rona,
for the adult litterbugs and smokers in public areas, i would just give them the look and sometimes talk aloud to my kids abt 'why so dirty, got dustbin nearby or i thot this is non-smoking area, why can smell smoke e..etc' .. but if kids litter, i would tell them nicely, more like educating them, like i would tell my kids, 'there's a dustbin there, why don't u throw it there so this place won't be dirty right, it won't look nice' something like that. but i did told several people off abt cuttin q at mcdonalds and bus berth at bus interchange. i mean here i am struggling to que in those bus berth with railings with a toddler in hand and a baby in a stroller and along came a couple and another time a group of giggly filipino girls just board the bus as the bus stop at the bay ignoring the que. i was in the middle of the line and i scream at them, but they board anyway cuz the people infront have no guts to tell them off, so when i board the bus, first i tell the driver off for letting that happen then as i walk pass them off, 'shame on u, can't even q, when me & my kids q'
pantone
when my dd left k2, just b4 going to p1, i contacted DAS, but by the time they received my 'form' my dotter is 6.6 yrs so the assmt for her wud cost e $500, and i cd hv used her CDA but by that time, her CDA has been transfered to the PSE acct. then someone told me to get help fro sch. her pr. 1 teacher wasn't helpful or perhaps ignorant, just told me that she's new and shud ask the office and that actually i just need a tutor for my dd. then she got to pr. 2, told her new teacher but told me i need to wait, abt 1 mth, ... 1 mth gone, ask her again, said another month or 2, by almost mid yr, when i inquire again she told me that the moe has limited pscyologist so they have to prioritize the case, now they r focussing more on those kids who have behavioural problems .... so i met another mom and then she told me what to do. just go to poly and get a referral letter , just tell doc that u suspect ur child may have some learning dissabilities, austistic (just to get the referral), thye ay send u KKH or NUH (like me), this may take up to 3 mths but i got within a month cuz a new doc from penang just join them so my dd is one of her new case
the best thing is, i don have to pay for anything as i my dd holds a csc card. she did the neurodvmt assmt, speech therapy assmt and just finished her hearing assmt. she is going thru speech therapy and will b taking her IQ test too. with all these assmt, u can find out what is the main prblems areas and how u can help them or what kind of therapy is needed.
btw, when u choose a pr sch for ur child, choose that that support special needs incl dyslexia, my mistake for not choosing one. in woodlands i know only evergreen pr sch has support for dyslexia.
about living in singapore ...
i agree with tam and all of u ladies ...i don understand why people r complaining ... people always say PAP is pay and pay but don we get what we pay for? unlike some other countries, u pay and pay but u don get results or improvements so where did the money go. here in singapore we can see where the money goes ,,, just look at the comfort living .. i even told my friend that singaporeans will be so spoil rotten cuz look at our housing estates, not only do they have all the amenities but covered walkways from bus stops to mrt stns to blocks ... where in the world would u find that?! lifts on every level, outdoor gym as i called it (ex corner) at every corner of the housing est with beautiful garden like landscaping .... honestly, HDB flats look 10x better than some condos across the causeway. singaporeans also got to b thankful that atleast most of the complains here got response unlike elsewhere where all goes to deaf years and ignorant faces!
honestly, i have lived in sweden for 3 years, and although its a beautiful country and nice people, singapore is still my homeland. now i'm living in jb for economic reasons, hopefully for only a few more years ... but singapore is my homeland ... infact i have no kampung anywhere as both my mom and dad side, i am the 6th & 7th generation respectively.
. dd1 used to ask me if I was having any bb in my tummy.
