Marsha's 1st Day @ School

Yesterday, on the 29th, Marsha stepped into a new world. She went to school. By today's standard, she probably started very very late at 3yrs 9mths (she'll be 4 in Nov). But I guess, living in Kulim, it's not that bad. I know for sure that if I'm in KL, this is a good way of making people's jaw dropped straight down to the floor.

But the fact is, most parents made their kids start school early mainly because of these 2 reasons (1) Kiasu and/or (2) No one to take care of them while the parents are at work.

For me, well, even though I'm kiasu, I'm also very lazy. So that basically cancels out my kiasu club membership. And Marsha has the BEST bibik any kid could ever wish for; one that treats her like her own child.

So, were we pushed into a situation to send Marsha to school earlier? Of course not. But few weeks ago, when we heard that she spelled her name as R-A-C-X-G and answered A-B-R-X when we asked her what's her favorite number, well... you get the point.

Oh, how did she do on her first day of school? Guess! Remember that we're talking about a brat who's been THE queen of the house. And who does not do too well in the 'sharing' business being the only kid in the house.

She did OK-lah. She jumped out of the car, wore her back-pack and said bye-bye without even looking at me just as she entered into the kindee's compound. The teacher told us to stay and fetch her back in an hour, being her first day and all. But we just drove away. And only came back to fetch her 2.5hours later. Somehow, we knew she'd HAVE to be OK. Especially coz earlier, we told her; "You go to school, we buy you a pink scooter."

Bribery works.