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Contract adj: Depending on school staffing needs you can choose full-time or part-time contract adj. As for the overall workload you need to nego with the school. Some schools require all contract adj to take up at least 1 CCA or 1 committee, some schools are ok with you just teaching. Remember...

hi mummies, just a sign of life from me, drowning under work and tonnes of marking, back to sleepless nights or 2-3 hours max, and then teaching the very next morning... Hope everyone is doing fine? Twinklestars I said I wantd to pass u the bottles but so sorry i just got dumped more work...

hopeac, thanks for the really helpful info!! Unfortunately, my teaching subjects are precisely humanities and english. Why would they hire a non-native speaker when their own is so much better right? As for History and Social Studies, their history curriculum is so different from ours. I...

hi mummies, am contemplating migrating to australia for a better work life balance and more all-rounded education for my babies. However I'm in two minds because of (1) the costs and energy involved in relocating and (2) employment opportunity. Found this thread really useful so am thankful...

hi mummies! Chris, thanks for asking after me...I'm still v busy. back to sleeping at 2-3am every night then waking up at 6am (these days too tired to pump milk at 5.30am). The other day worked until 4 plus am, pumped milk, fed mea then straightaway get ready for work liao. Weekends also work...

tiffy, congrats!!! dodo, ntuc got promo now, $26+ per tin. But Ang Mo supermarket sells it at $26.60 all the time. Actually...I bought lotsa NAN Pro 3 at a hypermarket at Koh Samui that time, it was so much cheaper than in sg man!! I checked the nutritional info...really not much diff lor...

mummies i need to zip off in a bit but i saw dodo's qn....so have to answer...yes it's normal not to have menses for so long! because i've been bf-ing mea for close to a year, and it just came on Sat only!!! last time when i tbf matty, i got it when he was only 5+ mths! initially i was also...

hi mummies, it's been a long and busy saturday for me. been working since 7.15am this morning, will only finish later at 9.30pm...talk about work-life balance...it's more like work-work balance! so envious when I walk around safra and see ppl spending time with their families, esp babies and...

CONGRATS twinkle_stars!!! 2.47 is a good weight!! have a good rest yah... Hapififi, i would have cried if i heard such insensitive comments...just ignore them ok? im glad i have understanding in-laws...dunno what i would do without them.

maruko, yah dodo's advice is good..get Travis drink water after nebu. dun worry, mea had that when she was only 5 mths old and she recovered well after the nebuliser treatment. fussed a bit but singing songs helped and gradually she got used to it...even know how to adjust her nose in the mask...

hapififi, i didn't eat chicken for about 10 days after both my c-sections. my mom told me her horror story so i didn't dare to do otherwise...basically she had a pretty nasty infection after she gave birth to my little sis and the GP she saw (cos gynae too ex) said that eating chicken somehow...

hey hippo, haha i giggled when i saw ur comment abt ur photo...sorry to disappoint u...but....but.....adri has been my eye candy leh!!!! LOL!! but adri is a copy of u, so it's ok right!?! i think i might go get the allerhand. 2 babies' barangbarang, like too much to fit into my tote liao.

hi mummies. I'm supposed to be marking but am so brain dead from 4 hours of teaching...come here to take a break... dodo, glad to know that u're fine despite the sandstorm...media tends to exaggerate rite...even the BKK demonstrations also, my mil just came back to BKK, said it wasn't half as...

twinklestars, oh dear...do rest well. hope you n lucas will be safe. im sure doc will do what is best for u both. mm, matty's case needed to reapply cos his passport photo was taken when he was only 6 mths old...so different from now!! but if Chloe's photo was taken at 1 year old, should be...

aria jo, aria needs to apply for NEW passport. I found out that Matty needed to reapply cos the ICA lady told me they no longer update photos.