2005年學之園PN班

limma

Lydia~~

你試下問下agent 有無d 可以做interview 先, 然後係佢假期時黎試工. 咁樣可以睇下佢做野得唔得.
我之前見個一個好有工作經驗, 而且舊顧主讚到不得了, 但叫佢黎試佐一日工之後都唔會考慮請, 因為做野好求其同唔小心, 雖然我知佢有少少緊張, 但真係接受唔到佢d “拿西”, 而且果時係請佢湊newborn, 所以加要求高.

DorisTSL

Lydia,

It's really not acceptable that your maid gave hot soup to Preston.  Is it possible that you can find another one in a short period of time?

limma,

Yes, I heard from my Mom that Brian took the lift with ho lim.  Actually, Brian doesn't like taking lifts with other kids.  He always wants to be the one to press the buttons.  Sometimes, he even say goodbye to kids, hoping that they can leave.  Ha!

LydiaWong

limma,
I forgot to tell you when my husband and I went to the school on Monday, ho lim was very active and he said bye bye to my husband when we left.

I'll try to find another soon. She made a fatal mistake again last night. She gave hot water to Preston to brush his teeth. She has no common sense so I'll fire her tomorrow or Sat. Although she has a very good attitude and is improving, still I don't have confidence to leave Preston with her alone in the daytime.

BTW, Preston will change to whole day in May coz I'm afraid no one will take care of him and in that case, my mom can take care of him ~1-2 hours only or maybe I can hire a part-time. I'll see how he performs and decide if he will continue full-time in June.

limma

Lydia~~
Preston 轉番全日都有好處, 起碼係學校你可以放心d, 同時亦可訓練佢獨立d.

阿Q d 諗, 亦好在係現階段已發覺new maid唔掂, 如果唔係得番Preston 同佢兩個時made a fatal mistake就麻煩.
我發覺大部份既maid 都係無common sense 架, 所以請到個好的話真係好好彩.  誠心祝福你下次可以請到個好啦!

Doris~~
佢地兩個果日都有係lift 度爭住press button呀, hehe!!

ljsze

Lydia

Thanks for sharing your trip experience.

LydiaWong

limma,
我都希望preston獨立D. 我今日見完個現成+試工,幾好,決定聽日炒佢,頂唔順,頭先漏左條key響keyhole俾我發現,你話咁危險同careless,點放心,不過新的要等2-3weeks才能到,希望好啦.

派左成績表,比舊年好多2分3分,今年好好多,大部份4分,不過今次唔知點解冇comments,下星期問清楚先,你地幾多點見家長?

limma

Lydia~~

叫佢走時記住望住佢執野, 雖然尷尬但好過佢扲埋d 唔係屬於佢自己既野.

我有朋友試個炒佐個做佐幾日既工人, 點知工人走佐後發覺好多野唔見佐(如熨斗), 雖然唔係值錢野, 但都覺得好奇怪, 後來佢打比agent 問下個工人有無執野時執埋走, 點知真係係佢行李入面搵番哂d 野.

有成績表?? 等我今晚返去睇下先.
家長日我9:30am 到呀, 你地呢??

DorisTSL

Lydia,

It's good to know that you can find a new one that soon.  I hope the new one will not bring you any more trouble.  By the way, does the present one have any working experience?  I just wonder how come she could leave the key in the keyhole.

limma and Lydia,

My scheduled time for parent's day is 9.15am.  However, I am not available in the morning, so I changed it to afternoon.

LydiaWong

My scheduled time is 10:50am and I need to bring Preston with me coz next week I need to take care of Preston by myself. I haven't done that since birth (always has a miad to help out), so I think I will be quite busy taking care of him, cooking and doing housework (worse than going to work). Anyway it's a good experience to be a full-time mom and see how it feels. Luckily Preston is at school until 4:00pm so I have plenty of time myself too.

Doris, My maid came to Hk for 4 months (at whampoa) and claimed she left because of personal reason and said she took care of kids for 4 yrs at Philippines. Hoever, she doesn't like to have any experience with kids. It seems that my son is teaching her more than she knows how to play with him. I was so mad yesterday I scolded her quite badly.    Anyway, I'll fire her tomorrow.

limma,
Thanks for the advice. When I fire her tomorrw, my agent will send someone(her maid) to come over and pick her up and talk to her (if needed), so I guess it will be alright. I really hope she leaves my home soon.

DorisTSL

Lydia,

You will enjoy the time to be a full-time Mom.  I had this experience for three days in April, when I was on Easter holiday but my parents went for a trip.  I've only got about 3 hours of free time (while Brian was in school) and I had to utilize the time fully for buying and preparing food.  If time allowed, I could also walk around in Whampoa before picking Brian up.  So enjoyable.

By the way, it's ok that you bring Preston with you tomorrow.  Brian also went with his father on the previous parent's day.  He could play with a few kids for slider and toy cars.

ljsze

I also agree that it will be a good experience to be a full-time mom since we seldom do this.  For me, it's also rare for me to be a full-time mom.  My in-laws who usually take care of my son go for a trip mostly during public holiday.  So, I'll only be full-time if they are out of town (I live with them).  I really treaure the time when they're not here.  It's quite annoying to see them everyday even during holiday.  You know, we all need private time & some time to relax.  Yet, this is hard for me.  So, I really have to move out asap.

DorisTSL

ljsze,

I can understand that living with in-laws will be different from living with parents.  But if you really plan to move out, will you hire a maid to take care of your son, or you will ask your in-laws to do so in day time?

My parents used to live in Wong Tai Sin.  Before Brian's birth, I asked them to live with me.  At first, I was afraid that my husband would have problem in living with them.  After all, they are just in-laws, not parents.  Luckily, we can live together in harmony.  

My husband and I both agreed that they are important to us as they can take care of Brian when we are out for work and we don't need to care about Brian's safety at home.  Besides that, they share most of the housework so I can spend more time to play with Brian at home.

LydiaWong

I finally got rid of the bad maid, what a releif but that cost me ~$7000 extra.   
Anyway, I have to take care Preston alone for 2 weeks, luckily I'm still off this week and Preston will go for full-time class tomorrow. I don't really enjoy today, cos he is home and I don't get any time to do things. If he goes to school then it would be much better. I wonder how he will perform tomorrow, from 9 till 4pm, he has to have lunch (he still needs to be fed most of the time and he needs to take a nap at 1pm which is quite early for him). Anyway, he will need some time to adapt. I'll see how he performs and decide if he'll continue full day in June.

Doris, ljsze,
I wish I have parents or in-laws to help :cry:  so I don't have to worry and depends on maid. So you are quite lucky and each has its advantage.

ljsze

Lydia, Doris

I agree that having parents or in-laws to help daily care is better.  Even when I move, I still live close to them so that they can take care of my son during daytime.

Apparently, I do live with my in-laws in harmony.  I seldom argue with them.  Yet, what my mother-in-law says for most of the time annoys me.  I can't help arguing with her recently.  My values with them are so different.

What's more, I really need some private space & time.  As my friend says, maybe I should not live in their "shadows" for the whole life.  He's very right.

Lydia, you're so lucky that you can take such a long leave.  Basically, I run my own business (with some partners).  I can manage my own time.  That's why I can take my son to school everyday.  Yet, I still insists going to work everyday.  I seldom take long leave.

DorisTSL

ljsze,

It's good to know that your parents-in-law can still take care of your son while you move out.  Then, you don't need to worry much about your son while you are in work.

Lydia,

How long did you wait until meeting Ms. Hung and Ms. Angelika yesterday?  I had to wait for over an hour!  Luckily, I've brought some work with me.  

I also talked to the Principal for about 15 minutes.  I was impressed that the Principal remember me (as I seldom brought Brian to school) and she knows quite well about Brian's development in the past months.

LydiaWong

Doris,
I waited for < 30 minutes and Preston just played with his favorite car ( no one would fight with him). He was OK and did not want to leave even I had finished the interview. However, the interivew only lasted ~20 min and a lot of parents waiting (they ran overtime). But they were nice and could arrange another time if I needed.

Preston went for whole day class for the 1st day. Miss Hung called me and said he was fine. He had more than 1/2 of the fried noodles and had a lot of watermelon(which he did not like b4). Out of expectation, he slept for a while coz he used to sleep at 3 or 3:30pm. However, maybe he did not sleep enough (usaully he sleeps for 2 hours and at school they only sleep for ~1hr), he was a bit grumpy and bad temper in the evening. Hope he is better today cos it's quite tiring just taking care by myself. I really hope my maid can come soon.

ljsze

I can't believe waiting for more than 20 minutes for the interview.  Luckily, for both interviews (this time & the previous one), I did not have to wait at all.

Would like to share the experience of dental visit.

Fortunately, tooth decay of my son was at the initial stage.  So, the dentist just used some kind of knife to rub away the bad part.  It was also good that he made a leak between the two teeth & I could brush them more thoroughly.

The dentist said that we don't necessary need toothpaster.  Water is good enough.  Also, sweet food is not good for the teeth.  And, the frequency of food-intake is more important than quantity.

DorisTSL

Lydia,

It's good to know that Preston behaved well in the whole day class.  In fact, I picked whole day K1 class for Brian when we were asked to choose last November.  However, Miss Hung talked to me in school picnic and she said Brian was not able to take care of himself for such a long duration for whole day and she said half day is a better choice for Brian.  What's more, I heard that kids will just have drawing class and reading in the afternoon.

BTW, have you made a final decision on which class to choose for Preston for K1?  CE or PE?

ljsze,

Did your son cooperate while the dentist was working on his front teeth?  Was he frightened when he saw the knife?

I take your advice and apply less toothpaste on Brian's toothbrush.  It works!  Brian is now less reluctant to using toothpaste.  Yet, he still hates toothpaste and he will spit around 30 seconds every time while I help him brushing.

Fortunately, tooth decay of my son was at the initial stage. So, the dentist just used some kind of knife to rub away the bad part. It was also good that he made a leak between the two teeth & I could brush them more thoroughly.

The dentist said that we don't necessary need toothpaster. Water is good enough. Also, sweet food is not good for the teeth. And, the frequency of food-intake is more important than quantity.

LydiaWong

Doris,
I chose CE for K1 but not yet decided on whole day or half day.

Which toothpaste do you use for your son? I use Oral B but I just found out this brand is not eatable. So I went to wing on and bought another one with different friut flavour and is all natural ingredients and the kids can swallow. But Preston does not really like the new toothpaste and wants back the Oral B(the new one cost me $60 and I have to make him use it

DorisTSL

Lydia,

Brian is using the orange flavour of Kodomo Lion toothpaste.  It is by far Brian's most acceptable toothpaste.  Before that, I have tried quite a number of toothpastes, like First Teeth, but Brian rejected them all.