Christmas 2006

" Tis the season to be jolly,

Fa la la la la

la la la la "


I wish with all my heart it is really a season to be jolly afterall.

In the midst of so called celebrating Christmas, there is always a nagging question:

After this year (which is ending pretty fast, btw), what will tomorrow hold in 2007 ?


Still, whatever have been planned in advance, I will carry them out. None of these plans will come to nought because certain things may not remain as status quo in the coming year.


I still ....

bring the children to Adeline's Garage every week. It is their weekly treat. It will remain so. It is costly definitely. But it is worth it. Adeline is such an effective facilitator in social play.


I still ....

opened my house for staff's Christmas celebration last Thursday. I thought of asking my dear colleague to open her house instead as I might not be up to it to be ready to receive so many guests in my humble abode.

I am very glad to host this celebration. I can tell that all the teachers enjoyed themselves at my place. They are mostly mums, so they do understand why it was better to host the get together at my place for the sake of my special children.

They are also understanding and gracious, esp some of them are staying rather out of the way from Jurong East St 32. On top of that, they washed the cups and such, packed the toys etc. That I think was very thoughtful and that helped a lot as I have another group of guests to receive that same evening.

Topic of the day was ...... breasts !! Of all topics?? Oh well, oh my. Let them be lah. I was conferred with a new title .... "bouncer" ..... hahahaha .....


I still ....

had a simple appreciation dinner with my son's 2006 teachers. Only 3 of them could come as the 4th one was transferred to another centre. I had to keep it to this mini sized group. As we were eating, I was hoping in my heart that it will not be a farewell.

I sincerely pray and hope that things will work out next year.

I am very blessed to see that they love Zane very much. Zane loves the alphabet toy they bought for him. He wanted to rip the box immediately after his teachers left. He wanted to lug this newest ABC collection to his bed too. And I believe if possible, bring it to school the following day.

One of his teachers commented that my house is like a school. That I agree. And that Zane has many many many toys and books. That is also true. Josh and I are never stingy with the children over books.

Hee .... hey, I can run a play school in my house you know? Kekeke .....
Is that legal btw? Hmmmmm ......


I still ....

let Zane go to school for his school's Christmas Party, though I know it would be confusing making him go to school in party clothes and not his uniform. True enough, he whined all the way. However, the moment he saw his teacher, he was smiling. Teacher called him "handsome" and I think he understood, coz he grinned.

As I left for school with Zoe, I sure hoped he would survive the day and hopefully his new teachers survived too.


I still ....

met my good, old church friends over lunch. It was brief but good.


I still ....

went back to school almost every day last week to clear some stuffs. Well, it was neccesary. Too bad the shifting couldn't commence yet due to camps after camps. We are seen as invading that space. Oh well ....


I still ....

get Christmas gifts for very dear ones whom I wanna appreciate. Spent almost $200 on accessories for 5 very special ladies in my life. That is almost my whole Christmas shopping budget, hehehe ..... the rest will cut back, or cut off.... no choice lah.... kekeke ....

It is good to be new kid in the block in church, that also means no need to get gifts for church leaders and friends or friends' children. Yeah! Oops ....


I still ....

attended the Glowing Seed Review. I was glad that I was up to it. I was very tired from all the sleepless nights since 14 Dec. And my mind wasn't as sharp as it should be.


I still .....

went about doing my daily duties as a mother and wife.


I have yet to .....

write my new lesson plans for Jan 2007.

Next week lah ... I'm very tired.


I've more urgent things to attend to. Many phone calls to make. Many things to finalise before the term starts.


My students will definitely see me on Jan 3. And ... Zoe Ng is going to be one of my new kids on the block, yeah. She will be with me all the time, from sunrise to sunset, except the 2 afternoons when I have to bring Zane to AAS for therapy sessions.

Zoe is the most delighted over such an arrangement. Smiles. She is a joy and a comfort to have. She will always say "I love you, Mummy!" with hugs and kisses every now and then each day to cheer me on. She is forever my sunshine girl, especially when the skies are grey. Thank God for you, Zoe girl!



Love,
Jesselyn Ng