My First Day in School

Yesterday, Nov 28 2007 marks Isaac's first day in school. Mommy sent him to Taska Sin Hoe (Smart Junior) in Bukit Baru. Isaac enjoyed himself playing with the toys, but he wants me to be with him. I was with him initially, then later i sneaked out and he cried, loudly rushing to the door to look for me. It's so disheartening to leave the plc knowing he is crying and this is a new plc to him. So i hid behind the window to see how he is doing for almost 20 minutes.Haha, I am not too good at hiding, he spotted me and i went in with him... Accompanied him a while and i asked the teacher usually what would they recommend if this case happens, she told me she would advise me to just leave the place and they'll sotthe the child. later i left the place with a heavy heart, while driving i kept thinking what is he doin now? Will he be crying still? So poor thing to hear him crying and saying "I wanna follow mum" Mummy,.... mummy,... I wanna go out... i wanna follow mum." these are the few phrases that he kept repeating. I left the plc at last and kept calling the kindi every 15 to 30 minutes to ask how is he doing. I left ard 1025 and he cried till 1130, poor thing... When i went to pick him at 1230, the teacher was feeding him lunch, he seemed fine and was eating til he saw me at the gate and burst out in tears,... i went over to hug and assure him i 'll pick him back now...

I thought of sending him now, though it's the end of the year hoping that he is used to the school environment so that i wun get so much of headache when scholl starts in January where there'll be more new students and therefore they can't pay much attention. Thought of getting him used to it, so easier job for me in Jan... now my bigges t headache is he's kinda ok tday when i sent him there again, cried, but much better than yesterday... Cried only a while and when i went to pick him saw him enjoying himself while the teacher feeds him lunch...

Come to think bout it, I am choosing between Pei Daw or this plc. Smart Junior seemed to be more crowded, reason being it's a semi-detached house and it's less spacious compared to Pei Daw. Pei Daw will be starting with new system, "Fun Gates" system starting next year, therefore all the apparatus, and stuffs are new. Hmmm... was thinking of sending him to Smart Junior till Dec, then decide in January... Wil be going to Pei Daw to check tomorrow if they have classes in December... otherwise will go for trial classes there...