sending her to government school...

ya... you read the title, it's a big NO NO right??

yep... for a while, I thought about sending her to private school, but after some check and balance, we think it's pretty risky... what more to say, all my peers, they're having their kids in government schools too...

all still look cheerful,

all are still smart,

all are still very... themselves, if you know what I mean...

all... still have lives... again, if you know what I mean...

anyway,

I've come across such saying before...

in the end, it's our attitude that counts, ie. parents' attitude, towards their performance in school, academically, or non-academically...

and... anyway, you should know... parents, are the first teachers to our dear children...

and... if you do disagree, then, stop here, and leave this page, I've nothing much to say,

in the end, we're in different world, we're in different position, and, we're in different boat...

so, the other day, we went to some place, to have some buffet, and the common washroom, based on the past experience, was dirty...

and I disliked it a lot,

so, the other day, when we're about to go to the washroom, I was telling my baby, that, the washroom is very dirty, "are you sure you wanna go with me?", (I haven't got much choice, as, I had too much of green tea, and that, I really gotta let it go, ^_^)

and that's what my baby said,

"don't worry, the washrooms in my school, are even dirtier!!"

now... I kinda gathered, what our education will provide my children...

well... I don't expect our education to be anything great, so great as to be compared to education system in other countries, even our nearby neighbouring countries...

oh~~ all not so great...

yes, we, parents, are job is to fill in the blank...

but I kinda gathered, yes, kinda...

that, it'll kinda train my children to be tougher~

haha...

yes, survival skill...

survival skill in this horrible world, in this horrible country, with horrible other people! kinda...

horrible, mostly...

of course, no. 1 to be,

dirty washrooms,

50 over children in a classroom, fighting for attention,

classroom with no cool-airconditioner, in hot weather at present, hotter and hotter...

though most children choose to be quiet, but still learning and trying to ask question... (I asked her to try to talk to teacher, when teacher's free!)

eating in a not so appetizing canteen, (no, I've to be fair, in fact, the canteen in her school is new, and pretty good, good enough for the standard of being it called "government", I think, it can be worse, but Praise the Lord, this school, really is not that bad!)

learning 3 languages, and sometimes you do wonder why... why so many... and most importantly, the "weight" is not balanced...

having textbooks/workbooks, which... seriously, even as an adult, you don't quite understand WHY, the purpose of the syllabus, and the purpose of those questions...

nevermind, we'll go through it,

and we'll check it out, trying to solve the problems...

ie. the problems of those brain-damaged book editor/writer, who, probably didn't even know where they're heading...

but, all so nevermind~

we'll go through this together,

we'll be tougher,

and hopefully one day, after going through all these great nonsense in our country...

we'll yet grow up to be tougher, (as for me, grow OLD to be tougher)

and that, hopefully one day, we'll be able to help to improve such system...

hopefully...

and hopefully, one day, when we look  back,

we'll say to them,

"nah... you stay where you are," (ie. as stupid as you can be!)

"and, I'll go where I want to go, with my strength, and my freewill...",

yes, THIS,

is to teach us to be...

tougher... simply...

as I told my childhood friend the other day...

don't look at those school academically...

these places...

ARE MERELY...

HOSTILE!

(you ask me why? ya... full of $$ scandal, 1.headmaster/headmistress who siphon the money from the school fund to don't-know-where, ie. hostile for the parents! 2. headmaster/headmistress/teacher, who, without communicating sincerely, bring out a cane, and hit those poor little school goers - you tell me, the environment's not hostile?? 3. once in a while, stupid politician bring out all sorts of nonsense facts, just for their own benefit, if you ask me, but that... involves change, CHANGE in our education system! not hostile??? HOSTILE~~~~~)

hostile??

ya... whoever are involved in causing this hostile environment, you deserve hell~

but I'll still thank you, for making our children tougher... if they will be...

and that's one good thing that you've done,

in this worldly world...

yet, it's not good enough of course, to bail you out of hell...

when one's soooooooo desperate... something bluetooth~

ya... it's nothing to shout about, but just a short note for myself, for keepsake... ^_^

the other day, I brought along my super old netbook, ie. HP NB1000, which I've dumped in a chromixium,

to a trip...

well, all these while, while using this netbook, I was using a wireless dongle, and for this time round, I didn't bring along that dongle...

therefore, I was not able to get online, AT ALL~~~~~~~ (dooms day!)

so, I was so so so desperate, and as I am a typer internet user, (ie. I don't quite consume, just consume, I do type of lot of junks, somehow...) therefore, I really do need a keyboard...

the place that I'm in, there're a few "get online" option, ie. a few AP for me too access to, it's just that, this netbook that I'm having, with the OS that I've given to it, didn't have the necessary driver...

but yes, I was so so so so so desperate,

so, I told myself, well... I'll just use my samsung tab4 to get online, I guess, I don't have much choice...

but then, let me try, if I can use this netbook, to serve as a bluetooth keyboard for my tab4,

so... I enabled whatever I could enable, and hook the 2 up...

then... I saw something, on the netbook(chromixium), where, the wifi icon down there, COULD "see" the tab4,

so, I tried to connect to it, there's no "error" message popping up, or something...

I then, explored more on the tab4 side, which obviously, I've not explored enough prior to this day...

then, only I found something called, "bluetooth tethering",

oh... if... if it'll just behave like wifi tethering...

hm... let me try...

I was pretty pleased!!! when I found that, it actually worked! it's amazing how technology is these days...

so, for a while, my super old netbook, was online, via the tab4's bluetooth tethering,

ie. whichever AP my tab4 is connecting to, the netbook will be connected to...

THAT,

then, I downloaded the necessary driver, and eventually, the netbook's online on its own... haha!

SUPER BLACK TALE...

let me tell you a story, about my super black...

hahaha!!! yes, the bloody super black, from the brand LEVI'S... (damn!)

it's a superblack kind of super horror story, of this pair of superblack jeans...

see... we've just shifted lately, so, there're some spring cleaning, and clearing, and giving away...

while I decided to give away, my superblack, cos, it seemed as if, the “black” is shedding...

so, I thought, maybe I don't need it...

and since it's shedding, I put it in a plastic bag, but after discussing with him, the conclusion is, all levi's must be kept... ooh!!!

and so I took it out from the box... well... I shouldn't have asked him, cos, I was a bit err... on the sentimental side about giving away, anyway... there goes the story...

as I mentioned, the “black” is shedding off... so, I thought, maybe I'll send it to cleaning services, let them do the job...

but... day after day, (well, going to cleaning services, is not my first choice, I don't quite like to go, never!)

one day, after I washed all my washable bags, I decided to give this pair of superblack a wash... then keep it again...

so, I threw it to the toploader directly from the plastic bag...(second mistake, first was, to take it back from the giveaway box)

and I switch on the machine...

after a while, I realised, the machine's not draining... so I opened up the tub and saw a black pool of water... and I thought, well... the colourant really was shedded badly... very very badly...

and my hitachi washer came out with this error code C2, which, I didn't quite realise the problem yet...

so, I started another cycle...

again, it's not draining...

and this time, I put my hand in, (of course, when the machine was stopped)

gosh... when my hand went in... gosh gosh gosh!!! I couldn't feel anything at all...

COULDN'T FEEL A THING...

no jeans!!!

no jeans!!!

no jeans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I moved my hand a little bit inside the DARK WATER! Gosh... I felt something... it's the label... yes, the back label!! the levi's label!! damn!!!!!!!!!!

the whole jeans disintegrated, in my BRAND NEW WASHER!!!

LEVI'S YOU MUST COMPENSATE ME! (I always thought, jeans is a lifetime type of outfit!!! now, LEVI's just proved me wrong! Then, don't sell your jeans so expensively anymore, you should also put on the label, that says, DEGRADEABLE!)

that's not the real ultimate problem, friend!!!!!!

let me tell you,

as the jeans disintegrated, all the whatever that was made into the jeans, has turned into mud and ashes!! that's how it felt like! And they all had gone down to the very bottom of the drum of my washer... yes, beyond my reach!!!!!!!!! very bottom of the drum... I couldn't touch, I couldn't reach!!!

I couldn't do a thing...

the water ain't draining, and there's nothing much I can do, and there's still a big pool of DARK WATER in the washer!!!

so, I scooped the water out,

one small bucket at a time,

from small bucket, to a glass, to using a cloth, to kinda dry the tub...

during the process, I picked up all tiny bits of debris of cloth, if I could, and throw them away!

What's next??

so, when I reached the bottom of the tub, there's nothing much I could do, so, I thought, well... maybe that's the end of the disaster...

so, I started another cycle of wash, ie. Tub wash! (hitachi's feature!)

and there, the second round of disaster started again...

it's DARK WATER again,

and it's not draining again,

when the water starts flushing into the tub, and when the drum start rotating...

all the black mud, ashes flew out...

and when I put my hand in again, I could feel the debris...

uncatchable...

just imagine, you put your hand into the bottom of a muddy river, and try to grab something, that's the feeling!

Realising the big disastrous event... I scooped the water out again, bucket by bucket, glass by glass... for the second time...

in between, still the usual housewife's routine...

after dinner, when he's back,

I did the third round, and again, it's the third tub of DARK WATER, and third round of scooping water,

it's non-stop, it's neverending!

Damn you! LEVI's superblack!

In the end, we both decided to give it a break,

maybe call the service line the next day, bla bla bla...

(but I need a washer, on a daily basis...!!!! ok, I used to think that, without internet connection, I'll be lifeless! But then, now, I realise, a washer is more important than my internet connection!)

I called the service line, they're indeed pretty efficient, and helpful, or at least, they're great at listening...

but then, the leadtime is 3 days, and after 3 days, it's not guaranteed that, I'll have a brand new good washer again,

and... honestly, they've never quite encounter such scenario!

so... after having a nice chat session with the service people, I'd a better and a firmer idea on what to do about the washer...

gosh! For that 2 days, I was damn bloody stressed up...

one brand new washer (less than 2 months) down the drain, and I gotta take out another 1.5K bucks for another replacement, damn you! LEVI's!!!!!!

but then, both of us know well that, even after this can be fixed, we won't be confident in it anymore... I mean, the tub was black, black black, all the time...

I honestly, don't dare to throw in any white colour clothing to be washed!

The rest...

you extrapolate...

that's the end of my superblack tales...

cheers...

we were doing some spring cleaning today, prior to our house-shifting... and he takes the lead in packing the kids' toys... haha, all I heard is, "whoa! how can this get here?", "why is the pompom everywhere?", "why is there bluetac inside the lego block?", "where is the other part?", I laughed... I then told him, by looking at the trails of these toys, you can imagine what the kids have been doing everyday... you may think it's an excuse for me not to clean up their mess everyday, or not to impose a rule for them to clean up each set each time they're done with it, of to make sure that they keep things according to each and individual set... honestly I've tried all that... but when it's just so of their nature to mix things around and create their own play, I gave up... I told him... creativity and tidiness, somehow don't go along with each other... I don't want to set too many rules for them, and to myself... they pull everything from the house and mix them together and create new things, and on and off, I gave them rubbish to play, boxes, cup holder carton from MCD... and to confess... the mess is up to the point where I don't know where to start.., if I were to start putting them back in order... only simple houserules, for eg. mess must be contained in certain area... like a corner of their room, or a corner of the living room... but just to recap... I did honestly think that, when he was kinda complaining how messy the kids' toys are... what got into my mind was all the activities they were doing, creating and enjoying everyday... in this house, (of course I admit that it's not each time I do welcome all these actions with a cheerful smile)... for eg. my sofa's cover, the thread started coming out, why??? as to my son, it serves as a runway for his cars, a cliff, or some sort... ya, his cars ran and fell off the "cliff" sometimes... and some of them broke... sigh... but, unstoppable... so I gave up... and their babyhood nappies are their picnic mat, or tablecloth whenever my daughter wanted to have a tea party... does she play her tea party with just a tea party set?? nope... she took our mini christmas tree, some ring blocks that she called donuts, and some colourful pebbles which she put in her glass... that's why, it's how messy it can be... at the end of the play... but in the end, it's their memory... and their childhood... oh... I have tried, but I gave up... haha... let them be what they want to be...

multipy mutiply, where are you now???

ya... somehow, I missed the good old day, of multiply.com... seriously...

and at present, I’m having the itch, to move my photos (not really move, but start anew) to other photo hosting websites... and, again, at present, I’m using flickr... till I think I don’t like it...

good old day of multiply.com,

straightforward and simple... sharing photos, straightfoward,

when I login to mutiply, I don’t use it to read news, or share news and so on...

straightforward in sharing photos, straightforward in managing your privacy, you could even check, who’s viewed that particular photo, or particular entry that you’ve posted...

none of the current SNS is that detailed, in managing the “privacy” setting... honestly...

and I miss the simplified timeline or whatever you call it, the “landing” page...

that’s why, nowadays, I “decentralize” my usage,

text, mostly twitter,

personal photos, mostly flickr... well, in the mean time, I’m posting as “private viewing”,

not sharing... don’t see the need to share yet...

general photos, instagram...

facebook, haha!! I used it for viewing others, and maybe doing some commenting, and mainly for reading news, what news?? hahaha... my japanese drama updates... hahaha!!!!

yes, cos, most taiwanese, the first generation of japanese drama fans, use facebook,

while the younger generation, they use weibo, yes, sina weibo, so, lately, I’m most active on weibo, wahaha!!! but active, in a non-private sense... nothing personal posted...

^_^

of course, while doing all that, I still do blog...

see, besides, the japanese drama updates,

the rest, I could,

I mean, I really could, settle well, with the good old multiply.com,

you see~?? you see~????????

so, right now, I’m in the mood, or searching more useable photo cloud storage sites...

shutterfly, or shoeboxapp, hm...

anyway, I gotta stick to flickr in the mean time...

cheers...

A.M. & P.M.

see... I've been struggling for a while, as in a few months, at least... regarding sending my 1^st baby to afternoon session school, vs. morning session... here, cos, the classrooms are never enough for the kids, primary schools and high schools... therefore, there will always be morning session AND afternoon session, with the lower grades go into afternoon sessions...

and I've beens struggling for a while, cos, I thought I wanted the morning school for my baby... as in, I thought, if she continues to go for morning schools... she'll be able to continues her other extra classes... and life will be easier for me...

but then, one day, I kinda got cold-feet a little bit, thinking of how early I'll have to get up, to get her ready, or US, ready to send her to school... not only that, after that, I'll have to send my little one to the kindy... yep, immediately I felt inconfident in that...

then, one day again, I kinda read about other moms and so on... mentioned about the fact of having one in the morning school, and one in the afternoon school... yes, the logistic part is a little bit challenging... a lot of driving in and out and bla bla bla... but then, there's something that's pretty... mm.... I'll say, “rewarding”, as in, at any time, you'll face 1 kid alone... as in, there'll be a lot of precious 1-to-1 session with the kid... and, I thought, that's pretty cool... rather than, as this moment, after I pick up big baby from kindy, she'll be a home, have lunch, nap, then, get up for classes, then, play, then bla bla bla... and lot of 2-kids-together time, that also means, a lot of fighting time... maybe... I was thinking to myself, maybe if, 1 in the morning, and 1 in the afternoon, the only time they can see each other is at night, hopefully they'll treasure each other more...

and hopefully, I can spend better time with each one of them...

cos, currently the little one has not gone to kindy yet... yap, big mama here prefers to keep him at home and enjoy his cuteness fully~~ (still super very cute! ^_^)

so... in the end, I told big baby, that, I'll not apply to change the school for her... she'll go to THAT school that I've registered her...

and hopefully, God Blesses us, THAT, she'll get into that school...

cheers...

he said... just a little bit of TV...

yesterday, I was scolding him... ya, these few days, ever since chinese new year, all of us are down with flu, luckily, the kids are getting better, in fact, the one with the best condition is she...

then, the little one,

then, both of us, BAD! The backflow is really bad, the mucus... gosh!!!

anyway,

so, I was in super bad mood, and I scolded him,

telling them, besides TV, ipad, and food and drink, nothing else he can do... (I know I know, some of you experts out there, will tell me this is the last thing you should say to your kids!)

but then, that's kinda true...

cos, in the normal days, he'll switch on the TV on his own, sits down on the sofa and watch... (ya, no ipad)

then, while watching, when he gets bored, he'll start looking for drinks, or food...

non-stop...

I told him, he's going to be FAT FAT FAT!

He sensed my anger...

so, while I was in the washroom...

he came and asked me humbly..

“mama, can I watch the TV, just a little bit??”,

ok... I have to say, the way he asked, sooooooo innocently...

I've no choice, but to say, “ok!”

~_~