FollowAlycia received her Pfizer booster dose on Thursday. It was a walk-in vaccination at a clinic in our hood. The next day (yesterday) she was down and out. She had fever, chills and a throbbing headache. Except for waking up to pop Panadol and drink water, she slept the entire day, wrapped up in her…
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One of the privileges of turning 18 is getting a savings account in her own name. With the savings account comes a debit card, online banking facility and a bank card linked to online shopping platforms like Lazada and Shopee. Our young adult couldn’t be happier as she’s been waiting for this day for a…
5 December 2021 ~ Alycia’s 18th Birthday
My ‘precious baby’ is 18!! Alycia’s the baby that we wanted so badly and who made us go through the wringer for 2 years in order to have her. She’s our miracle baby and now our precious baby is 18! Her celebration lunch at the Seoul Korea restaurant was our first dining out together as…
Domino’s Pizza For Dinner
Today is a day where everyone was busy with their respective things. Alycia had a driving trial exam to sit for at the driving academy, Sherilyn had a dental appointment to change the orthodontics rubber band for her braces, Cass had online classes almost the entire day, the MIL has been busy the past two…
Monday, 29 November 2021 ~ Random Updates
This week Sherilyn is staying home for remote learning. She went to school last week. Next week will be the last week that Sherilyn attends physical classes in school before the year end school holidays begin. I’ve been clocking in only 5-6 hours of shut-eye for the last two weeks, including Saturdays and Sundays. I…
Close Shave
Last Monday, I heard the most dreaded words from Alycia. Her best friend was tested positive for Covid-19 and Alycia was in close contact with her! They hung out a week ago on Monday and had meals together. Towards the end of the week, her best friend felt unwell and on Monday (7 days later),…
Alycia’s Milestones
This is the year that Alycia hit multiple milestones. In February, she sat for her SPM exam amid a pandemic. After her SPM exam, she worked for the first time in her life – as a temporary teacher at an international pre-school. In May, she sat for an online Undang-Undang (theory for driving) at the…
MacBook Air by Apple
The MacBook Air that I ordered for Alycia on Monday arrived yesterday (Friday)! I made the purchase through the official Apple website and the laptop was shipped to us from Singapore. I am super impressed with how prompt the delivery was and how professional and pleasant the entire purchase was. MacBook Air is Apple’s thinnest…
Lockdown Home-cooked Meals By My Teenage Chefs
Sherilyn has been busy with back to back online classes, tuition, online guitar classes and dance classes & practice for an online dance competition, thus has not been cooking and baking as much as she’d like to. Yesterday she managed to squeeze out some time to prep Sukiyaki. She even made the Sukiyaki sauce from…
Alycia’s SPM Results
I was jogging at our condo grounds at 10a.m. today when Alycia sent me a photo of her SPM result slip. I told her to Whatsapp me after she’s checked her results online. I couldn’t believe my eyes! Alycia has all the while been quite a diligent student before the pandemic. When the SPM dates…
Saturday, 22 May 2021 ~ Alycia’s Undang-Undang (Traffic Laws) Test
Alycia left home at 7 a.m. today to sit for an online Undang-Undang (traffic laws) test at the driving academy in Puchong and armed with double face masks, goggles, disinfecting wipes (with claims that it can kill Coronavirus) and sanitizer ?. She passed the test. Everything was done in under 3 hours and she was…
To Go Or Not To Go?
With cases shooting up to over 6,000 yesterday and today, I have been left with a tough decision to make. Alycia is due to sit for an online traffic laws theory exam (Undang-Undang) this Saturday at the HQ of the driving academy in Puchong. A van will fetch her at our Taman to bring her…
16 May 2021 ~ Random Updates
Alycia has finally tendered her resignation from the international pre-school and after-school care center. Her last day of work will be 31 May 2021. She’ll spend her time working on her You Tube channel and most probably find another temp job before starting college in September 2021. In between, she’ll be having driving lessons. She’ll…
Alycia’s Temporary Job
I think Alycia is getting a hang of her temporary job as a teacher to primary kids and pre-schoolers, though she still thinks that teaching is not her cup of tea. There’s this 7-year old boy who always fails his Ejaan, Spelling and Chinese spelling. Alycia has been in charge of teaching this boy (and…
Monday, 3 May 2021
Alycia received her very first salary today and she’s delighted! It’s a 4-figure amount and paid to her in cash. Though not a lot and considered below the minimum wage, it is still a lot to a 17-year old girl in her first temporary job right after SPM and without any experience. My sweet girl…
Update On Alycia’s Temporary Job
Alycia has finally told the owner of the international pre-school and daycare centre that she will resign and work until the end of April. Teaching is totally not for her. In addition to teaching regular pre-schoolers and primary school kids, she has to teach a 6-year old Autistic boy and even put him to sleep!…