First day of school

Today is a special day for my two "babies" ! Yes, their first day of Primary One! I can't imagine, both of them carrying a bag Soooo much bigger and heavier than their body! It's gonna be a brand new experience for them.... the feeling was like rojak.. i supposed... or be precised.. that's MY feeling..

• happy to get new shoes, new bag, new stationeries.. even a wallet for $$! Yes, today will be the day when they start to handle $, start to queue for their own food.
• Worried to enter a new environment, a BIG school with new teacher and friends.
• Tired becos the hours is longer... instead of a 4 hours lesson.
• stressed - for both kid and parent; MORE HOMEWORK and spelling!

I always felt first few days are very important, they mustn't get "frightened" else they will start to throw tantrum and refused to go to school, that's what my dear Eugene is telling me minutes ago. But I've managed to pacify him, promising "surprises" for him when i fetch him from school this evening - He tried to negotiate with me to fetch him home at 2pm! Frankly, I'm a little worried...

Wow.. they have grown up.. no longer babies .. very soon they will have to go thru their PSLE, "O" level, Poly, U, NS and so on... How time flies.... Soon I'll be too old to move around and they will be the one holding my hand showing me around..

“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise”