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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Thanks Rona, We shall see....decision deadline next Wed....we went for GEP briefing today and got "bombarded" with more info...ha ha....
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Thanks mummies for your comments... Thanks Helen for being willing to share- I have PMed you... I also spoke to my gal's form teacher today...got more insights as well....
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Thanks Tam, WOW- then I must belong to the 0.01% parents who have second thoughts about GEP... A lot of sharing at kiasuparents website- all types of comments... I also learn that its no guarantee for GEP kids to get into sec sch- they still need to show a very decent total score based...
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Good morning mummies! Thanks Tam! I have mixed feelings really, about GEP cos I did not expect my gal to be admiited into the prog. So now, there is a lot of reading up about the prog, and deciding what is best for her. My hubby and esp my gal is super keen to go, but I am undecided...
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Hello mummies! Nice sharing about renovations and household matters- I wish I can contribute but I do not stay at my own place- we live with my parents, so I really have no say regarding household matters- very sad actually... Snowball- very nice kitchen...it is great to design something...
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Hello Tam, Fully agree- there is more to life learning than purely acaedmic- saw this on another thread- what is the difference between being "schooled" and being "educated"- does schooling= education? http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/myth-education-063210127.html Makes...
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    Advice needed on divorce/separation/child custody

    Hi Mr Hopeful, Great to hear your update... Do stay and actively contribute in this forum- as your experience and advice is very valuable and relevant to what many are going through here....all the best!
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    Advice needed on divorce/separation/child custody

    Mr Hopeful: Are you the Mr Hopeless who posted a lot a few years ago when you found out about your cheating spouse? I hope things are going well for you now? You are still in contact with your boy? I recall you were feeling very torn about giving him up to your ex-wife for custody? Just...
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Caught up on more posts on this thread- fully agree the content is very very useful and worth reading!
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Hello mummies! Long time no post- hope everyone is doing well....so what are hot topics these days? Amy Cheong, S'pore education system? My kids just finished their year-end exams- NYPS pushed all SA2 to this week, as the school is perparing to part-relocate to a holding school due to...
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Ah- thanks Yawn! Briefly read the discussion on GEP prog some time back- I also enquired from NYPS about the number of GEP kids per batch- they take in about 100 in total each year, with 75 from other schools, so effectively- only 25 NYPS kids get into GEP- and 2/3 tends to be males- which...
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Hello mummies! Long time no see- had been super busy at work for an extended period of time- soo tiring, no time to follow the thread... For mummies with primary school kids- what activities will your kids be doing to occupy the month long holiday? Any suggestions or tips? I think CC...
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Hello mummies, "q" with no tail for HYPY- yep, my P1 gal also told me that teacher reinforces that in school too....I think it is a common practice- I also never heard of that before.... Also, now- exclamation mark in chinese- must be dot at the bottom- not zero- accroding to my P3 gal's...
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Hello mummies, "q" with no tail for HYPY- yep, my P1 gal also told me that teacher reinforces that in school too....I think it is a common practice- I also never heard of that before.... Also, now- exclamation mark in chinese- must be dot at the bottom- not zero- accroding to my P3 gal's...
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Hello mummies! Precious Gem- great to hear from you! Congrats- hope you have more time now...are you still based in JB?
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Hello mummies! ASOS- Tam- do let me know if you do buy- clothes look interesting there as it is a multi-brand store. I also like Wallis and Promod, but not sure if have free shipping or even ship to Singapore. I never bought clothes online leh- how do you know a size 10 is really the right...
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Hello mummies! Tam- yes, I better re-start the si4wu3kwai4du2 again... Poohy- Tien Hsia school has creative writing from P2 onwards...my P3 gal is in Busy Bee creative writing class- very hot-house type of school in my opinion...
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Tam- you have really prepared your kids well from young- that is fantastic...but I suspect most kids are not so well prepared in primary school... I think the pace taught in school should be acceptable for most kids...but some tuition centers are teaching way beyond the syllabus requirements-...
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Hello mummies... Yawn- I mean my DD1 is attending a high level tuition school (P3 higher chinese creative writing)- the content is very advanced in my opinion, writing very expressive compo with cheng2yu3 that I also dun know (I have to check dictionary to help her!)...and I see the kids who...
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    Any Mommies in mid-late 30s or over 40 with small children?

    Good morning mummies! Enrichment classes- the only academic enrichment class my both kids attend is for Chinese... The rest of the enrichment classes are non-academic- cos school is already busy enough for them! DD1- piano, skating, swimming DD2- ballet, skating, swimming Both piano...

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