Many of us would have seen this piece of news last week, as MOE announces that it plans to scrap mid year exams for certain levels in primary and secondary school. This is met with a lot of positive reviews but at the same time, there were certainly quite a lot of individuals out there…
With the World Cup fever roaring on and me on sabbatical, it has been many late nights awake watching the World Cup (with Dave) while nursing baby and practically, I am in a zombie- like state during the day. Which could probably explain the lack of posts for the last two weeks (coupled with the…
I attended the baby shower of a friend over the weekend. This is their second kid, both are daughters. The baby is absolutely adorable and we had so much fun as well as it has been a while since we last gathered with a group of mutual friends. In the course of our conversation, another…
Dave was telling me the other day that his cousin will be posted to overseas for work for around two years, which is great experience for him. He has been working at this organisation for more than 5 years and he had always been eyeing an overseas posting. Other snippets of this cousin; he is…
In my previous post, I had discussed how life might have been different if I had pursue my academic passions (or my self-perceived passions), and perhaps would end up with a different faculty, career, and ultimately, a different life. I might be doing something very different right now. Perhaps I am an art curator, in…
I chanced upon a post by Sillyinvestor and the subsequent commentary between him and his readersĀ and it hit me strongly. Perhaps because I think it kind of reflected my situation then. By way of background, Sillyinvestor is a primary school teacher in Singapore and his latest blogpost chronicles some of the issues and challenges of…
I played Aunt Agony to a junior of mine in the team at work the other day, and ended up spending more than an hour trying to “counsel” her and providing with a different opinion of the situation that she is in. Here’s a brief background. This junior of mine is one of the youngest…
Dave and I are mutual friends with this couple, Allan and Serena (names changed to protect their identities). They are both wonderful people, married for 5 years and have 2 great kids (with a 3rd one on the way!). Like us, they are also pursuing FIRE (Financial independence, retire early) and have put a system…
I was taking the subway home from work the other day and since it was rush hour, it was rather crowded. Needless to say, there were no seats available. Not that I needed one thought, since I was feeling perfectly fine, ain’t pregnant and I kind of wanted to stand to stretch my legs having…
In a friend’s post on facebook the other day, he wrote, “Life is a process….”. I then commented “I think life is more like a chain of episodes, each one playing out a different part of your lifetime.” He then replied by saying “Depending on individual, some would call it a journey”.