Three different awards for our three boys

I didn't realise back in December but at the awards ceremony on Saturday, I realised that the boys did a clean sweep of the three Edusave academic awards. 

I wonder if I would ever see all three getting awards together again... I already told Yang that it would be challenging to get the good progress award again next year so if he wanted an award, he had to be in at least top 25%.

So this photo is very precious!

My boys look so smart in uniform!

We were in session 11 of 17, hoho! Our MP's speech this year sounded more serious.. Maybe coz he's in Mindef now, vs. MOE last year... 

And so we had a Mindef booth this year, and the boys had fun!

Looking smart too, haha! It's not clear from the photos but Yang had a backpack on as well. Yu found the vest rather heavy for him. Btw, the white thing sticking out of the helmet/hat is a hairnet, for hygiene reasons as many people wore those headgear.

Decorating pens with fancy beads

I asked them if they would decorate pens for me. Nope, they were doing it for themselves *.* I didn't ask them to make more for me coz they really took their time doing it... Families from the next session were coming out before we were able to leave...

There were also free books and Yang chose a chemistry book! Sito and I got supermarket vouchers from the IMDA booth by doing surveys - uncle and auntie haha!

This year, besides the bag for the certs, I threw a foldable shopping bag into my purse based on our past experience, and indeed it came in useful to carry souvenirs and various snacks. Yang and Yu as expected chose fluffy SAF bears bigger than my hand while Kai chose a blind box containing a bear smaller than my hand. 

Must end the day with Macs

They were telling me about the nuggets lohei a few days before that. They saw the ad on TV. But we decided it wasn't worth it. And I had free nuggets coz it's my birthday month!

Anyway, just got alerts from bank today about their Edusave money coming in; their accounts are tied to mine for now. They'll be happy to know :)

First inkling of NS

来了！来了！Kai's notice of exit permit requirements arrived yesterday via registered mail, just under two months before his 13th birthday.

It's rare that we get a postman at our door, and imagine our surprise when the mail was for Kai. Sito took a look behind and viola - NS.

So from his 13th birthday onwards, he would have to apply for an exit permit if he's going overseas for three months or more. But this kind of travel is not happening :p

In any case, it's now super easy to apply for an exit permit with just a few clicks. Sito said that it used to be required for every overseas trip, and he used to have to go to CMPB - or was it ICA? He couldn't remember - all the time for his term break travels. 

I was like, huh then what about those who hop over to JB on weekends? Apparently, there used to be a blue passport for travel to Malaysia with no need for exit permit! 

I tried to search for the history of exit permits but my google search skills not powerful enough.

Anyway, Kai is now my height. Actually I last measured his height on 20 April so he might be taller than me now?? Guess it depends on how straight he stands...

Big boy!