Holding our kids' hands....
Today as I went through some practice maths with Alr (getting the logical side of my brain to work), I'm thinking my folks never really sat down with me, not close to 10% as much as I have to now with the kids. Is the curriculum harder or are the kids softer ? We have to check on their bags, remind about homework, packing worksheets etc etc ..... nag nag nag to clean up after themselves.. toys and books. I don't remember as much, I don't think we were that good. Or I think we just didn't have that many things . They need to be entertained more and can't seem to do so by themselves unless it comes with a game console attached. Board games only hold their attention for so long and reading instructions seems painful. More sheltered, I suppose too. Last Saturday, Alr and I caught a cab to go to Sengkang. It was a 20 minute ride at best. The thing is, there was a stench in the cab. The smell was something like dried(preserved) fish or prawn, some passenger bef...