And so on.....

Yipee! Ruth's PMR exams were finally over, 2 days ago. After 2 months of intensive revision, she can finally put her legs up and take things easy for a while. Of course, there were anxious moments, when she fell sick with diarrhoea two days before the exams started. With lots of prayer support from friends and family, she managed to recover in time to sit for the first paper. Again, God had proven to be faithful and merciful. Praise His Name!

With the long holidays ahead of her, she is planning to take up a crash course in Japanese, brush up with her swimming and visiting my mum in Sibu. I must say that this is one of the best times in a student's life, when you literally throw your books out of the window after the exams!

We will be busy packing up our stuff in anticipation of our move to Malacca. Tons of stuff to get rid off including books, toys, clothes, etc, etc. I can see a real big headache coming!

Birds of passage

Ruth starts her PMR examinations today. After about 2 months of intensive revision, she is standing at the threshold of another important public examination, the second one in her school life, thus far. No doubt, there will be many more along the way as she "studies" along.

But she had it alot easier than during my time. When I was sitting for my SJC (Sarawak Junior Certificate) examinations in 1975, I hardly had any assessment books to work on. I remembered that my subject teachers just handed the past year papers and some of the questions they spotted and we just had that to work on. My parents could not afford to pay for any tuition, so I studied on my own. This time round, I bought lots of assessment books and practice papers for Ruth. Plus, she goes for tuition for almost every subject. Times have really changed.

Examinations aside, I enjoyed my new found "freedom" as a housewife and Indon maid. A complete role reversal from the past 26 years, when I was working fulltime. But, there's plenty of backaches after all the sweeping. mopping, cleaning and cooking. Swinging my broomsticks and mops from kitchen, bedroom, living, toilet and bathroom with pots and pans permanently attached.