mashy,
like u, my mother was super afraid that her $$$ for my uni studies will be wasted if I become a SAHM right after marriage... so she rather not take the risk and was super happy that i drop the idea of going to uni... but then, on the other hand I also couldnt bear to give up my car, own income, credit cards just to continue studies after poly...
when i was still staying at AMK, I always chance upon the SNG girls at bus-stop, they r definitely not snobbish thou... those i met are from the Convent school near my sec school, not in AMK... I dun hate all Convent girls lah, kekeke... I only dislike those who have a nasty mouth, jus so happen that this group of ppl r in the same tuition class as me... A handful which I met in AC r v nice Convent girls, I remember some r from MGS... And I definitely dun hate u lah, i know many mummies here are Convent girls also... Mummies from Convent schools, no offence okay... I'm not referring to any of u here, jus mentioning about my past encounter only... I wont stop my girl if she wanna go to Convert sec school in future (but the dad may object coz of religion), jus that I'll keep reminding her not to pass any unnecessary remarks to students from neighbourhood schools and to treat everyone equally...
TJE,
at least u still got 1 very good choice for JE's pri school leh... I have NONE... Urgh... I also envy mashy's kids, both mummy & daddy comes from such good schools which many of us would kill to get their kids into...
I'm also from Kim Meng, SC from Ang Kuay... I didnt know I'm from Kim Meng until recently when I had to fill up the SHHK application form then I started to dig out my heritage... I know nothing about all these dialect thingy until I need to join SHHK then I started to find out about the dialect group thingy... Unlike u, I debate with my MIL coz I tot Hock Chew is also Hokkien but my MIL insist it is not... keke...
HBB,
Ur sis intending to join SHHK coz of the Phase 2B registration? If I'm not wrong, I think only Hokkien Huay Kuan has affiliation to Pri Schools... The rest like Teochew (Ngee Ann Kongsi) & Hakka clan has no affiliation to any pri school... I never heard of hainan huay kuan thou, but u can look for more info in this link (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_clan_association#Clan_associations_In_Singapore)...
In your birth cert, wat is written in the Dialect column under father's particular? If it clearly stated "Hokkien", then no problem to apply for SHHK member... Unless it stated "Hock Chew" then better to call SHHK and check... The application is $524... Best to check first b4 ur sis send the cheque over...