I remember my mom watching me ordered bee-tai-bak during my recess time on the first day of school. So all along, I thought I would be doing the same – to watch the boy have his food during his recess from afar. But it looks like the policies at the schools have all changed now and we can no longer linger at the school. And instead of watching, here I am, writing this post while hoping that the boy ate well.
Anyway, I don’t think we have much to worry as the school has in place, a buddy system so the boy should not be feeling too lost. He was really enthusiastic about going to school, as we were excited about his first day as well.
There were so much stuff to prepare! Getting his study room ready. Fixing the right lights for his room. Getting his glasses prescribed. Arranging the school transport. Purchasing his textbooks. Finding the right wrappers for the textbooks. Searching for the right school bag. Buying the stationery. And…making labels for all his belongings.
Thank goodness his dad took most of the initiatives because I was as usual, as nonchalant as ever. Well, it’s not that I don’t care but I’m just not into such detailed preparation. Plus, I really don’t know how. As it is, I messed up the pick up time with the school bus and he was driven to school instead. And that was the only thing I sort of took charge of.
But at least, I saw him enter the school safely. At the least, I saw his happy face as he made his way to his classroom. And at the least, I was present for him as he entered into a new chapter of his life.
Yay to p1 madness. Experiencing the same and at least you got the labels ready.
Comment by carrie — Tue, 5 Jan 2010 @ 5:17 pm
Entering P1 is our next big milestone as a parent. Hahaha.
Comment by mumsgather — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 @ 11:48 am
How time flies eh..! it’s definitely something i tell you .. having our kids going into big school eh. And this is just the beginning. I know he will do well.. you take care. I do drop by often.. and to your other blogs.
Comment by mama bok — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 @ 7:59 am
Yoz, so fast hor, your boy is already in P1. Hope he is enjoying school.
Comment by Ashes — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 @ 8:35 am
we had a ‘great’ time putting 100 over pieces of chinese word cards into their wrappers and sealing them carefully with labels. It’s also a good time to get acquainted with hanyu pinyin again ^.-
Comment by Jes — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 @ 6:21 pm
Oh my.. my turn next year..
And I will be doing all the work..
So far he’s enjoying school?
Comment by zmm — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 @ 11:39 am