It's been too long. Time to get back to it.
It's been over 3 years since I wrote on this blog. Lost a bit of motivation as life took over, but it's all excuses I suppose. Had a bit of a jolt recently when my daughter, Clarissa, started asking to read her Gu Gu's blog on her phone, and had enjoyed reading the posts. Every giggle, every squeal of delight, was a knife stab in my heart. How could she, my daughter, be enjoying reading the blog posts of someone other than her father's? (nothing to do with the fact that it was my sister's blog of course, I'm not petty that way)
So here I am, determined to convert her, and also because it's true that time is relentless, and soon my kids will all be grown up, so I better start chronicling their crazy escapades here before they're all gone from memory. It's also evidence of the nonsense they put up me and my wife to, in case they ever deny this in a court of law. All of you are witnesses!
A lot has happened in these 3 plus years. Chloe had her PSLE, and got herself into Crescent's Girls School. She's getting by fairly okay, but she deals with the usual struggle of coping with her studies, and at the same time fitting in with her friends, finding her identity, using her phone(a lot). You know, teenagers' stuff. I must say though, that I'm happy that she is close to the family, not always wanting to go out, or shutting herself in her room. Other than the occasional whine or tirade, she's been a good teenage daughter so far.
Gareth, Clarissa and Gideon are all in primary school, and Gareth is doing his PSLE this year, the first batch to undergo the new examination system. Hopefully things turn out okay, but Gareth will need to realize that he needs to have the right mindset and attitude to study and prepare for the exam. Go Gareth, the whole family is behind you!
Of course, the Covid pandemic struck last year, but I think we've adapted to it. Right now we're in the midst of Home-based Learning (HBL) again, and other than the crazed screams of my wife as she tries to get the kids to get on their devices for their lessons, I think we're fine.
We're also moving house this year. Our place is getting too small for the growing kids, so we've bought a new house, to have a room for each of the kids. We're about to begin renovations, and hoping that the current pandemic doesn't get worse, otherwise, if plans get delayed, we won't be able to complete the renovations in time, and will have to move out of our current place with no new house to move into yet. That will be a nightmare!
Okay, guess we're more or less caught up. All that remains is an updated pic of the kids:
Till next time!
