UPSR
The awaited weekend was halted when Yasmin came back from school on Friday with a notice about UPSR briefing for parents. This is mandatory, considering she's the first family member to sit for a major exam. It will be the benchmark for the rest of us. It will prove how good parents perform in meeting current national academic demands. Wait till you read the rest of it. Scary! And cycling plan had to take a rain cheque...
The yearly Larian Integrasi was also held the same day. This time it was not opened for parents, hence I left my running shoes at home. Nak jugak tu! Hahaha. OK, no run for me until the archilles tendonitis is gone. Say, until February?
Parents were placed in the assembly hall. The new school principal, a lady, with lots of experience I presumed, started giving speech about UPSR. It gave me the chill when she started tabling the statistics. It got scarier when the PIBG Chairman started sharing his views about the current school performance and what is expected for the coming years. The scariest of em' all was when the Head of UPSR Committee (can you believe that? They have a task force for that!) started tabling out the school programs for the kids. The exam will be in September, and you can expect the tempo will start rising as we approach February. That will be only seven months. And you can start feeling that there won't be the luxurious of time in the world to be wasted.
I remained cool (on the outside of course) and kept it to myself, for not wanting to trickle any premature panic in the family, especially mom. Though I sensed a mild hysteric sensation around her, I presumed she's also having some deep thoughts about the strategy.
For the moment, we'll just follow what is laid out for us. Yasmin will do her best attending primary school in the morning and KAFA class in the afternoon. Kumon will continue as usual, that should help with her free time and ditch Facebooking. Extra classes at school will be on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights and on Saturday morning. One tuition only on Thursday. No more Quran classes on weekdays' nights but will have to be with yours truly on sempat-or tak sempat basis. That's about it I guess. Six out of seven days a week is about nice. Sunday is for chilling. InsyaAllah, the best will be upon us all.
FTAAA Cross Country
The usual crowd from Tibi Run it seemed. Just enough the size to be manageable. Most of are the regulars, I can call hardcores. You can tell from the exposed quads and calves from the 3 inch running short. These guys really meant business. Going for the limited medals. Then there were the school kids, who came in by buses! Five bucks per entry for them, you won't loose a cent. Makan roti sardin kat Pelita pun dah RM5.90.
On top of the syok-sendiri emcee who was mostly talking about country's running prospects (I don't quite understand his point actually), the categories were flagged off 10 minutes apart. Syah dropped in for a 'bidan terjun' bib. Det, Nizam and Ray ran their first Junior Veteran race. And for my Amir, his first 2012 official run. I was side lined by my injury, hence I stood there as supporter and shutterbug.
Joyfully everyone managed to secure cups of Milo while appreciating the piece of medal. Or should it be the other way round? Securing medal while appreciating Milo?
Amir missed the medal quota but got himself a finisher certificate. As usual, they won't bother about the piece of paper. But I'll make sure it will be on his wall of achievement. Kasi decorate bilik sikit selain gambor Transformers tu.
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| Young athletes...start to get bored after the run |
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| Roti canai, roti telur, roti tisu...bab makan sama je macam ayah |
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| Juniors, Junior Vets and Power Bidan Terjun |
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| Lovely (Pic by Aini Kasim |
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| Aku pakai skirt labuh eh? (Pic by Aini Kasim) |
Dem you got me nerbes laa bro, walaupun lagi 2 tahun. All the best to Yasmin, and the whole family :]
ReplyDeleteJangan biasaksn sangat pakai skirt ketat, nanti anak2 tiru! Hahaha
Jangan nerbes sekarang bro. 2 tahun nerbes lama sangat, nanti nerve breakdown susah. Thanks bro. Sama-sama ler kita ye.
ReplyDeleteskirt labuh tu aku tiru Yasmin la bro. Muslimah compliance :]
Huh dah nak UPSR - cepat betul... Kaklong ada selit treneng for PD Tri ke tak ni?
ReplyDeleteItu skirt labug Adidas dah patented ke? huehuehue
Tahun ni lagi la cepat rasanya kot. Gedebak gedebuk nanti dah bulan posa. Lepas tu raya. Lepas tu exam.
DeleteBelum patent. Tunggu kot ada kaum lain produce yang pleated punya design :P
aku makin tua ke atau tulisan kat blog kau ni makin kecik..he he
ReplyDeletealahai rugi encik mencanak injured, kalau tidak boleh cangkuk Avatar bidan terjun ramai-ramai :)
dua-dua sekali bro! makin tua & makin kecik. hue hue hue.
Deletekita tunggu akim avatar tua la, nanti cangkuk dia same catgory :]
Puh. Ganas. Skirt labuh cenggitu ai pun tak pakai.
ReplyDeleteAll the best to Kaklong! Mine lagi 4 tahun, tu pun harap UPSR dah bubar..heh heh
Jangan terpedaya dengan dakyah skirt labuh tu Kak Julin. Cobaan menjatuhkan reputasi PCPJ tu :]
DeleteThanks Julin. Heard that UPSR will be on until 2015. Which means my Amir will still be seating.
Aku pun jadi nervous walaupun ada minimum 12 tahun lagi ni hehehe. Tapi dlm nervous2 pun sempat lambung Amir 20x lagi tu lol! Ok bro, cepat sikit baik injury tu.
ReplyDeleteDeo, 12 tahun lama tu. Nervous untuk apa tu? Untuk viva doktor falsafah la ni. Good luck bro. InsyaAllah bro. Orang dah tuo ni kena chill lama sikit untuk recovery :]
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