: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.
Posts made by kuzco
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RE: Lack of drive in Singaporean students a worry
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RE: Fancy a holiday tour group led by MP?
It will be a good bonding session for the MPs and the residents. This way, the residents can truly see their MP as โnormalโ people and not like those high in their ivory tower where they seem unreachable.
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RE: no cow sense and other local terms
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) = donโt really know what it means but remember my aunt scolding me this
longkang toad = somebody ugly -
RE: CNY - do you look forward to it?
Sun_2010:
*envy* :gloomy: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
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RE: CNY - do you look forward to it?
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. -
RE: My sec 2 son and reading
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. -
RE: 2nd Hand Book Shop!
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. -
RE: Your first choice for 2011 Secondary School...
ppnqq:
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.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.
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/secondary-one-posting/files/secondary-one-posting-english.pdf -
RE: Tingkat Dinner
24hr-mum:
Oh, apologies then...I didn't know that. :oops:they dont do it anymore.
but i found redleaf.com.sg
and yuan xin vegetarian cuisine
How is redleaf and yuan xin? Maybe can try to convince dh to go vege for 20 days -
RE: Tingkat Dinner
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.
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RE: "Leashing" children?
I was one such child who was leashed many many moons ago. It was a sort of a harness that was worn around my chest. My mother leashed me so as not to lose me in crowded places. I find it ok to use this on kids who might wonder away on their own.
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RE: Road Noise vs height
Jennifer:
Thanks all for the confirmation. Really appreciate as we are in the midst of looking around for a place to move to.
Good luck in your house-hunt. -
RE: Travel: Malaysia - Kota Kinabalu
Just came back from KK last week. Doesnโt seem like the monsoon season to me. We had fine weather in the morning, and like our local weather, the sky changes and tended to rain in the late afternoon and evening. The rain doesnโt last very long. It may rain more in the highlands, especially on the way to Kinabalu Park and Poring Hot Springs.
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RE: Road Noise vs height
Yes, I read somewhere that noise travels upwards and will be loudest between the 6th - 7th floor.
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RE: Can Primary School Calculator still be used?
Yup. Ds still using his trusty old calculator.
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RE: To throw or keep?
Thanks, janet_lee88 and Jinlol for your replies.
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To throw or keep?
Just went through DS Sec 1 textbooks and notes for his various subjects, etc etc. Should I keep them for future reference or can I throw them? :? I'm trying to make space for his Sec 2 books.
Would these come in useful when preparing for 'O' levels? Don't want to make the same mistake when I discarded his P3 and P4 science textbooks, only to find out when he was in P5, that these books were required in the preparation for his PSLE. :shock: -
RE: Receipients of School's Prize Giving Ceremony
Erm...any prize for secondary level? :scratchhead:
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RE: Tingkat Dinner
Hi Lilac66. I've tried Select's deluxe menu. Not much difference from the economical one except maybe one or two items may contain slightly more expensive dishes, eg they may give fried pomfret instead of ikan selar, more expensive veg like broccoli instead of chye sim, etc.
I didn't feel that it was that worth it to pay so much more. They are in fact more expensive than others.
I've been eating tingkat dinner for so long that I think my tastebuds are really jaded. :sick: Anybody else got any good recommendations......??