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Friday, June 26, 2009

It's been a long week.

To all my dear friends out there reading this, who are starting school on Monday, you have no idea how hard your teachers have been working in this past week.

It has been a madness frenzy ever since Wednesday, since we were called back for an emergency meeting.
The endless calling of parents, checking for details, travel history, updating of contact details, labelling of envelopes, etc etc...
And then there's ALL the lesson planning and worksheet prep in the case of school closure....

ALL OF THESE had a deadline.... Wednesday afternoon.... and we started work on that very day itself........

And after all these were completed..... we had to call parents the next day to check for receipt of letter, as well as prepare lessons for those on Leave of Absence because they came back from an affected countries....

It is TERRIBLY TERRIBLY insane....

But we survived...

Monday is gonna be a pandemonium, a frenzy.... especially with the new trigger temperature set at 37.6 deg.....

Lessons are gonna be SOOOO affected that I believe many will wonder why not close school instead.....

But on a personal viewpoint, it really is FAR FAR safer for all the kids to be in school (provided the parents are truthful about travel history, of course!)

Why? you may ask....

Here's why..... even if school closes, I'm VERY VERY certain that all the students would be roaming around in the malls, cinemas, arcades, etc etc etc...... what makes everyone so sure that all the other people walking around you are safe from the virus? You'll never know when you are shopping or out there.... and there are many many irresponsible people........

However... in school, you are in a protected and sheltered environment.... everyone who is in school has already been deemed safe... and therefore, ought to pose no threat to your health at all.....

So many measures are taking place to ensure no kids are put at risk....... and so, if you really are wishing for school closure because you are worried about your health.. .i seriously tell you that school is gonna be far safer....... =)

My parents' friends just came back from Thailand.....an affected country...... and instead of staying home to keep other people safe... there they are roaming about... going to church and all... I'm TERRRIBLY annoyed....don't they know that they are putting themselves and others at a risk? The worst part is... they have 2 grandkids at home... of which the eldest is probably 4 years of age..... and i believe that on Monday, they're still gonna send him to school... because to them, they aren't affected, and therefore their kids and grandkids ought to be safe. *shakes head* I really don't understand these people........ When i see them on Sunday, I'm gonna keep a 3m distance from them.....

Anyway.... we had a staff team-building exercise at Kampong Glam yesterday... it was relatively fun.. although I'm EXTREMELY tired..... found a lot of interesting places to go to in that area.. and made some perfume and all.... hehe.... had a good time.. .and of course, some much-needed exercise! hehehee....

I'm really loving SAC... love the community feel... love how everyone helps everyone out... love that you are never gonna be left out... of course, it's not a perfect world.... there are things that people don't like... etc etc etc... but at least, when someone helps you, you know it's out of sincerity and not because they have an underlying motive.... =)

Michael Jackson passed away. I don't have much thoughts or feelings about it.... but....... yesterday, when Darling started looking for all his MTVs, especially those of our era, it really brought back a whole load of memories.....He was and is the King of Pop.... love all his dance moves coz they were so special in his time... and even now... i don't think any music artiste can truly dance the way he does. =)

Our weekend is filled with activities... yesterday, Darling and me bought Baby Faith out... .and we went to Sakae for dinner... .the manager there remembered us... because we've been going there so often since before i was pregnant, then almost once every week in the later stages of my pregnancy... and this time we brought Faith there! hahaa....

Will be going to try and get the Liverpool car decal later on.... and to give a surprise to Angela..... then... in the afternoon, will be going over to Nigel's place to cook lunch before we go off to the beach... Baby's gonna have a wonderful Saturday with her godparents.... =D

Sunday's gonna be less packed, but i believe we're still gonna have good family time together..... after all, it's the last weekend before i officially start work... yet.. weekends are still gonna be family time.... =)

alright now... many things to be done.... have endless lesson plans to write.... and have to prep for our outing later!!!!

7:14 PM