Hardwork paying off after all..

It seems like a sudden 180' change in didi's attitude on his homework. I wonder why and how.



When he's home from school, he doesn't need much pestering to get his homework done now. He would be quietly sitting down finishing off his work and he would ask me if he can go and play when he is done. I would tell him to clear his mess on the table first and soon, he would bring the game of chess to ask me play with him. I do feel quite amused seeing his interest in every new game/ activity that I introduce to him. He would be on it over and over until he thinks enough is enough.



I'm glad my patience with him paid off too, stressing that homework must be done before any play comes.



The test results are back, and I shall say, the boys made me proud indeed. Not a very huge achievement in them, but overall, I can see improvement. However, while I try to focus and help them in BM, sadly, korkor's English paper came back with a dip. I was mildly shocked, but that's certainly a good indicator to remind me his English command is going down the drain. It's a good wake up call that we shall not neglect that language, while we are working hard to bring him on par on the other subjects.



The other day, he read to me an essay that he wrote for the Chinese paper. The question is "One day, I come home from school and I find...." He continued the story with "... my mom sick'. He continued reading to me what he wrote. It was something like his sister had to cook lunch and it wasn't very tasty since it was her first attempt. Then they helped to do housework etc, and called their dad to say mom's sick. Later, dad took her to see doctor and bla bla bla...



OK, it wasn't a very interesting plot, but I admit, I felt mighty amazed!! OK, I think it's because I can't write a sentence in Chinese, and to see my son, my baby, at 10 years old, wrote a lengthy piece of essay in Chinese, that was like... seeing him getting a PhD. It's definitely no regrets starting them off in a Chinese school.



To say korkor's command in Chinese is not bad, then didi's is very good. So far, he has scored straight 100% in all his "ting-xea" (hear-write), and expectedly, his marks in the paper is the best. Nevertheless, there are others in the class who are better than him, I suppose. Then again, who's comparing.



With another week of schooling, they are most certainly looking forward to the 2 weeks school break. We already have a plan when it begins, and I am really looking forward to it too, after which seems like a decade ago since we last had a holiday. After the 3d/2n trip, we would just be hanging around at home. I am wondering if I should go back to Ipoh and spend a few days at home, just chilling out with the old folks and old friends. But here I am, in Ipoh now for the long weekend, and I feel damn bored already. Not very keen to embark on that idea though.