Jiaheng went to school ... alone

Today is Jiaheng's 3rd day in his new school.

Jiaheng transferred to his new school, Zion Kindergarten, this term. He was supposed to go only next year but we decided to bring it forward to this term.

Earlier, the principal offered to let me sit in his class for the first 3 days. I declined. Think I expect too much from him. Maybe because he did not cry or throw tantrums when we sent him to his first school, I decided to let him go to the new school alone.

We were waiting at the void deck for the school bus to come pick him up. I gave him a tight hug. I am thankful for that hug cos I think that charged his battery up all the way to last him till end of school. When the bus turned into our carpark, I held his hand and brought him to the bus. He was smiling.

He sat in the seat obediently and the bus auntie helped to buckle him in.... then I saw his face... his smile was gone... he seemed to want me to follow. It was at that very moment that I totally regretted my decision to let him go alone.

As I took the lift home, I was already feeling anxious. It's his first time on a school bus, it's his first day in a new school, it's his first day meeting new classmates.... how could I let him go alone? Bad mommy... bad mommy... I thought. :{

I resisted the temptation to go to school to spy him... but deep inside, I know that I will "fly" to school should I receive a phone call from school. I waited and waited... it's 2 pm! I made a call to school. How relieved and proud I was when the teacher told me that my boy is very independent. That he was able to interact with his classmates and enjoying himself in school. And that there is no need for me to accompany him to school the next day.

Jiaheng really did live up to my expectation and in fact far exceeded it. He is really brave. It's mommy who is lousy. *blush*

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Today is the 3rd day, I sent him to school as we went out before that. He did not take the school bus today.

I really felt that Jiaheng is very brave and strong when I saw the scene at school.

When the school bus arrived in school. The children alighted and stood waiting for the bus auntie to pass them their belongings. The children from the morning session was also there waiting to board the bus. And then, there were the parents hovering over their children (cos it's still within the first 3 days of school and some parents were there).

For a while, there was some commotion as there are so many groups of people standing around. Frankly speaking, even an adult may not know what to do, where to go, how to respond in that situation... not to mention a 4-year old. I really feel that my boy is very brave to have gone through his first day without his mommy.

I am very proud of you, Jiaheng.

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Passport Photos

*Flash* Oppss... Head slanted
*Flash* Hmmm... Eyes not looking at the lens
*Flash* *Flash* Eyes closed!

At this rate, I really wonder when can we get the passports done for our 2 precious ones?

Jiaheng asked me when can he go take the aeroplane? Everytime I go to Malaysia, ( and I always travel on coach) Jiaheng will say that he will go to the airport to fetch me. Guess, he is really looking forward to taking a plane.

We finally decided to go for a trip to Macau-Hong Kong this coming December. Boy! was he thrilled. He will tell his baby sister to sleep and dream about going to Macau. Look who's talking, and who's dreaming?

Well this is the first overseas family trip for us and definitely many more will come. Ultimately, my dream is to bring Jiaheng and Yixuan to Disneyland in USA for one whole month. Over there, they can shake hands with all the characters. :)

P.S. By the time, I finished this post, only Yixuan's photo is ready.

The Crawling Track

Our princess has a crawling track that is designed so that it makes an excellent flooring for her to crawl on it. It boosts of the most suited material and design to enhance her crawling experience. (Excuse me... do I sound like I am doing some advertisement? Anyway, the crawling track is supposed to help her learn crawling.)

Crawling is excellent right-left brain exercise for a young baby. The faster the baby can crawl, the better the brain can develop.

Despite the goodness of crawling, our princess will whine and cry out for help after inching on it for a short while. I figured out it must be the posture of her crawl. She was pushing herself forward on her tummy. Perhaps, there was too much friction. Or perhaps, she just want mommy to comfort her. (Just like us adults, looking for an easy way out)

Mommy and Papa are persistent. We put our princess on the crawling track whenever we can. And today, our princess did not make a single objection and crawled the full length of the crawling track. Guess why? Because, she has progressed to crawling on her knees instead of dragging herself on her tummy. That is the result of many trial and error and improvements.

And one thing is obvious... it's that joyous and proud look on her when she lunged forward to grab the toy we put in front of her.

Somehow, I just link all these I observed back to the business. When I first started the business, it was slow and often there is the urge to "cry out" to stop. Then after much persistance and learning, I just got better and better. So much so, that I am proud of myself for being a better person in personal development and in business building....

Sometimes, I wonder if we are our children's teachers or is it the other way round?

My Run for Silver

It was the most exhausting yet most satisfying run I have ever had.

Woah ... don't get me wrong... I am not refering to those type of run like jogging. It was a run for rank advancement for my business. It was a run that was planned for two weeks. I am very fortunate to have a whole group of team mates behind me in my run.

I am coming to three years in my business. The initial two years was pretty lull. I was working on it bit by bit daily however, there was still the draining job to take away my attention. It was only after I became full time that gave me the freedom to fully pursue my business.

During my run, I focused on the result.... I did not just focus on the process. That makes the journey easier. And everything is worth it when I got attained the rank advancement of Silver Director.

It was really an adrenaline pumping week... right to the last minute before I confirmed the Silver. But hey... you know what... it was FUN.

I am excited and pumped ... and I am ready for more.