Racial Harmony Day Part II

Today, I received an email notification from Blake's preschool to inform me of updates on the school portal. I logged in, and to my surprise, the updates were photos from the Racial Harmony Day Celebration they had in school! These photos were taken by the teachers. Ok! I shall stop blabbing and let the photos do the talking! :D

Playing with all the different traditional and cultural games and toys!

Snack time!

With his classmates! Yes, only the three of them in a class! Hehehe.

Read my earlier post about Blake's first Racial Harmony Day Celebration here!

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Oh oh! Just an add on, while browsing through the online portal, I came across this section where teachers give parents a termly progress report of their child! I didn't know they had that! But now I do!

Here's what one of Blake's teacher said about my baby boy!

睿雄是个喜欢涂色的男孩子，面对作业纸睿雄会认真地拿着蜡笔涂个不停，并且不喜欢老师帮忙，是个做事情独立性很强的男孩子，虽然睿雄还不会讲话，但是在老师不断地教授和对话下，睿雄已经能够吱吱唔唔地开始发音了，非常好，请睿雄继续努力吧，只要每天坚持来上幼儿园，总是会一点点进步的！

Very simply and loosely translated:

Blake loves colouring. When given worksheets, he will concentrate on colouring non-stop, and he doesn't like it when the teachers help. He's one who enjoys doing his work independently. Even though he has yet to speak, with the teachers' continuous effort to speak to him, he is able to babble similar sounding words, and that's really good! As long as Blake continues to try, and attends preschool daily, he will improve gradually.

Racial Harmony Day

Friday, 20 July, marked Blake's first observance of Racial Harmony Day, and for me, from the parent's perspective :D

On Tuesday, 17 July, I was informed by Blake’s preschool via email that the school was going to celebrate Racial Harmony Day on the upcoming Friday, 20 July, and they hope to have every child attend school in traditional costume. I panicked. I only have 2 days to find a traditional costume for Blake, and I’m really picky when it comes to clothes! I even complained to Sean that the school should have given at least a week’s notice so that we can go hunting for these costumes!

The very next day, after my appointment at the gynecologist, I met up with Sean near his work place for lunch, and to look for the traditional costume in the area together until he had to return to work.

I then made my way to Bugis Junction to continue my search. I did not have much luck there, though I managed to shop for the husband. Haha.  After which, I made my way to Century Square after calling the Kiddy Palace outlet there to check if they still had traditional costumes for sale – I remember seeing some when I was there recently. The moment they said, “Yes, but limited stock”, I rushed over!

When I reached, I frantically looked for Blake’s size, only to find that they came in XS – M sizes, instead of sizes by age like 18 – 24 months, 2Y, 3Y etc. I was at a complete loss as to which size I should buy! The shop assistant advised me to get size S, but it looked too big to me, so I bought size XS instead.

When Blake tried it on that night itself, it fitted so well, he couldn’t move his neck after all the buttons were put together. Sigh. I should have listened to the shop assistant!

So the next day, the moment the store opened, I went to get it exchanged for size S. Fortunately, my boy fitted size S well, with space to grow into (hopefully, he will still be able wear it for the next Chinese New Year!), and there were a couple of size S left on the rack. The other big sizes were sold out overnight! Phew! Looks like I’m not the only parent rushing to buy traditional costume for their children for Racial Harmony Day! Hehe.

And now, pictures! :D

Good morning, sunshine!




One more before leaving for school! :D