When a child doesn’t have a 感恩心 towards his own parents, I don’t think the child will have 感恩心 towards outsiders too? People always say, see how a man treats his own mother, you will know whether he will make a good husband. Some truth to this adage Hmm... so the best test is this: if you and his m...

sembgal wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 16, 2022 12:20 am

Just shedding some light here for those who wants to know the hidden gems.
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Thanks @sembgal! These are very useful tidbits. Today is the last day of choice for Singaporean parents.
Godspeed to everyone involved.

floppy wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 15, 2022 7:56 pm

I dun think it’s down to wait and see.

Toa Payoh number is quite low. 44 applicants for MCS is already the highest number of applicants in all of TPY for Phase 2CS as of Day 1.

I agree. Let's hope the number remains low for MCS!

Hi my LO is going to P1 next year and I’m looking for a good student care centre. I just went for the open house for mindspace at Sembawang Shopping Centre. Apparently they are quite new and I was pretty impressed by the environment. The centre director seems quite hands on too, the only thing is t...

Another thing we have dinned into our daughter's heads is that they should avoid "buy now pay later" and getting into credit card debt. Borrowing to buy a house is the main exception, and a car if one is really necessary for work (i.e. it is in a way "income generating"). Otherwise, they should sav...

janet88 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 15, 2022 3:04 pm

https://www.hkmxproducts.sg/index.php?r ... ry&path=75

Likely to get egg rolls. Ask hubby to get bcos if I go and buy, eyes sure can’t resist.

Better for someone else to get the blame for buying it hor
It wasn't me... it was my husband

OK... you do have a good point. If you are willing to take the risk of not even having the backup 3rd tier school available any more... I suppose you can "go for it". I'm more kiasi... so I guess it's up to that amount of risk one can stomach...

well D-day starts today and ends at 4pm tomorrow....good luck to all parents registering and still fighting for a spot in their second or third choice of primary schools in P1 2Cs this year. I read somewhere that there will be balloting updates from MOE on a certain date, 19 August if I am not wron...

newkeynesian wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 15, 2022 12:28 pm

English oral topic is on recycling, hence this topic will not be tested for Day 2 too.

Wah... so maybe can translate the things to say in English, @strawberryking!
That's the principle of recycling, isn't it?

Asking for 20% should not be too much I guess. I still have to provide laundry, cleaning and even ironing service. Then I put aside 10% as savings for him should he get married. I told him if his gf can agree not to hold wedding banquet and use it for honeymoon or flat, that would be better. Banque...