Month: January 2009

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New Teachers Said They Are More and More Confused Each Day

Chloe settled nicely into her new school this time. No crying goodbyes.. no waving till the classroom door is closed, no asking why i didn’t go pick her up from school and after just 1 hug each.. she didn’t even look back when we closed the door behind us.

On Monday, her new teachers handed out the worksheets that they worked on that day.. and told PB that they were more and more confused everyday. Confused about what..?? Confused that Chloe’s old teacher/s didn’t think that Chloe was ready or that she needed special help – with speech and other aspect. As far as her new teachers can see, they felt that Chloe could understand them.. and them her.

But having said that, I am really glad we pulled her out of grade primary because I was reading another blogger’s blog.. and her daughter is a few months older than Chloe.. yet she is still in Kindergarten .. but she can write full sentences already.. because she had been in a child care that nurtures the kids and prepares them for Primary School in North Carolina.

So for those in Canada, I just hope you take note that Pre-school does play a very important part in preparing your kid for real school. Even if your spouse did not go for pre-school when he was a kid.. nor his cousins or brothers and sisters.. please note that we are in a different time now. I wished i had done it differently but better late than never right.

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Video Games

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As you all know we own a video/gaming/computer store, it is therefore inevitable.. that the brat would be seen playing video games at the store.. or watching a movie.. if she just came back from school. On school days, we are usually not too anxious to push her to do extra homework.. but believe in letting her choose the thing she wants to do. Plus, it is a good way to bond with her daddy .. when they are home during the weekend, since PB is into games too. As you can see, most times.. i feel that the lighting is not good enough when she is playing or reading and I don’t like it when she sits too near the tv for fear of having to use eyeglasses in the future. What about you ..?? are you worried about that too..?? I started wearing eyeglasses at a young age of 9 .. but the kids here.. some even younger than chloe.. but already wearing glasses like the chicken shit neighbour’s kid.

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I’ve Got “Xiao” Neighbour !

2 nights ago .. at exactly midnite. .we heard some motor noises .. right at our tv room. The brat had gone to bed late.. and we were just about to transfer her into her bedroom. At about 12.05am.. the noise was still going on.. what a racket i was thinking. Didn’t really think much of it.. since it was really cold that night.. and a snow storm coming. When the noise continued .. we tried to locate where the motor noises were coming from. .and in the middle of the night.. and in complete darkness.. i saw someone riding on the lawn beside our house.. on a lawn tractor. You tell me lah.. can die or not..?? after a while .. he stopped.. but not without going a few more rounds on the lawn. Firstly, we can’t understand it… it’s darn cold out there.. no grass .. since it’s winter..and even if he was fixing his darn lawn mower.. you wouldn’t think he would take it out for a ride at that kind of hour.. and in the cold. You see lah.. I got “xiao” neighbor or not..??

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Why Chloe Likes Her New School?

We’ve chatted with a few parents from different schools and chloe’s old school.. and all of them feels that we’ve made the right choice to pull Chloe outta school now and return this fall. But having said that.. and having heard from a parent from Chloe’s old school where they are encouraged to use only french for show and tell, we might not go back to the old school for French. And because of where we lived.. we just might have to send Chloe to the closest school which is what is expected if she was gonna be in just English.

I took Mandarin as my 2nd language .. and English is compulsory as first language back home but my teachers back home didn’t say we can’t speak in other languages when we were in school. Over the last week or so, we had spoken to several parents who have had kids in high school doing French too, and from what’ve heard.. the French classes were quite NAZIs . .if you know what i mean. That kinda scare me a little.. because .. hey..!! we spoke in English & Mandarin and dialects plus a little of Malay back home.. and we all coped.. and none whatsoever gave me the feeling while growing up.. that the schools or teachers were NAZIs about the language. And here i thought .. Singapore was a NAZI country.. muahhahahahaha!!!! I guess i was wrong eh.

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Wo La La .. More Sambal..!!!

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Barb is a truly good friend ..!! one cannot ask for more in a friend.. ! she knows how much i miss home and the food from home… and she thinks of me. .everytime she goes shopping .. and then her hubby, Andy is someone i really respect (reason/s I cannot tell here), he would go and send stuff out to me. She not only think of me. .but always thinks of Chloe and send encouragement to me .. and never ever intrude when i am busy. It’s hard to find someone who gives so much but never ask for anything.. and for that i’m truly blessed and grateful for her friendship. Even though we haven’t been friends as long as other bloggers, she truly has rise above the call of being a friend. Thank you .. Barb for your friendship .. bless your kind heart.

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Thankful For More Sambal

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I received this package last week … but because of the storm and more bad weather.. we didn’t get to the post office till this week. All the way from Malaysia.. from a blogging friend.. that I’ve known since I started blogging. Thank you so much Wang Tai Tai aka Bookworm.. yer the best..!! Thank you for making my Christmas wish come true. Now i can have some more Scallops with sambal. I sent PB to get me some more scallops tonite.. mmmmmmm… !!

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Die Laughing

When you bring your kid to work.. like we do, you have gotta be careful what you tell them.. because they will in turn tell the customers. I’m sure you all know we own a video store.. and yes.. we rent adult movies and sell them. They are stored in an adult room.. and we tell the brat that she cannot go in there.. because it’s a “yukky” room.

Today a customer came in and went into the “yukky” room. .and guess what the brat said to him.. ??? She said.. “Eeeewwwwkkkk… you went into the yukky room..!!! that’s gross!!!!” muahahahhahahaha!!! can die laughing or not.. ?? in which the customer replied.. beet red in color .. “yes.. it’s a yukky room” .. muahahahha!!!

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Reliable Web Hosting

Whether you’re a blogger or a website designer/administrator, you and I know that having reliable webhosting is very important. Firstly you want to be able to do your blogging online whenever you want to, and for those who have company blogs or websites to take care of you certainly don’t want a potential customer to think that you didn’t pay your bills for hosting your website just because your site is down sometimes. It gets really annoying when you keep getting messages like “you have exceeded your CPU limits” or an error page about bandwidth issues.

No one wants the hassle of changing webhosts because it really is a hassle, but when you get those error message as often as we did, then you know you need a better and more reliable hosting solution. More so if the hosting company you are currently with asks you to upgrade to features you don’t need, like dedicated servers, when they don’t even know that what you are using does not need dedicated servers at all. It’s like selling you a duck when you only need a chicken to cook chicken rice. I never want to deal with incompetent people anymore.

Most bloggers are like me who use less than 10gb of space and 20gb of bandwidth, therefore even though I’m no expert in stuff like that, I’m not entirely clueless. So don’t get sucked into something you have to pay a fortune more than you should be paying. With Canadian Web Hosting, the up time is guaranteed at 99.9% and they also promise fast and reliable service with offices in Canada. Since I’m based in Canada I encourage people to try them because they can be contacted locally and won’t mess around with you. With a 30 day money back guarantee, you can’t go wrong eh? Packages start at just $3.95/month.

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Crazy Weather

I said many times.. and i’m saying it again — had i known that the weather here is so erratic .. i would never have come here at all. Yesterday we had freezing rain.. and today .. it was gusting winds.. up to 100km/hr .. and wind warnings. If you don’t know by now.. the cables for power and any kind of cables.. are all hanging up on poles .. like Singapore when we were in the 70s. Unlike Singapore’s government .. they didn’t advance at all.. and have them underground instead. So everytime, the weather turns bad.. i am fearful that we might lose heat and light. And no.. we do not have a wood furnace or a wood stove.. that i regret. If we are gonna continue living here.. i’m gonna have to consider putting one in .. which means.. another couple thousand of dollars… *sigh* ..!!! I HATE THE WEATHER HERE..!!! ok.. drama over.. move along now.

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Winter Wheels & Tires

For someone who comes from a place that is summer everyday, jumping to 6 months of winter in Nova Scotia can be kinda hard to adjust to. With everything else we already need to do, including making sure that our winter wheels and tires. Given the road conditions here, we need to make sure that our tires are good every year. We try not to be cheap on the tires nor the wheels but you and I know that with the winter and power plus oil bills, you have to get the best price for both the tires and wheels whenever possible.

C0ming highly recommended was Wheelfire, they have many wheel and tire packages at discount prices, even custom wheels. Now that would be something to look at for those car lovers like someone I know from town, or actually half the town to be exact. Bringing you the latest in tire and wheel trends at prices you can afford. You are probably wondering about getting the right fit for your car, just like I was when shopping online for them, and I’m pleased to let you know that they have a fitment program that ensures that your car is properly fitted. Ordering is easy, shipping is also quick and they have tech support to answer any of your questions.

Wheelfire carries the wheels and tires in stock and you never have to wait for their orders to come in before they are delivered since they have their own warehouse. Being a member of the BBB (Better Business Bureau), you can check their outstanding record since opening. I asked the spouse about ordering online and he is comfortable with it, so we are all set.