First Day at School

I have reached another milestone in my life! Today I started school at Eton House Pre-School at Mountbatten Road. It was really exciting.. actually Mummy has been telling me about starting school soon but honestly I had no idea what that meant... until today. Mummy also customised a school bag for this special occasion. It was ordered from Australia and she had it delivered just in time for my first day at school. Thank you Mummy!

After saying goodbye to Nai Nai and Ye Ye, Mummy and Daddy drove me to school. We got there about 10 mins to 9 am and apparently most of the other kids come in at 9 am. It was quite a mad house at 9 am cos some of the kids were crying and refusing to be separated with their mummies. It was quite nerve racking for me since it is my first day at school and they were not really helping.

Unfortunately the school has already served breakfast (before 9 am) so I never got a chance to find out what breakfast was. The teachers then started applying sun block to the children and we had about 30 mins in the playground. It was a big playground and had lots of things to play. I was all sweaty by the time we were done.

I made friends with this girl named AsiaLily. She was sitting next to me and she showed me some of the books she was reading. I think her name is really cool. I also met Jack (real name is Joseph but everyone calls him Jack) who is about 11 months older than me and was kinda showing me around.

After we cleaned up a little, we were shown to the dining area and we were given fruits. It was really different having to sit with so many other children and eating together. If we could talk, I think we would be talking about what we did over the weekend. But since we can't, we were just eating our fruits quietly and looking at each other. So strange.

Chinese lesson was next and we sang many different mandarin songs. Some were familiar and I could hum along.

Just about this moment, Mummy and Daddy decided to leave me and see if I was alright on my own. At first I was doing good and participated in the classes. Then I got tired and decided to take a nap for about an hour. The children usually sleep around 2 pm but since I was new, they allowed me to sleep earlier. When I woke up, I was hungry so I got to drink my milk. Halfway through, Mummy and Daddy reappeared and guess what, I started crying uncontrollably. I was not sure if I was crying for joy or if I was angry they left me and disappeared.

Mummy and Daddy decided that I will not stay all the way as planned and brought me home early. I guess it was enough for the first day of school. They were really proud of me for not crying as much as some of the other kids who have been there for some time already. I hope I will do better tomorrow.