Little Chumsy’s Blog

Registering Ashley In A Primary School

Primary education begins at the age of 7 right up to 12 years old.   Children who were born in 2005 have to be registered at a local school this year.  Honestly, I think we are the slackest parents.  Last week, I saw Peggy’s FB status that she has registered Kylie in the primary school and later that day, I read Jazz’s blog about her hunt for Faythe’s primary school.   I started to panic a bit (actually a lot) because we have not done anything.  We have to be real early to register our kids as space is limited in the schools that we like.  I quickly checked with Jazz on the school she picked for Faythe and then discussed with hubs on the school that he prefers.

Can you believe it? We have not even decided on the school to send her.    My dad suggested that we enroll Ashley in a school in his neigbourhood since it’s nearer to our office.   Oookay….so last Friday, after sending Ashley off to her kindergarten, we went to the said school armed with the following :-

1) Ashley’s Original Birth Certificate

2) Photocopies of the Birth Cert, our Identification Cards and a utility bill as they need to verify the address of the house

The registration process was pretty fast.  I didn’t know they are so up-to-date now.  I was shown a computer at the office where I need to key in all the personal particulars and then print out the form.  Passed everything to the office staff and after she has compiled everything, we left.  It took about 15 mins only.

Then we walked around the school to have a look.  I think most parents would check out the school before registering their children but we are just the opposite.  Slackers!  It is a pretty big school with security guards at the entrance.  There are many CCTVs installed around the school.  I like that   I just wonder what is the situation like at the school entrance during dismissal.  Maybe I ought to make a trip there to check it out.  Just keeping my fingers crossed that Ashley would get to go to this school (results will be out next year) and that we made the right decision to send her to this one

Help…I’ve eaten too much

The eating session started on Chinese New Year Eve when we went out for Reunion dinner.  Then on the first day, my aunt prepared a sumptuous feast for lunch and dinner.  We also ate out a lot when we were back in Ipoh.  Now that we are back home, I have started to open up the CNY cookies and munching on them   I think I better hide all the cookies or else I have to find the best diet pills or start my vege soup diet again.

all is well

For the past few days, something went wrong with my blog.  No one could leave any comments and worse of all, I could not even see all the comments that were left previously.  An Error 404 message appear each time.   I am sure many readers experienced that when they come to my blog to leave a comment.  I started to panic because I thought my blog was infected with virus   Thank God my dear friend, Jan and her hubs knew what was wrong and they helped me to fix the glitch.  Thank you very much for your help, Jan and PB.   Anymore sleepless nights due to this will definitely see acne popping up on my face.  Luckily I don’t need any acne medications for now.

O is for Orange

A few months ago, while flipping through a magazine, I stumbled upon a photo of Wong Chui Ling, a popular host, actress, multi-talented young lady who is familiar figure in the Malaysian Chinese Entertainment scene.

I like her hairstyle very much so when I was at the saloon last week, I told my hairstylist that I would like to follow Chui Ling’s style.  He took a look at my hair and said ok.  Then I told him that I would also like to colour my hair but asked him to suggest a colour.  He said, “Let’s go with copper”   I didn’t know how copper would look like and didn’t bother to check the samples because I have always trusted the hairstylist   After the colouring process was done, I went into the wash section to have my hair washed.  Then when I came out and looked at the mirror, I saw this -

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My hair is ORANGE *faint*  When Ashley first saw me, she asked why my head is now the shape of O and O is for Orange.  Do you think my hair looks like Chui Ling’s?  Well perhaps if you I get myself a fitness equipment and lose 40 pounds, I may be as slim as her too

ok..you all can stop laughing now

handmade with love

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My dear friend, Jen Cheung from Toronto sent these cute key chains to me and Ashley for Christmas.  She handmade those colourful ‘mini pillows’.  Isn’t she creative?   For your information, Jen and I have never met.  She is another good friend whom I met online.  Like I’ve always said….I am so lucky to have met so many wonderful friends through blogging.  Besides great friendship, they have been showering me and Ashley with lots of gifts.   We are really blessed.

Do check out Jen’s blog whenever you have the time.  This pretty girl also has a great passion for food and she has created a food blog called Passion4Food.  Boy, those food featured in her blog sure makes me hungry.  Some of the places she eats in Toronto brings back fond memories of the time when I was staying in there.  Thank you very much again Jen for the lovely key chains.  You are so thoughtful

absolutely crazy!

As Ashley was unwell since Sunday, she didn’t go to school for 3 days. She went today and came home with this pile of books.

I wrote in Facebook today that she came home with 7 books of homework.  I was wrong.  There are 8 books and each book has a minimum of 2 pages of work.

Writing for Mandarin, English and Bahasa Malaysia

*sigh*  This is just crazy.  Ashley’s teacher told me that she need not finish them immediately.  I can spread them over the weekend.  On usual days, Ashley has 3 pages of homework which she would bring home.  She has more on weekends. I guess they are preparing kids for Chinese based primary school.

I’ve been told that primary kids have a few books of homework everyday.  I am so not in favour of sending Ashley to a Chinese school when she’s 7 but hubs is adamant    I am worried about the work load. I want Ashley to enjoy her school days and not be bogged down with homework.  Hubs said he doesn’t need Ashley to be a top student but just want her to know basic Mandarin.  He thinks she should at least study in a Chinese school from Primary 1 (7 years old) to Primary 6 (12 years old).  God help us please.

better

Ashley is better today. Thanks everyone for your well-wishes.  Yesterday evening, we went to the paed again because her fever meds has finished.  The paed prescribed another fever meds – Brufen (ibuprofen) for her.  After feeding her meds at 5am this morning, her body didn’t feel warm until around 4pm.  I quickly gave her another dose.   Hope the stubborn fever will go away by tomorrow.   I heard that most fever would go away in a day or two but not Ashley.  Each time she has fever, it would take 4 to 5 days.  Once, it took her 10 days to recover from fever.  Really stressful for me.   Anyway, Ashley will be going to school tomorrow as she is 90% better.  Her teacher called me today and said that she has a lot of homework to be done *slap forehead*.    Also I cannot be off work so many days.  I better remember to look up the auto insurance quote for the boss tomorrow.

Organizing My Home For The New Year

Chinese New Year is less than a month away.  It is time to make way for good luck and fortune in the coming year. The Chinese always believe that it is very important to give the house a thorough cleaning to clear away rubbish and sweep away all the misfortune.   It is also equally important to de-clutter the home and get organized.  I plan to do so very soon and one of the biggest problem areas in my house is my living room.  When you have a kid, there is bound to be toys everywhere.  There are also a number of cellphones and bunches of  keys sitting on the top of our console table.  Besides those things, sometimes there are paper clips, hair clips and what-have-yous on the table.  One word – Messy.   I want to get this area organized with great discounts from Organized.com.   I just saw some fabulous basket containers from Organized.com.  These stunning square baskets are made from hand woven pandan and are just perfect for me to put all the cellphones, keys and knick-knacks in.   I can even use the large one to keep the toys.  I love the colour red on these storage baskets as red is an auspicious colour for the Chinese New Year.  I cannot wait to get my home organized in time to welcome the new year.

Shopping For Chinese New Year

When I was at the market yesterday morning, I saw many stalls selling Chinese New Year decoration items such as lanterns and paper scrolls .  They are so colourful and everything was in red and gold.  Besides these decorative items for the home, there are also many stalls selling Chinese New Year cookies and snacks.  I was tempted to get some but I am glad that I did not.  I know that once I buy them, I would start eating the cookies before the New Year is here   Before you know it, I may need to get some adipex p to lose the weight I gained from eating too many cookies.  Have you started your Chinese New Year shopping already?

Best Acne Treatments

Recently I noticed a few acne on my face and my neck.   I thought that at my age, I do not have to worry about acne anymore.   I used to get them a lot during my teenage years and then they just stop.   Now that I have a few popping out, I am guessing that it is because of stress?  Lack of sleep?  Oh well, I better start looking for some best acne treatments.