


Why?

Being non-chinese, its all play and no work for me.

I soak in the festive atmosphere , dig in the caloried filled love letters, so much of read , my fav colour in the air, mandirin oranges and of course Long long weekend to laze around and no real responsibilities

:celebrate:

*envy* :gloomy:

KSP:

Exactly 1 week to CNY eve!!!

*groan* don't remind me..... :nailbite: I'm not looking forward to it. It's boring and noisy and I don't exactly know what to do when most of the in-laws will be yakking away or playing mahjong, while the kids will be on the computer, PSP, DS and what nots. It's either watching the TV or reading the newspaper. I'm getting really antsy and want to get it over and done with.

prancingpony:

Unlike my dh and I, my ds does not like reading much. I had read to him from a very young age and had loved doing it but somehow he does not seem to pick up the habit. I can't think why. He's very selective and it's hard to make him pick up a book though when he finds one that he likes he reads it very fast. As such, his essays are not fantastic and his vocabulary is, of course, limited. He prefers spending his free time playing computer games. I regret somewhat for not being strict enough about reading as he was getting older, but can one really force someone to read? I have read some of his friends' blog which their school made them do and some of them were just fantastic. I wish ds could write that well. Any pointers to make him like reading? He's in sec 2 (is it too late?).

I have a Sec 2 ds also who also doesn't like reading. He doesn't even like picking up the newspaper to find out what's going locally, not to mention around the world. He only reads the comics section. Similarly, he is very selective and reads only what really interests him. Free time is spent on the xbox, youtube, facebooking, msn, etc. :x

But I have noticed that ds will pick up a book if it is related to a movie or tv programme that interests in. Movies like IronMan got him interested in reading the book. So did tv programmes like Dexter, which he now looks for the books in the library. Another programme Lie to Me, made him interested in books in body language.

Maybe you can observe what topics interests him and then try to lead him to books with such topics.

Right now, I'm just happy that ds picks the occasional book that interests him. Well, at least it's better than not picking up any books at all.

25hourmaid:

When I was in Primary School eons ago, there used to be one such shop at a corner in Serangoon Gardens. Forgot the name of the shop, and boy, now that you are talking about it, I sure miss that liitle shop, cramp but had good varieties of second hand story books! :love:

Wow....that was ages ago. I know that second-hand bookshop too. Used to pop in to borrow Enid Blyton books like the Famous Five, Secret Seven, Bobsey Twins, Mallory Towers. Then graduated to Mills & Boons books :love: Rental was like 10 cents, and get five cents back on return. Haha...how cheap things were then.

There another secondhand bookshop that I sometimes go to nowadays, called San Bookshop. Can be found at some shopping centres like Tampines Mall, Plaza Singapura, etc.

ppnqq:

May I suggest something? Is it possible to list all the schools according to their area such as North, South, West, East? I think it will benefit those who has no idea where the schools are located at, such as, ME. :oops:


Need to know which are the better schools in the north area too. TIA.

You might want to refer to this link. You'll have to scroll to Reference C, which is page 17 of 28. Hope it helps.

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/secondary-one-posting/files/secondary-one-posting-english.pdf

24hr-mum:

they dont do it anymore.

but i found redleaf.com.sg
and yuan xin vegetarian cuisine

Oh, apologies then...I didn't know that. :oops:

How is redleaf and yuan xin? Maybe can try to convince dh to go vege for 20 days

I've tried this one but it was a few years back. DH doesn't like vegetarian food cos he likes his meat, although me and DS were fine with it.


http://www.natureveg.com/tingkat.htm