I was at Cass' school at 7-ish this morning to attend a talk. It's a UPSR exam (a government exam for Year 6 students) goal-setting talk, where parents of Year 6 students are invited to attend this motivational talk together with their kids. Attendance is not compulsory though. I attended this talk when Alycia and Sherilyn were in Year 6 in that school. During their time, the parents and students had to take an oath where the parents promised to do their best to nurture and encourage their children to study hard and the students promised to strive hard academically to achieve their targeted number of As in the UPSR exam. This year, the oath is omitted.
At the entrance of the auditorium, the parents' temperatures were taken and we were asked to sanitize our hands. In previous years, parents' attendance were higher. This year, in bad light of the Covid-19 outbreak, attendance was lower. I could still park my car at the car park right outside the school vs parking at least 500 - 800 meters away in previous years.
The parent and student had to write out the latter's targeted number of As he/she is hoping to achieve in their UPSR exam on a piece of student's achievement progress form. As you can see from the form, this year is all about exams and targets! But Cass is still so chill and totally unperturbed, which ain't very good.
The HM also announced that after the week-long school holidays, all Year 6 pupils have to undergo a psychometric test. The entire talk was in Mandarin and I was struggling to comprehend everything that the principal said. Luckily this time I didn't doze off, unlike in previous years 😂
The talk ended earlier than expected (YAY!). After I left the school, I sent my car for a wash and walked to PappaRich for breakfast alone. For once I was hoping that the sun will be out so that I could do my daily dose of 'virus-killing' in the sun when I walked but today has been a gloomy day. The scene is very, very gloomy in every aspect of our country 😥
The below short article, written by a reporter from The Star papers is an excellent way to describe the economic condition in our country now:
The economy is *slowing*.
Businesses are *suffering*.
Foreign capital *fleeing.*
Stock market falling.
Ringgit *weakening.*
Living cost *rising.*
Personal wealth *shrinking.*
Consumer confidence *slipping.*
Public anxieties *growing*.
Coronavirus *spreading*
while Politicians are still busy *fighting.*
The country rotting.
What a bleak and overcast start to the new year. When will all these doom and gloom ever flit from our country?
The first term school holidays start tomorrow and it looks like we will all be home bound for 9 days! Our pastor has just Whatsapp-ed us to inform that the Chinese church service, Sunday school and youth meetings will be suspended for 2 weeks. The English service will still proceed at 9 a.m. as usual. We may still go to the mall but cinema and arcade will be off limits for them - just a quick lunch and book shopping perhaps. 😐
At the entrance of the auditorium, the parents' temperatures were taken and we were asked to sanitize our hands. In previous years, parents' attendance were higher. This year, in bad light of the Covid-19 outbreak, attendance was lower. I could still park my car at the car park right outside the school vs parking at least 500 - 800 meters away in previous years.
The parent and student had to write out the latter's targeted number of As he/she is hoping to achieve in their UPSR exam on a piece of student's achievement progress form. As you can see from the form, this year is all about exams and targets! But Cass is still so chill and totally unperturbed, which ain't very good.
The HM also announced that after the week-long school holidays, all Year 6 pupils have to undergo a psychometric test. The entire talk was in Mandarin and I was struggling to comprehend everything that the principal said. Luckily this time I didn't doze off, unlike in previous years 😂
The talk ended earlier than expected (YAY!). After I left the school, I sent my car for a wash and walked to PappaRich for breakfast alone. For once I was hoping that the sun will be out so that I could do my daily dose of 'virus-killing' in the sun when I walked but today has been a gloomy day. The scene is very, very gloomy in every aspect of our country 😥
The below short article, written by a reporter from The Star papers is an excellent way to describe the economic condition in our country now:
The economy is *slowing*.
Businesses are *suffering*.
Foreign capital *fleeing.*
Stock market falling.
Ringgit *weakening.*
Living cost *rising.*
Personal wealth *shrinking.*
Consumer confidence *slipping.*
Public anxieties *growing*.
Coronavirus *spreading*
while Politicians are still busy *fighting.*
The country rotting.
What a bleak and overcast start to the new year. When will all these doom and gloom ever flit from our country?
The first term school holidays start tomorrow and it looks like we will all be home bound for 9 days! Our pastor has just Whatsapp-ed us to inform that the Chinese church service, Sunday school and youth meetings will be suspended for 2 weeks. The English service will still proceed at 9 a.m. as usual. We may still go to the mall but cinema and arcade will be off limits for them - just a quick lunch and book shopping perhaps. 😐