Ja's New Beginning
Thursday, January 7, 2010
It has been nearly a week since Ja embarked on his new journey in his primary school. Many have been asking how he is, whether or not is he able to adapt to the new lifestyle and his new environment. Honestly, I was a bit or rather very anxious since Sunday. Cos like many of you, I was not sure if he being so playful and carefree in nature, was able to settle down in the Singapore education system.
On sunday night after church, we brought him to Jurong Point to let him enjoy his "last night" of freedom. Of course first stop being the arcade at the "Animal Kaizer" which is now the lastest craze of many students.
ON Mon, all of us woke up at 5.30am to show him our support! Honestly, it feels good to wake up so early! The air is indeed fresher and you seem to have lots of time too:) Ja boy was very spontaneous and woke up immediately and he even wanted to take a hot shower to freshen himself!
Ja and a very excited daddy
By the way, Ck has been praying over Ja and anointing him with oil before sending him down stairs. It seems like Ja knows what is happening and he will bow his head to receive the prayers of blessings his daddy would say over him! A great start daily!
Ja and his "Tak-Glam" mum!
All ready to set off! His Gonggong and PoPo bought him the jacket from KL! It was put to good use every morning!
As it was raining cats and dogs, we couldnt really track his school bus thus Ck and I went to the RailMall along Upper Bukit Timah to have our super early breakfast of Roti Prata at the Ah Mei Kaya stall.
Then after, we proceed to his school at Bukit Timah Pri to meet up with Ja. He was already seated for assembly and Silent Reading when we arrived.
All the parents and students jamming the assemby area
The funiest thing was, when he took out his book "Clifford the Big Red Dog" to read, his classmate, a girl took out an Enid Blyton book which was very thick and full of words!! You should have seen Ja's face when he saw that book! Ck and I were giggling as it felt quite "paiseh" to be reading his book when his neighbour was reading a thick one!! Hahaha peer pressure!
See Ja's look on his face as he was looking at the "powerful" classmate!!
We also dropped by during his recess time and Ja was already savouring his bowl of fishball noodles and a glass of "Kickapo"!!!
See Ja enjoying his glass of "Kickapo"?
He was so excited about recess and said that was his favourite part of his school!!! HE also had a Pri 5 buddy attached to him for the whole of this week! His buddy Gerald will be showing him where to place his used cutlery, where to wash his hands, the toilets etc. I thought it was good to have a buddy for a week and that really helped Ja to settle down in his new school!
Ja and his buddy Gerald (Think Ja looks more at home than his shy buddy:))
School officially ends at 1.30pm after which he will be taking a schoolbus to a student care centre near Palm Garden where his "Yee Nai Nai (Ck's auntie) works as a pre school teacher too. We thought it will be good for him to go there so that he can complete his homework under the supervision of the teachers and when he goes home in the evening, he can just bathe, have his dinner, watch TV and relax before bedtime at 9.30pm.
As for Jewjew, she definitely feels the difference as her gorgor is now out of the house for more than 12 hours daily! In fact for the first dew days, she kept saying "GorGor Gorgor.. no more..." as she goes into his room. Poor thing! Perhaps its time for her to join a play group so that she can be occupied with more things rather than being cooped up at home!
Ja was telling me during dinner 2 days ago: "Mum, I think I have grown up!"
Yes indeed, my boy has grown and I can see that over this one week, he has become more responsible and mature! Well, that means I also have to change my lifestyle which was easier said than done!
For one, I cant really get to sleep at 10pm!! My eyes are just wide open! And though I have no difficulty waking up at 5.30am, I realised I cant go back to sleep after that though my body is tired! Every night, I find myself busy sharpening pencils, checking his bag, preparing his books etc. Of course, eventually he will have to do all these himself. But I thought I let him settle down for another 1 week before throwing him with more responsibilities!
Well done, Ja!! We are so proud of you!
Labels: Javier School
Sign off, ♥ Eve
4:16 PM
Happy New Year!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Happy New Year! After all the anticipation, we have finally crossed over! Actually I had a lot of mixed feelings from 31st Dec 2009 to 1st Jan 2010. In fact, everyone is confessing that 2010 is the best year yet to be! But somehow, I always wonder that after all the countdown parties and feasting, it takes time for everyone to settle back and get back the momentum again. I can almost guarantee you for sure that tis coming Monday blues are going to be much much more compared to the other Mondays! Why?? Simply because the excitment and fun built up from Christmas to New year is too much!
So, I must say to myself: GET STARTED!!! THE YEAR HAS BEGUN!!!!
This Monday is going to be really excited.. cos Ja will be starting his primary school!! Woots!! GOsh! I don't know why an I getting the butterflies in my stomach?! I am not the one going to school!! But I guess like most first-time primary school goers parents, I am just anxious whether will Ja be able to wake up so early, will he fall asleep on the school bus, will he know how to buy food at the canteen, will he find favor with his teachers and friends (Yes he will, Amen!!), will he be accustomed to the after school care that I will be sending him?? And the list goes on and on....
Will be going to Popular later to get all his stationery and other stuff ready. Thanks to his Yee Yee and my sis-in-law for their presents-school bags!!! I remembered as a student, I always look forward to the start of a new school term in the new year as that would mean new bags, new shoes, new textbooks, new stationery , new seating arrangements, new teachers blah blah blah! I pray that Ja will enjoy his primary school years so much that they will form great memories in the later part of his life.
Well, this Sun I will be zzing really early cos Ja's bus will reach at 6.15am on Mon!!! Can you imagine that??! Should I drive him to school instead? Mmmmmmm.... Anyway, I will be following behind the bus to check out its route and ensure Ja goes to school smoothly. Also, I will be popping by during recess to ensure he is fine and finally to drop by his after school care centre to ensure he settles well. Busy Monday! Well, 7 years have passed since I gave birth to dear JaJa.. Time really FLIES! My boy has grown!!
Yippee!!!
Labels: New school term, New Year, Thoughts and Feelings
Sign off, ♥ Eve
1:46 AM
