Second day of School Holiday

Bus journey from home to vivo

Breakfast at Vivo

Me- do you want to go to the toastbox upstair or downstair?

Oliver- anything.

Me- ok, you yini, mini, money, more to choose.

Oliver did as told.

Oliver- Downstair 

Me- ok, let's go downstair

Oliver- I think I prefer the one upstair

Me 😂find this so familiar

Christmas always come early in Singapore.

Missed the ship last night. Hereby visiting the helicopter deck of a Singapore Navy ship docking at Vivo City.

A possible hero for Oliver to look up to? Oliver posed next to the sniper.

And Oliver's movie selection for the day

We love you too, Ver2

Promotion to Core level

It is a great news that Oliver's hard work pay off when he is being promoted from Bridging to Core level in Chinese. Although he missed his test, I am glad to know that he isn't penalized from being absent. 

Even when Oliver fell sick for the past two weeks, he was not spared from homework. His teacher Ms Emily Seow diligently asked us to give Oliver spelling at home and passed back to her for marking.

This note written by Ms Seow showed how much effort she had put him to ensure her students improved continuously (at home) which had me struggling. Not forgetting there were also other subjects and its homework. Gosh, what kind of system we have in Singapore. Homework is more important than health?  But having said this, I am very much appreciative of teacher's effort, although I cannot help to think that these teachers are also in the same situation which the social norms and pressure had made it impossible not to do so. 

What a relief!

28 October - Oliver's fever went away by the 7th day and went for blood count test on Monday. Blood count went up to 129 but still below the healthy range of 140.  Doctor gave three more days of medical leave so that Oliver could have enough rest at home. Oliver said he was so lucky to avoid all his assessment in school; last paper on Thursday. I rebutted that he wasn't that lucky. If he could take the Chinese assessment, Ms Seow, his Chinese teacher said he could switch to Core level from his current Bridging level. He shrugged his shoulder and seemed disappointed.  

31 October - We were very hopeful that Oliver's condition improved. He ate more the past few days (probably because he overheard doctor saying if he takes lesser than 50% of his usual meal and drink very little, it is advisable to admit him). The dengue test we took on Monday was negative.  However, doctor's explanation confused me.  She explained that the strain in the blood was very similar to dengue fever, although the result showed it being negative. But it is really a relief for us for that moment. Well, now is Heidi's turn to fall sick. Poor Heidi also had fever.