Today's the balloting day for those registering under phase 2C and although we weren't that excited about it, we still decided to go witness the 'draw' since it's our very first time.
Knowing the emotional characteristic of Renee, Hubby had wanted her to stay home for fear that she might cry if she doesn't get in but I wanted her to go along. That, seemed to be a bad move, 'cos we didn't get balloted! hahaha. Renee had appeared not affected by it but when we stopped by Macdonald's for a morning snack, she expressed her sadness. She had not wanted to go to that school in the 1st place, so why sad now? Well, this is just her, if a 'goal' is set and she didn't achieve it, she'd be sad. She'd even tear at her sister's 1st flip remember? This just goes to show hooooow emotional she can be, :). Anyhow, she was ok thereafter(watching tortoises at the pond, hahaha) and we told her that although a school environment may play a part but it is more important for the individual to be able to strive for achievements. In any case, we also can't be sure if this particular school's environment would be right for her...
Another thing, now as I think back, it seems amazing how being present to watch the balloting process could have such an impact on us when we hadn't really thought it's that important to get into that school! What impact? - The aftermath actually left us feeling down for a good few hours today, hahaha. I had not felt the disappointment initially, until I woke up from my nap... Earlier, it was more of anger that had caught up with us. Why? It's all simply because, why are we Singaporeans, being made to 'compete' with foreigners, for a school place for our Singaporean kid? Their kid got in and we, the Singaporeans, have to look elsewhere further from home and this, I find, is simply ridiculous!
The other week, when we had gone to the Kwan Yin Temple(near Nafa) after her lesson, we had told Renee to seek Buddha's help in getting a place for her in the school that we had registered her with(though we had not find the school being that fantastic, given the way we sighted their 'disorganisation' of the registration process - no one is around to guide or even tell you where to go to for the registration, not even a single signage is present, geez! I was made to push my baby in a stroller around the school from level to level...) but for myself, I've added in my prayer that should the school is deemed to be not suitable for her, then it's ok, don't have to get in. So perhaps, this might be a blessing in disguise? We just hope so...
Since morning, many friends, hubby's clients and sibling, had quickly text us about the results and we thanked them for their concerns. A couple had offered nice suggestions, which we really appreciate and may give them some considerations. But, a few even asked, if we had moved to Shelford Road for the main purpose of getting Renee into this particular school. Hmmm, to that, we wouldn't agree nor would we disagree... The main reason for the move had actually been cited much earlier in our blog and hubby had felt, since we have to move, we might as well make the move a little more 'meaningful' and give the schools we thought we wanted a try. So here we are... However, after being here for a few months now and having heard soooo much, I had been hving 2nd thoughts but it's already too late, we've already moved here, so hubby said we just try lor, since it is afterall a known school.
Actually, to be balloted in or out of the school have both their pros and cons and we hadn't been hard-fast about getting into the school(s) here. If we had been, then I think we would have quickly pulled out from this school last Friday and registered her with another(equally popular), as the latter had a much higher chance of being balloted. To be balloted in, it'd save us the trouble of having to go search for another school(but now, it seems like all the 'good' schools are already full) but being not selected gives us more flexibility in acquiring our next home - it need not be a private property nor must be it around this area which is pretty inconvenient...
In any case, the ordeal of balloting is now gone and after an evening of shopping(and topped up my supply of chocolates! heee), we now have to brainstorm about the next school over the next few days, which might prove to be a challenge since we are still unsure as to where we would be moving to...
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