7:59 AM

The Straits Times has a weekly article called "7:59 AM" which features a photograph showing a scene in Singapore at precisely 7:59 AM. Here is our own 7:59 AM moment taken this morning. We had just reached the park and were putting on our rollerblading gear. It would have been earlier than 7:59 AM if I hadn't left behind a couple of pairs of skates causing us to have to go back home to get them. Fortunately we live near the park.

7:59 AM

After rollerblading, we had breakfast at Old Town White Coffee, an eatery done up in modern traditional coffee shop style. An elderly waitress served us and seeing the girls, asked, "Don't you have school?" I mumbled, "No school." She continued, "School holidays are over right? They don't have school?" "No. No school today," I insisted. Tai Pi said to me after the lady left, "Why didn't you tell her we were homeschooling?" "She probably doesn't know what homeschooling is," I explained and I wasn't in the mood to introduce the concept of homeschooling to anyone just then.

So did we not have school today? The girls would have loved to have a whole day of fun but yes we did have school (except for Sai Pi who skipped kindergarten this morning), just that we started in the late morning instead of the usual 9am. That's one of the best things about homeschooling; it allows us to schedule our time in a way that works best for us, so if early morning is the only time Daddy has to spare, then lessons can wait till later because family comes first.

Breakfast at Old Town White Coffee

Arty silhouette shot