I've told Tai Pi that she is to revise her work for the exams starting tomorrow so today was her last study-free day. After Taekwondo, we went to view The Art of Cartier exhibition at the museum. Cartier classics such as the Panther Brooch and Tutti Frutti Necklace were on display. They were really breath-taking and the girls went "wow" at all the pieces. I told Tai Pi, the aspiring jewelry designer, that she should create exquisite and expensive jewelry instead of the cheap mass market types. She doesn't seem to get it, still prefering to create items that are affordable; it may be that I have turned the word "expensive" into something bad - "Mummy, can you buy that for me?" "It's too expensive!" "Mummy, I got this for $1." "So expensive!".
The weekends before this, the girls have been having enough fun I believe to last them till Tai Pi's exams are over. Just last week, to celebrate Ron's birthday, the kids went to Snow City. They had wanted to go to Snow City for the longest time. I was curious about the place too, imagining a winter wonderland. But it turned out to be just an oversized freezer compartment with a faulty defrost function. And just getting ready was so draining - getting the girls (and myself) into the jackets, boots, gloves, arrgh!!! But it was pretty fun I must say, sliding down the slope although we got our butts wet and Pumpkin got so cold towards the end that she declared that she would not come to Snow City again. After Snow City, we went to Palawan Beach at Sentosa. As much as I dislike the artificiality of Sentosa, I do like it that I feel like a tourist whenever I go there.
Last Friday was Tai Pi's Sports Day which for the lower primary levels is more of a telematch. Tai Pi took part in two events with some classmates and won a bronze in one of the events. She was so happy, she has been sleeping with her trophy since. Great job Tai Pi!
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What a cute little trophy. Snow City looks so like a real snowy place you could fool me into thinking you went to Switzerland or something. Definitely get the girls to do homework together, like we used to.
Tell you a real story of myself. When I was in P1 and P2, I wasn't really serious in my studies. Never bother about homework, never touch my books even before exams once I got home. Life was just play after school and during school holidays -- not books, no homework, etc. As expected, my exam results were just mediocre, staying around 70-80% average score and class position of 11th to 15th. Nobody cared anyway.
Then one day when I was in P3, I saw a watch in a shop a few doors from my father's and like it so much that I asked my mother to buy it for me. She promised to, on condition that I came in 1st in class in my mid-year and final final exams. That spurred me to serious learning but only before the exams (no continous assessments those days). I shut myself in my (by then deceased) grandma's room which everyone avoided entering as they believed her spirit was still around. I studied hard for a week or so, while my brothers, sisters, auntie and uncle were enjoying themselves playing and listening to music from Reddifusion, then lo and behold! You guessed right, I was 1st in class in the midyear and again in the final eaxams! Did I get my watch? No! Not even a word of praise not to mention even a candy! I was very disappointed but I kept up my good work in the exams, albeit less seriously wanting to be top in class anymore.
What is the moral of the story? Those who have children of your own may be able to answer. I leave it to you.
So what is the moral of the story?? We promised Tai Pi a hamster if she did well in the exams and her tution teacher also promised her gifts and she was very optimstic that she would do well but didn't turn out that way. I think she was just very hopeful but lacked the discipline to work hard. I think the moral of your story is you should have asked for something less expensive... like a hamster.
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