The govt has announced an extension of the circuit breaker til 1st Jun and a further trimming of essential services.. I'm axed this round..lol.. actually few days before that, it was announced in my firm that we are no longer permitted to conduct face to face appts.. we either meet and close digitally; or wait till the end of CB. The insurers immediately came up with digital forms etc, so as to minimise inconveniences.
I thought this was an era that we would tell our kids and grandkids in the years to come.. where staying home is for the love of our family; and HBL is the new norm. Everyone needed to adapt FAST and accept the new normal. The kids will start their sch hols from 4th may, taking a break from HBL and going back to school in June. I thought it was a good change. A good break for the teachers, having to learn to teach digitally; and also for students who are struggling with HBL too...
It was clear with this latest announcement what essentials are. Bbt; hairdresser; cake shops are axed this time too. We didnt rush to get bbt or to the supermarkets since uncle pig has finally embraced getting groceries online (finally!)
This yr is probably the year that the twins will remember their bday celebration for a long time. We originally had booked a bday party at Mac, but it was cancelled mths ago becoz of covid. Then we convinced the twins that we shall do a family bbq at our place, but even that, was closed. Finally we decided to do a ice cream party and each of them shall choose 1 ice cream cake of their choice / theme / flavour and we shall polish them all on 27th! But alas, with the new changes, Swensens says that they have to cancel our orders since their cake production would cease. Even though they are still open for takeaways etc, there wouldn't be new cakes produced. And that was when the reality hit me..lol.. thankfully william went over to the branch nearest to us, and simply gotten 2 cakes. It wasnt the theme/flavour of their choice, but it didnt matter (at least to me).. we will make do with whatever we have.. lol..
That pretty sums up our eventful day; coupled with a faulty router that decided to retire this morning. Lol!!! And I had to hotspot the 3 kids during HBL.. thankfully, william managed to dig for a spare router in the afternoon.. lol.. who has 2 routers at home anyway!?? Hahaha.. me lo..cox my hubby is a hoarder (shhhhhh...)
All of us learnt a lot these few weeks.. uncle managed to buy things online; while I managed to conduct video conferencing (pat pat!); also managed to spend many one to one sessions with each of the girls for which I'm thankful for; I've also managed to spend more time with vera and her math.. bcoz of CB, I managed to fill up some gaps with her..thankfully.. my next step is to cultivate her reading; coz she hates reading (like her papa).. thankful that I havent had the thought of killing any of the girls YET (I hope I dont jinx it)
Thankful for the little blessings / challenges; thankful that despite all the circumstances; we are stuck together in one place.. hahah.. praying for the people in healthcare / frontline! We can all jiayou together!
Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”
Mark 4:30-32 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/mrk.4.30-32.NIV
Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”
Mark 4:30-32 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/mrk.4.30-32.NIV
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