2020 so far

 2020 saw great changes we live .Mask ,sanitizer, social distancing etc are now our new normal. We cannot take going out freely as granted for  especially for those having kids .Arshi has finished her sec 2 and next year will get into sec 3 and has already chosen her subject combination of 3 pure sciences and geography as elective subject .Hope she is able to come well .Here this subject combination is considered as a heavy subject combination but she wanted to try this. Hope god gives her mental and physical strength to cope and sail through this .so far all her teachers were caring and gems.She can get her doubts clarified with them.I am happy she chose a nearby sec school and she has grown up to be more mature and independent and Temasek Secondary school has given her many opportunities to groom herself and climb up the ladder.As covid is still there nothing much exciting is happening.Her Tamil department conducted few competitions and glad to share she got first prize for fancy dress competition in her class and she dressed up as vera mangai velu nachiyar .She dressed up herself in school.She learnt to tie up saree that too kosuvam style for this occasion and with the help of her friends dressed up.She also got 2 nd prize for her class for Essay writing .Apart fron this there were no events or competitions she could take part .Almost till end of the school year her extra curriculum stuff were conducted online .But they are slowly opening up and next year they will be hopefully having physical sessions. But that would mean more time spent in school and she maybe drained after school.this year as she was home early that was an advantage for her to rest more and focus more on her studies .Her year end results were good and infact she had improved in few aspects .Ever since she has entered her sec school she has been studying independently and gets her doubts from hubby that too rarely .She gets help from her teachers and friends and i am not helping with her studies anymore .

CK has started school this year and he enjoys it very much .as it is covid time he doesn't get his homework file and won't tell what he learns and so basically after school hours its always fun time for him.I didnt pressurize him to do things .Hope next year he will study a bit organized. So far he will write few Alphabets and numbers and I can see mirror images of few and will try to correct him.He loves drawing but these few days doesn't draw much.He loves to play with his toy vehicles and very naughty .

Most of the time we preferred staying home. We went to few places this dec holidays .

Some random pics from my gallery taken these few days 

Kids and ourself have got used to live on this new scenario and hope situation gets better next year .

We missed out our India trip this year. There were some changes in our personal lives too.We had to take some big decisions we had been postponing all these years and hopefully everything turns good in the long run.This year seemed to be rollercoaster year for many .I had health issues and still ongoing and trying my best to manage with home remedies and care .Hopefully next year brings good health and prospects to all.

Happy new year 2021 to everyone .May the new year bring good changes to all.

2020 so far

 2020 is almost 3/4 over.CK started his nursery 2 this year and is enjoying his preschool learning journey so far. Arshi is in sec 2 now  and as I am typing this her final term exams are ongoing and her Mark's will determine her subject combination she will choose for next year .We have a subject combination in our mind but not sure if she will be able to get it and I am still not sure what subject combo to choose and if our planned combo is good enough. 2020 saw covid 19 the pandemic the whole world got shoke off.Jan first case happened in sg and later cases increased and many community spread by march .April, May saw circuit breaker where schools were shut and many businesses close down and we were almost confined to home and arshi has home based learning for 1 month during April. Now we are always wearing mask while going out and sanitizing hands while outside and disinfecting things we buy and shower after coming home to prevent getting infection. We are trying our best to stay safe and take precautions we can .We usually travel to India every june but this year we had to miss it because of covid. Even India is worst hit by covid. HERE government is trying to bring on opening up slowly in phases with much precautions and public gathering of more than 5 outside is not allowed and social distancing is the new norm while outside.Even temples didnt allow public to workship a few months ago and now there is restriction on number of people can visit temple at any given time and safe entry app is used and anyone entering malls shopping centers and temples need to give their details via app or they scan our NRIC while checking in and our temperature are taken while we enter these places to ensure that we are healthy. Even after following many precautions very strict there is still spread at places as many are still asymptomatic which means they dont show any symptoms of covid which is usually fever, cough ,cold, loss of smell and taste .Schools follow strict precautions and if a child is unwell then those above 12 with flu like symptoms should see dr and get swab test done and they are allowed only when the swab test gives a negative report .Same way lot of other precautions are also done in arshi school like they are seated at some gap to maintain social distancing and kids wipe down their seats before any session including canteen  and after the school ends the classroom is disinfected by cleaners. Almost all extra classroom activity like her leadership sessions and cca sessions including her TIP session are conducted online instead of physical classes to avoid interaction between students of different classes .After months of wearing mask etc kids have almost got used to this new normal. THEY adapt quick. I still feel uncomfortable wearing mask for prolonged period .Wondered how kids and others especially those in healthcare wear mask all the time .My hubby was working and going to office even during circuit breaker time .Now most businesses are open including theaters. Still many who can work from home are wfh like those from IT sector.As it is not tha5vsafe to go out frequently we dont go out unless for essentials like dropping and picking ck from school and going to shops to buy provisions and grocery and that too I buy for a few days do that I need not frequent shops often.Even shops have sanitizerat counters and we sanitise our hands frequently. As we dint go out much most of the times are spent indoors and ck has shown interest to draw and draws loads 

and be creative and i too try to engage him to play with puppets his new joy  and toys .It has been very rare he goes to play area and if he visits then i make sure he showers after coming home .I pray that this covid ends soon and we return to our normal life and move our lives  without the fear of getting infected .

Life this 6 months

Life has taken great change this 6 months since I blogged .Jan 2020 world came to know of a virus that started from wuhan and later now spread throughout the world changing everyone's life.I thought it was just another virus that hit some country but then I was wrong .Singapore was also hit badly.