Unbelievable but true! Our summer holiday 2020 is officially over as kids are back to school today. Usually for me the last week of summer would be the busiest – washing the school backpacks or buying new ones, organising stationery, buying new uniform, shoes and socks included. Finally on D-day getting kids ready, packing their… {Read More}
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2019-20 | A school year to remember
7/11 – That’s how I am going to remember this school year. My boys just moved to Year 7 and Year 11 in August 2019. We came back from our summer holidays in hometown Mumbai all rested and relaxed and ready to start the school year – a very important one, as my younger son… {Read More}
After-school activities – Finding the right balance
“Finally!” I sighed and put my pen down. It had taken me three full weeks to research, plan and finalise the activities for my children to do this summer. It sounds easy but isn’t so. I had to find a perfect combination of their interests, abilities, their needs and the classes offered. Take into consideration… {Read More}
All set for BIG school now!
I called him “Dolly” in his ‘toddler-hood’ days as I believed that God had gifted this walkie-talkie, rolly-polly doll just for me to play! I loved doing everything with him, watching him giggle while he played a prank, trying to catch him when he ran around the house in circles creating havoc everywhere, he was… {Read More}
School is over for today
Its 3 o’clock and the school bell’s loud ring is followed by the giggles and laughs of little children running through the corridors and down the steps despite the ‘No Running’ and ‘Walk Only’ signs displayed. Their heads bobbing, their hair flying, their faces shining bright with glee. Some run right into their mums’ arms… {Read More}
School re-union – must have one again!
Last week we had a school reunion. We had planned this meeting on facebook ever since I got my air tickets booked to India i.e. more than a month ago. Finally, after a period of excited responses, dead silences, postponing and rescheduling our meet did happen with the 5 of us….but 5 very excited and enthusiastic ladies… {Read More}
End of a school year…again?
This morning when I took my 4-year old to his pre-school I didn’t feel like leaving…so I sat there for some time watching him get engrossed with his surroundings, playing with his friends – the same children who were complete strangers to him six months ago. I can hear him share stories with them, showing off… {Read More}
Life in the ‘new normal’
It’s strange but true. Real yet surreal. Back to normal but a “new normal.” The world is ‘opening up’ after the corona virus lockdown that has affected more than 7 million people worldwide. Hong Kong which was affected in its very early stages seems to have done quite well comparatively. While Hong Kong has never… {Read More}
Coronavirus – Useful Hints & Tips from a Hong Kong Mum
Coronavirus seems to have smothered our lives over the past few weeks. Whether you are browsing the internet, stepping out to buy groceries or having a random conversation with a friend, this all-pervading virus threatens to show its ugly face in every waking minute of our lives! I mean isn’t it enough that it’s causing… {Read More}
Life in the time of Corona – a Mum’s perspective
This is one title that I didn’t have to break my head over as it flowed out naturally when I started writing. “Corona” – Unless you happen to live in a surreal world, meditating peacefully in a hut on the Himalayas, blissfully unaware of the turmoil that the world is going through, you would know… {Read More}
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